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Pell Grants Awarded at Cornell Increase by 4 Percent Since 2008

By AIMEE CHO Sun Senior Writer

The percentage of Cornell undergraduates receiving a Pell Grant has risen since 2008 the same year that President David Skorton announced sweeping changes to the University’s financial aid policy data from a recent New York Times ranking shows

According to the ranking, which lists “the most economically diverse top colleges,” the percentage of Pell Grant recipients has risen four percent since 2008 at Cornell

from 12 percent of students receiving a Pell Grant in 2008 to 16 percent in 2012

More than 2,400 undergraduate students received a Pell Grant during the 2012-13 school year compared to 1,789 students during the 2008-09 school year, according to data obtained from the United States Department of Education The average Pell Grant award has also risen over the years, from $3,548 in 2008-09 to $4,124 in 2012-13

The New York Times article ranked Cornell in 32nd

See RANKING page 4

Josh Pollock ’17 and Garrett Heller ’17 sell cupcakes Wednesday to raise money for Sunrise Day Camp in

New York, which admits cancer patients and siblings from ages three to 16 free of

Paintball Culprits Arrested, Identified as Two Teenagers

Police say they arrested two teenagers following a string of reports from individuals who were shot with paintballs on and near Cornell’s campus

Two underage teenagers were charged by both the Cornell University Police Department and the Village of Cayuga Heights Police Department with fourthdegree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree reckless endangerment, according to a University press release

The names of the teenagers were not released because of their age, according to the University Both will appear at the Village of Cayuga Heights Court on Sept 30 and the City of Ithaca Court on Oct 8

The University issued two crime alerts to the Cornell community

after multiple students reported that they were struck by paintballs on campus, an act that Cornell Police Chief Kathy Zoner deemed “intolerable ” Students reported that they saw a “black or dark-colored sedan” on campus with a paintball gun

Police said they appreciated the support from the surrounding communities regarding the case

“The officers assigned to these cases wish to thank the Cayuga Heights and Cornell communities for their active participation in reporting these incidents and providing valuable information that helped bring the cases to a quick resolution,” a University press release stated

Compiled by Tyler Alicea

Granted | The chart above shows the number of Pell Grants awarded to undergraduates between 2006 and 2013

University to Offer New Dual Degree Program

By JONATHAN SWARTZ Sun Senior Writer

The University announced Monday a formal collaboration between the School of Hotel Administration and the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai to offer dual degrees next year

The dual-degree program will allow students from both schools to complete two degrees over the course of two years the Master of Management in Hospitality degree at Cornell and the Master of Business Administration degree at CEIBS according to the University

According to Prof Rohit Verma, hotel administration, obtaining an MMH degree normally takes one year and a traditional MBA degree requires two years a process that is streamlined in the new program due to overlapping core classes

Police Investigate Morning Burglaries

By ANNIE BUI Sun News Editor

Cornell University Police and the Ithaca Police Department are currently investigating two burglaries that occurred between 5 a m and 5:45 a m on Cornell’s West Campus Wednesday morning

The first reported burglary which is being investigated by IPD occurred at 804 Stewart Ave The male victim told police he was awoken by the sound of someone in his room and subsequently observed a male subject going through his wallet The suspect then fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash

The victim described the perpetrator as a black male in his late 20s to early 30s, wearing

an Oakland A’s baseball cap

The second reported burglary, which occurred at 623 University Ave the address of Von Cramm Cooperative Hall is being investigated by CUPD A di h

female victim, she was awoken by a male subject going through a bag in her room No further details are available at this time, according to CUPD

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Finding ‘Odorless’ Cabbage, Professors Seek to Make Onion Socially Acceptable

With the birth of “odorless” cabbage came the suggestion that scientists should attempt similar achievements with onions, garlic and possibly a few other vegetables

At present, Cornell’s department of vegetable crops is experimenting to determine that type of soil or locality on which either mild or strong onions may be grown They are also trying to discover what determines the power of the onion to bring tears to the eyes

Research for the department is being carried on by Dr Hans Platenius who says “it is likely that some day we may be able to predict the soils or localities that will grow mild or strong onions ”

The strength of the onion has long been of great interest of the department, he continues, and “ we are wondering if it would be possible to grow onions here, with respect to mildness, that could compare favorably with the imported red Italian onions or the Bermuda types grown in Texas, which are sold on the markets

“To determine why some onions are more pungent

than others, it seemed necessary to find out first what in particular gives the onion its particular flavor and odor

The answer was given about 40 years ago by a German chemist, F W Semmler He found that the tears in onions really result from a volatile oil, present in very small amounts

“To study the chemical composition and nature of the oil, he had to distill more than a ton of onions Even then he obtained less than one-tenth of a pint of pure oil What it lacks in quantity, however, is made up in power of the oil

“As some of our experiments have shown, a fraction of a drop of this oil is enough to make the odor of onions noticeable throughout several large buildings Based on the findings of Semmler, a chemical method was developed to measure the pungency of onions accurately by giving the amount of volatile sulfer in the onion oil This method had to be developed because the common testing test is unreliable ”

Ithaca Welcomes Kava Bar

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Staff Writer

Ithacans searching for a “health conscious, self-aware and positive nightlife experience” might find their fix at the newly-opened Sacred Root Kava Lounge and Tea Bar, according to owners and husband and wife Paul and Judi Galgoczy Sacred Root which is located at 139 West State Street below the Cornell Daily Sun offices was welcomed downtown in a ribbon cutting ceremony on Sept 19

According to Paul Galgoczy, kava the bar’s main offering is a cold drink made from the root of the kava plant,

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make friends very quickly sitting down drinking Kava together.”

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Over the almost 10 years that the couple has been in Ithaca, the Galgoczys said they noticed that there were not any latenight alternatives to the bars

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“It occurred to me living here several years there was nowhere to go to just engage with other people, and connect, and be sociable without it being the drinking kind of scene, ” Paul Galgoczy said “If you don’t want to be drinking, it can be uncomfortable to be in that situation ”

Inspired by his wife’s passion for tea and their family’s connection to the island beverage Judi has siblings who operate kava bars in California and Florida Galoczy researched the beverage, finding that kava is consumed more for the experience and the effect than the taste

“It’s a natural relaxant, so it relieves stress and anxiety by relaxing your body, but it does that without impairing you mentally or clouding your judgment,” he said

Donovan Soland, an Ithacan who has b e e n r e s e a r c h i n g d i

botanicals to treat his anxiety, said he has been pleased by the effects of kava

“I have anxiety issues and it calms you down,” Soland said “I use it instead of drinking alcohol ”

Paul Galgoczy agreed that kava contrasts with alcohol, which he said he believes makes people more insensitive and less aware

“Kava opens your heart more, makes you more welcoming,” Galgoczy said “People make friends ver y quickly sitting down drinking kava together ”

Galgoczy said he hopes the lounge can

be “ a space where people can share what they have to offer with the community,” and is open to hosting “positive-minded” events with local residents and businesses

Beyond kava, the lounge offers raw,

Apothokara, a herbalist who makes locally sourced, organic blends The couple also plans to expand the menu to include nonalcoholic cocktail drinks

Sacred Root’s happy hour lasts from 4 p m when the bar opens, until 8 p m , and guests are invited to two-for-one deals Galgoczy said he encourages new kava drinkers to visit during these hours

because new drinkers tend to need a larger quantity to feel an effect and he wants to make sure they have the full experience something he believes puts life “in perspective ”

“I feel we have something valuable to offer and to share with people,” he said “[Kava] allows you to appreciate the beauty of the world around you and the gift of the interactions we have with other people, which we tend to overlook because we rush through our lives ”

Cornellians Construct Houses on Summer Bike Trek

‘Bike and Build’ program seeks to raise funds, awareness for affordable housing

By DIVYANSHA SEHGAL Sun Contributor

Cornellians participated in Bike and Build, a national non-profit

cycling trips to raise money and awareness for affordable housing

Among nine available routes, bikers spend up to 11 weeks

States, dedicating certain days en route to building houses

Participants are required to raise $4,500 before their departure and volunteer for at least 10 hours at a construction site with an affordable housing group, the website says

Cornellians who participated last summer said that there was

required before the trip

Kristen Ewing ’14, who took a route from Maine to Santa Barbara, said that though the

preparing for the trip

“Riders have to complete 10 hours of sweat equity on an affordable housing project site i n o rd e r t o g a i n e x p e r i e n c e building,” Ewing said “I wouldn ’ t say that the training was easy ” Rosalind Foltz ’16 said that finding the time to train longdistance last semester was difficult due to final exams, yet she a

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training was necessar y “ We were instructed to ride 500 miles total with one ride exceeding 65 miles,” Foltz said “But if any of us happened to lack in conditioning at the start of the ride, we had no choice but to get in shape climbing the A p p a l a c h i a n Mo u n t a i n s t h r o u g h V i r g i n i a a n d We s t Virginia ”

Foltz said she was thankful for her training when climbing Rocky Mountain National Park on Trail Ridge Pass the highest continuous paved road in the United States when she had

to make her way to Granby, Colorado

“ We climbed for about 25 miles straight up, shot down the other side of the pass and then had to contend with incredibly s t r o n g w i n d s f r o m L a k e Granby,” she said “[ There was also a] threat of a thunderstorm on our way into town at the end of the day ”

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t r a i n i n g a n d p h y s i c a l l y demanding work, Laura A n d e r s o n ’ 1 4 s a i d t h e trip “ was an adventure ” “ Ev e r y d a y w a s a n a d v e n t u r e , w h e t h e r i t w a s e x p l o r i n g s m a l l towns and meeting locals or having the mayor of Portales, New Mexico declare it Bike and Build Day,” she said Ewing said the hardest part o f t h e t r i p w a s c o n s t a n t l y migrating from location to location

“ T h e m o s t t i m e w e e v e r spent in a city was three nights i n C o l u m b u s , Oh i o , b u t we usually only stayed in a city for one night,” Ewing said “ While we often wished we had more time to slow down and explore, we usually had to rush and keep moving ” When asked about the downsides of the trip, Anderson said she wished for more free time because “there wasn ’ t much in the way of downtime ” “ We had three days off the e n t i r e s u m m e r a n d m o s t evenings after our rides, [but] we had chores to do, town-hall style team meetings, seminars about issues related to affordable housing and grant reviews,” she said

Ho w e v e r, Fo l t z s a i d s h e e n j oy e d d i s c ov e r i n g t h e n e w towns and cities they visited

“One of my favorite parts of the trip was getting to know all of the little towns and big cities that hosted us, ” Foltz said In Amarillo, Texas, for example, the riders both framed an entire house alongside its future homeowner and enjoyed a variety of local diversions

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took the 72-ounce Texan Steak c h a l l e n g e a n d w e f o r m e d a cheering squad 33 strong in the middle of a restaurant, ” she said “ We learn[ed] how to rope a cow from a Texan cowboy-pastor and more ” As a whole, Anderson said the experience made her more aware about the housing conditions in other parts of the countr y “ This summer was really eyeopening not only in that I got to see how most of the United States lives, but also how badly parts of our own countr y truly need help,” Anderson said Over the past 11 seasons, Bi k e a n d Bu i l d h a s d o n a t e d more than $4 5 million, spent 160,000 hours on construction, pedaled over 7 5 million miles and engaged more than 2,000 young adults in informing others about the affordable housing crisis in America, according to their website

Divyansha Sehgal can be reached at ds974@cornell edu

No. of Pell Grants at C.U. Increase

Univ. still has more to do regarding nancial aid, students say

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place for in economic diversity among top colleges after creating a “college access index” based on calculating the percentage of freshmen receiving Pell Grants at universities, the net price of attendance for low to middle income families and endowment per student

Cornell was placed behind other Ivy League institutions Har vard University, Columbia University, Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College

The ranking comes on the heels of what Jason Locke, associate vice provost for enrollment, described in August as a “significant increase in average grant aid awards for financial aid recipients ”

Freshmen this year received an average grant of $35,735 a $1,946 increase from last year according to the University This year ’ s freshman class also was the most ethnically diverse in Cornell history, with 42 9 percent of students identifying as students of color

Still, in light of The New York Times’ ranking, Cornellians say that the University has more to do to meet its official commitment to “ access and affordability ” Franklin Yang ’17, chair of the Student Assembly’s Financial Aid Review Committee, said he thinks Cornell “is doing a good job, but it can do a great job” at being economically accessible and diverse

“There’s definitely room for improvement,” Yang said “That’s something that will have to be worked out over time Even with our endowments, there are certain limitations as to what Cornell can do right now A lot of the money goes into maintaining our academic status ”

Yamini Bhandari ’17, a member of the committee, added that the diversity of students’ backgrounds is an asset because it allows students to gain perspective

“The major drawback is that we often forget that we have this asset and do not ensure that all programs on this campus cater to fostering the diversity, ” she said

Bhandari said the added costs of being part of organizations on campus make it so that some programs are “ not accessible to all students ”

“As a University, the major push needs to come from the administration to ensure that we make opportunities truly available to everyone regardless of their background,” she said “Organizations that require little to no out of pocket expenses for students are traditionally the ones that I have seen have attracted a diverse student population, as is the case for many by-line funded groups ”

President David Skorton said last spring that another challenge with making Cornell economically accessible is the unavailability of aid to “intermediate” income students, The Sun previously reported

The just-above-middle-class is in the “toughest spot among all students,” according to Mark LaPointe ’16, a member of FARC

“Their families make too much to be considered for significant financial aid, yet they make too little to fund comfortabl[y] a full, financial aid unassisted tuition for the students,” he said

Some of the “major changes” in economic diversity that have already taken place on campus have been the result of student-led initiatives, according to Bhandari

“I believe that a large part of this is due to the incredible diversity in thought and ideas that students at Cornell bring to this campus, ” she said “Students here feel that they have the right and power to advocate for themselves and their needs ” V i si t cor ne ll su n com f or th e re ma i nd er of th i s s tor y

Cornell, Shanghai Univ. To Collaborate in Program

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Jonathan Swartz can be reached at jswartz@cornellsun com

Police Investigating Whether Two Burglaries Are Related

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According to CUPD Deputy Chief Dave Honan, the burglaries are being investigated by two separate agencies because Von Cramm Cooperative Hall is Universityowned property

“Given the location and timing of the two incidents, we are [also] working closely with IPD to determine if they are related,” he said

These incidents occurred exact-

ly one week after the Delta Tau Delta fraternity was burglarized, in which three students were robbed CUPD and IPD urge members of the Cornell community to lock their doors and windows at night or anytime a residence is unoccupied Anyone with information regarding the incidents are asked to contact police

Annie Bui can be reached at abui@cornellsun com

Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Given Trial Delay by Judge

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A judge granted a two-month trial delay on

Tsarnaev, but denied a defense request to move his trial from Boston

Judge George O’Toole ruled that the trial will begin Jan 5 instead of Nov 3, but said there’s no reason to assume in advance that a fair jury cannot be selected in Massachusetts

Defense attorneys had asked that the trial be moved to Washington, D C , citing extensive media coverage in Boston and evaluations of public sentiment by their experts They also asked for a trial delay until at least September 2015, saying they have not had time to prepare for a November trial, and had been given less time than was granted in many other federal death penalty cases

Tsarnaev, 21, has pleaded not guilty to 30 federal charges He could face the death penalty if convicted

Prosecutors say he and his older brother placed two pressure cooker bombs that exploded near the marathon's finish line Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died in a shootout with police several days later

“Although media coverage in this case has been extensive, at this stage the defendant has failed to show that it has so inflamed and pervasively prejudiced the pool that a fair and impartial jury cannot be empaneled in this District,” O’Toole wrote

He also wrote that a short delay is warranted because of the large amount of evidence the defense has received from prosecutors But he said, “An additional delay of ten months as requested by the defendant does not appear necessary ”

Prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed they would need to summon about 2,000 potential jurors, but they filed more than 100 pages of legal briefs arguing over moving the trial

The judge agreed with prosecutors ’ arguments the defense’s expert evaluations were flawed, and that eastern Massachusetts’ diverse population of over 5 million is sufficient to pick a jury

Tony Stewart Will Not Face Charges In Deadly NASCAR Crash

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After more than six weeks in l i m b o , N A S C A R s t a r To n y Stewart finally got the news he had been hoping for

A grand jur y that heard testimony from more than two dozen

w i t n e s s e s , i n c l u d i n g a c c i d e n t reconstruction experts and drivers, and looked at photographs and video decided against bringi n g c r i m i n a l c h a r g e s a g a i n s t Stewart for the death of 20-yearold sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr during an Aug 9 race

That doesn’t mean it’s over

A fe w hours after Ontario

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Michael Tantillo announced the

g r a n d j u r y ’ s d e c i s i o n i n t h i s upstate New York hamlet, the Ward family indicated in a statement read over the telephone by sister Kayla Herring that they will seek civil damages in the young driver’s death

“Our son got out of his car during caution when the race was suspended All the other vehicles

we re re d u c i n g s p e e d a n d n o t accelerating except for Stewart, who intentionally tried to intimidate Kevin by accelerating and

sliding his car toward him, causing the tragedy,” the family said Wednesday “ The focus should be on the actions of Mr Stewart This matter is not at rest and we will pursue all remedies in fairness to Kevin ” The family might have a difficult task: Tantillo disclosed that Ward was under the influence of marijuana the night he died and said two different videos were enhanced, frames were isolated and viewed at at least three different speeds and finally overlaid with grids and data Both showed St e w a r t h a d d o n e n o t h i n g wrong “ The videos did not demonstrate any aberrational driving by Tony Stewart until the point of i m p a c t w i t h K e v i n Wa rd , a t which point his vehicle veered to the right up the track as a result of the collision Prior to that, his course was pretty straight,” said Tantillo He added that toxicology evidence from Ward's autopsy “indicates that at the time of operation he was under the influence of marijuana The levels d e t e r m i n e d w e re

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Kevin Milian | Milian Dollar Baby

I’m Not a Regular Mom, I’m

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Editorial

Collegetown Crossing: Over the Threshold

ON TUESDAY, THE CITY OF ITHACA Planning and Development Board approved development of the new mixed-use building, Collegetown Crossing After several years of proposals and planning, the building, which will stand at 307 College Avenue, will have 46 apartments as well as several commercial storefronts, including a GreenStar Cooperative Market We at The Sun support the City of Ithaca’s decision to allow Collegetown Crossing to be developed, and believe that it will bring much-needed residential units and commercial activity to Collegetown

We believe that this new development will repurpose space that is currently being underutilized in order to better serve the community Collegetown Crossing an 8,600 square foot building immediately south of Ithaca Fire Station No 9 will provide 46 apartment units that were not previously available to the community, allowing another 96 residents to live in Collegetown While the proposal was originally rejected, we are supportive of the recently passed form-based zoning code that has allowed this development to be built Since Collegetown currently has a limited supply of apartments leading to a rushed leasing period as well as higher-than-average rents we believe that Collegetown Crossing and other developments like it are a step forward in terms of improving conditions in rental units as well as being able to house more students in more convenient locations

Aside from the increased number of bedrooms, the new construction will not only improve the area ’ s built environment, but also bring new commercial resources to Collegetown, and College Avenue in particular For example, we believe that the addition of the GreenStar Cooperative Market will benefit students and local residents through convenience, health and access to additional food options In addition, the extra commercial space available in the building will hopefully help foster continued growth for small businesses and bring more commercial activity to Collegetown The building will also provide a heated shelter for TCAT riders and a convenient cross-block walkway between Linden Avenue and College Avenue to improve the pedestrian experience for the community, another asset for Collegetown

We at The Sun commend the Planning and Development Board for allowing Collegetown Crossing to be developed and we hope that the Board follows this new precedent to bring other buildings with similar utility to Collegetown

A College Mom

e all know Mamma I’m not talking about our dear mothers who birthed us, clothed us and are currently packing our next care package full of mallomars, Goya seasoning products or avocados (the last two are perks of being Hispanic) I’m talking about the College Mamma™ of your group We all know him/her/they They’re the ones that always carry SPF 85+ sunscreen on the (scarce) sunny days in Ithaca The one with the coin purse whenever you ’ re stuck at Manndible’s register The one who miraculously had that Band-Aid after you fell on your ass in Collegetown and scraped your knee Gannett is just that less populated due to these lovely people

They’re a blessing on rain-drenched earth, and we should all appreciate our College Mammas by buying them multiple LITs on Thursday Throughout my time in college I somehow became one of these Mammas, and it’s time we College Mammas kvetch a little! While rearing spunky and adorably naive freshmen has had its glorious perks (feeling mature, always having someone to laugh at, hugs in the hallway) it can also be as painful as, well, childbirth Take for example my recent trip to Munich: As a selfproclaimed Mamma I took the lead in planning for our well-deser ved weekend trip to Oktoberfest I found the cheapest transportation, coordinated our schedules and purged the net for “How to Survive Oktoberfest” articles as reference I really like organization, and being overly-prepared, I packed antacid, pain killers, Band-Aids, several outfit changes, water and a term paper assignment for entertainment

While we Mammas are happy to provide slightly-too-small-and-broken umbrellas, share snacks and provide nonjudgmental advice, we did not sign up to deal with tantrums or resort to scolding college students We’ll happily lead the way and plan out itineraries, but once the whiny voice comes out, I’m blasting “Fancy" from my headphones: Who dat, who dat? I-G-G-BYE

So here’s a College Mamma manifesto, to help us matronly college kids feel solidarity, and to teach our younger aged (and minded) classmates to appreciate us more, or fend for yourself Mammas need to remember that these friends of ours are simply that, friends Great friends, our best friends, forever friends, but in the end, someone else’s children Who I should mention, are considered legal, semi-independent adults by the laws of the Old Gods and the New

They’re a blessing on raindrenched earth, and we should all appreciate our College Mammas by buying them multiple LITs on Thursday.

Some of my best memories at Cornell have been with my College Mammas I remember thinking how you were all so accomplished, so cool and so reliable You were in so many different organizations, knew exactly what bubble tea flavor to get at Café Pacific, which classes to take and knew when to transition us kids from Smirnoffs Ices to Woodchucks And then, eventually, real cider While some of you were/are thrust with great responsibility (the Bigs, Big-Bigs, Section Leaders, RAs, PAs, OLs, Managers), some of you “raised” us for fun, because we might have reminded you of your freshman days, or just because you also wanted friends

Oktoberfest was exactly as I imagined it, and ran smoothly, since I only had 2 5 liters of Spatenbräu and consumed enough Käsewurst and Schnitzel to be considered a small delicatessen (whoever came up with cheese-filled sausages deserves a Nobel) The only blip on my Bavarian bacchanal was the few tantrums “the Baby” on the trip had Along with Mamma Duck comes the ducklings, and the most difficult one is the Baby, an adorable underclassman that’s hilarious at parties but sometimes a real pain in the Volkswagen

The Baby didn’t pack appropriate clothes for the rain-sun-rain of Germany The Baby didn t pack food for the total 26-hour bus rides and the Baby didn’t pack an umbrella And all this would be fine, all rookie mistakes, except for the sense of entitlement that comes with being the Baby There were actual tantrums, sour moods that are not worth the 140 euro price, and embarrassing faux pas that were worse than getting locked out of your dorm post-shower

And I think that’s why I’m a College Mamma, and you should be one too That ability to influence is the reason a lot of us continue to proofread your essays for Spanish class, send you our cheat-sheets and buy you bottles of rum Because we want that legacy, we see a bit of our crazy, young, bright selves in you babies, and want you to turn out better than us I feel sheer joy when my kids that are eating at Synapsis instead of Trillium, take Magical Mushrooms as a CALS science credit, or take my relationship advice Even though we ’ re no experts and our advice can either work or fail in epic, Yak-worthy results it’s these bonds that make up the Cornell network, and society in general

Enjoy your time as a baby, bask in the attention of being an underclassman, respect your College Mammas and then rise to the occasion and become a Mamma yourself Be the change you want to see in your underclassmen because we were all lanyard-wearing freshmen once-upon-an-O-Week

Kevin Milian is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun com Milian Dollar Baby appears on alternate Thursdays this semester

CORRECTIONS

The headline of a Sept 24 news story incorrectly identified Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s class year She graduated from Cornell in 1954

A Sept 24 news story, “Danielle Mericle Discusses Work at Cornell Digital Media Group, Personal Passion for Photography Publishing,” incorrectly printed a photographer’s name as “Ed Westin,” when in fact his name is “Edward Weston ” In addition, the story said Mericle attended the New York Art Book Fair last weekend, when in fact the event will be held this weekend The piece also incorrectly stated that Mericle is currently preparing an exhibition of A D White casts In fact, the exhibition was completed in 2012

A Sept 23 news story, “Cornellians Seek to Raise Awareness for Prison Reform,” incorrectly referred to the “Prison Reform and Education Project” as the “Prison Education and Reform Project ”

Ruth M. | I’m Just Gonna Shake It

Please Don’t Put That There

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Isn’t the fun and joy of sex mutual satisfaction? I would definitely not enjoy myself during sex if the guy was not enjoying himself.

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Every time you hear about sex in movies or popular culture, it seems as if grand promises of improvement are always being made Follow these tips and you can last longer, love harder and make your girlfriend orgasm more times than your favorite pornstar

Cumming, orgasming or “getting off ” is on the minds of many people exploring sex especially with this added pressure And it makes sense that these topics might be on your mind A correctly-timed orgasm just might be the sexiest part of sex Imagine your partner moaning, with eyes rolling back in their head, while you try to hold everything in right before you explode This synced up sex is sensual, fiery and can include every good adjective in between

But how can you consistently make this happen? And, what if it doesn’t?

Fortunately and unfortunately, I don’t think the answer is to just do better That would be too easy of a problem to solve This should help put your mind at ease and relax a bit something I’ve always had trouble doing knowing that climaxing is a different journey for everyone and that the solution isn’t so simple Acknowledging that fact will decrease the disappointment or frustration you might feel when you finish too early or fail to finish at all

M u c h A d o A b o u t C u m m i n g

she’d never get there again

If you ’ ve ever met this challenge, you can understand the difficulty, and you might claim my solution is a bit too simple But, getting out of your head and living in the moment will always do the trick Sure, acting these concepts out can be a lot easier said than done However, things like music, a drink or two or new locations can help you embrace the now and remove you from the thoughts that might creep in and make it difficult to focus on your partner Working with these ideas, and constantly reminding yourself to embrace them, will help make your sex life what it should be: stressfree and enjoyable

to take your partner out of the dark and inform them of your trickery You might find that their increased understanding will open them up to new pursuits and they might even put in a little extra effort to make sure you ’ re moaning all night long

Even though my last hurdle, the complacency challenge, more easily applies to long-term couples, it can have an impact on everyone Anyone with a steady booty call or relationship knows this narrative: your partner shows up, a quick conversation occurs, you kiss, have sex in the same three positions and head to bed This routine might occur for a few weeks, months or years and boredom will most likely set in A lot of sex is great, but a lot of the same kind of sex isn’t

However, things like music, a drink or two or new locations can help you embrace the now and remove you from the thoughts that might creep in and make it difficult to focus on your partner

Although admitting that you won ’ t make all of your partners orgasm every time is challenging, there seems to be a number of other hurdles we face beyond managing our own expectations The first: letting your history go For example, during the first few months of an old fling, my partner would reach her climax faster than I could put on the Usher song of the same name A simple touch, kiss on the clit or slow penetration would work like a charm But, after our first few fights, it went away It didn’t matter how much or how little sex we had It also didn’t seem to matter whether or not she thought the sex was good or bad We were frustrated and she was in her head No matter where I touched her or where she touched herself, she became convinced

I’ll call the next challenge: faking it but rarely making it

The Journal of Sex Research says 67 percent of women and 28 percent of men have faked an orgasm Not surprisingly, the same study indicates only 20 percent of their partners think their partners will fake orgasm with them This discrepancy presents a real issue Some aren ’ t getting to the top of the mountain while others are under the impression they are carrying their partner all the way there In this scenario, communication is lacking and improvement never occurs: two of my deadliest sex sins

Unlike other hurdles, this one isn’t all bad The same study finds that some men and women do, occasionally, convince themselves into an orgasm And, if that works for you, by all means continue But if it isn’t working, it is time

To get out of this rut, new positions should be added and I advise using the book 365 Sex Positions for ideas Some of the more interesting positions to explore are the G-Spot Striker, the Pogo and Tribal Rhythm In addition to new positions, be open with your partner(s) about your fantasies Most of us have those few things they’ve always been interested in exploring Sharing this idea with your partner can be intimidating and rejection can be tough Despite these challenges, I’d implore everyone to remain open to new ideas and continue to investigate new fantasies until you find a couple that you are both comfortable with

All of the above hurdles and challenges are common and sexual partners face them more often than you’d think Recognizing them, dealing with them and moving on will help you realize that you might’ve been worrying about orgasm too much and that all along there was much ado about nothing

Dining Guide

Your source for good food

By RACHAEL CUSICK

We’ve all got hidden talents

While some boast of their flexibility, others brag about their burping abilities This week, I realized that my gift is half as impressive but arguably more dis-

t u r b i n g t h a n b e l c h i n g y o u r

ABC’s My strengths lie within my stomach a chamber that tolerates more sweets than any human being should ever be able

t o c o n s u m e L o g s o f c o o k i e dough never get to see the oven light of day My disappearing acts with ice cream pints rival those of any magician And the question, “Can I tr y a bite of that?” is probably the most horrifying combination of words to ever enter my

e a r s So , n a t u r a l l y, w h e n t h e opportunity arose to sample the best desserts in Ithaca, I put my insatiable sweet tooth and bottomless-pitted belly to work

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

At last! The long-awaited second album of alternative sensation alt-J titled This is All Yours dropped this Monday To say that this new album is a letdown would be near sacrilegious and a complete lie However, it is fair to say that the album is not an extension of alt-J’s debut album An Awesome Wave Don’t fret there are s

unrecognizable lyrics and random interludes of piano and static-y bass, the track delves into a deeper pool than the rest of the album dares to wade

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Newman’s angelic voice and electronic grooves This collection of songs is just mellower than listeners would expect from the high energy of An Awesome Wave In classic alt-J fashion, the album starts off with “Intro ” The track begins with a single, repetitive note sung with electronic elements of the piano added in as the song progresses The track provides a nice transition across albums A mix of relaxed and consistent beats, it demonstrates the range alt-J has given in the past and where they intend to go with This is All Yours Beyond “Intro,” the tracks “Arrival in Nara” and “Leaving Nara” provide pleasant bookends for both the album and the song “Nara ” Perhaps too obviously, the song titles convey to listeners the journey they’re intended to take “Arrival in Nara” contains delicate piano and guitar along with soothing vocals that are reminiscent of a lullaby While seemingly odd for the beginning of an album, the bee sound effects at the end hint at the chaos of later tracks “Nara” itself is a mixture of low energy vocals and medium tempo instrumentality “Nara” sets the precedence for the dystopian feel of “Leaving Nara,” the penultimate track With

Naturally, the singles must be discussed as they deliver the sound that the band wishes to represent their album and musical progression Ironically, two of the three singles (the third will be discussed at the start of the subsequent paragraph) don’t accurately portray the direction of This is All Yours In “Ever y Other Freckle” the vocals are nearly drowned out by the intricacies of the guitar The rhythmic percussion, characterized by the cowbell (“ We need more cowbell!”) also vies for the attention of the listener “Hunger of the Pines,” on the other hand, highlights the vocals and intimacy of the lyrics Miley Cyrus also makes an appearance with her infamous line “I’m a female rebel” from her original song “4x4” repeated in the middle of the track While both tracks are powerful in their own right, they don’t properly set the tone of the album as singles often do “Left Hand Free,” is one of the few songs that really stands out Evocative of pivotal ‘60s rock (think a more aggressive and synthesized Bob Dylan), this track is more classic rock than listeners are used to hearing from alt-J “ Warm Foothills” is another revelation that makes it possible to fall in love with frontman Newman’s musical genius all over again Many duets showcasing both male and female voices provide a variety of the two vocalists singing ever y other line and coming together to sing the same line (often during the chor us)

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Calling Richard D James, better known as Aphex Twin, a genius is no bold claim, for it is a largely self-evident one A self-described “music maker” since his early teens, James has remained unclassifiable while reworking or just straight-up inventing dozens of genres: acid house, glitch, drum and bass, garage, prepared music, ambient techno, ambient ambient, the all-encompassing “braindance ” He does funny-scary things with his face, plastering it on album covers, children (see the “Come to Daddy” EP and music video) and bigbreasted women (ditto “Windowlicker”) He grants few interviews or public appearances, letting the work, and that grin, inspire the obsessive, odd-humored introverts that are his fans

Yet James’ genius has very much to do with his music, more than his place in and around it That aesthetic range defines individual Aphex Twin songs as much as his more obvious leaps of style between albums: “Girl/Boy Song” riddles spritely oboe and strings with tommy gun-fast polyrhythms to unexpectedly poignant effect, and that similar chill-crazy tension animates “Alberto Balsalm,” perhaps his most beautiful achievement Even the songs that repeat ambient motifs over and over, like the 10-minute “Stone in Focus,” don’t do so aimlessly: They provoke mounting introspection as the patient (and again, probably introverted) listener navigates the song ’ s, and their own, vastness For all his irreverence, there is arguably no electronic musician as sensi-

tive as Aphex Twin, no one as committed to expressing his interiority through jagged and supple sonic landscapes

Which brings us to Syro, Aphex Twin’s first studio album in 13 years This is a satisfying hour-plus of music, visceral and industrious in ways that make you perk your ears and cock your head askew After almost two dozen listens, I am convinced opening track “Minipops 67” starts before you press play there is something so insatiable, so slick to its drive that anticipating it becomes as pleasurable as listening At the end James incants warbly nonsense, through countless filters of course, and it works because that song ’ s foundation is already so beyond the limits of intelligible language

Some, like my roommates and Sun colleagues who have been subject to repeated Syro blastings, will want nothing to do with this music If Aphex Twin does not compromise to popular trends even the bumping rave track, “180db , ” sounds like a feral cat got hold of the knobs he’s not making new ones with this album, either There’s no formal breakthrough on the level of Richard D James Album opener “4” or anything from Selected Ambient Works Vol 1 or 2 Syro is a perfection of existing Aphex Twin elements, the whole myriad of them, but it is unlikely to speak to the unconverted Poor them, then, because this is the rare album to grow with each listen On “Xmas evet10,” Aphex Twin lays down a palpitating drum machine beat and plays with a Guitar

Newman paired with Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst, and British vocalists Marika Hackman and Lianne La Havas to create a masterpiece While still adhering to the old conventions mentioned above, in select lines ever y word is taken by a different artist While in theor y this method would seem to be choppy and contain too much discontinuity, all four voices are so soft and melodic that the game of lyric musical chairs works beautifully

Having a hit first album is always difficult because it’s nearly impossible for the second album to live up to the hype This is All Yours doesn’t fall flat, but it doesn’t pack the wow-factor from the first listen More subtle tracks like “ The Gospel of John Hurt” and “Lovely Day” take a few more listens to reveal their true worth That being said, there can be no doubt that This is All Yours is undoubtedly worth playing on repeat It’s just more of a Sunday afternoon vibe than a Saturday night jam Even though the album just dropped, multiple dates of the band’s announced tour are already sold out (including the only show in New York), but are we really surprised? It’s alt-J However, the dates they’ve released are only from mid-October to mid-November so hopefully they’ll extend their U S tour and even grace Ithaca with their presence Got to have a dream to make a dream come true, right?

Sydney Lester is a freshman in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations She can be reached at skl77@cornell edu

Center’s worth of instruments on top of it: out-of-tune upright piano, milky synthesizers and, for a blissful five seconds at the 3:40 mark, crunchy paradiddles You could say Aphex Twin is just messing around with his reported 138 pieces of gear for 10 minutes and 30 seconds, but the seamless way he phases in and out different sounds gives shape to his madness Compared to the formulas of most EDM, Aphex Twin’s compositions are classical, of the postmodern sensibility

“Produk 29” starts in thick funk mode before introducing creepy, Twilight Zone-esque keys and flaring synthesizers “Circlont14” fades in on a sparse, celestial soundscape straight out of Forbidden Planet and devolves into rancid glitches and bleeps and bloops that Sun Managing Editor Tyler Alicea ’16 saw fit to describe as “ crazy robot sex ” (sad to say he wasn ’ t a fan) After shredding through some extremely technical scales, “Syro U473t8+E” (how fun are these names?) finishes on a fuzzy, groovy outro that I swear features a police whistle once or twice In every song, Aphex Twin covers a staggering swath of sound that is ecstatic in its excess Two tracks near the end of Syro call on the past in order to build to something new “Papat4” pulses with the bubbly energy of the best off 1995’s I Care Because You Do, riding on uplifting ambient texture and, naturally, gnawing it apart with filtered vocals and hyperactive breakbeats But if that song mashes together its predecessors, then album closer “Aisatsana” whittles them down

Reminiscent of drukqs pieces “Jynweythek” and the Kanye-sampled “Avril 14th,” “Aisatsana” is a triumph of restraint With birds chirping outside his window, James sits at his piano and repeats a few permutations of a simple minimalist melody He allows each phrase to fade to near silence before starting the next, whereupon a little pressure applied to keys breathes life into another world of unconsummated expression Indebted to Cage, Satie and Chopin, the song is also pure Aphex Twin, for it approaches clarity only through the extremities of sound

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

BY LINDSAY HAND Sun Contributor

I grew up ten minutes from the town of Sleepy Hollow It wasn ’ t quite as exciting as it sounds I never really paid attention to Washington Ir ving’s legend beyond the Halloween events planned ever y year I knew the general idea of the stor y, but it just never meant much to me That is, until last year, when I discovered Fox’s new retelling of the legend, Sleepy Hollow I watched the entire first season in less than two days It was a full-blown binge watch

The first season told the stor y of Ichabod Crane ( Tom Mison), who after being buried during the Revolutionar y War wakes up over 200 years later in modern-day Sleepy Hollow, New York

He b e f r i e n d s A b b i e M i l l s ( Ni c o l e Beharie), who works for the local police department The show is mainly focused on the two of them, with some important side characters: Jenny Mills (Lyndie Gr e e n w o o d ) , A b b i e ’ s s i s t e r ; K a t r i n a (Katia Winter), Ichabod’s wife (who is t r a p p e d i n Pu r g a t o r y ) ; Fr a n k Ir v i n g (Orlando Jones), captain of the police; and Henr y ( John Noble), a “sin eater ”

Note: spoilers ahead

finale was pretty mind-blowing, so expectations were high going into Season Two

The season two premiere, “ This Is War,” starts off a year since the events of the finale: Jenny and Katrina are dead and Henr y has been successfully locked up and subdued But, plot twist, it turns out Abbie’s still in purgator y, Ichabod is still underground, Henr y is ver y much on the loose, Jenny is being interrogated by Henr y and

purgator y without unleashing the demon king Moloch and his army into the world of the living

One thing this show does best is balance life-or-death drama with laugh-out-loud humor, and this episode was no exception I’ll admit to actually having to pause the episode because I was laughing so hard at Ben Franklin’s trite “Don’t be such a prude, Ichabod,” when Ichabod is uncomfortable seeing Franklin completely naked And, of course, Ichabod’s constant confusion with modern day life “Is there no end to this birthday madness?” he asks in disbelief when Abbie tells him to blow out the candle on his birthday cupcake He even finds remnants from his time hard to believe when Abbie mentions Har vard University, he says “that place still exists?” ( Yes, Ichabod, unfortunately it does )

Fast for ward to the finale, and we find out that Henr y is not only Ichabod and Katrina’s son but is also the horseman of war, one of the horsemen of the apocalypse (not to be confused with the horseman of death, who is the famous “headless horseman”) When the three are finally together, Henr y buries his father alive and gives his mother to the horseman of death (who, by the way, is her ex-fiancé, Abraham) Talk about an awkward family reunion Abbie is trapped in purgator y, Jenny is possibly dead and Captain Ir ving is in custody after confessing to murders he did not commit. The

EKatrina is being held captive by Abraham, the horseman of death

Ichabod eventually gets free and retrieves Jenny, and together they search for a key that will allow them to get into purgator y and rescue Abbie In a series of flashbacks, we learn that Ichabod was Benjamin Franklin’s apprentice and that Franklin’s famous electricity experiments were actually an attempt to destroy the key After Ichabod’s many promises to Abbie of “I will return for you, ” he does, and the two of them make it back out of

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rewarding Henr y with giant living armor that responds to Henr y ’ s ever y wish It lifts a flaming sword as Henr y proclaims it “magnificent ” Cue chills as the screen goes black With the threat of Moloch and his army of the undead still lurking, Henr y ’ s intent for destruction, and the still-unknown fate of Captain Ir ving, the premiere sets up the season to be a fantastic one This season also promises the strengthening of Ichabod and Abbie’s friendship, which is in many ways the driving force of the show Mison and Beharie create this chemistr y between two characters who don’t seem like they should get along, and this relationship is truly what makes the show compelling

So long stor y short: If you ’ re not watching Sleepy Hollow, you should be And if you are watching, then I think we have quite the roller coaster of a season to look for ward to As Henr y states, “ war is here ”

Lindsay Hand is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at lh497@cornell edu

Ruined Childhoods: Sex Slavery and Spirited Away

ver since my Saturday mornings stopped resembling a wholesome General Mills commercial and now more closely resembles, um, Steve Carrell after he’s eaten an entire candle in the Anchorman morning-after debrief, I’ve found that the internet is set on corrupting the cartoons of my childhood As a wise Yik once Yakked, the day you enter adulthood is the day you realize Spongebob is the shitty neighbor and not Squidward Fortunately, some of the conspiracy theories out there proposing alternate meanings to childhood cartoons are seriously contrived hello, Ed Edd and Eddy purgatory theory and some can only be conceived from the deeplywarped corners of a puppy-hater’s psyche I’m looking at you, Rugrats stillborn baby theory Others are relatively benign: Did you know each main character in Spongebob is modeled after one of the seven deadly sins?

Guessing which one ’ s which is the tough part But the one that fucked me up real bad is none other than the sex slavery allegory of Spirited Away We’re no longer dealing with amateur Disney trolls who put a boner in Little Mermaid or write “S-E-X” in the smoky upheaval at Pride Rock We’re talking the next-level dark depths of a veritable human teddy bear and Japanese Colonel Sanders doppelganger, Hayao Miyazaki

Presiding over his animation house, Studio Ghibli, like the little nugget of a Geppetto that he is, Miyazaki has delighted audiences with his bright and lovingly detailed youthful fairy tales for six decades Spirited Away, far and away the most iconic film of Japanese cinema (suck it, Battle Royale), had not only won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature but also solidified his status in Japan as a goddamn living deity Miyazaki has been known to

explore other sinister themes in his previous films, including the leprosy metaphor of Princess Mononoke and the Sayama Murder analogy of My Neighbor Totoro Yet the revelation that Chihiro, the 10-year old female protagonist of Spirited Away, is actually a child prostitute was particularly hard to swallow However, the very roots of his bathhouse-brothel symbolism run so deep throughout the film that Miyazaki himself has officially corroborated that the tale is indeed a parable for the Japanese sex industry

The young heroine, Chihiro, and her family get lost on the way to their new home and discover an abandoned amusement park In their exploration, Chihiro’s parents get sidetracked by the mysterious food stalls that have suddenly reopened When Chihiro tries to stop them, they push her away and continue gorging themselves (without paying) until they turn into literal pigs Here, Miyazaki portrays the debt that her parents have cul-

minated for which Chihiro will have to repay when she is sold to the spirit world’s bathhouse Traditionally in Japanese society, bathhouses have served as whorehouses where a little scrub comes with a happy ending “Yu” or “hot water, ” written on the entrance of the bathhouse, and even ominously on the scrolls of the food stalls, has become synonymous with “prostitution ”

Chihiro is guided by Haku and Lin, who send her to the bathhouse owner, Yubaba “Yubaba” translates to “hot water old woman ” which is, of course, Japanese slang for a whorehouse’s madam Chihiro begs for a job, and Yubaba grants her one, but not before stealing the characters of her name to now call her “Sen ” This was a common name given to prostitutes in the Edo period, and the very act of renaming Chihiro is similar to adopting a prostitute’s alias Now, Chihiro joins the hoards of other workers at the bathhouse who are called “ yuna ” or “bathouse sex worker ” in Japan Interestingly, after the release of Spirited Away, Yuna became a popular girl’s name in Japan, until the unsavory alternate meaning of the film forced many to change their daughter’s names Then, Haku warns that once Chihiro forgets her real name, she is stuck in this spirit world Analogously, forgetting her name is like forgetting her true identity and losing all purity to the sex industry Intentionally (and rather transparently), every worker at the bathhouse, other than the housekeeping frogs, is female, and every patron is a male spirit monster Working at the bathhouse, Chihiro cleans a grotesque river monster, who rewards her difficult efforts with a coveted magic herbal cake that holds a cleansing power She is also kind to Kaonashi, a timid No-Face spirit, who then follows her throughout the bathhouse, obsessed with gaining her attention Here,

Miyzaki portrays Kaonashi as a metaphor for the insatiable libido of a customer Kaonashi’s frustration causes him to eat everything around him, growing larger and larger, showing how his intense greed manifests itself into a destructive consumption He showers Chihiro with gold, which she refuses, but Yubaba and the yuna throw themselves over to take Chihiro gives Kaonashi half of her herbal cake, which causes him to purge everything he ate until he is back to his meek demeanor, and gives the other half to Haku, who is injured from stealing a gold stamp Chihiro’s good grace and unending tenacity earn her a ticket back to her parents because she alone is not overcome by greed Even Lin will sell herself for gold, and Haku not only yearns for Yubaba’s power but also gave up his river form to allow construction of new apartments All the sources of greed and spiritual pollution come from within the bathhouse-brothel, a place once symbolic for ritual purity, but now marred by the hungers of Japanese society, carnal or otherwise

Alice Wang is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at awang@cornellsun com Profanity Prayers appears alternate Thursdays

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Runners to Travel to Boston

By WESLEY ROGERS

Staff Wr ter

This Friday, Cornell’s men ’ s and women ’ s cross country teams will head to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts for the Boston College Invitational The meet follows only weeks after big wins from both the men ’ s and women ’ s teams in their season opening meets at Army Although both teams had a strong start to their seasons, Friday’s invitational is predicted to be one of the most competitive meets of the season on both sides

On the men ’ s side, Ivy rivals Columbia, Dartmouth and Har vard, as well as their Northeast rivals Providence and Syracuse, make up the opposition All of these teams were able to notch victories against the Red last season

According to Assistant Coach Zeb Lang, “[These schools] always field excellent teams ”

With this in mind, Lang said he is looking forward to sending the guys out there and putting forth a solid effort, which Lang predicts will measure the teams progress at this point in the season

This year ’ s team has solid veteran leadership, with 10 of the 12 participants from last year ’ s conference meet returning Lang said he is confident that although they will be facing strong competition this season, the team has the right attitude to handle these upcoming challenges

For the women of the Red, Friday’s meet is expected to be highly competitive, as nine of the top 10 teams in the Northeast region will be present In addition, six of the top 30 nationally ranked teams will also be running in the event

This said, according assistant head coach Artie

Red to Take On Quakers On the Road Friday Night

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Contributor

On the surface, it may seem like not a lot has changed about the Cornell sprint football team since it lost to the University of Pennsylvania last season Save for a couple of additions and losses, the current Red may appear to be just like the 2013 team that allowed the Quakers over 500 yards of offense But dig a little deeper and many differences become clear

“We’re a really close team We play really hard for one another,” said sophomore running back Kevin Nathanson “This year in particular, we ’ re very close I just think, in my mind, this is what separates us from other teams ”

So p h o m o re c o r n e r b a c k Ry a n

Jackson echoed this sentiment, noting positive change within the defensive line

“Last year we were all coming from different places, so we hadn’t

worked together as a defense,” he said “It’s a cohesive defensive unit this year ”

This was evident as the Red was able to work together for a dominant 28-7 victory over Franklin Pierce last Sa t u rd a y C o r n e l l r a n p a s t t h e Raven’s defense last week, out rushing them 204 yards to 35 It held the Ravens scoreless after the first quarter, as it avenged last year ’ s 13-6 defeat Hoping to take advantage of its momentum, Cornell sprint football will travel to Penn to face the Quakers on Saturday night

Olbermann’s Fresh Take

You may or may not have heard, but a certain Cornellian is on TV a whole lot now His name is Keith Olbermann ’79

Keith Olbermann has a relatively new, hour-long show that runs weekdays at 11 p m , fittingly called Olbermann He does the usual sports personality shtick, espousing his opinions on sports and narrating highlights It is worth noting that Olbermann’s baseball highlights are actually significantly longer than ESPN’s SportsCenter, and actually give you a sense of the game and story lines that develop within it He has his share of guest appearances, although they tend to be his old friends and from the pop culture side of the sports world

Olbermann feels like living history on ESPN, like Chris Berman or Bob Ley But unlike Berman or Ley, Olbermann left the mothership and his return has a prodigal son feel As such, Olbermann is different He sticks out and rails against the establishment And it is clear he loves sports Keith, more than any other personality or talking head, seems to personify the love of the game He may even love his job and he certainly loves to talk

Olbermann uses a litany of voices and jokes, but some of them don’t land In fact, a lot of his humor is repetitive (“he hit it real hard,” “bye Felisha,” his John Sterling pseudo impression of home runs) and isn’t exactly Louis C K material But it’s part of the charm and ambiance Everything is very Keith Watching Olbermann, it’s clear you ’ re watching the uniform and

coherent idea of many emanating from one man

The only uncontroversial thing to say about Olbermann is that he generates a lot of controversy among sports fans Olbermann masquerades as a classic “love him or hate him” sports personality, but he’s more than that

Olbermann is different Much like a radio man or fight pilot, Olbermann is a solo act As the camera pulls tight on Keith, behind our host is the skyline of New York, not a static set It’s the actual view of the city, alive and well and dynamic There’s no crew or side kicks it’s just Keith for the better part of an hour

His opening monologues are usually talking, or rather grandstanding, right into the camera with enough intensity to burn a hole through the viewer in the process He’s not talking politics anymore, but Olbermann’s vigor and zeal has followed him back into the sports world (as did his ‘Worst Person in the World segment’)

The Red will go up against the Quaker offense, ranked first in the Collegiate Sprint Football League last season, averaging 397 yards per game Penn also (1-0) scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth q u a r t e r l a s t Sa t u rd a y t o b e a t Mansfield 14-13 Led by senior runn i n g b a c k Mi k e Be a m i s h ,

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Quakers look to build on last year ’ s success, when they finished 5th in the CSFL

Containing Beamish is one of the Re d’s m a j o r g o a l s f o r Sa t u rd a y ’ s game, according to Jackson If the Red’s game last weekend is any indicator, however, then the defense seems prepared for the challenge In 34 rushing attempts, Franklin Pierce was limited to only one yard per

It’s not your usual brand of sports talk or “hot takes ” Olbermann has a distinct historical and academic tinge To say he leans liberal is like saying Alex Rodriguez is a bit unpopular Olbermann references James Thurber and 19th century baseball along with Arrested Development Once a critic of Olbermann, I’ve become a regular viewer In the short amount of time he’s been back on TV, he’s lectured on the death of Tom Mees, the NFL’s lack of discipline for Ray Rice domestic violence and the class of Joe Torre And he does lecture But this liberal, academic and historical filter acts as ESPN’s moral compass Olbermann is searching for the soul of sports in the the overly corporate landscape of American pro sports

There was no better example of Olbermann being Olbermann than his press conference acting as baseball’s new commissioner (taking the place of another