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Virtual Desktops Come to C.U.

Over the last three years, some computers at various schools and offices around the University have been disappearing, while in their place, little black boxes that connect to a central server have appeared

The changes are all part of Virtual Desktop

Infrastructure, a model in which desktop computers and applications run on a centralized server

Many educational institutions and industries have had success in implementing VDI “because of its advantages for both information technology departments and for users, ” according to Jeff Bishop, associate director and network administra-

Turi Alcoser grad, a 23-year-old student in the College of Engineering, died Monday Alcoser was a Ph D candidate studying the properties and growth of breast cancer tumor cells in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, according to John Carberry, director of press relations for the University The cause of death has not yet been determined, Carberry said Alcoser’s research in the field of biomedical engineering earned him multiple accolades, including a Young Investigator Award from the Physical Sciences Oncology Network and an honorable mention by the National Science Foundation’s 2013 Graduate Research Fellowship Award Program Alcoser was also a Sloan Scholar at Cornell, according to a University press release

Prior to beginning his graduate studies at Cornell, Alcoser completed an undergraduate degree at Carnegie Mellon University, where he began studying human cancer cells and was described in a university profile as being a promising researcher

In a major step forward for the “Cornell Now” fundraising campaign, the University announced that it raised $627 million during the 2013 fiscal year marking its third best fundraising year ever

The donations included a record-breaking $475 million in cash gifts Additionally, the Cornell Annual Fund broke its fundraising record yet again, raising $33 3 million, according to Charles Phlegar, vice president for alumni affairs and development

“The Annual Fund record has been broken 11 straight years, but [for] fundraising records, we have had five of our best years over the last six years, ” Phlegar said

Joe Lyons ’98, director of the Cornell Annual Fund, said it felt fantastic seeing the outpouring of gifts to the University, adding that this year ’ s fundraising cycle showed the “continually growing commitment and generosity” of the alumni, parents and friends of the University

has] been able to count [on] ... support to help make the Cornell experience what it is.”

“It means that for 11 years in a row, the University’s leaders have been able to count [on] increased unrestricted support to help make the Cornell experience what it is,” Lyons said in an email “And, at the bottom line, the exceptional impact is the most important aspect of the new records each year ”

With this year ’ s donations, Phlegar said the University has raised $4 2 billion out of the $4 75 billion goal that Cornell has set for the “Cornell Now” campaign The campaign will conclude in December 2015, after the University celebrates its sesquicentennial

Israeli B edouin R e ect s on D

society that absorbs culture from different backgrounds ”

Both an Israeli and a Muslim, Ishmael Khaldi

t a l k e d a b o u t w h a t i t means to be Israel’s first Bedouin diplomat in the Mi n i s t r y o f Fo re i g n Affairs and a minority in his own country at an

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Khaldi said he hoped his speech would help eliminate common misconceptions about Israel that exist due negative media portrayal, as well as help Cornellians learn about a different aspect of Israel’s culture

“ I t h i n k t h a t i t ’ s wrong to judge a country

Growing up a sheeph e rd e r i n a s m a l l Bedouin village, Khaldi was able to successfully

Susan Murphy ’73 Ph D ’94, vice president for Student and Academic Services, expressed her condolences in a statement “I

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Life as a Musician and Academic with Paul Merrill 4:45 - 5:45 p m , Carol Tatkon Center

Conserving Species in a Changing World 7:30 p m , Alice Statler Auditorium

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DALL AS (AP) There will be no rose ceremony for a 430-pound bachelor gorilla that failed to form any meaning ful relationships with fellow apes during an 18-year stay at the Dallas Zoo

Patrick, the 23-year-old Western lowland gorilla known for being gregarious with zoo staff and the public, while being ambivalent toward his female counterpar ts, has been handed his walking papers

The silverback will be transferred to the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, S C where he’ll be allowed more solitude, according to a statement issued Monday by the Dallas Zoo

Prof: Syria Is Turning Point In American War Tactics

By HELEN DONNELLY

Speaking at Cornell on Monday, Prof Marilyn Young, histor y, Ne w York University, said recent events in Syria show that there is potentially a

Negotiation and cooperation may be taking the place of a historically more aggressive approach, she said

In her lecture, which was par t of Cornell’s Ethics and Public Life fall lecture series, Young addressed the evolution of American war fare since World War II, the current state of militar y conflict in Syria and her hopes about the future of America’s approach to conflict

Young said she thinks the U S should use other alternatives, such as negotiation, before entering into a war

“I feel the countr y is at a point of choice of whether it will insist on maintaining and exercising its one claim to superiority [and] militar y power or find some other approach to international relations one that involves negotiation, international cooperation [and] a way out of war, ”

Young said

Young also said it is impor tant to consider how the American public has vie wed war fare since World War II and how that has shaped US policy today

“I think how we got here matters I think the past matters, ” she said

According to Young, the classic American approach to war has been either “in or out ” In contrast, wars in recent histor y have shown some change in the public’s attitudes, she said

She said the U S star ted fighting limited wars militar y conflicts that are neither full peacetime nor full wars, such as the Cold War relatively recently

Never theless, Young emphasized the damage of even limited wars

The Bush administration ordered 44 drone strikes in Pakistan over a period of five years, killing 400 people, according to Young The Obama administration has ordered more than 300 strikes so far with four times the body count

“More power ful and sophisticated drones are on their way, ” she added

What will happen with the conflict in Syria is still unclear, according to Young

President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that the U S would pursue diplomacy in Syria His speech came after he pulled back from ordering a strike on Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack that left more than 1,000 people dead, according to The Ne w York Times

“Ever ything about Syria is still in play, and I do not know what the outcome of the current situation will be,” she said “Opposition is apparently strong within the militar y and with the general public ”

Despite her uncer tainty about the situation in Syria, Young said she is optimistic about the future of the American way of war She compared the American public to prisoners of war, saying that they are imprisoned by never-ending militar y conflict and strife

However, she said that there is hope for the future

“ There is a glimmer of a possibility of a prison break,” she said

Fritz Bar tel grad said he appreciated this optimism in Young’s lecture

“I enjoyed her optimism I think it’s ver y much of the moment in sixth months it would probably be different, but for the moment it’s great to hear,” Bar tel said

Usamah Andrabi ’15 said he thought Young made many valid points

“I think she emphasized the impor tance of movement I feel like our generation should have more of a cooperative standpoint on foreign policy rather than this combative, aggressive policy,” Andrabi said

Prof Molly Geidel, a visiting professor who is teaching histor y, said she appreciated how Young encouraged activism in her lecture

“I like that she’s encouraging all of us to be activists and to oppose US militarism and imperialism,” she said Geidel also appreciated how Young highlighted “the potential difference activism can make in influencing foreign policy ”

Bar tel, however, said he was concerned that so fe w undergraduate students attended Young’s lecture

“Unless there’s a lot more students coming to events like this, the activism she was talking about just isn’t really there,” he said

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Children Identify With Parents’ Music

By FRANK MENZ

Michael Jackson, Madonna and Prince are artists that many current college-age students’ parents were listening to when they were in college but many current 20-year-olds are able to recognize these artists and their songs fairly well

This musical link between generations is the crux of a study conducted by Prof Carol Lynne Krumhansl, psychology, and a former student of hers, Justin Zupnick ’12

The study found that children are closely linked to the music of their parents Current 20year-olds were able to recognize songs from 1980 to 1984 more vividly and with greater emotional attachment that they did for any other time period, according to Krumhansl’s research

Krumhansl originally conducted a study, using music as her method of measure, focusing on how much detail a person could store in their memory, she said It was through this first study that Zupnick said he became involved in Krumhansl’s research, and a second study was born

The two assembled a survey that collected the top two hits from Billboard from 1955 to 2009 and played the most recognizable clips to a group of 62 volunteers, who were of an average age of 20

The researchers said they found that their volunteers were more prone to remember and feel a closer link to the music popular between 1980 and 1984 Based on this information, Krumhansl said she looked to previous studies to understand why this link between 20 years olds and 1980s music would exist

“Previous studies have shown an increase up to early adulthood in how much the music of that time is recognized and how strong emotional reactions are We found that this is also true of the music of the participants’ parents, ” Krumhansl said

The researchers said they concluded that the music of children’s parents would have been played while the children were being raised and developing, and therefore made an impact on the children

“The personal memories associated with this music were from when they were growing up, listening with parents, alone and with others

Feelings of nostalgia were strong for the music of their parents ’ generation,” The researchers’ publication said

Students who talked to The Sun agreed with the researchers’ findings Gal Wald ’16 said he related with the music of his parents

“My father is a big fan of Pink Floyd’s The Wall, and while my personal music taste is more in line with the rappers of today 2 Chainz and Kanye West for example I feel energetic inside whenever I hear a Pink Floyd song being played,” Wald said

James Choi ’16 echoed Wald’s sentiments, adding that some of his parent ’ s music resonates with him

“My parents are from Korea, and I do not really listen to their kind of music regularly, but whenever my mom and dad pull out their old Korean records at home, I almost always hum along to the melody,” Choi said

Justin Chen ’16 agreed with Choi and Wald, adding that the music of the 1980s was particularly prevalent in his early years

“As a real young kid, I vaguely remember my parents playing their C D s and cassettes in the background while doing chores in the house and such I think that I can pretty much recognize any real popular tune from the 1980s because of that,” Chen said

Krumhansl and Zupnick said they plan to conduct another survey with more participants and broader survey questions next

They said they were surprised not only by the jump in music recognition during the 1980s, but of another jump in music recognition during the 1960s They said they are interested in whether this jump is related to the music of volunteers’ grandparents, and they intend to survey a large sample size of people in their next survey to research this theory

Zupnick said the researchers would be interested in music technology in this future study as well With the knowledge that music is becoming a much more digital and online experience, Zupnick said the pair will seek to find out whether younger generations will have the same access to their parents ’ music that the current generation does

Frank Menz can be reached at frm36@cornell edu

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An officer was dispatched to take a report from a student regarding an unknown individual(s) spray painting graffiti in a clothes washer

Trespassing in the Gorges

Several individuals were warned and released from a restricted area

Criminal Mischief

An officer was dispatched to take a report regarding an attempt to cut a bike lock from a secured bicycle

Halcomb: VDI Enables ‘Lab in a Cloud’

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tor in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations For instance, through VDI, students can access programs on University computers that they need for their classes, while CIT staff can update computer software more easily

ILR which implemented its own virtualization pilot project in one computer lab in Catherwood Library in Fall 2012 and expanded VDI to all of the library’s computers in June, according to Bishop has been working with Cornell Information Technologies to test the infrastructure this semester in a room in the Uris Library Tower, according to Philip Halcomb, a systems engineer for CIT

The pilot program began at the beginning of the semester and a group of engineering professors and teaching assistants began trying out the technology Friday

In Uris Library’s Tower Room, computers are no longer using local processing power to run Windows Instead, some of the computers have been replaced with little black boxes known as thin clients which connect remotely to Cornell Information Technology ser vers in the Computing and Communications Center and Rhodes Hall, according to Halcomb

Additionally, the existing computers in the lab have been converted to thin clients to also connect remotely to the CIT data centers, Halcomb said

VDI’s advantages are numerous, according to Halcomb The software allows the virtual machines to be accessed from any device, including smartphones and personal computers

“It’s possible now to have a lab in the cloud, if you will,” Halcomb said “People can connect in remotely and do their work from virtually anywhere ”

In addition to allowing remote access to Uris Library Tower computers, the software known as Citrix XenApp allows students to connect directly from their own computers to any application the computers are equipped with This is a huge advantage for students who need an application like MatLab or Photoshop for class, since they can access the software without having to be at a specific computer lab on campus or having to purchase the software themselves, according to Halcomb

For CIT, the infrastructure allows them to manage several computers at once, since “the computers in the lab are just clones of one master computer, ” according to Halcomb “You

save a lot of time in managing the machines ”

CIT is test-driving two different virtual desktop technologies this semester VMware view and Citrix XenDesktop in order to see which is easier for their department to manage and provides the best user experience At the end of the semester, they will reevaluate whether the project will expand to other places on campus, Halcomb said

Daisy Fan, a senior lecturer who teaches computer science, is one person who is participating in the Uris Library Tower VDI pilot project Fan and 27 teaching assistants and consultants that lead “Introduction to Computing Using Matlab” will spend the semester testing the user experience of the VDI technology

“I’ve been hoping for something like this,” Fan said “CIT [and I have] talked about what one could do to bring the software to the students’ computers where they are, instead of making the students go to a particular lab to use the software I’m happy that we ’ re at the testing stage here ”

Multiple virtualization projects currently exist on campus

For about a year now, ILR has been running VMware View desktop virtualization software in its computer labs, according to Bishop Similar projects also exist at the School of Hotel Administration, in the Facilities Services office and in the College of Human Ecology

The Uris desktop virtualization project is not just the newest of such projects, but also one that has wider implications for members of the Cornell community The software available on the computers in Uris ranges more widely from engineering and graphic art programs to more basic programs like Microsoft Word, according to Halcomb

“The thing is to see how far we could really push this, how far it can really go, ” Halcomb said Halcomb noted that there are possible downsides to the infrastructure During the course of the semester, CIT expects to learn more about how practical the software was for the Cornell campus

“With VDI, we ’ re no longer using the CPU power of the local computer running in the computer lab and instead we ’ re shifting it back into the data center, and all of this is coming over the Internet,” Halcomb said “So because of that, of course you ’ re going to manage things like network bandwidth, 3-D graphics rendering and user expectations ”

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Diplomacy Is ‘Not A n Ea sy Thing’

his diverse identity

“To be a diplomat is not an easy thing, you have to represent your whole country and I am a Israeli, Bedouin, Arab [and] Muslim diplomat,” he said, stressing that Israel is much more than merely a Jewish state

“It is beautiful country, a multi-lingual and multi religious society This is what Israel is about,” he said

In his speech, Khaldi compared the living situations of Israeli Bedouins to that of Native Americans living on reservations in the United States

“We [Bedouins] are on the same situation as the American natives here on reservations Israel needs to help them integrate into modern society, ” he said

Khaldi emphasized that he feels a strong sense of Israeli nationalism despite being of a different religion from the majority of the country

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“We are Israeli citizens Yes, our color is different, our religion is different, our language is different, but we are Israelis,” he said “I want to see more people in my community Bedouins to do what I’m doing

He added that his dedication for his country transcends beyond cultural differences

“Brotherhood is not based on the same color, or the same religion, or the same language, but on unconditional respect and dedication for each other ”

To encourage students to learn more about Israel, Khaldi suggested taking the opportunity to study abroad there

“I would encourage students to go study there

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2013 Fundraising ‘Successful’

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“We are ahead of schedule at this point,” Phlegar said

In addition to seeing one of its largest donation years, Cornell also saw the largest number of individual donors ever, with more than 51,000 donors giving gifts to Cornell, according to a University press release

The Annual Fund had more than 34,000 donors support it this year

Lyons said there was a strong focus on participation within the group, included the launch of the 1865 Society, which recognizes donors who give for at least two consecutive years More than 40,000 donors joined this group after the 2013 fiscal year, according to a University press release

“[Having an all-time high number of donors] was particularly exciting to see, especially at a time when the national trend in participation has been downward,” Lyons said in an email “We also saw near-record donor numbers from our young alumni, who responded strongly to 1865 Society and the Duffball NYC event that helped raise money for the Annual Fund ”

Young alumni showed a high rate of participation in giving back: the Class of 2013 alone gave 1,200 gifts, the highest number for a class this year, according to a University press release

Lyons said that after this year ’ s success, the Annual Fund plans to set a higher fundraising goal

“At the start of the University’s campaign, we set our eyes on reaching $30 million, which we ’ ve now done three years in a row, and so our next big goal is to reach $40 million per year in unrestricted support for Cornell,” he said “We have a ways to go and it will be hard work, but we ’ re motivated by the knowledge of what an incredible impact it will have on Cornell ”

Phlegar also noted the success of the young alumni programs, but said that large gifts such as the $133 million gift to the Cornell Tech campus and the $100 million gift to Weill Cornell Medical College have contributed greatly to Cornell’s fundraising efforts

“Big gifts certainly make a difference, but our participation rate increased significantly this year, ” he said “But big gifts drive numbers up there’s no question about it ”

Phlegar attributed Cornell’s fundraising success to the University’s strategic plan, University leadership, a stable economy and alumni who are “extremely proud and committed to this institution ”

“It’s really encouraging that the alumni are so supportive of the future of Cornell It’s just a good sign,” he said “I think it’s a good sign of what’s going on at the University ”

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S peaker Highlight s D iversity

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and spend a semester getting to know the countr y, ” he said “Education is the most effective tool to join modern society ”

Ihsan Kabir ’14, president of the Committee for the Advancement of Muslim Culture, said that Khaldi’s speech provided the unique outlook of someone who comes from both an Israeli and Muslim background

“I’m all for bringing in people with unique perspectives we ’ ve all been exposed to the traditional narratives, but I value these unique ones just as much,” he said, “They help break a lot of stereotypes ”

Students attending the presentation said they thought that Khaldi’s speech helped them understand what it is like to be a Muslim minority in a Jewish state Rachel Medin ’14, co-president of CIPAC, echoed Blumenthal’s remarks, saying CIPAC “wanted to highlight diversity in Israel through his story as a Bedouin Israeli rising through the ranks ” She added that it was fascinating to learn about Israeli culture from someone with a Muslim background

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Yesterday, I threw away an old pair of sneakers, covered in paint, some leftover Slope Day mud and tie-dye It was a sad day for me, because those shoes got me through a large portion of my life This is certainly not true of everyone in the world, or even everyone at Cornell, but personally, I wear shoes every day As a result, most of the momentous events in my life have been seen by some pair of footwear or another While I reflected upon the many and varied experiences my shoes have had, I thought of the shoe trends I’ve seen throughout my life, and how our footwear changes as we grow up and out

1 Light-Up Sneakers: If you were not cool enough to have these novelty sneakers, I feel incredibly sorry for you There is nothing, absolutely nothing, more gratifying than having your shoes light up every time you take a step A boy

I babysit has a pair that are car-themed, and the light-up part is a traffic light that goes from green to yellow to red If only I had grown up in such a technologically advanced time, when a child’s sneakers could regulate traffic The future is now, my friends

2 Velcro-ed Sandals: From birth to approximately age 12,

There is nothing, absolutely nothing, more gratifying than having your shoes light up ever y time you take a step

I wore velcro sandals, à la Teva They were probably, to this day, the most practical, functional shoes I have owned But sadly, I am neither a bike-riding hippie nor a middle-aged, Hawaiian-shirted tourist, so I no longer feel any societal permission to wear these sandals from heaven Sorry, sandals We had a good run, but now I’ve moved on to the wildly impractical summer shoes that are flip-flops

3 Skate Shoes: I’m ashamed to admit but not so ashamed that I won ’ t that I once owned Etnies If you know me, you know that I would never be caught dead in them now, and shouldn’t have been caught alive in them before, because I have never stepped onto a skateboard If you know the shoes, you’ll know that they are ridiculously wide and well-padded sneakers, usually laced so they’re falling off of one ’ s feet I usually pretended they were comfortable to justify my wearing of these veritable boats, but the truth is they were annoyingly falling off of my feet all day Curse you, middle school fashion trends

4 Uggs: Okay, I know you ’ ve all heard the various railing against Uggs: girls who wear shorts and Uggs, girls who wear North Faces and Uggs, girls who wear Uggs when it’s the summer, ad infinitum The truth is, and here I declare myself the voice of the entire female population, none of us are so deluded as to think these boots are stylish, or even any good for snowy Ithaca weather Uggs are comfortable That is all I owned them in middle school, I own them now, and I will own them for as long as I can, even if one day I can only wear them in the comfort of my home for fear of being ridiculed

5 Patent Leather Pumps / Wingtips: For females and males, respectively, they are the shoes that signify true adulthood When we see our fellow students rushing around campus in them, we know there must be a career fair or job interview going on This is not the five-inch heel, the footwear of frat parties and late-night CTB; these are sensible, grown-up, powerful shoes that usher us into the working world

6 High Top Converse: I will never abandon my high tops, and here’s why: They are the one pair of shoes that has grown with me Over the years, they have transitioned seamlessly from functional sneakers to ironically-casual-shoe-Ican-now-wear-with-a-dress-and-look-cool For that, Converse, I thank you

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Shields to wear on my feet, Holding me close, away from broken glass

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V ir tual Robots Evolve to Run

By SOFIA HU Sun Contr butor

If you give a person four different soft tissues and tell them to assemble a walking robot, chances are, they would be unable to do it But give a computer the same challenge, and it can show you designs humans cannot even imagine Nick Cheney grad did just that by applying the principle of evolution in a computer programs He star ted off with a cube-shaped vir tual robot and ran simulations on it The program would create variations in the robots’ shape and test how fast these variations could walk

Similar to how animals evolve in the natural world, these robots were re warded if a par ticular mutation in their shape made them better walkers After several thousands of generations, the computer g e n e r a t e d q u i r k y - l o o k i n g , w a l k i n g robots

“ The idea was to tr y to take ideas inspired by biological evolution and use those to design machines to take that process, encapsulate it in a computer simulation and see what it can design,” Prof Hod Lipson, mechanical and aerospace engineering, said Although Cheney focused on the simple outcome of locomotion, he also performed experiments under other conditions as well “ We wanted to see if there were no metabolic selection pressure – will creatures just amount a lot more mass and make huge muscles?” Cheney said “ We found that they do tend to do that The group without any metabolic or energy pressure had a lot more muscle than the other groups We also had other experiments that did penalize for energy use and for how many muscle cells you have ”

This par ticular research draws inspiration from previous work per formed by Karl Sims, a former student at MIT, who also used evolution to create vir tual creatures in 1994 According to Cheney, Sims’ research, however, dealt with creatures made from uniform, rigid material and cubic shapes Cheney’s vir tual robots are made up of four different types of soft materials, like tissue and contracting and expanding muscle Compared to rigid materials, these soft tissues are more difficult to model

In 2000, Lipson per formed similar e vo l u t i o n a r y e x p e r i m e n t s w i t h ro b o t s , but they were made with hard plastic material and joints Lipson created these hard robots before Cheney and his work on soft materials

To r un simulations on soft materials took a decade, compared to this hard material,” Lipson said, gesturing toward the machines from the experiments on display in the Creative Machines Lab

Expected evolution | Several of the virtual robots’ shapes resemble those seen in nature This

expected,

grad, since both the natural designs and the robot shapes were formed through evolutionary processes

took more time to develop, this method better emulates str uctures found in the natural world

“A big par t of morphological computation is how muscles and tissues and bones can create a much richer response than just a solid being or a basic joint can do,” Cheney said

Each robot is made up of several voxels, which are three dimensional versions of pixels A voxel, or volume element, is a small cube used to represent larger three dimensional objects In these robots, each voxel can become any of the four different tissue types According to Cheney, using voxels as small sub-components of the vir tual robots allowed the them to

Throughout each robot’s generation, the position and type of voxel can be mutated

According to Cheney, these variations in the robot’s shapes were produced by an ar tificial neural network, which are com-

by

abstract interconnectedness of neurons in the animal ner vous system Cheney used

Network

“ These CPPN lay down a bunch of

patterns, a bunch of geometric patterns a

composed just like cellular or chemical p

” Cheney said

“CPPNs evolve faster robots than a direct encoding and that the CPPN morphologies appear more natural,” Cheney said

While Cheney’s research dealt with the morphology and shape of robots, he also has plans to focus on the neurological evolution of robots

“An obvious next step is to create neural control in the traditional robotic sense that will help them per form more complex steps, ” Cheney said “A lot of the research in the field focuses on neuroevolution and what kind of interesting behavior can evolve from these ar tificial networks

”

Another avenue would be to continue

e v o l u t i o n a r y e x p e r i m e n t s ov e r l o n g e r time scales and better ecosystems in order to create more complex and intelligent vir tual creatures This development will take a long time

“ We still have a long way to go to e v o l v e s o m e t h i n g a n y w h e r e n e a r t h e complexity of the simplest organism But it’s not impossible,” Lipson said

Lipson will continue to use CPPN and evolutionar y techniques to create neuron control and develop more sophisticated soft robots However, while these robots may exist digitally, they cannot be manufactured physically Cheney’s robots cannot be constr ucted using currently available manufacturing tools

“ We could do ever ything on the computer, sor t of play God and add more tissue types and cells and see what happens and see what we get, ” Lipson said “But if we want to make it, physically, we have to constrain ourselves to our available, physical materials and manufacturing processes And the real manufacturing processes are so far nowhere as good as what we can simulate ”

The researchers have found themselves approaching a tension between manufacturing and design Computational evolution depends on manufacturing techniques to bring into reality its designs, and manufacturing depends on evolution t o c r e a t e n e w d e s i g n s , a c c o r d i

Lipson

“Neither can go anywhere without the other,” Lipson said

Sofia Hu can be reached at shh83@cornell edu

New Genetic Test Aids Selective Br eeding

By DANIELA DI CARO Sun Contributor

Cattle breeders today want the most costeffective and time efficient techniques so their cattle offer the best quality beef and milk Selective breeding of animals by humans has occurred for thousands of years, but Prof Ikhide Imumorin, animal science, uses an Illumina HiSeq sequencing machine to easily identify superior genes in cattle so they can be bred to produce better quality meat and milk

“My work is concerned with identifying those genes responsible for genetic performance and potentially using that information

to select superior animals,” Imumorin said

The Illumina HiSeq machine uses the genotyping-by-sequence method, a type gene sequencing originally developed by Rob Elshire, a researcher in the lab of Prof Ed Buckler, plant breeding and genetics, for use with crop plants According to Imumorin, the role of GBS is to identify thousands of genetic markers that act as landmarks in the entire genome so certain genes are easy to identify

The differences that separate superior animals from inferior ones are controlled by thousands of genes that code for complex traits such as growth, disease resistance, heat tolerance, longevity and fertility Superior

cattle supply a higher quantity and better quality of milk

Researchers use enzymes to slice purified DNA; sort the DNA into libraries; sequence the DNA and receive information by using a sequencing machine A DNA library is a group of stored DNA pieces

Using these four steps, researchers can produce a readable output from the machine that targets certain superior cattle traits Once these markers are found, it is possible to identify the genetic viability for any species, such as cattle, without blindly searching for specific genes in an entire genome

According to Imumorin, the single nucleotide polymorphisms – portions where DNA differs by only one nucleotide, identified by the GBS method – account for the variants in the three billion-letter genome of a superior bull that separate it genetically from a less superior bull For example, a measurable identification such as birth weight can be located on a bull’s genome through the GBS method and a relationship can be drawn between an individual bull’s birth weight and its genetic propensity to have offspring that generate higher quality and a higher quantity of milk

Once a relationship is established between a physical characteristic and a set of genetic markers, breeders are able to select a predicted superior bull, according to Imumorin To improve milk production, breeders select the best males to keep Once those males reach maturity, they are bred with many females to increase the chance of producing genetically superior offspring

Although selective breeding has occurred throughout human history, it takes a long time to do by trial-and-error methods

“ This whole business takes so long,”

Imumorin said “For a long time people have been trying to shrink the time period down and this is where DNA is a key player ”

Unlike other current technologies used to sequence animal’s genetic profiles, the GBS method is relatively inexpensive According to Imumorin, the cost of a single nucleotide polymorphism chip test is around $150 per test, whereas testing using the GBS method is roughly $40 per test For large-scale cattle breeders, such a price difference is significant Prior to the GBS method, other genetic sequencing tests were controlled by a few companies, but the GBS method can be used by any university or other research facility with an Illumina HiSeq sequencing machine

“With the use of the GBS method, you completely bypass that use of chips It would be the equivalent of a do-it-yourself genetic profile,” Imumorin said

However, Illumina HiSeq sequencing machines are not limited to use for cattle genomics according to Sharon Mitchell, director of research of the Institute of Genetic Diversity

“We’ve done work with evolutionary biology, plant pathology, molecular biology and genetics,” Mitchell said

According to Mitchell, it is possible to genotype any sort of organism

“If we can get DNA out of it, we can genotype it,” Mitchell said Imumorin’s work with the GBS method and the Illumina HiSeq machines does not represent the only new technology for sequencing, but according to Mitchell, it is the best platform for targeting small fragments of DNA

Daniela Di Caro can be reached at dd432@cornell edu

New Mobile App Helps Bipolar Individuals

By SRINITYA ARASANIPALAI Sun Staff Wr ter

M a i n t a i n i n g a b a l a n c e d b i o l o g i c a l rhythm or internal body clock is extremely impor tant in leading a healthy lifestyle for all people, but it is especially impor tant for those who have bipolar disorder

M a r k M a t t h e w s , a p o s t d o c t o r a l researcher, and Prof Tanzeem Choudhur y, information science, and other researchers have created a smar tphone app to help b i p o l a r p a t i e n t s m a i n t a i n t h i s h e a l t h y rhythm

Bipolar disorder is a serious and lifelong mental illness affecting three to five percent of the world’s population irrespective of gender and background, according to Matthe ws

Bi p o l a r d i s o rd e r i s c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y mood, sleep and routine instability and is associated with high suicide rates

The disorder also causes large fluctuations in mood that range from extreme highs to abysmal depression

Any stressful situation, such as working late in the night to finish a project, can cause the mood of a person with this diso r d e r t o d e t e r i o r a t e i n t o d e p r e s s i o n , Matthe ws said

According to Matthe ws, it is essential to monitor the activities, mood and energy levels of patients that have this disorder both to help them maintain a daily rhythm and help their clinicians more easily assess and treat them

Currently, clinicians rely on patients to either remember this data or record the information in a journal

Maintaining a journal, however, can be problematic because people do not often want to be seen using them in public or they forget to use them This renders the r e c o r d e d i n f o r m a t i o n i n c o m p l e t e a n d u n re l i a b l e f o r

said Matthews and his collaborators created a

smartphone app called Mood Rhythm that aims to change the way patients and clinicians treat bipolar disorder by helping patients lead a more naturally rhythmic day

According to Matthe ws, one of the main goals of this app was to make the recording of information fun and effor tless with an easy-to-use inter face

The app uses both active sensing with input from users, similar to a paper journal, and also passive data collection using the sensors in the phones which automatically monitor the patients The app also re wards users with badges and stars upon completion of daily tasks

According to Matthe ws, previous, unrelated research has suggested that bipolar i n d i v i d u

c h re wards

The app uses the microphone, light sensors and accelerometer already built into the phone to automatically monitor the sleep patterns and social interactions of users

According to Matthe ws, the app detects when the people sleep and also their sleep environment and can predict sleeping patterns with 90 percent accuracy

The app also measures the levels of social interaction by detecting and processing users ’ speech in a privacy-sensitive way

The traditional method of creating clinical tools to help patients is to first build the tool and then later test them with clinical studies Mood Rhythm, on the other hand, was built with clinicians, patients and patients’ families involved from the beginning

According to Matthe ws, this is important because patient acceptance of the technology and control of their illness is central to whether they maintain treatment

T h i s y e a r, Mo o d R h y t h m w o n

$100,000 in prize money in the Heritage O p e n m He a l t h c h a l l e n g e t o c r e a t e a mobile health application

This challenge was co-sponsored by the He

mHealth

Open mHealth is a non-profit star tup that creates mobile health technologies on an open platform which can be used by other researchers Matthe ws said that the social interaction and sleep modules currently used in Mood Rhythm were created using Open mHealth architecture and are available for other researchers to use Matthe ws and his collaborators plan to use the prize money to create a suite of

physical and mental health in addition to

treating bipolar disorder

“We see the value of Mood Rhythm going beyond people with bipolar disorder and depression to people struggling to maintain a balanced life,” Matthews said “Recent studies show that a balanced life will lead to physical and mental wellness and this is what we hope the app can achieve ” Mood Rhythm is available for both Android and iOS users and can be used on any basic smar tphone

Srinitya Arasanipalai can be reached at sarasanipalai@cornellsun com

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

H o l l y w o o d D i p l o m a c y

An Interview With Chris Fenton ’93

BY ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Associate Managing Editor

Chances are you have seen or heard of Looper or Iron Man 3, and, thanks to Chris Fenton ’93, chances are a good chunk of China’ s 1 3 billion population has too As President of DMG Entertainment Motion Picture Group, Fenton not only produces but optimizes, through intercontinental collaboration, Hollywood blockbusters for entry into the world’ s largest market The Sun spoke over the phone with Fenton about Chinese censorship, production troubles in Iron Man 3 and his job’ s “fantastic diplomacy ”

THE SUN: So, I know what a movie studio does, and I’m pretty sure I know what distribution companies and talent agencies do, too Is DMG Entertainment all of those things, or some more than others?

CHRIS FENTON: So what I do for DMG is I run the motion picture division of the company and I’m also GM of North America, so I do a variety of stuff with advertising/marketing My primary responsibility is overseeing the movies we co-produce and co-finance with Hollywood movie studios In this last year, we had two movies that I’m very proud of, which are Iron Man 3 and Looper Both are great films one had a $30 million budget and the other was $200 million-plus Those were the first two movies that really utilized a Chinese company, Chinese personnel, Chinese money, Chinese creatives to take what is already a worldwide moviegoing experience and bring a kind of relevancy into the films so that the films are supported both by the Chinese government and also by Chinese consumers

to these films?

C F : Now, with Iron Man 3, we weren ’ t as lucky in filmmaking process, and part of that was because of the all the moving parts in a $200 million-plus movie But one thing that was a little atypical with the filmmaking process was that Robert Downey Jr did some of his own stunts, and he got hurt doing one of them We had to shut down production for several weeks, and when you have big tentpole movies, the studio basically says two years before, “This movie is coming out on ‘ x ’ date, 2013 ” So if you have a guy that is out and you can ’ t shoot the movie you suddenly have to start altering things that everyone agreed upon prior to filming So we didn’t have a lot of time to do a lot of the shooting and story we planned on setting in China

“To be number one at something, and help other people become the best they can be at something, is a fantastic act of diplomacy ”

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What we do is take a movie that will appeal to a guy in Frankfurt, Germany, to a woman in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to a guy in Boise, Idaho, and we put little nuggets in there of Chinese relevancy that get the Chinese consumer excited about the movie but also get the government excited about supporting the film because it’s a collaboration between the two countries They want to learn how we make great movies I mean, think about it The U S is the best at making movies, by far Hollywood is the best What’s great about that, or maybe what’s sad about that is that we don’t have a lot of industries in the U S that are number one, so it’s crucial that we take advantage of the fact of our prowess in this industry and figure out how to open up the market, so that we can exploit that prowess and get consumers creating revenue for our entities here making movies

And, number two, use that prowess in a way that creates goodwill between the two countries To be number one at something, and help other people become the best they can be at something, is a fantastic act of diplomacy

SUN: I really enjoyed Looper and found the addition of a Chinese romantic interest (for Bruce Willis’ character) refreshing However, I’ve read that some audience members found the Chinese cut of Iron Man 3 a bit inorganic in its implementation of Chinese actors into very small parts As DMG Entertainment continues to optimize Hollywood films for the Chinese market, will you prioritize tact and coherence of plot in the changes made

SUN: About the government ’ s role in the industry Is the censorship lightening up now, because this is obviously a market that has opened up Censorship is still a thing there, and does that worry you at all? Are the stories being compromised at all?

C F : Well, censorship is always going to be part of the equation there, unfortunately If you look at it from a very macro perspective, you have a world of diminishing resources, and China has got a population that wants more and more They want to be bigger consumers They have 1 3 billion people I don’t agree with this perspective, but I can understand it, where there are thousands of members in these Chinese bureaus whose goal is to make sure people are happy enough in China, because there aren ’ t enough resources to make everyone filthy rich Just happy enough so there isn’t another revolution, and so that there isn’t any civil unrest; so that people live their lives There will always be certain content that doesn’t play into that, and whether that’s right or wrong in a democratic free world, a lot of people would say it’s wrong to censor content they look at it from that perspective Does this suit our objective in keeping a huge amount of people in a confined space, with limited amount of resources, happy and harmonious? Or does it create unrest or a thought process that might lead to unrest That’s one aspect of it Of course there’s also a uniformity to the religious and spiritual beliefs in the country, so they try to protect that a bit

COURTESY OF DMG ENTERTAINMENT

They don’t like to see authority questioned in films, or made to look foolish Whether you believe in it or not, or think it’s right or wrong, that’s not the question You need to at least understand their point of view, and if you want to derive revenue from that very important market, you need to play by their rules If you don’t, and just want to take a chance and see if your movie can get in there, then great, don’t play by their rules but also know that you may not get into that market It’s a choice that you got to make Some people would say it’s the moral and ethics of these companies and why would they placate to the Chinese, we need to stand up for our higher beliefs, or whatever it is I think that’s foolish; I think everyone beats to a different drum What we might think is right here, they might think is wrong there, and if you want in on a market, you need to understand that You need to either placate with it and work with it, or not So I think censorship will always be around, and I’d like to believe and I don’t want to sound like a shill for communism or anything but I’d like to believe that some of the censorship they implement might be from a place of good rather than evil I don’t think they censor purely because they want to be mean to their people and not show certain things I think there are rhymes and reasons for a lot of it Now, there’s a lot of arbitrary censorship, too, which drives people crazy If you ’ re going to censor things, you should have a set of standards that are relatively consistent But to go back to your question, whether it’s loosening up, I would say that not only is censorship loosening up, but the freedoms of their people are getting broader and broader The ability to say what’s on their mind the ability to dissent in your thought from what the government wants you to think is getting a little looser But the bottom line is, they got a long way to go, if they want to meet the standards we think are appropriate, according to the U S SUN: I’d like to end on a note about Cornell Your career has taken a few turns would you say that Cornell set you on the right course or did you have to play as you went, per se?

C F : I’m very proud that I went to Cornell It’s not really for corny, sappy Alumni reasons, it s actually because those four years at Cornell were very instrumental in giving me tools and a foundation in figuring out how to achieve success in life What’s beautiful about Cornell is that it’s one of the best schools in the country, obviously My grades, as an engineer were very poor, but I did always like that Mark Twain quote, “I’ve never let academics interfere with my education ” Cornell is fantastic for that You’re playing at the highest level Granted, do most places rank us higher than Princeton, Yale, Harvard? No But are we on the same field? Yes What we had at Cornell that they didn’t have at those other schools is the diversity of different things going on, different experiences you can have and different adventures you can go on Once I got my shit together [after freshman year], I was able to reinvent myself and actually thrive That’s the beauty of Cornell, that it’s like a microcosm of the real world It’s big enough to try and fail and then try again and succeed, and find your niche, and find who your friends are, and find what you ’ re good at, and find what’s exciting to you And fail a bunch of times in that process and not have everybody at the school know that you failed It’s big enough that you can fail and not carry that baggage around you for the rest of your four years That’s what life is If you ’ re not trying hard and learning, then you ’ re not failing, and you’ll probably not succeed either You’re just coasting, and one of the things about life is that there are a lot of highs and lows Cornell gives you the environment to experience those and not be penalized for it

Watch Chris Fenton ’93 speak about filmmaking and international business at Sage Hall B-10 this Friday at 3 p m

Zachary Zahos is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com

By James Rainis

Sky Ferreira’s Ever ything is Embarrassing” was basically blog-pop gold: mixing Tiffany with Siouxsie, it featured a dejected Ferreira detailing an awkward breakup over a masterfully spare and heavily reverberated instrumental Its debt to the eighties both mall pop and goth may have been calculated, but it couldn’t have been left to anyone else but Sky, who emotes every line masterfully It was a starmaking track if there ever was one and now, with Ferreira’s debut LP Night Time, My Time on the doorstep, we are given “You’re Not the One,” a buzzy, reggae-tinged reintroduction The song boasts a spindling guitar riff, off-kilter percussion and Ferreira doing her best Gwen Stefani impression which, given her indebtedness to the 80s, makes perfect sense when you think about it In the video, Sky dons a leather jacket and sunglasses in a nightclub, pouting and strutting and stabbing a deceitful lover with an ice pick; the stark contrast to the lilting chorus is unsettling, but in the best way “You’re Not the One” is a drop of blood on a sugar cube: sweet as all hell, but with enough deviousness to keep you coming back for more

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

If you ’ re reading this article, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib have released their latest EP, Deeper If you only have time to check out one track, make it “Harold,” a soulful and savor y ode to a famed Chicago fried chicken restaurant

Energetic Danish songstress MØ (isn’t the dash across the “O” exotic?) continues to rock our proverbial world. After a confident set at SXSW and a collaboration with Diplo, she has taken a gorgeous, heart-piercing step for ward with her latest ballad,“Never Wanna Know ”

In a shameless, disgusting and absolutely unprecedented publicity stunt, Jake Bugg has released new single “ What Doesn’t Kill You” in an effort to promote his upcoming second album Horrible, we know, but the track is actually quite good

Released Sept 3

What’s that song playing during your virtually-enabled murderous rampage, you ask? Why, it’s Clams Casino’s “Cr ystals”! The rapper and producer’s contribution to Grand Theft Auto V is available now via his website, or on the radio station of that car you just jacked

Dispatches From the North Korean Pop Scene

The Moranbong band is the biggest pop act in its country, but you ’ ve never heard of it Why? Because that country is North Korea and it’s the only “ pop ” act there Setting aside the hilarious fact that they exist the Atlantic snarkily described them as “the closest thing the country has to the Spice Girls” the Moranbong band is a fascinating example of how the government wants to portray itself to the world, as well as a reminder of how little the government has changed

As the country ’ s first all-girl band, members are handpicked by Kim Jong Un and perform at official state functions Song titles like “Let’s Study!,” “Our Dear Leader,” and “Silk Weaving Girl of Nyongbyon” make clear that the band s purpose is to push out pro-socialist revolutionary songs In that sense, they’re not different from other similar North Korean music acts

But, the band’s mere existence is special: until its conception in 2012, all other musical acts in North Korea were ostensibly orchestras The Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble and the Wangjaesan Light Music Band both made pop music, but never described as such by the government They too had the hooks and the drum beats of pop, but the Moranbong band is the first to resemble the pop performance, including choreographed dance routines and a backup chorus Most shockingly, the singers in the Moranbong band wear sequined mini-skirts female singers in the past wore the traditional Hanbok dress that definitely could not show any leg North Korea’s state news agency writes that “Kim Jong Un organized the Moranbong band as required by the new century ” I have no idea what that means, but

Nor th Korea’s official YouTube channel proudly describes the band as “DPRK Pop Music ” The band even covered the theme song from Rocky, with a backdrop of clips from the movie In a North Korean state function, this seems unthinkable

But as much as all this points to the neat, clean narrative that North Korea is finally embarking on the inevitable path to modernization, let’s be real If the Moranbong band only performs at official state functions, then the only people watching these performances in-person are high ranking party officials The only citizens who will watch outside the concert hall are those who can afford televisions these, citizens, of course, are connected to the Party in some fashion The group with the easiest access to the Moranbong band’s performances is the outside world: The government uploads all

t h e i r performances on YouTube The Moranbong band, then, is less an example of a New North Korea than a new way for the government to portray itself

This seeming ‘concession’ by the North Korean government to embrace Western elements fits neatly into a Cold War narrative of cultural exchange as a political bargaining tool In the same state report that heralded the creation of Moranbong band, Kim Jong Un (or, more likely, one of his publicists) “underscored the need to steadily develop the traditional music and popular music in a bal-

anced manner to suit the thoughts and feelings of K o r e a n s ” E s s e n t i a l l y , North Korea will embrace pop, but only at a ‘ c o m p a t i b l e ’ pace This brings up two implications One, the government can dictate “modernization” on its own terms Two, “modernization” justifies the current system as one that ‘already works’ because embracing modernization too quickly is bad This is a blatant lie

and two other performers dance to “Aloha Oe,” by Germany’s Goombay Dance Band

Implied within the Moranbong band’s edgy newness is a typical conservative message of “hands off, because we ’ re working on it,” which can be used to justify the government ’ s reckless foreign policy But it is not necessary to read between the lines to understand that the Moranbong band is a product of a North Korean state that has changed little For four months this year, the Moranbong band disappeared because someone in the government was unhappy with how ‘promiscuous’ the girl group ’ s performances were When they reappeared in July, the subdued members wore plain skirts that were slightly longer

But the most shocking example was this August, when reports surfaced that a firing squad executed Hyon Song-wol, Kim-Jong Un’s former girlfriend and front-woman of the group, on charges of pornography Her family, as well as members of the Moranbong band, were forced to watch The video that many speculate to be the “ sex tape ” that led to the charges was a dance where Song-wol

This video is fascinating because they danced to the actual English song Typically, all Western songs in North Korea performances are instrumental covers The choreography was animated and expressive They wore slit dresses, high heels and pearl necklaces They kicked up their legs and threw off their red scarves

Most importantly, the performance is genuine, and the dancers seemed tr uly happy about what they were doing Out of context, it looks like a music video from the ‘80s The dancers’ smiles don’t seem forced and their movements are dynamic Rather t h a n a d va n c i n g s o c i a l i s t p r i n c i p l e

e dance promotes individual thought it is clearly for the sake of the performers themselves It is almost as if they have forgotten about their government and their “Dear Leader ”

Kai Sam Ng is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at kng@cornellsun com You’ve Got to be

Sun Sudoku

S chimenti, Bosse in Top 10

GOLF Continued from page 15

ly strong Senior co-captain Carl Schimenti helped the team start the competition on a confident note with a birdie on the par-3 17th hole and an eagle on the par-4 18th hole during the first round In total, two shots off the individual lead, Schimenti shot a par 71, which led the Red into a tie for third after the first 18 holes

The squad started the tournament with promising possibilities from the sole freshman that represented the team at the Cornell Invitational, Luke Graboyes During the second round, Graboyes finished with a leading total of 72 with senior cocaptain Carl Schimenti right behind him with a total of 74 helping the team improve eight shots from the first round

The Red went into the third, final round with a total of 602 Led by senior co-captains Schimenti and Zack Bosse, the Red was tenacious in its pursuit to be victorious Both Schimenti and freshman Graboyes scored in the top 10 individually Schimenti finished in the No 5 spot while Graboyes

finished in the No 10 spot This allowed the squad to secure its third place finish in the Cornell Invitational

“I felt like as a team, we played our B game, but with that being said, we only finished 7 shots out of first place It wasn ' t our best performance, but it shows that we can grind out results without our best game, ” Schimenti said Cornell finished with a total score of 902 The team was close behind the firstplace team from Towson University, who finished with a score of 895, and the second-place team from Drexel University, who finished with a score of 900

The Cornell Invitational gave a quick preview of the accomplishments that are in store for Cornell’s 2013-2014 men ’ s golf team With hard work, long practices and determination, the team says it hopes to achieve significant goals this season

Though Cornell came in seventh at last year ’ s Ivy League Championship, the players say they are confident the team will perform at a high level in this year ’ s tournament

Elani Cohen can be reached at ecohen@cornellsun com

Co r n el l W i l l Fa c e Tough Competition

FIELD HOCKEY

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against Brown last weekend and appear to be a cohesive attacking duo this season While the Lions have been vastly out shot this season (69-105), sophomore goalie Kimberly Pianucci has averaged eight saves a game, which ranks her 11th nationally

The Red will face off against Drexel on Sunday Drexel has won its last three contests, including a win over No 10 Iowa

Mu

Dragons faced stiff competition with losses to two Top-10 ranked s

During its three-game winning streak, the Dragons scored 10 goals while only allowing one goal to its opponents

Drexel has seen many players get on the score sheet this season with junior for ward Christina Conrad, junior midfield Chloe

Meghan Plank leading the goal scoring with three goals each Senior forward Elise DiDonato leads the team in points with 10 on two goals and six assists She is one of four Dragons who has s

While Drexel has struggled to score at times in the first half, it has dominated the second half of play this season, scoring eleven goals and only allowing five during crunch time

The Red hopes to continue to re

Hannah Balleza and Elly Plappert have led the attack so far, scoring

recently for the Red, scoring three goals in the past two games, including two in the loss to Penn last weekend Balleza has consistently played an important role in the Red’s offense this season, whether it is by scoring or assisting goals

While the Red has peppered the opposing teams ’ goal this season, outshooting opponents 8854, the squad has struggled at times to finish those goal-scoring opportunities The Red holds a significant advantage in the shot category, but the team has scored just as many goals as its foes this season

Inability to take advantage of its offensive chances has hurt the Red in recent games, like the game against Penn last weekend

“We dominated the game yet fell apart in the first minute and didn't capitalize on many scoring oppor tunities,” sophom o re m i d f i e l d e r Ta y l o r Standiford said “If we can establish a strong platform in the first 15 minutes of the game and begin to capitalize on more of those opportunities, then I believe we will have much more success as a unit ”

De s p i t e t h

u g h l o s s t o Penn, the Red has had plenty of success in recent play and will bring confidence into this weekend's competitions

“I believe that the last weekend’s games gave us confidence as a team which we hope to grow off of as we are entering the seco n d p h a s e o f o u r s e a s o n , ” Standiford said

Tucker Maggio-Hucek can be reached at thucek@cornellsun com

Doubles Take Second at Penn

Cr ystal Leung of Columbia, 7-5, 7-6(5)

The men ’ s golf team finished third in the Cornell Invitational this past weekend at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course

The 15-team Cornell Invitational consisted of three rounds of stroke play 36 holes on Saturday and a final round with tee times throughout Sunday morning Due to the unscheduled rain on Saturday, the second round of the tournament was suspended and concluded on Sunday

morning

The competition for this year ’ s tournament was at an all time high with Binghamton, last year ’ s winner of the Cornell Invitational, as the Red’s main contender Though the Red did have an advantage the fact that the tournament was played on their home course, the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course the other teams proved to be competitive opponents, players said Throughout the tournament, the team was consistent-

Under the guidance of a new coach, the women ’ s volleyball team achieved an overall record of 9-16 and an Ivy League record of 5-9 last season This year, the volleyball team is planning on using the established leaders, as well as mixing in some youthful new faces, to maintain the excellence of its program

The team has not been able to put together a winning record since its 2006 campaign, when the Red finished first out of the Ivies with a season of 12 league wins The hope is that with hard work and chemistry, the women ’ s volleyball team can bring championship titles back to the hill, players said to The Sun

After playing through a preseason consisting of three challenging meets the C o r n e l l In v i t a t i o n a l , t h e L o n g Is l a n d

To u r n a m e n t a n d t h e Pi t t s b u r g h

Tournament the Red says it is ready to face off against Columbia on Saturday for the year ’ s first regular season and Ivy matchup

“For us it’s the preseason, the Ivy schedu l e a n d h o p e f u l l y t h e p o s t s e a s o n Binghamton and Colgate are our out-ofconference rivalries,” head coach Melissa

After a successful showing at the Cornell Fall Invitational where senior captain Ryann Young and freshman Alexandra D’Ascenzo won singles titles Cornell str uggled a bit at the Cissie Lear y Invitational last weekend, which was hosted by Penn

Cornell had five singles players advance to its individual bracket’s Round of 16, but none of the individual players could advance far ther in the tournament

“I think that it went alright We played okay, but I think that are a fe w things that we need to improve upon on, ” Young said

In the first round of the tournament, five members of the squad advanced to the Round of 16 in their singles brackets The doubles pairs of sophomore Dena Tanenbaum and D’Ascenzo advanced to the Round of 16 as well

In the singles “A” flight, Young was given a bye

d’s Elizabeth Sims, 6-3,6-4, to pass through the second round Young then headed to take on St John’s Anna Morova in the Round of 16 where she was defeated, 6-3, 6-2, to end her tournament r un

Tanenbaum also won her Friday match after getting a first-round pass by taking down the University of Delaware's Dorothy Safron, 6-3, 7-6(3) She advanced to face Penn's Sol Eskenazi in the Round of 16 on Saturday where she lost, 6-1, 6-1

Maksimava, 6-1, 6-4, in the first round of the tour-

Cannon, 6-1,6-4, in the second to advance to the Round of 16 on Saturday D’Ascenzo then fell to

Batie-Smoose said

Staying competitive in the conference rankings and making it to the playoffs will not be easy, she said

“The Ivy League is a very competitive league All the teams are very comparable We have to do our best,” Batie-Smoose said

A mix of veteran leadership and new talent will allow the Red to be strong competitors this season, players said

“Last year, we made a lot of improvements that didn’t reflect in our record, and I think that this year, we are going to show that this team is very versatile, confident and ready to go, ” senior outside hitter Kelly Marble said

Last season, the Red lost both of its regular season games against the Lions, one of which was its season opener The team hopes that this year, the tables will turn

“In the Ivy League, Columbia is our travel partner and a lot of girls on the team think of them as our main rival,” Marble said “We’re really excited to be here at home this weekend with only one opponent to focus on ”

The addition of six freshman recruits has added to the diversity on the team

“We are all ready to go The preseason was a great way to find matchups that

In the singles “B” flight, after receiving a firstround bye, Perelman defeated Delaware’s Olivia Helm, 6-3, 6-3, to advance her to the Round of 16 as well As with the rest of Cornell, Perelman fell to her Round 16 opponent, Columbia’s Laura Wiley, 6-1, 6-2, to end her tournament r un

Junior Lauren Frazier rounded out the five to advance by beating Drexel’s Alex Bell, 7-5, 6-3, in the second round after a first-round bye She then moved on to face Mar yland’s Olga Gaistr uck where she fell, 6-3, 6-3

The doubles team of D’Ascenzo and Tanenbaum was the only Cornell team to advance “ They played awesomely They were right in there in the finals, and it was five all at one point They competed really well, and they handled their ner ves better than the other teams, ” Young said “Alex is a freshman and Dena is a sophomore, and they are a younger team For them to handle their ner ves was amazing They are only going to get better ”

The duo received a bye in the first to push them through to play Penn State’s Carmen Sandor and Marie Bedard which they won 8-6 in the second round

In the Round of 16, the Cornell doubles team faced Columbia’s Tiana Takenaga and Laura Wiley, where they beat them 8-5 to advance In the next round, Cornell faced Columbia’s other squad, Tina Jiang and Cr ystal Leung and defeated them, 8-4, to advance to the semifinals The Red ended up in second after suffering an 8-5 decision to Columbia’s Bianca Sanon and Kanika Vaidya

Up next for the Red is an open weekend before the team heads to the Akron invitational on Oct 4 to continue its fall season

Players said that, despite the losses, the weekend was a good one for the team

“I think it was a ver y good bonding experience for the team as a whole It was the first time that we were on the road together,” junior Sara Perelman said Junior Lauren Frazier said that the team thinks that, if it works hard enough, “ We definitely deser ve to do even better than we did last year ”

Even though the team is relatively young, which leaves members with not as many “people with experience who can give advice,” it has benefitted from the leadership of Young, sophomore Laila Judeh said

“Ryann is our senior captain and the only senior on the team, and I think that she is doing a really good job of helping ever yone out, ” Judeh said

worked and to see who could play It was designed to be challenging,” Batie-Smoose said

The new faces on the team hope to not only serve as the future of the program, but also as ready contributors when called upon

“Anybody is able to come in and make an immediate impact,” freshman setter Kristina Dunworth said “We have a great group of girls who are all competitive, and everybody wants to fight for that starting spot ”

Dunworth is currently out with an injury, but she still attends practices to keep close ties with the rest of the team

“We all bonded right away, ” she said The freshmen are really fun and everybody else on the team is mature, so it’s easy to look up to them ”

Despite not having a full scouting report on this year ’ s Columbia team, the Red knows that a full team effort will ensure greater success

“We haven’t really gone over out scouting plan against Columbia so far, but I think that in general, the Ivies play very g

Marble said “What our team can do to play well against Columbia, and a lot of the other teams at the top of the Ivy League, is

to serve well to slow down the defense, and to pass well on offense and defense to have a stronger attack ”

Laxers Picked for National Teams

By JOEL COOPER

Three former Cornell athletes enjoyed a successful National Lacrosse League Entry Draft at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, Ontario

At the draft, held on Aug 16, Jason Noble ’13 was selected as second overall pick by the Minnesota Swarm Noble was joined by senior Cody Bremner, who was eighth overall pick, and Rob Pannell ’13, 50th overall pick

Throughout his lacrosse career, Noble won three Minto Cups with the Orangeville Northmen before starting at Cornell One of the top collegiate defensive players in the nation, he was a three-time All-American, earning a first team selection in 2013 Noble is the Red’s highest NLL draft pick in program history

“Our fans are going to love the way [Noble] plays the game, ” Swarm Owner and Governor John Arlotta said to MNSwarm com “He’s not only a great defender but he can transition the ball up the floor, and he has a great scoring touch In addition to being an outstanding player, Jason is well known for his leadership as demonstrated by being a first team Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award winner Jason was heavily involved in many leadership roles at Cornell and was also very active in the community ”

Noble said he is excited to join the Swarm organization

“I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out today I’m looking forward to it and playing in front of the fans at The Hive,” he said to cornellbigred com

Cody Bremner was picked by the Vancouver Stealth He spent the last two seasons in the WLA playing for the Nanaimo Timbermen, scoring 123 career points and earn-

Spor ts

ing the WLA Rookie of the Year award in 2012 For the Red, he was mostly in man-up situations, playing 41 games and scoring 13 goals

“We really wanted to add a lefty forward,” Stealth head coach Chris Hall said to StealthLax com “Bremner was the number one guy on our list so we couldn’t have been more pleased to get him ”

Pannell rounded up the day for former Cornell athletes, selected by Philadelphia Wings As the reigning Tewaaraton Trophy winner, MLL Rookie of the Year winner and the alltime career points leader in NCAA lacrosse history, Pannell has talent However, this will be his first incursion into box lacrosse

“Rob is the best college player in decades,” Wings President and Owner Mike French ’76 said to cornellbi-

gred com “He’s a strong, tough kid and he will be impactful on our team ”

Pannell said it is an honor to have been drafted

Pannell also offered his congratulations to Cornell coach Ben DeLuca, who has been part of the Cornell program for over 10 years and coached all three of the drafted players

“I was particularly proud with how well the Cornell Lacrosse program was represented having the second most players of any school drafted It says a lot about our program, the players’ dedication and the great job that Coach DeLuca does in developing all-around players,” he said to cornellbigred com

Joel Cooper can be reached at jcooper@cornellsun com

Red to Continue Iv y League Play

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

Coming off a solid performance last week in the Ivy League opener against Penn, the women ’ s field hockey team (2-3) looks to continue its streak of strong play this weekend at home

The Red is hoping to even up its Ivy League record against Columbia (3-3) on Saturday at Martha Dodson Field Then, on Sunday, the Red will face off against Drexel University (5-2), who is looking to keep its winning record

The Columbia Lions come to Cornell after

defeating Ivy League opponent Brown by a score of 4-1 and losing to Richmond 3-1 last weekend The Lions faced tough competition this season, falling to No 2 Maryland and No 20 American earlier this season In the team ’ s other four contests, the Lions have outscored its opponents 12-5, winning three of those four games Leading the attack for Columbia is freshman Katie Ruesterholz with 12 points on five goals and two assists Ruesterholz and senior forward Liz Malone each scored two goals in their game