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“Cornell is really very fortunate to have the resources in the health center to monitor not just Ebola but all kinds of emerging threats.” D r K e n t B u l l i s

Univ.: Ebola Poses ‘No Threat’ to C.U.

No study abroad programs affected

By DAVE JANECZEK Sun Staff Writer

Though the Ebola virus continues to spread throughout West Africa, University officials say the illness poses no threat to student safety at Cornell

Dr Kent Bullis, medical director at Gannett Health Ser vices, said the quality of health care facilities and training in the United States, in addition to the characteristics of the Ebola virus, make the possibility of an epidemic “extraordinarily unlikely ”

“As frightening as Ebola is, one of the convenient things about it for healthcare purposes is that people are not contagious

Congress Votes for Military to Train Rebels Against Islamic State

WASHINGTON (AP) In the heat of an election campaign, Congress cleared the way for the U S militar y to train and equip Syrian rebels for a war against Islamic State militants Thursday night, reluctant ratification of a new strategy that President Barack Obama outlined scarcely a week ago

The 78-22 Senate vote sent Obama legislation that also provides funding for the government after the end of the budget year on Sept 30, eliminating any threat of a shutdown The House approved the bill on Wednesday

In an appearance at the White House soon after the vote, Obama said he was pleased that a majority of both

Republicans and Democrats had supported the legislation

“I believe

we’re strongest as a nation when the president and Congress work together ”

“I believe we ’ re strongest as a nation when the president and Congress work together,” he said Noting the

Platforms at Debate

By SOFIA HU Sun Senior Writer

Twenty candidates vying

f o r s e a t s o n t h e St u d e n t Assembly gathered for a can-

d i d a t e d e b a t e T h u r s d a y where they discussed their stances on topics including Greek life, hazing policies,

p a s t S A re s o l u t i o n s a n d TCAT bus passes

Ouf of the 20 candidates, 14 were running for four

f re s h m a n re p re s e n t a t i v e positions; four for one transfer representative position;

a n d o n e e a c h f o r t h e

LG BTQ a n d A r t s a n d Sciences representative positions

T h e c a n d i d a t e s w e n t around the table, introducing themselves and explaining why they were running

for the S A Many, like Leor Ginzburg ’18, said that they want to ser ve as a voice for the student body

“I would like to run for f re s h m a n re p b e c a u s e I would like to make sure that no student is left behind and no weekend is left unenj oye d , ” Gi n z b u r g s a i d “ I would like to increase student input and feedback and increase suppor t programs through Gannett and Tatkon Center for freshmen ”

After the round of introd u c t i o n s , t h e c a n d i d a t e s answered a different question asked by the facilitators, Jennifer Kim ’16 and Nick R a s c h ’ 1 5 , p re s i d e n t a n d external vice president of the C o r n e l l Fo re n s i c s So c i e t y,

killing of two Americans by the Islamic State group, he said that “ as Americans we do not give in to fear” and would not be put off by such brutal tactics

In the Senate, 44 Democrats, 33 Republicans and one independent voted for the bill, while nine Democrats, 12 Republicans and one independent opposed it

The issue created new fault lines for this fall’s elections for control of the Senate as well as the 2016 race for the White House

“Inter vention that destabilizes the Middle East is a

Waf e Frolic Will Expand Next Month

By SAMANTHA ACRICHE Sun Contr butor

Downtown eater y Waffle Frolic will expand its space into the adjacent building, which will provide the restaurant with more seating and a venue for local artists

Once construction is complete, the eater y will be better equipped to handle increasing foot-traffic,

a c c o rd i n g t o A l e x i s R a n d a l l , owner of Waffle Frolic Randall added that she hopes construction will be completed by the Ithaca Apple Har vest Festival on Oct 3

“My hope is that ever yone likes it,” Randall said “My whole drive was creating a space that I wish I had when I was in college ”

The new space for Waffle Frolic will not be one solely for eating waffles, but also as a venue for local artists, according to Randall

“I just sort of want to go back to what my initial vision was, having small performances and open mic night,” Randall said “ The space will really make it enjoyable for the performer and audience ”

Tyler Pearson, an employee at Waffle Frolic, said he hopes the coffeehouse-like atmosphere of the addition will attract more customers as both a leisure space and work environment

“I hope the people will be a lot more receptive in staying to eat and hanging out and using this environment as work instead of just a busy waffle house,” Pearson said Built-in countertops with cutouts for laptop cords side

of Integrative Plant Science Seminar: Origin of the Tropical Rainforest Biome

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Cornell Council for the Arts Biennial Reception 6 - 8 p m , Arts Quad

What Makes a Bad Word Bad?

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La c i Gre en Pres e nts “ Bes t Sex Ever! ”

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News, “Forty-Six-Foot Tall Needle Sculpture Rises Over Arts Quad,” Monday

Speaking about the structure that is part of Cornell’s Council for the Arts biennial celebration It was bizarre I just walked out of class and saw this huge pointy tower that hadn t been there an hour ago ”

Opinion, “In the Towers’ Shadow: 9/11, ISIS and Our Generations’ Identity,” Tuesday

Speaking about the effect of September 11, 2011 on our generational psyche No one would gain anything from a column recounting my experiences as a third grader from the New York area our collective memory is already saturated with tales of frantic phones and smoke rising at the edge of the horizon What I find much more interesting, however, is how much our generational psyche has shifted since that single terrifying elementary school morning of unity ”

News, “Public Health Major Now Offered at Cornell,” Wednesday

Speaking about the need to address rising student interest in the fields of public and global health

“We have a lot of students that are interested in health but the programs that were available in terms of formalized majors weren t really focused in the areas of public health or global health

Prof Robert Parker, nutritional sciences

News, “Alumni: Murphy ‘Genuinely Cares’ for Cornell Student Body,” Thursday

Speaking about his gratefulness for what Susan Murphy ’73 Ph D ’94 has brought to Cornell “Some of my most valuable life lessons came from shadowing her She will prioritize the needs of every single student if she has to That level of selflessness is something I’ve rarely seen and it’s why I respect her so much

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Faculty Present Academic Technologies at Symposium

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Percentage of Princeton Pell Grant

Recipients Gradually Increasing

PRINCETON, N J (UWire) The percentage of Pell Grant recipients on campus is steadily rising, according to Director of Undergraduate Financial Aid Robin Moscato

The percentage of Pell Grant recipients in the Class of 2018 is 18 percent

In 2008, nine percent of the student body was a Pell Grant recipient; in 2012 the number had increased to 13 percent

This announcement comes after a ranking in The New York Times’ “The Upshot,” in which the University was named the 34th most economically diverse top college

The list ranked colleges whose four-year graduation rate is higher than 75 percent by their commitment to lower-income students

According to the Times article, the level of commitment is numerically expressed through a College Access Index, which is based on the percentage of freshmen in the past three academic years who are Pell Grant recipients, and on the average net cost of attendance in the past academic year for students whose families’ yearly income is between $30,000 and $48,000

The Pell Grant is one of the

largest federal financial aid programs, and its recipients are from households in the bottom 40 percent of the income distribution Student loans and work-study jobs are included in the average net cost of attendance

On average, the University costs $5,400 per year for low and middle-income families after financial aid The University was the first in the nation in 2001 to establish a no-loan policy, in which loans are replaced by grant aid that students do not pay back

“In general, it’s very hard to get low-income students to apply to prestigious colleges for various reasons, ” Pell Grant recipient Brittney Watkins ’16 said “People aren ’ t aware that it could be cheaper than going to other schools in their area ” Ana Maldonado ’16, another Pell Grant Recipient, also noted that some students from lowerincome families are not aware of the financial aid program

Moscato, who spoke on behalf of other University administrators contacted, said that the University has been making efforts to publicize the financial aid program by working with organizations such as QuestBridge, which helps link low-income students with univer-

sities and other opportunities

“Part of that process is helping [students from lower-income families] understand the way our financial aid program works, and how it would make Princeton one of their most affordable options,” Moscato stated

She also noted that using the Pell Grant as a measure for economic diversity is restrictive For example, international students from lower-income families are not Pell-eligible and therefore not counted in the measure A third of the Class of 2018 comes from families with incomes under $100,000, she said

“I believe that, by most measures, people would not consider that to be wealthy,” she said “But they’re not qualified for a Pell Grant ”

“The Upshot” admits that the “biggest downside of using the Pell grant as a measure is that it treats students just above the threshold as no different from affluent students ” The blog also states, however, that in general, a large percentage of Pell Grant recipients is an indicator of an economically diverse campus

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the newly renovated space, creating the ideal workspace for customers, according to Randall

“It was a great opportunity to really know what our market is going to be.”

The new addition will be quieter as it is closed off from the rest of the eatery Construction on this project began in early May, Randall said From then until August, workers and employees worked continuously throughout the summer to complete the renovation

A l e x i s R a n d a l l

initially was just having had this idea for something I wanted to do in the future at some point,” she said “But then for different reasons, it was kinda like, why wait when I will have so much more to worry about?” Between the Waffle Frolic expansion and the impending completion of the construction of the Commons next spring, Randall said she is optimistic for the future of Waffle Frolic, saying that foot traffic will be at an all-time high

Randall added that there were a lot of obstacles along the way, but that she was able to accomplish everything with the help of her employees, neighbors and parents

“It was a really great opportunity to start from scratch and really know what our market is going to be,” Randall said

When Randall opened Waffle Frolic four years ago, she said she never could have imagined its future success

“A lot opening Waffle Frolic

She also said she plans on capitalizing on the increased traffic by using the new space for large events and by creating more Waffle Frolic merchandise such as t-shirts, reusable coffee mugs and some of their trademark food items

For now, however, Randall said she wants to focus on finishing the expansion so she can work on other projects she has in mind for the eatery

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Obama Praises Support of Legislation

mistake And yet, here we are again, wading into a civil war, ” said Sen Rand Paul, R-Ky laying down a marker for Republican presidential primaries still more than a year distant

Sen Mark Begich, in a difficult reelection campaign, said, “I disagree with my president” on the wisdom of having the U S militar y become involved “It is time for the Arab countries to step up and get over their regional differences” and be more aggressive in the fight against terrorists, the Alaska Democrat said, drawing a quick rebuttal from Republican rival Dan Sullivan

Combining approval for aid to the rebels with funds to prevent a government shutdown into a single vote made it difficult to measure support for Obama’s new military mission

For a second straight day, the administration dispatched top-ranking officials to reassure lawmakers and the public that no U S ground combat operation was in the offing

Obama made the same promise in an address to the nation eight days ago laying out his new policy and repeated it Thursday night His new strategy includes increased airstrikes in Iraq and the possibility of strikes in Syria

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told one House committee that Obama “is not going to order American combat ground forces into that area ”

Appearing before a different panel, Secretary of State John Kerry said the administration understands the danger of a “slippery slope ” The term was widely used a half-century ago as the United States slid ever deeper into a Vietnam war that eventually left more than 50,000 U S troops dead

Pentagon deploy airstrikes against Islamic fighters in Syria as well as in Iraq

“Iraq was a mistake I was mislead and I voted wrong.”

From halfway around the world came a chilling reminder from militants who already have overrun parts of Syria and Iraq and beheaded three Westerners This time, the Islamic State group released a video showing a British journalist who said he was their prisoner

In Washington, leaders in both political parties supported the Senate legislation, draining the debate of all suspense

Austin-Bound Flight Evacuated

LONG BEACH, Calif (AP) A JetBlue airliner that experienced engine problems soon after takeoff returned to the Long Beach Airport on Thursday after smoke filled the cabin and passengers evacuated onto the runway using the plane’s emergency slides

None of the 142 passengers and five crew members was injured during the evacuation, though medical personnel tended to three passengers at the scene and one other was taken to a hospital for obser vation, airport spokeswoman Cassie PerezHarmison said

Obama’s general plan is to have U S troops train Syrian rebels at camps in Saudi Arabia, a process that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Martin Dempsey, said could take a year

The president already has said he will use existing authority to have the

Asked about approving Obama’s plan in the wake of the war in Iraq, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, “Iraq was a mistake I was misled and I voted wrong But this is not Iraq, this is a totally different thing ” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell also favored the legislation, yet said it must be followed by a top-tobottom review of the administration’s global military strategy

Flight 1416 was bound for Austin, Texas, when the crew declared an emergency after an “overheat warning” for one of its two engines, she said

One of the passengers, Dean Delbaugh, said that about 10 minutes into the flight, he heard a pop, felt a weird vibration and then smelled an odd stench Delbaugh was flying to Austin to visit inlaws with his new wife

“Smoke came billowing out of the air vents and filled up the cabin in about 10 to 15 seconds,” Delbaugh said by telephone from his home in Dana Point “ The fumes were ridiculous I can still kind of taste them in my mouth ”

Candidates Discuss Multiple S.A. Resolutions, TCAT Bus Passes

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Islamophobia and Intellectual Honesty

s someone who spent four years in the Cornell Democrats and found myself positioned contrary to Julius Kairey on multiple occasions for debates, I am quite astounded to find myself feeling compelled to come to his defense In the re c e n t a r t i c l e “ Re j e c t i n g Is l a m o p h o b i a ,

Rejecting Racism,” Kairey was subjected to a critique of his article “Islamophobia and Racism” which clearly made little if any attempt to engage with the actual content of his article Instead, the authors seemed content to exaggerate and mischaracterize his work, accusing him of holding racist and bigoted views that he clearly repudiates, and moreover accusing him of being a bigot himself

In his work, Kairey gives multiple definitions of Islamophobia, and argues that one such definition, “well-grounded criticism of Islam as a religious ideology is unreasonable That is it Kairey does not argue that Islamophobia, understood to mean “prejudice, hatred and fear of not only Muslims, but those who are radicalized as ‘Muslim’ in a post 9/11 world” is reasonable or desirable He d o e s n o t a r g u e that “Islam itself is the root cause of terrorism, the oppression of women, or irreconcila b l e c u l t u r a l d i f f e rences ” He does not a r g u e t h a t Mu s l i m s are “inherently antiwoman ” He does not enjoin young Muslims to “ prove themselves to be ‘good Muslims ’”

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the authors and argue that ‘homosexuality is immoral’ (Leviticus 20:13) or that ‘ women should be submissive to their husbands’ (Colossians 13:8) because The Bible says so, that they would treat such a person with the exact same contempt and derisiveness with which they regard Kairey I have no doubt that they would say to that person, “homosexuality is not wrong, and if The Bible says that, The Bible is wrong ” I have no doubt that they would not feel compelled to temper their criticism of such a view for fear of persecuting female Christians, Christians of color or for fear of making young Christian students feel that they are pressured to make clear that they are “Good Christians ” Clearly the authors would reject a cultural relativist framework which said “it may seem that these white males are homophobic a n d m

Clearly we ought to be careful in the criticism we lay towards foreign cultures and ideologies; it is far too easy to fall into the trap of “inherent cultural superiority” and bigotry

And he does not in any way argue or even imply that “students of color should feel silenced when a white man tailors the definition of racism to suite his own hateful ideology ” All of these critiques are leveled at Kairey, and yet it should be clear to anyone who actually read his article that none of these critiques are appropriate responses to what he said

In his article, Kairey argues that traditional notions of Islamophobia ought not to apply to instances of “well-grounded criticism of Islam as a religious ideology ” It is true that in his article he could have done more to make clear that there are other contributing factors to the systematic violence and oppression that characterizes life in many Muslim countries, much of which the U S bears a great deal of responsibility for However, to recognize that religious ideology is a significant contributing factor to the behavior of the people who follow that ideology, and to reject cultural relativism, is a far cry from endorsing bigotry as a valid and viable worldview

There is little doubt in my mind that the a u t h o r s o f “ Re j e c t i n g Is l a m o p h o b i a , Rejecting Racism” would agree with much of what Kairey has argued had he argued the same views and applied them against the religious ideologies present among many “white males” such as the authors so derisively refer to That is, I have no doubt that should any white Christian male come up to

s e t h e i r re l i g i o n enjoins them to be so, but there are also a variety of other factors which contribute heavily to their homophobia and misogyny As such, and it would be bigoted and racist, or to treat Christians as a Monolith, or to be a cultural supremacist, to tell them otherwise ” There is room to disagree with Kairey Pe r h a p s i t m i g h t actually be the case that the content of the Quran or the fact t h a t m a n y p e o p l e believe the content of the Quran is the lite r a l w o rd o f Go d actually has absolutely nothing to do with the misogyny, homophobia, etc that can b e f o u n d i n t h e Mu s l i m w o r l d It could very well be the case that most of these problems are not the result of what people believe and why they believe it, but rather mostly the fault of ‘the west ’ or ‘the white man ’ However, I think it is reasonable, or at the very least not bigoted or racist, to conc l u d e o t h e r w i s e A s h o m o p h o b i a a n d misogyny at home can be explained in part by the homophobic and misogynistic content of the Christian religion, among others, I think it is reasonable to conclude that h o m o p h o b i a a n d m i s o g y n y a b ro a d i n Muslim countries can be explained in part by the homophobic (7:80-81) and misogynistic (2:222) content of the Quran Clearly we ought to be careful in the criticism we lay towards foreign cultures and ideologies; it is far too easy to fall into the trap of “inherent c u l t u r a l s u p e r i o r i t y ” a n d b i g o t r y T h e authors of “Rejecting Racism, Rejecting Islamophobia” are certainly motivated by a genuine desire to protect others from such bigotry Their hearts are in the right place, but this does not excuse blatant intellectual dishonesty, nor is it compassion to ignore the plight of oppressed people abroad out of guilt for the actions of one ’ s home country

Dalton Vieira graduated in 2014 from the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at dvieira1992@yahoo com Guest Room appears periodically this semester

CORRECTIONS

The caption of a Sept 18 photo candid incorrectly identified the Congressional candidate Martha Robertson ’75

CLARIFICATION

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A Socio-Religious Understanding of the Politics of Female Education in Iran

Last month, an Iranian professor of mathematics at Stanford University, Mar yam Mirzakhani, became the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal In doing so, she has not only earned laurels from various sources all over the world but also earned applause from Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s President President Rouhani has heaped praise upon Mirzakhani, who, the President said, has made “ us Iranians ver y proud ” Mirzakhani was born and raised in Iran and came to the United States in 1999 to study at Har vard Being a highly educated Iranian woman is actually quite the norm According to UNESCO, Iran has the highest ratio of female to male undergraduates in the world

But it hasn’t been easy for women pursuing higher education in Iran for some time now In 2012, 36 universities banned women from 77 majors, including nuclear physics, oil engineering and counseling One of the explanations for the ban was that Iranian women holding those degrees have trouble finding employment The policy has found criticism worldwide, fueling debates that Iranian officials actually want to bring the share of women in universities below 50 percent Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi condemned this policy as a measure “which tries to return women to the private domain inside the home as it cannot tolerate their passionate presence in the public arena ”

Gender-based discrimination is a devastating reality that affects countless women in the Middle East, and, more often than not, the perpetrators take refuge by proclaiming religious sanction behind such discrimination Indeed, gender inequality is a common accusation made against Islam, and a disparity in educational opportunities between men and women in many Muslim countries is often cited as a primar y example of this A study of the Holy Qur’an, however, brings to light the ver y fact that the first revelation upon the Holy Prophet contained the commandment “ to read,” which speaks volumes of the emphasis Islam lays on education The importance and excellence of knowledge has been highlighted both directly and indirectly in over five hundred places in the Holy Qur’an Indeed one of the essential duties and responsibilities of the Holy Prophet was the dissemination of knowledge and wisdom to all

“Likewise, We have sent you (Our) Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) from amongst yourselves who recites to you Our Revelations and purifies and sanctifies (your hearts and ill-commanding selves) and teaches you the Book and inculcates in you logic and wisdom and enlightens you (on the mysteries of spiritual gnosis and divine truth) which you did not know [al-Baqara, 2:151 ]”

The Holy Prophet said: “Acquisition of knowledge is binding on all Muslims (both men and women without any discrimination) ” [Narrated by Ibn Maja in al-Sunan, 1:81 §224 ]

These and other verses inform the readers that receiving knowledge is a moral obligation on both men and women The study of the life of the Holy Prophet also shows that he himself made special arrangements for the education and training of women Islamic histor y is rife with highly educated women making important contributions to the then medieval society

Khadijah Binte Khuwaylid, the first wife of Prophet Muhammad, was a wealthy tradeswoman and the richest woman in Mecca of that time Managing her large business necessitated having knowledge and wisdom

Aishah Binte Abu Bakr, the youngest wife of Prophet Muhammad, was a Muslim scholar, who had a great love for learning and became known for her intelligence and sharp sense of judgment Empress Scheherazade, the legendar y Persian Queen and stor yteller of One Thousand and One Nights, was widely credited as being the most learned woman of her time

Thus, it is never religion that prohibits or limits knowledge for a specific gender Rather it is patriarchy and the power play of gender politics, which governs such conduct The significance of women ’ s access to higher education could mean that they could become more financially independent and empowered in a traditionally male-dominated society, which may ver y well scare political and religious leaders in Iran Iranian women have worked hard to claim their rightful success in society, but in this traditionally sexist arena, it’s a tremendous task to keep up with that success

The bonds of patriarchy are always hard to break, and highly educated women have been leaving Iran in search of academic freedom, better economic opportunity and improved quality of life The countr y has suffered from a national “brain drain” because of this Ultimately, the power to enact educational reforms to follow lines of gender equality lies within the state

There was a time when Iran took steps to have an equally educated society and stood out as a nation committed to women ’ s education Again the time has come for Iran to take important measures to keep educated people in Iran People such as Mirzakhani, who, as President Rouhani said, made “ us Iranians ver y proud ”

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Don’t Blame the NFL

On July 24, the N a t i o n a l F o o t b a l l

L e a g u e s u s p e n d e d

B a l t i m o r e R a v e n s r u n n i n g b a c k R a y Rice for two games in response to a video leaked to the public

b y T M Z , w h i c h shows Rice dragging h i s w i f e ’ s u n c o nscious body from an

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C a s i n o i n A t l a n t i c City While the gen-

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c o n d e m n e d t h e actions of the NFL as

t o o l e n i e n t a n d d e m a n d e d R i c e b e fur ther punished for h i s t r a n s g r e s s i o n s , m u c h d e b a t e s t i l l

r e v o l v e d a r o u n d whether the NFL had seen the full video of t h e i n c i d e n t i n s i d e the elevator and what that tape would show if it did in fact exist

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Rice rejected a plea deal that would have spared him jail time, p e n d i n g p a r t i c i p ation in probation and a n g e r m a n a g e m e n t courses Instead, Rice applied for and was g r a n t e d a c c e s s t o a p re t r i a l i n t e r ve n t i o n p r o g r a m t h a t w i l l expunge the incident f r o m R i c e ’ s r e c o r d u p o n c o m p l e t i o n Ty p i c a l l y, t h e p r ogram is used for nonviolent crimes as well a s “ v i c t i m l e s s ” crimes; a repor t from O u t s i d e T h e L i n e s d i s c ove re d t h a t t h i s p r o g r a m w a s a p p r o v e d f o r l e s s than one percent of a l l d o m e s t i c a b u s e cases in Ne w Jersey in the past three years Despite Rice’s wife not wishing to proceed with the case, p r o s e c u t o r D i a n e

m e n t f o r R i c e s u gg e s t s t w o p o s s i b l e societal issues: Either t h e r u n n i n g b a c k received special treatment and an expedited process because he was a superstar NFL p l a y e r o r, a n d p e rhaps more troubling, the cour ts systematic a l l y b e l i t t l e t h e e f f e c t s o f d o m e s t i c violence by failing to a d e q u a t e l y a d d r e s s these cases

T h e C e n t e r f o r C o u r t I n n o v a t i o n studied the effects of i n t e r v e n t i o n p r og r a m s f o r o f f e n d e r s i n t h e B r o n x a n d c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e method is ineffective i n l o w e r i n g r e c i d ivism rates After successfully lobbying for a b i l l t o t o u g h e n penalties for domest i c a b u s e r s , M a n h a t t a n d i s t r i c t

Don’t blame the NFL Blame the judicial system entrusted with the responsibility of upholding justice protecting the public.

t h r e w a n e x p l o s i v e p u n c h , knocking his wife off her feet and into the railing, rendering her unconscious At this point, the Ravens cut Rice from the team and the NFL issued h i m a n i n d e f i n i t e suspension The public still remains outraged at the initially h e s i t a n t r e a c t i o n f r o m t h e N F L

t h e i r a n g e r i s m i sguided

A f t e r p r o s e c u t o r s presented Rice’s case to a grand jur y, the charges were elevated

f r o m s i m p l e a s s a u l t to aggravated assault, a charge that carries a

f i v e - y e a r m a x i m u m prison sentence Less

t h a n a w e e k l a t e r,

Ruber ton maintained that she was confident in the prosecution’s ability to secure a conviction at trial with the available evid e n c e , n o t p e n d i n g on the victim testifying

After inter vie wing Ne w Je r s e y d e f e n s e lawyers and prosecutors, Ne w York Times c o l u m n i s t D a v i d K o c i e n i e w s k i e x p l a i n s t h a t t h e result of this domestic abuse case wasn ’ t exactly surprising jail time or other serio u s l e g a l c o n s eq u e n c e s a r e a r a r e penalty for domestic violence cases The unexplainable lack of legal punish-

attorney Cyr us Vance J r c l a i m e d , “Conviction seems to b e o n e o f t h e b i g d e t e r r e n t s Mo s t studies seem to suggest the more intr usive the sentence, the l o w e r t h e r a t e o f recidivism ”

D i d t h e N F L address the Rice situation in a timely and appropriate manner?

C e r t a i n l y n o t B u t they eventually got it r i g h t R i c e i s n o longer an NFL player The league rightf u l l y c h a n g e d t h e i r d o m e s t i c v i o l e n c e policy first time

Albeit a sluggish and painful development, the NFL did ever ything they could to get it right D o n ’ t b l a m e t h e NFL Blame the judicial system entr usted with the responsibility of upholding just i c e a n d p r o t e c t i n g t h e p u b l i c w i t h a l l o w i n g d o m e s t i c violence cases to be c o n t i n u a l l y s w e p t u n d e r t h e r u g a n d perpetrators to walk the streets and batter more women If the cour t system worked, Rice would have been in jail and the NFL would have had no par t in deciding his punishment W h a t d o e s i t s a y when we depend on a for-profit business to d i s c i p l i n e o f f e n d e r s rather than on cour ts w h i c h a r e tasked with t

societal problem The punishments for violent domestic abusers are too lenient and allow far too many offenders to continue their cr uelty Yes, the N

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o f f e n d e r s w i l l n o w r e c e i v e a s i x g a m e s u s p e n s i o n , w h i l e anything fur ther will r e s u l t i n a l i f e t i m e ban

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Over 200,000 people travel to Spain to walk El Camino de Santiago per year What originated in the Middle Ages as a Christian pilgrimage to where the remains of St James are said to lie is now a major tourist attraction for walkers and bikers of different beliefs from all over the world The documentary Walking the Camino explores the significance of the pilgrimage in the 21st century by following six walkers on the 500-mile Camino Francés, the most popular route

The documentary opens to twangy music and a scene of people walking barefoot to a backdrop of rolling plains beneath cloudy skies Motives for walking differ: A young French mother hopes to become closer to her brother and to her Catholic faith; an elderly man walks to honor his late wife A Brazilian woman feels like her life is falling apart and sees the walk as a new beginning A fun-loving Portuguese man is doing it just because, saying it was either walking across a country or going to a beach and learning how to kite surf

The pilgrims walk for 30 days through a mix of green pastures, paved roads, narrow mountain paths and small Spanish villages and cities, spending nights in hostels called albergues A mix of scenic panoramas, candid footage and person-to-camera personal testimonies kept the documentary engaging, but integrated moments of silence allowed the viewer to experience the meditative state of walking for prolonged periods along with the pilgrims The spiritual aspect to the journey and its religious roots cannot be ignored, but at the same time, part of the Camino seems to be about embracing the present: One of the older men contemplated, “There are moments when you think all of this is part of some big massive whole And then other days I think it’s just a big bloody mess and I’m just happy to be walking here ”

of kindness range from carrying a tired stranger s bag for them to trading shoes with a friend in pain “When you see someone that needs help in the Camino, do it,” said one man

Physical pain seems to be the main obstacle to completing the walk: Very few people are accustomed to walking for the better part of each day while carrying a heavy pack, and, consequently, some are forced to slow down or risk injuring themselves further due to problems like tendonitis or shin splints Blisters are a given, and walkers have to take measures to protect themselves from the blistering heat as well

However, the Camino is not a solitary hike in the wilderness on the contrary, it is a social experience with a culture that fosters camaraderie and kindness between strangers the documentary explains that you are never alone if you don’t want to be, and acts

Almost all of the walkers reported experiencing some type of personal growth from the journey The French woman realized that she had been hoping the trip would make her brother into a better person, but that she instead became more accepting A woman who had been having much physical difficulty and fell behind the other pilgrims who started at the same time learned not to be competitive and compare herself to other people Many of the walkers shed more of their personal belongings as the walk progressed, learning that they don’t actually need nearly as much as they thought

The stories were inspirational, but I wished there was a bit more to them The cast members were all likeable, but a lot of what they said while on camera was rather cliché and predictable and they spent too much time telling us what was already shown, when I would have rather heard more about their backgrounds, or have been exposed to a wider range of people instead The documentary was largely a giant plug for how amazing and life changing the Camino is, and the fact that the documentary was

focused on telling the stories of individuals, yet could not develop these individuals as characters due to the nature of adocumentary, made the personal testimony aspect fall a bit flat

And while it’s a bit unfair to compare a fictional movie to a documentary, I could not help but think that the movie The Way, in which a jaded old man (Martin Sheen) walks the Camino in the place of his son who died along the route, was more effective in conveying the same message through a story with more depth

Though for what it’s worth, Martin Sheen called Walking the Camino “A brilliant documentary

The documentary’s main strength lies in its depiction of the beautiful scenery and kind-hearted people encountered along the path, and the scenes that were most effective at inspiring were the ones that contained specific anecdotes and small moments rather than the grand statements It left me feeling like maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to pack my bags one day and take such a trip myself

Katie O’Brien is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at kobrien@cornellsun com

Eating, Laughing and Griping

BY ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Senior Writer

Despite its reverence for ancient architecture, Romantic poetry and mid-century Italian cinema, The Trip to Italy is very much grounded in the here and now It stars two funny British men, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, playing fictionalized versions of themselves eating, laughing and griping their way through the not-so-fictional travails of middle age The effortless comedy between Coogan and Brydon concerns mortality, irrelevance and depression, of the chronic, unassailable kind While the film is hilarious and sunny and beautiful, the sadness beneath it all is tough to shake, especially with the deaths of Robin Williams and “adulthood,” as New York Times critic A O Scott recently argued, weighing on our minds

The Trip to Italy does more or less what The Trip did in 2010, except writer-director Michael Winterbottom trades the dreary pastoral of northern England for the immaculate shores and cliff faces of western Italy As in the last film, The Observer hires Coogan and Brydon to tour the country and eat at gourmet restaurants under the pretext of writing a

review, which only Brydon ends up doing Who knows why a national newspaper would hire two comedians who know nothing about food to write criticism of it, but it gives them carte blanche to trade celebrity impressions, Lord Byron and Shelley trivia and bizarre hypotheticals at the table For instance: In the event the two of them were stranded without food after a plane crash, Coogan admits, “I’d eat your legs before Stephen Hawking’s,” but he’d savor the physicist’s brain before even digging into Brydon’s

Like The Trip, this 108-minute film is condensed from a six-part series that aired in April and May on the BBC That explains the loose nature of the editing, which covers gaps in conversation with cutaways to kitchens where chefs prepare

incredible-looking meals like pot-roasted rabbit, grilled octopus, stuffed onions and lots of pasta If some of the craft feels haphazard, it only complements the banter, which feels off-the-cuff and ingeniously silly The dueling Michael Caine routine returns, with the two parodying Caine’s yodel-like crying in The Dark Knight Rises (“I’ve buried 14 Batmans, with their little pointy ears ”) Because they are in Italy, expect a lot of Pacino and Brando from The Godfather, the latter of whom, according to Coogan, sounds like a “deaf person ” when Br ydon attempts it

The hostility between the two men has waned since the first movie, and one detects a palpable ease when they are singing along to

Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill, the only CD in the car, away from failed or failing marriages back home More often than not, Brydon and Coogan behave like little boys, which is why the introduction of their agent Emma (Claire Keelan) and other intelligent women who prefer Mary Shelley to Percy Bysshe threatens to ruin their fun Competition also gets the best of Coogan when Brydon auditions for “ a starring role” (he’s actually an accountant) in a new Michael Mann film For his audition tape, Brydon steals a kiss from a young waitress reading with him, and Coogan almost loses it when she says she enjoyed it

There is lot of film history running through The Trip to Italy in its dialogue, title and very construction The men idolize Bogart, Pacino, De Niro and Marcello Mastroianni, and Brydon even dreams in Godfather cosplay The title echoes Rossellini’s Journey to Italy and sure enough, Coogan and Brydon visit Pompeii for an existential crisis rivaling Ingrid Bergman’s own Emma refers to Godard’s Contempt when she jokes about “that Brigitte Bardot film” that plays its romantic theme over and over again as we hear Richard Strauss’s similarly majestic “Im Abendrot” on the soundtrack for the umpteenth time She says this while they ride a motorboat along the rocky Italian coast, as in Antonioni’s L Avventura

This all amounts to little more than cinephile miscellany, but this awareness of and devotion to the past packs a bit of weight onto what could easily be paper-thin YouTube comedy The stop at Pompeii, in particular, marries the dark with the light: Gazing upon an ash-covered mummy preserved behind glass, the two men belittle his choice of sandals and guess at what he was doing before he died Brydon asks the corpse himself in a virtuosic routine where he answers his own questions with the nasal, muffled voice of a man stuck in a glass box For some reason, this crosses the line for Coogan, who storms out of the hall But Brydon carries on, unloading his friend’s problems and his own onto this devoted listener, who happens to be dead It’s funny because, well, what else could it be, but it reminds us one man ’ s entertainment is another’s sole channel of release

Zachar y Zahos is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com

U 2

Troy Sherman

Considering how uninteresting this music is, it’s quite the testament to U2’s irrelevance that it’s not even the worst par t of the record But, seeing as you ’ re probably here expecting some form of a sonic exploration into the polished corporate shit-spe w that is Songs of Innocence, I guess I’ll waste a little ink on the sounds before I star t digging into the non-musical implications

We star t off with “ The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)” which is right up there with “Dancing in the Streets” (the David Bowie and Mick Jagger version) and “Dir ty Love,” by Ke$ha, as a contender for the most heinous piece of musical sacrilege I’ve ever heard Simply put, if you ’ re gonna release a song about Joey Ramone, make something that lives up to at least some of what he stood for: Simplicity, raucousness, angst, youthfulness, concision, pock-marks, and punk Instead, U2’s go at an homage to the punk deity sounds like it was made by a bunch of guys whose only knowledge of the genre came from the Wikipedia page on CBGB, which they read while simultaneously listening to the Black Keys and Top 40 radio

The lyrics (an account of Bono’s first “miraculous” experience listening to the Ramones) are almost passable in the context, but even if they were better than Patti Smith’s punk-poetic wordsmither y (which they aren ’ t, of course) they wouldn’t be enough to excuse the music

My theor y as to why the Punk Gods didn’t immediately smite Bono and company for releasing this record is because Sid Vicious (who, as ever ybody knows, is the Almighty King up there in the great Max’s Kansas City in the sky), after minute two of “ The Miracle,” ordered

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ever y single resident of Punk Heaven to delete their iTunes accounts and smash their computers vehemently Sadly, Lord Vicious wasn ’ t kind enough to grace me with this suggestion, and so I endured the full 48 minutes of Songs of Innocence, and can tell you firsthand that these songs suck “Ever y Breaking Wave” and “California” are pred i c t a b l e Q u a s i - Po s t Pu n k A r e

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Someone,” with its ’90s pop folk str umming and subsequent light rock indulgences, is more boring than watching other people watch paint dr y “ Volcano” star ts off as if a glimmer of Public Image Limited is tr ying to shine, but a heavy layer of pop rock eventually pushes it back into the doldr ums Pretty much ever ything else on this record follows this “Arena Rock updated for 2014” template However, there is one track that, despite its title, is less of a somnolent than the others, but only because Bono decides to make a huge fool of himself It’s called “Sleep Like a Baby” and star ts off sounding like a cheap Yaz rip-off, until that vibe is slashed by Bono’s unavoidable vocal indulgence and some subsequent fuzz guitars It seems to be pretty innocuous in its badness though That is, until the halfway mark, at which point Bono decides that channeling a mid-orgasm Florence Foster Jenkins is the best way to get his point (whatever it may be) across The word “terrible” doesn’t even come close to encapsulating the effect of this one several second stretch of idiocy

Mu s i c a l l y, t h o u g h , w h a t h a p p e n s

f Innocence is excusable; when I heard about a ne w U2

album, I personally wasn ’ t expecting anything other than a collection of slick pop rock snooze-inducers, so disappointment wasn ’ t really in the cards What makes this record so infuriating is what it symbolizes: The widening chasm between music as ar t and music as product

If you ’ re like me and 500 million other iTunes users, then the other day you logged on to listen to something that interested you, and were surprised by the inexplicable addition of a mysterious U2 album to your librar y At this point, I’m guessing that a fe w people listened to the record, the majority ignored it, a fe w more promptly deleted it, and a small minority were so filled with anger and confusion that they engaged in a rage-fueled research session to get to the bottom of why U2 was invading my aural privacy I belong to the last group, and, just in case you haven’t yet heard, I’ll tell you what I learned:

On September 9, Apple had a product event Rumors went around that U2 were involved, and lo, they were In return for some undisclosed (but undoubtedly mindboggling) sum of money, U2 slopped together this collection of songs iTunes has complete control over the record for about a month, and so they decided to jam it down the throats half a billion unsuspecting people Sure, we got some free music, but at what cost? U2 has literally sold out Songs of Innocence, to me, suggests the end of any hope of ar tistic integrity in the mainstream

Troy Sherman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at tfs48@cornell edu

Opting Out of Innocence : Apple’s First Misstep

ou ’ ve probably been there before

And if not, please, just imagine with me

The party is just starting It’s mostly just a bunch of your friends and the music is still pretty low-key It’s the perfect opportunity to throw the speaker jack into your phone and show off that new album that you have been listening to on repeat for the past week

You get a few songs in, and you ’ re grooving Feeling good, feeling great

You notice that some more people are trickling in and the party ’ s starting to pick up About time for a change of pace You go over to pick a new song, when you notice a couple of strangers scrolling through the selection You linger to see what they choose

And then the bomb drops

“This music all sucks ”

Yo u s t o p d e a d i n yo u r t r a c k s T h e ground beneath you begins to shake Tiles

crash down from the ceiling You take one final gasp of air, before you collapse into a pile of ash and dust

Or maybe that’s just me But even if the insult does not lead you to your own personal apocalypse, there is no denying that such a criticism stings

Pe o p l e a re invested in their

m u s i c l i b r a r i e s The tunes that yo u c h o o s e t o carry around on your person are special They say something about you your personality, your interests, your emotions or simply how hard you like to party It lets somebody know what your “ scene ” is whether you are the type to roll all night at E-Zoo, or if you would prefer to kick back with the townies at Grassroots

The reason why it can be so soul-crushing to have your music preferences insulted is because, in a weird way, they speak for your soul

Conversely, this is the same reason why you get so excited when somebody plays a s o n g by yo u r a r t i s t ( h e l l , I nearly crap my pants any time somebody plays a n y t h i n g by C h a n c e t h e Rapper or Rhye)

A n d t h i s i s part of the reason why millions of people rushed to get U2’s Songs of Innocence off their iTunes faster than a hacker steals nudes off of “the cloud” (too soon?)

As I’m sure many of you noticed, U2’s latest album was automatically uploaded to ove r 5 0 0 m i l l i o n i Tu n e s a c c o u n t s o n October 10, presumably to hit consumers with a jab-uppercut combo on the same day as the iPhone 6 release

According to Apple’s website, “At Apple, music has always been a big part of who we are and what we do This is the biggest album release in music history and one more way we ’ re moving music forward ” You hear that? Records were broken Who cares if Apple had to help move it forward and down our throats?

This surprise “release” was a mind-boggling blunder from a technology superpower that is traditionally spot on when it comes t o m a rk e t i n g t o t h e i r t a r g e t d e m o o f teenagers and young adults

Between the increasing public awareness about the dangers posed by Big Data and cloud hackers and the fact that U2 has not been “hip” in practically a decade, it is not surprising that people were not very happy

about the gift

Predictably, backlash from this surprise gift has been enormous So huge, in fact, that Apple had to launch a website designed specifically for people to remove the album from their libraries

And as heartbroken Bono may be to find out not everybody wants Songs of Innocence in their music libraries even for the price of nothing this is not really about U2 at all

Most obviously, this is an issue of privacy

One would think that they would know better than to access millions of people’s personal libraries after all the internet-breaking hysteria over the recently leaked private celebrity photos lovingly dubbed as “The Fappening ” But I don’t want to focus on that

Beyond privacy, Apple crossed a more personal line By putting Songs of Innocence into my music library, Apple decided that it could speak on their customers ’ behalf

“Evan Needell? That’s a guy who likes stage names and big, colored sunglasses ”

Okay, that was a cheap shot But you get my point

In today’s society, where people and their music are virtually inseparable, access to music is essentially infinite, and the presence of music is practically constant, the unwanted inclusion of any artist or album to one ’ s playlist or listen history is akin to slander

If somebody is going to break my heart and insult my music library, I do not want it to be an album I never even wanted prompting the complaint

No, if my music “sucks,” it is going to be the fault of my own crappy taste in music

Not Apple’s

Evan Needell is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at ejn38@cornell edu

Friday, September 19, 2014 4:30–6:30pm

Participants Include: Risa Lieberwitz, Moderator, ILR Professor, AAUP General Counsel

Fredrik Logevall, Vice Provost for International Affairs

Rebecca Stoltzfus, Director, Program in International Nutrition, Program in Global Health

Eric

, Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters

Shelley Feldman, International Professor, Development Sociology

Reception to follow at 6:00–6:30pm – Statler Auditorium Foyer

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Winters Puts Focus on Run Game This Season

Pannullo, Nathanson, Herrera make up core group in Red’s attack on the ground

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season always comes with questions

“There’s always that doubt and a little bit of mystery as to what to expect, ” he said “It’s a tough situation, playing an opener, where they have a lot of new players that we don’t know about ”

Amidst the relative uncertainty surrounding the makeup of the opponent, Guccia has been emphasizing consistency on defense throughout preseason practices Despite the game ’ s final outcome, one of last season ’ s best defensive performances came against Franklin Pierce, in which the Red limited the Ravens to just 13 points, less than half of the season average Cornell plans to continue its up tempo, no-huddle offense that it debuted midway through last season The team has been running offensive plays every 20-25 seconds during practice and Coach Gruccia said he believes this speed will be key to winning the game

ever, Cornell had yet to make the switch to the upbeat offense

Senior Captain Bennett Winters said he believes the increased emphasis on the rushing game will also be critical for the team ’ s success

“If we get [sophomore quarterback Rob] Pannullo, [sophomore running back Kevin] Nathanson, and [junior r unning back Benjamin] Herrera running pretty consistently, I think we have a pretty good shot,” he said

“This is like the playoffs for us ”

Led by head coach Peter Ewald, the Ravens are in their second year as a varsity program Last year ’ s victory over Cornell was just the second win in program history and the team went on to win four more games, including two in overtime and a season high 66 points against Princeton The team ’ s two losses were to perennial favorites Army and Navy Last year, the Ravens’ rushing attack was one of their strongest assets, as they averaged 161 yards per game on the ground

It is game one of the season, and the Red will be playing as if it’s all or nothing, according to Winters

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The Red goes up against a Franklin Pierce defense that ranked No 4 in the CSFL in yards per game last season A year ago, Franklin Pierce kept Cornell from the end zone and held the Red to 190 yards of offense, well below its season average of 240 yards In that game, how-

“Ever y game is impor tant, ” Winters said “We’re trying to win a championship We can only do that if we go undefeated This is like the playoffs for us ”

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tle” guys have no place and if they do, they are quickly swallowed up by larger, more “ masculine” personalities

This isn’t to say that David Ash was one of the little guys, or even to say that the game of football overwhelmed him Ash made a decision that could have a direct effect on his mental health in the future, a decision that many other college and NFL players are foregoing because the stigma of the game tells them they can tough it out

Something Mark Waller, the NFL’s chief marketing officer, said this week in the aftermath of these domestic abuse charges really resonated with me, probably not for the reasons Waller intended

“The matriarch of the family predetermines an awful lot that goes on, from what sport you play to what media you watch to what products get bought,” Waller said “The role of the female in the household is huge On the emotional side, the role that the female builds that a family can gather around is fundamental That sort of communal aspect, which is such a part of the game in America ” If we cut most of the bull shit away, what Waller was trying to do with that statement (in a typical marketing officer move) was to get women to rally around an NFL that hasn’t taken a firm stance on domestic abuse, rather than spurn it (which they most certainly should be doing)

But I’m more focused on the first part of that quote, because I do agree that the mother of the family is the one who shapes the household When I was growing up, my mom refused to sign me up for football Instead I played soccer, and when my youth baseball coach (who was also the football coach) told me I was too big to be playing soccer, that soccer was a “girly” sport, that I looked like a damn good offensive lineman, my mom didn’t cave Instead, she became my soccer coach, keeping

me at arm ’ s length from the game that consumed so many of my friends growing up But because of her guidance (although I didn’t turn into much of a soccer player), I stayed away from football

Sure, I could be an anomaly a kid who did nothing but play sports growing up and never got into football But how long is it going to take before more mothers across the country take the same kind of stand my mom did? How many more times does a mother have to watch her son get brutally tackled with head to head contact before she realizes it’s time to find another sport? The soccer league I played for when I was growing up usually boomed with signups On Saturday and Sunday mornings in the local park, the fields were full of soccer games, sometimes six or seven games going on at a time When I go home to visit now, attendance is down, there are at most two games happening, and the crowds now congregate around youth football games instead Pop Warner football has taken over youth sports culture, and the negative effects are gradually becoming apparent

The problem with football is that it has infiltrated not just American culture in general, but also the culture of individual households across the country In an article in the New York Times about the recent events in the league, a woman from Chicago ruminated on what it would take for her to stop watching the NFL:

“Something would have to happen with the Bears,” she said “If Jay Cutler did what Ray Rice did, I would stop watching ” Professional sports should not be taken personally We are outsiders looking in on a world that is exceedingly fraternal and closed off If there’s an issue, we need to take a stand What should be taken personally is the way the game is hurting young men, and if anyone has the ability to stand in the way, it’s their mothers

Scott Chiusano can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun com

Red Opens 2014 Against Colgate

Archer ’05 debuts second season with new, balanced offensive attack

By JOON LEE Sun Contributor

Junior quarterback James Few has been tasked with a near impossible job: filling the shoes of arguably the greatest quarterback in the histor y of Cornell University

The first step in that task begins this weekend, when the football team travels to Colgate (0-2) The Red will take the wrapping paper off their new offense, one that will no longer feature Jeff Mathews ‘14 Archer said he is anxious to see how the attack will look in game action

“I got a great quote from one of our alumni He sent me a quote that said that the best laid plans never sur vive the battle with the enemy That’s kind of how I’m feeling right now [about the offense],” Archer said “ We’ve had a great plan and we ’ ve executed it throughout the camp When the live game hits, things happens that doesn’t happen in practice So far in the teaching progression, I’ve been really happy with the progress that we ’ ve made ”

there on offense, our personnel ”

The new offense will feature a more balanced attack, with more zone-read option plays and more prominent roles for junior running back Luke Hagy and senior running back Ahmad Aver y Archer said the offense will look completely different without Mathews

“ We’re not going to throw it nearly as much as we did with Jeff Last year, I really put the game in his hands ever y game, ” Archer said “I felt he gave us a great chance and we revolved ever ything around him Now, it’s a much more systems approach It’s a much more balanced attack, running the ball and throwing the ball and the play-action game It’s year one of the offense It’s totally a new installation ”

“So far in the teaching progression, I’ve been really happy with the progress that we’ve made ”

Mathews’ graduation to the NFL left the team with big shoes to fill Head coach David Archer ’05 is not looking to replace Mathews simply by throwing a new quarterback into the fire Instead, the second-year head coach intends to implement a new offense, and Few will jump right into the middle of it

According to Archer, Few has all the tools to lead the offense into a new era of Cornell football

“[Few]’s a headsy, gutsy, moxie type of player,” Archer said “I think you’ll see a little bit of ever ything with him ”

Mathews left Cornell among the most prolific gunslingers in Ivy League histor y Few said he is not intimidated by the accomplishments of his predecessor, though

“I don’t think anyone can replace a guy like that and that’s what I’m not here to do I’m here to be myself and be the best James I can be,” Few said “As far as the offense goes, we ’ re really gearing it towards what we ’ ve got out

The new running-focused attack will require the offensive line to improve at run blocking, an area that Archer admits was not a focus last season

“It’s hard to preach having a sound, fundamental offensive line play when you really don’t run the ball,” Archer said “ With Jeff, ever ything around the program centered on his development and because of that, our run blocking wasn ’ t something that we were focused on and stopping the run wasn ’ t something we were focused on because we were practicing other things ”

Few said that he is ready to take the lead of the offense While sitting behind Mathews the last two years, Few said he absorbed ever y conversation he had with his predecessor “I’ve been watching Jeff [Matthews] a lot, sitting in meetings and listening to him go through film and look at what he’s looking at, ” Few said “[I’d] talk to him after plays in practice and pick his brain between series and during games Just tr ying to find out what’s going on in his head and now I’ve got it all in my head ” Senior captain and wide receiver Lucas Shapiro said that it’s hard to compare Mathews and Few because the two have completely different skillsets

Sprint Welcomes Ravens

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Contributor

T h e C o r n e l l s p r i n t f o o t b a l l team will kick off its 2014 season

t h i s Sa t u rd a y, we l c o m i n g t h e

Fr a n k l i n Pi e rc e R a ve n s t o Schoellkopf Field The game, a rematch of last year ’ s 13-6 loss in the Adirondack Trust Allegiance Bowl held in Saratoga Springs, will take place at 12 p m

The Red, after a disappointing 2-5 season last year, is looking to start this season strong against the Ravens Franklin Pierce, who finished last season on a four-game

win streak, finished third in the Collegiate Sprint Football League in 2013 The two teams squared off last year in a game categorized by sharp defenses and mistake-prone offenses The Red threw four interceptions in that game, including one that led to the touchdown that gave Franklin Pierce the lead for good

Co-Head coach Bar t Guccia said that he expects the Ravens to run a traditional offense, similar to what the team utilized last year, but admits that the first game of the

On the run | Junior running back Luke Hagy headlines a different look on offense, which will feature the run game much more prominently than in the past

“ They’re really two different quarterbacks James is a little bit quicker than Jeff was, ” Shapiro said “[Mathews] wasn ’ t really much of an out-of-pocket kind of guy Jeff had a cannon for an arm Ever ybody knew that There is a little bit of a drop there, but James gets the ball there on time The way he can move out of the pocket, with the way we run our offense, it’s utilizing his capabilities as well ”

A Dog Eat Dog World: The Brutal Nature of the NFL

Obviously, it’s been a rough week for the NFL Whatever way you spin the stories that have been circulating, domestic abuse is atrocious and it has no place in any home, no matter the perpetrator But I don’t really want to get into that, because I don’t feel well enough equipped to do it, and

because I think the NFL has greater problems to deal with on a macrocosmic level, problems that they are sweeping under the rug

In the midst of all the Adrian Peterson, Greg Hardy, Ray Rice hullabaloo, a far down ESPN headline yesterday afternoon read “Longhorns’ David Ash won ’ t return ” Ash, the quarterback for Texas, decided to end his football career after struggling with concussion-related symptoms for the past year Ash is 22 years old; he is giving up the game that has likely consumed most of his adolescent and young adult life, which is certainly no easy task for someone his age But the real question here, I think, remains is Ash

too late?

I’ve written about concussions in the NFL before, and I want to return to the topic because I believe it relates to everything that has happened this week, and I think all of these events are pointing to an NFL future that is cloudy, u

doomed The league has always been a perpetuator of a kind of Darwinian, survival of the fittest nature that has been accepted because, on a micro level, it’s fun to watch people get hit

But somehow it’s more than that Take Richard Sherman’s comment on Wednesday about not being worried about something “ two little Chargers” said to him It was a relatively harm-

because anything Sherman said is now considered gospel, but it also speaks to the nature of the NFL It’s a cruel food chain where the “lit-