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By DANIELLE SOCHACZEVSKI Sun Staff Writer
Pedestrian, bicyclists and skateboarders beware: on Wednesday and Thursday, Cornell Police will be issuing tickets to those who “choose to disobey the rules of the road” during its third annual road safety campaign, according to a University press release
During the campaign, police officers stand near busy intersections and issue warnings to pedestrians who jaywalk or step out in front of vehicles and bicyclists and skateboarders who disobey traffic rules They also distribute educational flyers and answer questions, according to the press release Last year, 143 tickets were issued during the
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By LAUREN AVERY Sun Staff Writer
As Kent Kleinman, dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, looks forward to beginning his second term in 2013, he said he will continue
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t h a t t h e c i t y ’ s p a r k i n g r e q u i r e m e n t s w h i c h currently require him to include 57 parking spaces for residents of the proposed building would m a k e h i s “ C o l l e g e t ow n Crossing” project financially unfeasible
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according to the planning board
L ow e r w i l l a l s o b e r e q u i r e d t o s u b s i d i z e alternative transportation for the tenants He will pay up to 25 percent of the cost for a TCAT bus pass and up to $50 in Carshare usage for any resident who becomes a Carshare member
L ow e r s a i d t h a t t h e approval of the environm e n t a l r e v i e w w a s “ a m a j o r a c c o m p l i s h m e
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With the Dead in the Viking
4:30 - 6 p m , G76 Goldwin Smith Hall Anti-Asian Violence
5 - 7 p m , Ground Floor, 626 Thurston Avenue
Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden 7:30 p m , Call Alumni Auditorium, Kennedy Hall
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Ideologies and Threat Perceptions in International Relations 12:15 - 1:30 p m , G08 Uris Hall
Gravitational Wave Astronomy In the Next Decade
4 - 5 p m , 105 Space Sciences Building
CAPS Information Session 4:45 - 6:30 p m , M101F McGraw Hall
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8 p m , Auditorium, Barnes Hall
Moonrise Kingdom 9:30 - 11 p m , Willard Straight Hall
Human Finger in Idaho Trout Belongs to Wakeboarder
SPOKANE, Wash (AP) A human finger found inside a fish at Idaho’s Priest Lake has been traced to a wakeboarder who lost four fingers in an accident more than two months earlier
Fisherman Nolan Calvin found the finger while he was cleaning the trout in early September He put it on ice and called the Bonner County, Idaho, sheriff ’ s office
The Spokesman-Review newspaper reports that detectives were able to get a fingerprint off the severed digit They matched it to a fingerprint card for a 31-year-old man
Investigators learned that the man, Hans A Galassi, lost four fingers from his left hand at the same lake June 21 His hand got caught in the towrope of a boat that was pulling him on a wakeboard
The three other fingers have not been recovered
Putin Tells Cabinet to Weigh Time Change Reversal
MOSCOW (AP) Last year, when then-President Dmitry Medvedev permanently switched Russia to summer time, most residents didn’t see sunrise until after 10 a m during the country ’ s bleak winters
promised before reclaiming the presidency in March that he would take a second look on the issue On Tuesday, he
said that Medvedev, who is now prime minister, would consider reversing the change
Putin’s statement that the Cabinet must think again whether the change was feasible dealt a humiliating blow to Medvedev
Putin had to shift into the prime minister’s seat in 2008 due to a constitutional limit of two consecutive presidential terms Since swapping jobs with Medvedev, Putin has toughened his line on dissent, reversing some of the liberal changes introduced by Medvedev
Dog Quickly Takes In, Nurses Stray Kitten in Minnesota
JORDAN, Minn (AP) A Minnesota woman says she was shocked when her small dog began caring for an abandoned kitten, then started producing milk and nursing the fuzzy gray stray to health
Pat Weber says the kitten was days old when her grandson found it in the family’s barn in early September in Jordan, about 40 miles southwest of Minneapolis
She says the 2-inch-long kitten was “ice cold ” But she felt it move, so she wrapped the kitten in a warm towel Then it began meowing and her 4-year-old Pekingese perked up
The tawny pooch named Mittens began licking the kitten, who nuzzled in and began suckling Mittens hadn’t had puppies in two years, yet she eventually began producing milk She’s been nursing the kitten ever since Weber calls it a miracle
Professor Neil Price Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen
The Viking Mind
Lecture 2: “Life and Afterlife: Dealing with the Dead in the Viking Age”
Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 4:30 p m -6:00 p m , Lewis Auditorium, G76 Goldwin Smith
Lecture 3: “‘The Shape of the Soul: The Viking Mind and the Individual”
Thursday, September 27, 2012, 4:30-6:00 p m , Lewis Auditorium, G76 Goldwin Smith
Univ. Controller Appointed
By AKANE OTANI Sun News Editor
The University announced Monday that it has appointed a new associate vice president and University controller
Aimee Turner, who will begin serving in her position on Oct 17, will be responsible for leading the financial accounting operations for Cornell, according to a University press release She will also be working to continue improving the user experience of Kuali, the financial accounting software for the University
“After our rigorous nationwide search, I am very pleased that Aimee was chosen for this position and confident that we have hired a creative and energetic leader,” Joanne DeStefano, vice president for finance and chief financial officer, said in the release Turner currently serves as the chief finan-
cial officer and treasurer of the J Craig Venter Institute, a not-for-profit organization that conducts research on genomics and infectious diseases She has more than 20 years of experience working in not-forprofit research, according to the press release
Expressing her approval of Turner’s appointment, DeStefano said she was also appreciative of Anne Shapiro, who has served as the University controller for nearly 20 years, according to the press release
“Anne [Shapiro] leaves a legacy as a leader with selfless dedication to Cornell,” DeStefano said Shapiro, DeStefano said, is “noted nationally for her tax expertise, financial wisdom, energy and vibrant personality Anne is a team player, respected by anyone who has ever worked with her ”
Akane Otani can be reached at aotani@cornellsun com
Four Recent Alumni Join Start-Ups Through Venture for America Prog.
By EMMA JESCH Sun Contributor
Four entrepreneurial members of the Class of 2012 are working at start-up businesses across the country through a newly launched program that aims to bolster entrepreneurship in the U S
The four students are fellows in the inaugural class of Venture for America, a new program that places college graduates in start-ups VFA is modeled after Teach for America, according to Chris Sanders ’13, a campus representative for VFA
While TFA promotes education in lowincome communities, VFA seeks to bolster entrepreneurship in cities that typically struggle to retain talented individuals, according to Sanders
With four of VFA’s 40 new fellows hailing from Cornell, the University boasts the largest number of students in the program who graduated from a single institution With the ongoing development of CornellNYC Tech, the University is expected to become an even greater source of talent for the program, Sanders said
“I was looking for something to excite me. I was blown away by the program.” E d i e F e i n s t e i n ’ 1 2 TURNER
mer 2014, fellows will choose whether to remain at their jobs or to start their own businesses, according to Sanders
Participants will also compete for a $100,000 prize to be awarded to the best-performing fellow at the conclusion of the two-year program, according to VFA’s website
With an acceptance rate of one percent in its first year, VFA is already a highly selective program, Sanders said
To match each fellow with a city and a company, selected graduates undergo “ a mutual selection process ” with businesses, Sanders said
“As a fellow, you are placed into an organization where your strengths would be most valued,” Sanders said “You become a part of a network people who are interested in the same things as you, people who can form your core for business later, people who are your friends and colleagues You form connections ”
As a student in ILR, Feinstein said she initially looked for h u m a n resources positions at large corporate companies for after graduation, but that entrepreneurship “ was always at the back of my mind ”
P rofessor’s Research Aids Hopi Community
finding out about their particular beliefs, we can help them medically,” Ajay Kailas ’13 said
For Prof Angela Gonzales, development sociology, her birthday is more than just a celebration filled with cake and presents To celebrate her 50th on Tuesday, she embarked on a 1,539-mile bike trek from Bellingham, Wash , to Ventura, Calif , to raise money for the Hopi Cancer Assistance Fund a cause close to her heart
A l t h o u g h Gonzales who was born on the Hopi Reser vation in Ne w Mexico is now far away from home, she continues to give back to her Native American community through her work at Cornell
Part of the reason cancer is such an issue for the Hopi is that Western medicine can sometimes seem to conflict with the Hopi’s traditional beliefs, Gonzales said
“[The Hopi believe] it’s through our thoughts and prayers and actions that we bring good things into our lives and bad things into our lives Some people feel cancer is a bad thing called into life,” Gonzales said “When you give voice to these things, it’s like you ’ re giving them a certain power People are very cautious to talk about cancer in their family ” As a result, she added, women are reluctant to get tested and vaccinated Gonzales and her team have had to get around this reluctance by finding a “culturally appropriate way ” to convey information
Current VFA fellows have been placed in five U S cities: New Orleans, La ; Las Vegas, Nev ; Baltimore, Md ; Cincinnati, Ohio, and Providence, R I
Edie Feinstein ’12, a VFA fellow and a former Sun designer, said the program ’ s founder and president, Andrew Yang a former corporate lawyer and alumnus of Brown University hopes to expand VFA to include about 100 more fellows and five additional cities
Yang’s ultimate goal is to create 100,000 new jobs in the U S by 2025, according to the program ’ s website
Before heading to their new jobs in cities across the country, all 40 fellows attended a sixweek “boot camp ” at Brown this summer designed to kick-start their entrepreneurial careers, Feinstein said Students heard from professional speakers and worked on projects such as creating business models and helping to develop VFA’s website
Feinstein said that speakers at the training tried to impress upon the fellows that working at start-up companies involves a lot of hard work
They told us that “it’s not always so glamorous, ” she said
After training, the fellows dispersed to their respective locations to begin their fellowships, for which they will work for two years In sum-
When she saw an announcement last year about a VFA information session on campus, she decided to attend on a whim, she said She said after listening to Yang talk about the program, she was intrigued
“I was looking for something to excite me, ” Feinstein said “I was blown away by the program ”
Feinstein, who was paired up with Kickboard a company that runs an online dashboard to help teachers track students’ performance and behavior said her experience at her new job has been a positive one so far She added that participating in VFA has inspired her to think about founding a startup of her own
Feinstein said that, for instance, she could potentially draw from her love for food and cooking and possibly launch a “foodie company ”
Sara Cullen ’12, another VFA fellow working in New Orleans, added that the program was a refreshing alternative to choosing a job based on conventionality rather than interest
“Many people go into mainstream industry jobs because they don’t know what they really want to do and how they are going to apply their college majors to ‘real life,’” she said “VFA is ultimately a way to apply what you ’ ve learned in college ”
Emma Jesch can be reached at eaj54@cornell edu
In 2010, Gonzales was given a five-year grant from the National Institute of Health for her project researching human papillomavirus and the Hopi community Certain strains of HPV cause cervical cancer, which is the most common type of cancer among Hopi women
The project is comprised of two studies: the first, already completed, explored whether or not Hopi women were getting tested for HPV Results indicated that only about 30 percent of Hopi women were getting regularly screened for the disease, as opposed to about 70 percent of women in the United States at large, according to Gonzales
The second study will test testing whether or not Hopi women are more likely to be screened if they can use an at-home test for HPV
“For a lot of reasons, women just aren ’ t going into the clinic to get screened,” Gonzales said “So what we ’ re testing is the at-home HPV test, which allows women to collect samples themselves We’re trying to find out if it’s an effective alternative ”
One student who worked on the project with Gonzales described her work as “essential ”
“The Hopi are severely underserved, and by identifying barriers to vaccination by studying them and
“Some health messages instill fear, which doesn’t necessarily compel people to take positive action Our goal is to empower people to have control over [their] own health,” Gonzales said
Her team conducted hands-on research and maintained close contact with the Hopi by creating surveys and focus groups, in which a small groups of people gave feedback on handouts before they were distributed to a larger group
Jana Wilbricht ’14, who produced educational print materials for the project this summer, said, “It’s really good that we have a lot of direct contact and [that] we get a lot of feedback Whenever I create a brochure I get a direct reaction from community representatives ”
As her bir thday approaches, Gonzales says she is “ nervous but excited” for the bike trip
While she has been completing shorter trips with WomanTours a small, all-female bicycle touring company for the past six years, for this birthday, she wanted to do something that was “ a personal milestone,” she said
Gonzales is keeping a blog to document her progress on her bike journey
Julia Pascale can be reached at jp852@cornell edu
JEEVAN GYAWAL / SUN CONTRIBUTOR
Members of Alpha Phi Omega, a community ser vice fraternity, enjoy the sunny day with a game of kick-ball on the Arts Quad Tuesday afternoon
PROF GONZALES
By JULIA PASCALE Sun Contributor
Debates O ver C.U.’s Role
ing hours in which there is the smallest likelihood of crime, according to Myrick
Besides expressing concern about the cost of monitoring crime in Collegetown, several residents complained about insufficient street cleaning in the city
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Another issue that arose during the meeting was
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Municipal Golf Course, located near Cayuga Lake on Route 13
While some residents urged the mayor to sell the golf course to relieve the city of the expenses required to maintain it, Alderperson Cynthia Brock (D-1st Ward) opposed the idea
“Public spaces are a huge resource, and making them private or selling them to break even would be ignoring the population,” Brock said
Myrick proposed a compromise: increase the number of members using the course and allow the staff to adjust the entry rates seasonally
Brock asked if the taxes would be raised above the current tax cap, which Myrick denied
“At this moment, we are not inclined to override the cap; it would do more harm than good,” Myrick said
If the city raised property taxes to the maximum level permitted by the tax cap, it would raise approximately $500,000 a significant amount, but not enough to close the $3 million deficit, Myrick noted
Instead, Myrick said that a solution to the city’s budget impasse must be found through both tax increases and reduced spending He noted that he has asked city departments to explore potentially reducing the size of their personnel staff, a reversal from previous years in which the city sought to save money by trimming salaries
Some residents at the meeting also reignited previous debates over Cornell’s role in fiscally supporting the city
“What are your ideas for covering the $3 million dollar deficit, other than having Cornell pay?” asked Liz Field, an Ithaca resident
Myrick acknowledged that part of the city’s budget woes stem from the fact that Cornell inhabits 89 percent of tax-exempt land in the city but pays relatively little to the city each year
“They contribute $1 2 million to the city, nothing in property tax to the county and only $500 thousand to the school district,” Myrick said
Though the University provides a significant number of jobs to Ithaca residents, Myrick maintained that “creating jobs is no excuse to avoid taxes, since we have to pay police to protect the business, building fees and inspections as well ”
Myrick said he will hold five more public meetings and will submit his budget plan to Common Council by the first week of October By the first week of November, the council must vote on a final budget plan
CUPD Continued from page 1 Danielle Sochaczevski can be reached at dsochaczevski@cornellsun com
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b u i l d i n g , we c o u l d m ove b i t s a n d p i e c e s a ro u n d a n d c o n f i g u re o u r f a c i l i t i e s s o t h a t t h e y c o u l d b e t t e r s e r v e t h e p r o g r a m s , ” K l e i n m a n s a i d “ T h i s i s n o t a s v i s i b l e t o t h e n a k e d e y e a s Mi l s t e i n Ha l l , b u t i n t e r m s o f t h e p e d a g o g y a n d t h e o p p o r t un i t y f o r s t u d e n t s o f d i f f e re n t d i s c i p l i n e s t o m i n g l e , i t i s ve r y i m p o r t a n t ” Br i d g i n g t h e g a p b e t we e n h i s f i r s t a n d s e c o n d t e r m s , K l e i n m a n i s c u r re n t l y w o rk i n g o n m o v i n g A A P ’ s Fi n e A r t s L i b r a r y f ro m i t s c u r re n t s p a c e i n Si b l e y Ha l l t o a t w o - f l o o r s p a c e i n R a n d H a l l A c c o r d i n g t o K l e i n m a n , t h e p re v i o u s s i t e w a s “ j u s t t h e w ro n g p l a c e e n v i ro nm e n t a l l y, s t r u c t u r a l l y a n d f u n ct i o n a l l y ” W h i l e K l e i n m a n s a i d t h a t h e i s o n l y h a l f w a y t h ro u g h t h e p roj e c t , h e m a i n t a i n e d t h a t i t i s a p r i o r i t y b e c a u s e o f h ow i m p o rt a n t t h e l i b r a r y i s t o A A P s t ud e n t s a n d f a c u l t y “ We l ove b o o k s We re a l l y u s e b o o k s i n a ve r y h a n d s - o n , d a y - t o - d a y, i n t e n s e w a y B o o k s a re p a r t o f t h e w a y we t e a c h a n d t h e w a y we l e a r n , s o f o r u s , h a vi n g b o o k s o n s i t e i s ve r y i m p o rt a n t , ” h e s a i d “ T h e Fi n e A r t s L i b r a r y i s a re a l l y i m p o r t a n t p ro j e c t t o m e ” Ac c o rd i n g t o K l e i n m a n , t h e o p e n i n g o f M i l s t e i n H a l l a l l o w e d A A P t o c o n v e r t t h e e n t i re f i r s t f l o o r o f R a n d Ha l l i n t o 8 , 0 0 0 s q u a re f e e t o f s t ud e n t a n d f a c u l t y w o r k s h o p s Be f o re t h e e x p a n s i o n , t h e re h a d o n l y b e e n a f e w h u n d re d s q u a re f e e t o f w o rk a b l e s p a c e i n t h e b u i l d i n g T h e r e c o n f i g u r i n g o f t h e
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How Less Money = More Nudity, OR Violence Is Not The A n swer, Unless ...
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... the question is “ What is not the a n s we r ? ” Bu t , m o re i m p o r t a n t l y, Jacob Kose found Luke Namer ’13 and Jen Alvarado-Ross ’13 crossbreeding Oreos and Nutter Butters over a memorial bonfire for Wilson Farms and its abundant junk food They debated the question ever yone s been asking since September 26, 1890, while c r u n c h i
peanutbutter y goodness: Why did the US Mint stop producing the $1 and $3 gold coins on the same day Congress passed a law requiring coinage designs to be used for a minimum of 25 years? What stanky, improper and plain unpatriotic pics were on those coins, and is it pure coincidence the Motion Picture Association of America created the NC-17 rating on September 26, 1990,
exactly 100 years later? We went through our pigg y banks and put on our 3D glasses to come up with what can best be described as the truth
Disclaimer: As always, Scrambled Eggs strives to adequately approximate what was said and who said what, but may at times mess all of that up
LUKE NAMER: You know, honestly, most people would just google the 1890 golden dollar and $3 coin to resolve this intensely not intense debate
JACOB KOSE: True But still, this chick, Morgan? She must have done something outrageous to get on these coins
puter (read: free porn machine) now, 12, 10, 5? is more taboo than intensely realistic historical drama, like Schindler’s List, Apocalypse Now, The Lion King 1 and 1/2 It makes sense, since America was founded by prudes and we ’ re always at war somewhere Not that either of those facts make any sense Hmmm
J A : T h e re we re p o l i t i c a l N C - 1 7 movies too, like Invasion of the BodySnatchers came out in the 50s and it was a c o m m e n t a r y o n Mc C a r t h y i s m A l i e n s replacing people with dumb, conformist versions of themselves, en bee dee
L.N.: Night of the Living Dead was all about existential despair and economic crisis But I also think kids could be watching explicit violence from a younger age: PG-
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L N : Fo real Think about it: back in the day, what do you think was the primar y channel of propaganda? Also, her name ’ s not Morgan, the designer was George T Morgan Her name ’ s “Lady Liberty,” perhaps you ’ re acquainted with the dame?
J K : Yeah, she fine But back to propaganda: instead of schooling me with your inter web knowledge pre-technology, it’s gotta be newspapers And I guess people looked at paper money and especially coins, since most countries were still down with the international gold standard before World War I
JEN ALVARADO-ROSS: So you ’ re saying all of our coins and bills have famous historical figures for propaganda, but what if George T Morgan or one of these powerful men was seeing a woman and she demanded to be put on a coin?
J K : Bl a c k m a i l s t y l e ? L i k e o n e o f Jefferson’s mistresses being all “ put me and your other 50 mistresses on this coin or else I’ll tell ever yone you have tiny nipples?”
J.A.: Did Jefferson have tiny nipples? I demand further documentation I’m saying she could be terribly vain and seduce whoever’s in charge of printing coins
L N : Seduction’s all well and good, but I’m not totally sure how these coins relate to extremely violent and sexual movies 100 years later In fact, I don’t think there’s any relationship whatsoever
J A : Word
J K : Touché
L N : But I’m down to talk about NC17 movies What distinguishes the violence and nudity of an R-film from an NC-17 is far from clear Plus the age is totally arbitrar
y J K : It’s crazy that nudity what age do you think most kids get their first com-
13 movies have CGI battle scenes and automatic weapons, and lack the real gore and tragedy you see from bodega shoot ups and crazy white people in the mid-west It d e s e n s i t i ze s t h e A m e r i c a n yo u t h T h e youth!
J K : Agreed Seeing a movie is mental consumption potentially as harmful as s m
r d r i n k i n g , b u t because those are physical vices I guess the legal limit on movies is one year younger
J A : I’ve never been ID’d at a movie, they just don’t care
L N : Me neither, and seeing an R-rated movie was probably the first coming-ofage thrill I looked for ward to as a little kid My older brother showed me my first horror movie when I was nine, Candyman, and I had nightmares about being stung to death by bees Then I saw Face/Off, the one where John Travolta switches faces with Nicholas Cage to infiltrate his crime ring I think movies are probably what gets you interested in science from a young age
J K : I don’t know, maybe museums, or just walking around the park as a kid Even Disney movies, like The Jungle Book got me into animals Aladdin got me into dark magic and alchemy
J A : But there is this element of realism, like when Jurassic Park basically recreated dinosaurs I kinda wanted a baby triceratops For a pet
J.K.: Was that the first R-rated movie you ever saw? I saw American Pie with my Mom when I was like 11 It’s her favorite movie now My parents own the box set
L N : You didn’t ask your Dad? That’s strange, Kose But who even goes to NC17 movies? If I were to go to the Lower East Side to catch an NC-17 movie I imagine a bunch of olds dudes and crackheads sitting around and jerk
J K : Lukas, if it’s a really scar y horror movie people can seek support anywhere J-sayin’
J A : There are other ways for old men and crackheads to support each other Jsayin’ Also, movie ratings are stupid
J K : You really don’t think there’s a connection between the $3 coin and NC17?
L N : Still not seeing it
Jacob Kose
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New York Ti mes Environmental Journalist Speaks at C.U.
Andrew Revkin discusses fracking, climate change and blogging
By SHAUNTLE BARLEY Sun Senior Writer
Andrew Revkin, New York Times science and environmental journalist and blogger, spoke to a crowded Milstein Hall Auditorium on Monday, September 24 about his experiences covering environmental issues for a nonscientific audience As a Times reporter from 1995-2009, Revkin wrote about environmental issues covering areas from the Amazon to the Arctic, and now as an environmental blogger at DotEarth he addresses the problems facing the world in the next fifty years as its human population increases to 9 billion people In his talk, entitled “Important Science in an Urgent Age,” he spoke to Cornell students and Ithaca residents about his views as an opinion blogger on climate change and hydraulic fracturing His lecture was a part of the Atkinson Center’s “Outside Voices” speaker series, which spotlights multiple viewpoints on sustainability issues
A Conversation on Climate Change
Much of Revkin’s journalistic work has dealt with environmental issues related to climate change He said climate change is a complex topic and most of its effects are uncertain Since scientists can not be sure of how much ocean levels will increase in the next hundred years or of how rainfall patterns may change, climate change is challenging to write about, and it is difficult to determine how people should properly prepare themselves for its consequences
In addition to climate change difficulties, Revkin also spoke about the challenges involved with climate change mitigation efforts He said that people take an incorrect approach to climate change by often viewing its causes as being less urgent than many of its effects People devote most of their energy to fixing problems that arise as a result of climate change because these issues involve pressing matters like human
health and can be fixed immediately He gave the example that climate change has made it possible for malaria carrying mosquitoes to increase their geographic range which has led to increased outbreaks of malaria in human populations The root of the problem is greenhouse gas emissions that alter ecological relationships by creating climate changes According to Revkin, since this problem does not have a quick solution, people are more likely to focus on fixing problems of health care availability instead, which are more direct, less expensive and offer easier solutions to preventing illness
Revkin’s Views on Fracking Revkin also spoke about his opinion on hydraulic fracturing, which he said are different from most environmental journalists like Bill McKibben According to Revkin, the hydraulic fracturing method of natural gas extraction, although known for emitting methane into the atmosphere, produces miniscule emissions when compared with the carbon pollution produced by the rest of the world He also said that the benefits of using natural gas in place of conventional oil outweigh the risks in terms of carbon emissions Therefore, from a global perspective, hydrofracking is not a primary concern that people should have when figuring out ways to mitigate climate change, he said
Instead, he said that people should do their best to make hydrofracking as clean as possible, in terms of methane leakage and water chemical regulation He said that the shale is a valuable resource that should be harnessed if it can be done so correctly Revkin also said that he acknowledges the need for revision in current hydrofracking methods before they are implemented in New York State
He shifted his focus onto broader examples of climate change mitigation Although China is rapidly increasing its use of sustainable energy, the country is doing so while still relying primarily on coal for its energy needs America, he said, needs to use transitional energy sources because it cannot currently fill its energy needs using only sustainable sources, and thus would still be primarily dependent on coal and oil It would be best for America to move away from conventional energy sources by increasing reliance on natural gas, a cleaner fuel source, and build upon that with renewable resources, he said
“The challenge here is that there’s no easy tradeoff,” Revkin said There will never be a perfect, clean energy source, there are going to be negative aspects associated with every form of energy He also said that banning hydrofracking altogether eliminates the possibility for a discussion to improve the process so that it becomes something that could be beneficial
If New York State were to switch to hydrofracking, Revkin said that now would
be a smart time The urgency to find cheap energy has, for the time being, passed Since New Yorkers don’t need to rush into anything it will be easier to make more informed decisions Gas prices are currently low and will remain to be low for a few years, he said The states also seen the negative impacts that hydrofracking has had in other states and are prepared to ensure that this does not happen again
Insight on Science Reporting And Environmental Blogging
During his talk, Revkin also addressed the challenges facing science journalism One reason that Revkin said that he switched from being a news reporter to an opinion blogger was that science news reporting does not provide enough background for the non-scientific public to fully understand the complex issues that the world faces today Revkin said that with news coming from numerous places like the Internet, science journalists would only be more reputable than other news sources if they provide a scientific framework, which he feels many do not
As a blogger, Revkin said that he is able to provide a scientific platform for his readers through his own voice He can also lead his readers to other news sites where they can find further information on topics that he covers like resource utilization, population increase, the consumption question and the issue of decreasing biodiversity
“We’re more in harms’ way than ever, even though we ’ re safer than ever, ” Revkin said, referring to issues such as crop insurance and healthcare which are both topics he said on his blog are created to protect people from the negative impacts of climate change With population growth at its current rate however, people have been urbanizing in areas of geologic unrest and areas prone to natural disasters
Revkin said that the main challenge as a science writer is to bridge the gap between scientists and the public because the dangers that are present in the world today are dangers that should be understood by everyone
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| Andrew Revkin has covered natural resources, the environment, climate change and sustainability on his New York Times blog Dot Earth since 2007
Climate conversation | Andrew Revkin, New York Times environmental blogger, speaks for the Atkinson Center’s ‘Outside Voices’ speaker series
Lauren Emberson grad Finds Why Cell Phone Conversations Annoy Us
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“Your brain is reflexively focusing on [the phone conversation], orienting towards it and possibly processing it more deeply and that is what makes it more distracting.”
Phone conversationalist | Lauren Emberson, grad, researches the distractions caused by listening to cell phone conversations
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s h e s a i d Em b e r s o n a n d h e r t e a m a re n ow t e s t i n g t h e e f f e c t s t h a t ove r h e a r i n g c e l l
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University of Pennsylvania astronomers have reported that their Dark Energy Camera the most powerful camera ever made capable of catching light from over 100,000 galaxies has received its first glimpse of ancient starlight The cosmic light rays traveled from a distant galaxy some eight billion light years away, according to the researchers The first starlight represents a new era in space exploration research and may help answer the question as to whether the universe is expanding slowly due to gravity or rather accelerating The next steps for the Dark Energy Camera are to create detailed color images of one-eighth of the sky, which is thought to contain over 300 million galaxies, 100,000 galaxy clusters and 4,000 supernovae
Researchers at Princeton University have discovered the evolutionary basis behind group formation and movement in animals by using a video game designed for predatory fish In their paper, published in the journal Science, the team reported that collective motion in schools of fish evolved as a finely tuned defense system against predation The researchers would project images of prey onto a screen in front of the predatory fish The prey projections would cycle through three different formations The scientists analyzed how the predator reacted to the formations and found that it hesitated longest before approaching the fish that grouped together as opposed to prey that were swimming apart from each other Although previous researchers had looked at the mechanisms behind defensive animal formations, the work done by the scientists provides additional variables that make it easier to understand the direct link between selfdefense and group movement
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Pro f Mi c h a e l Go l d s t e i n , p s yc h o l o g y, h a ve re c e i ve d a l o t o f m e d i a a t t e n t i o n “ Pe o p l e we re ve r y i n t e re s t e d i n t h i s re s u l t It c o n f i r m s a l o t o f p e o p l e ’ s s u sp i c i o n s t h a t c e l l p h o n e s a re d i s t r a c ti n g , a n d i r r i t a t i n g i n t h e i r e n v i ro nm e n t , ” s a i d Em b e r s o n Ac c o rd i n g t o Em b e r s o n , i t i s n o t t h a t p e o p l e t a l k m o re l o u d l y o n c e l l p h o n e s ; h a l f a l o g u e s a r e d i s t r a c t i n g b e c a u s e t h e y t a p i n t o b a s i c c o g n i t i ve
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Computer scientists at Brown University have taken high-speed computers and programmed them to identify simple sketches of objects with some difficulty Although the task may seem easy for a computer capable of conducting over a million calculations in a second, the computers could only correctly identify the quick-sketches of rabbits and cats with 56 percent accuracy, which is less proficient than human viewers at 73 percent According to the researchers, the computers they programedhad ‘semantic understanding’ of the abstract sketches, which are reminiscent of kindergarten drawings With further programing the researchers say that their computers will close the gap between their sketch recognition skills and a human’s ability to recognize sketches The scientists’ research was presented last month at a computer programing conference called SIGGRAPH The researchers plan on using the program to develop new sketch-based interfaces and search applications
Raquel Sghiatti can be reached at ras596@cornell edu
Columbia University engineers have teamed up with PepsiCo to create a new carbon footprint calculating software that measures the amount of carbon pollution produced by various products Their research, published online in The Journal of Industrial Ecolog y, used a life-cycle analysis to judge the environmental impacts of products like Tropicana orange juice to create a database of over 1,137 individual PepsiCo products Before this study, life-cycle analyses were conducted manually on a product-by-product basis a time consuming and expensive process But now the engineers have developed a tool that mines company data and provides environmental information on their products ’ carbon footprints providing carbon emission data instantaneously The researchers plan to continue improving the algorithms in their software to create up-to-date environmental impact data
At Dartmouth College, researchers are combining medicine with jewelry by creating bracelets and amulets that act as mobile health devices The fashionable devices are health monitors that can provide diagnoses for people and physicians The group of computer scientists made the mobile health systems specifically for patients with chronic diseases and other medical concerns Some of the jewelry has Bluetooth capability, enabling it to communicate with other mobile health devices on the patient, which can be used to update the patient’s electronic medical records system The mobile medical jewelry can link up different medical devices on the patient This means the jewlery can collect electrocardiogram signals from a heart monitor, obtain glucose readings from a glucose meter and monitor insulin pumps to produce insulin injections The researchers are currently looking at more ways to create mobile medical systems out of the jewlery
Complied by Nicholas St Fleur ’13
COURTESY OF LAUREN EMBERSON
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Danny Glover, Citizen Artist
BY NATALIA FALLAS Sun Staff Writer
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It h a c a c o m m u n i t y o n h i s a c t i v i s m a n d f i l m c a re e r s t h ro u g h t h e ye a r s T h e c o m m o n q u e s t i o n o n m a n y m i n d s w a s h ow
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c h a n g i n g t h e f a c e o f w o rk e r s ’ r i g h t s i n o u r ow n c o u n t r y Bu t w h e n o n e i s b o r n t o t w o p o s t a l w o rk e r s i n Sa n Fr a n c i s c o a n d s u r ro u n d e d by u n i o n s a n d s o c i a l d e m o ns t r a t i o n s , t h e s e e d s o f s o c i a l c o n s c i o u s n e s s a n d i n vo l vem e n t a re p l a n t e d i n o n e ’ s b e i n g Su c h i s t h e c a s e f o r
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Hi s i n t e n s e a d m i r a t i o n a n d re s p e c t f o r h i s p a re n t s h e c a l l e d h i s f a t h e r “ t h e m o s t b e a u t i f u l m a n ” h e h a s e ve r m e t s e e m s t o h a ve l e d t o h i s a c t i v i s m i n h o n o r o f t h e m A s a s t u d e n t a t Sa n Fr a n c i s c o St a t e Un i ve r s i t y a n d m e m b e r o f t h e t h e Bl a c k St u d e n t
Glover also impar ted advice to current students on how to get involved in social justice He acknowledged that the choices he has made are personal and he cannot advise
others to follow in the same suit Rather, he espouses the mantra of becoming “architects of our own rescue ” And judging by his myriad accomplishments and current projects, it seems as though he has orchestrated his own means of rescue that fulfills his activist needs As one member of the audience asked, is Danny Glover then “ an actor who does activism on the side, or an activist who acts on the side?” Well, the man could not have answered more eloquently or concisely than, “I consider myself a citizen ar tist ” And that ladies and gentlemen, is the best way you can ar ticulate who and what Danny Glover is
Natalia Fallas is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at nfallas@cornellsun com
Unresolved Artbreak
BY LUBABAH CHOWDHURY Sun Staff Writer
t i o n s h i p b e t we e n p o e t r y a n d m u s i c T h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e p o e m s we re g o o d , i f n o t g re a t ; n o n e re a l l y s h o n e e i t h e r i n t e r m s o f l y r i c m a s t e r y On e
W h a t i s i t a b o u t m u s i c , t h a t w o rd l e s s a r t f o r m t h a t i s b e yo n d l a n g u a g e a n d l o g i c , t h a t m o v e s u s ? W h y d o e s R h a p s o d y i n Bl u e ” i n s t a n t l y l i ve n u p y o u r d a y, w h i l e B e e t h ov e n ’ s “ E m p e r o r Su i t e ” c a u s e s a l m o s t p a i n f u l n o s t a l g i a ? A n d w h a t c o u l d i t s c o n n e c t i o n b e w i t h p o e t r y, a n o t h e r f o r m o f e x p re s s i o n t h a t i s i n t e n s e l y p e r s o n a l a n d p r o f o u n d ? A r t b r e a k : St r i n g s a n d S o n n e t s , a p e r f o r m a n c e a t t h e Jo h n s o n Mu s e u m t h a t p r em i e r e d t h i s p a s t Su n d a y, a t t e m p t e d t o a n s we r t h e s e q u e s t i o n s t h r o u g h b o t h p o e t r y a n d m u s i c T h o u g h t h e m u s i c a l p e r f o r m a n c e w a s p owe r f u l , i t w a s r a t h e r b a ff l i n g a s t o h ow i t w a s c o n n e c t e d t o t h e p o e tr y, w h i c h r a n g e d f ro m t h e c o m p e t e n t t o t h e c o n t r i ve d Howe ve r, Ar t b re a k’s m o s t s i g n i f i c a n t s h o r tc o m i n g w a s t h e c h o i c e o f ve n u e T h e Hi r s h L e c t u re L o b by i s p e r f e c t l y s u i t e d t o s m a l l c l a s s l e c t u re s , b u t i t p rove s t o b e r a t h e r u n c o m f o r t a b l e w h e n f i l l e d w i t h 2 6 s t r i n g p l a ye r s , 1 5 p o e t s a n d 5 0 t o 6 0 a u d ie n c e m e m b e r s A l a r g e r ro o m w o u l d h a ve n o t o n l y p rov i d e d a l l s p e c t a t o r s w i t h a s e a t , b u t w o u l d a l s o h a ve a l l owe d t h e s t r i n g p l a ye r s t o p e r f o r m w i t h o u t w o r r yi n g a b o u t e l b ow i n g t h e i r f e l l ow p l a ye r s i n t h e e ye It t a k e s c o u r a g e t o p e r f o r m i n f ro n t o f a n a u d i e n c e , c o u r a g e t h a t c a n e a s i l y w a r p i n t o a n x i e t y w h e n t h e a u d i e n c e m e m b e r s s p e n d m o re t i m e g l a r i n g a t w h o e ve r l a s t l e f t t h e ro o m r a t h e r t h a n f o c u s i n g o n t h e p e r f o r m a n c e A n o t h e r s e t b a c k w a s t h e i n a d e q u a t e s o u n d s y s t e m ; i t w a s h a rd t o c o m m e n t o n t h e p o e t r y i t s e l f, a s m
o r t w o s e e m e d t o h e a v i l y re l y o n s h o c k va l u e , l e a d i n g t o d i s c o n c e r t e d l a u g h t e r w i t h i n t h e a u d i e n c e E x p e c t e d p e r f o rm a n c e b e h a v i o r w a s a f a r c r y f ro m re a l i t y :
p o e t r y t h a t w a s m e a n t t o re ve a l t h e l i n k
b e t w e e n t w o f o r m s o f s e l f - e x p r e s s i o n m e re l y re ve a l e d i n i t s e l f i n s o m e c a s e s , a n d
d i s g u s t e d a n d o f f e n d e d i n o t h e r s Bu t w h e re t h e p o e t r y w a s u n s u c c e s s f u l , t h e m u s i c ro s e t o t h e o c c a s i o n W h i l e i t w a s d i f f i c u l t t o h e a r t h e re a d i n g s , t h e C o r n e l l C h a m b e r O r c h e s t r a ’ s s o u n d s e e m e d b a re l y c o n t a i n e d by t h e f o u r w a l l s Fe l i x Me n d e l s s o h n ’ s “ O c t e t i n E - f l a t Ma j o r ” w a s e x h i l a r a t i n g i n i t s e x h a u s t i n g
e n e r g y t h a t w o u l d s u d d e n l y d i s s i p a t e i n t o a m e l a n c h o l i c l a r g o T h e s we e t a r p e g g i a te d t u n e m o r p h e d f ro m a n i n v i g o r a t e d
s o u n d o f j oy t o t h e m o s t h e a r t b re a k i n g s o b f ro m t h e f i r s t v i o l i n T h e a c o u s t i c s i n t h e ro o m , h owe ve r, we re u n s u i t e d t o t h e h i g h l y t e c h n i c a l s i x t e e n t h - n o t e p a s s a g e s t h a t b e c a m e a s l u r r y m u s
Lubabah Chowdhury is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at lchowdhury@cornellsun com
DARW N CHAN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
NATALIA FALLAS / SUN STAFF WR TER
You can retrace the steps, but not the experiences or the revelations It is a pity, for that is all we desire as we stumble doggedly after the footsteps of the greats We read the same lines, walk the same walks, stare at the same oceans and kick at the same sands We’re waiting, hoping for the desired revelations and insights that never come Experiences truly become our own when they refuse to conform to our expectations
It must be so, for Patience (After Sebald) to exist In the film, admirers, friends and students of Sebald trace his meditative walk through Suffolk, England that is his novel, The Rings of Saturn a genre-defying novel that is based on various historic places that Sebald visits And instead of finding his experiences, they find their own They discuss the author, his novel, the locations, themes, histor y and other cursor y tangents, in a dialogue smeared with perspective and personal insight that lend color to what is other wise a colorless film
I mean colorless in the literal sense: the film is black and white
The shots carr y the same texture and emotion as the images in the n ov e l , w h i c h
Sebald produced by taking photocopies of photocopies of photocopies Edges are thwacked and dulled into submission until they are reduced to flickering grains that bleed from one shot to the next, in a manner that is as hypnotic as the voice that
accompanies them And if these shots have a particular order, then it follows the order that thoughts follow in a long walk They meander
From silk worms to herring, from a walk in the forest to a lonely drive along an empty street As we travel, excerpts from the novel (narrated by
Jo
admirers weave in from one scene to the next, in a tone of depth and intelligence
To put it crudely, the film i
How Patience Became a Virtue
show dedicated to a venerated author It works, because the author is so eloquent, the subjects so thoughtful, the screen so unobtrusive and the music so sparse and delicate Had the film been nothing but a reading of The Rings of
that would have
acts as such In the opening, we hear Sebald’s beautiful prose as a train whistles on screen and birds twitter off screen It’s charming and melancholic, rather soothing in its bare simplicity
For reasons I cannot exactly explain, I
Dalso found the scene rather touching I say this with the full expectation it will not be so for others Such is the nature of the film It is a collection of personal thoughts and reflections, and some of the moments will be meaning ful; others as dr y as an academic lecture Revelations will be personal, the foundation of what the subject describes as the “fundamental mismatch between the footstepper and footsteppee ”
A film built on the fundamental mismatch between the footsteps of an author and the footsteppee of his admirers invites the suggestion that it is essential to read the book prior to viewing the film I hold the adamant opinion that a film be able to stand on its own two feet regardless of its literar y lineage, and Patience (After Sebald)
does this full well “It was customar y in a home where there had been a death, to drape black mourning ribbons over all the mirrors and all canvasses depicting landscapes, so that the soul, as it left the body, would not be distracted on its final journey, either by a reflection of itself or by a lost glimpse of the land now being lost forever ”
Imagine hearing these lines for the first time in the soothing voice of Pr yce, as the
over view of the criss-cross path of Sebald’s walk An academic film that allows ignorance on the subject to enrich the experience It’s quite something
Patricia Kim is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at pjk87@cornell edu
The War Games People Play
iamonds are hunks of carbon They are not forever They are not rare They are not even a girl’s best friend We think of them as a luxury item instead of common shiny rocks because De Beers, the company that holds the diamond monopoly, wages one of the most successful ad campaigns in history Even if you knew all this, chances are you have or will have a wedding ring that has a diamond on it because others still believe in the power of the diamond
De Beers is so successful because they can do two things that many others can ’ t: generate self-perpetuating consumer enthusiasm and silence critics They can get every single romantic comedy to emphasize the importance of diamonds without having people feel guilty about buying diamonds from conflict-ridden places A few companies have been able to replicate the first: Apple, for instance, gets product evangelists without even having to pay for them But not even Apple can match De Beers in silencing critics: look at the debacle around Foxconn De Beers handles criticism through obscurity (notice how Blood Diamond never mentions that there’s a diamond monopoly?), but one organization has bested De Beers in that field of silencing criticism by openly obscuring it instead of itself The American military, not surprisingly, is also the only organization whose marketing strategy is more successful than De Beers’
I’m not talking about the cable news pundits arguing for the War in Iraq or Congress passing resolutions to honor the troops, but rather the permeation of the military into pop culture Some of us played with little green soldiers and G I Joes when we were kids, but most of us jumped right into video games instead Call of Duty, Battlefield, Counter Strike, and Medal of Honor are the most obviously “American” games, but Halo and Gears of War are basically the same too albeit with aliens You are always in the heat of conflict You are always in the right and strictly professional, occasionally giving off the cool one-liner The enemy is always evil and the remedy is always death in your hands
Some will argue that that’s the point shooter video games should entertain, and using these tactics do a great job of entertaining But think about the beginning to Call of Duty: Black Ops It’s an adrenaline pumping gunfire fight
where you command an operation to assassinate Fidel Castro, until you realize that you don’t even have to shoot in order to advance A situation that was supposed to inflate egos was actually heavily scripted: it is a simulacra of assassinating Fidel Castro As shooters get more realistic graphics and historical context, it ironically becomes harder to make war entertaining In order to get the cinematic bravado and patriotism that characterizes these video games, it must be a replication of reality only in form, not substance The game must become a selective simulation of war for a society that selectively loves it Any more realistic, and it hits an uncanny valley where war becomes too real to be fun
ZANDER ABRANOW CZ / SUN STAFF ILLUSTRATOR
Granted, ever ybody knows that the games we ’ re playing aren ’ t the real deal In real life, ammo pickups aren ’ t ever ywhere, you don’t magically recover within seconds, and there is a lot more paper work But in the end we are still left in a nationalistic afterglow of how honorable they are, which help games sell and raise interest for potential recruits but do nothing other than harm the soldiers they glorify Images of valor, honor, and patriotic duty prepare beginner soldiers for a hard fall in expectations Soldiers already jaded with these ideals have to deal with living up to them when they go home They can ’ t honestly retell their experiences when they go back home They can ’ t talk about lying in an uncomfortable position for hours shooting randomly at people they can ’ t see, or being forced to stay at their post per protocol even if they hear a fellow unit cr y for help
A lot has been written defending such games by saying that they lose their entertainment value if they become more realistic Nobody wants to buy a game where dead women and children are commonplace, much less have to kill them But soldiers do have to deal with such horrors, and even more has been written about the desensitization, the PTSD, and the drug use that is rampant It doesn’t only stem from soldiers’ own unrealistic
expectations, but because they have to keep the traumas to themselves; they have to bottle it up and act like the stoic tough guys that we expect
Such nationalistic kitsch is unfair and selfish It sanitizes war into something that it is not, while expecting soldiers to pick up and mask the parts we don’t want to see It sends a mixed message that their job is both amazing and shameful at the same time It ultimately tells them that we don’t want to listen to what they think
If we want to change anything, we have to demystify and devalorize the images of war that we see Let’s stop making up scripted crap and treat the job of a soldier as a job, albeit a very dangerous and tiring, but yes, an honorable and appreciated job Let’s talk about the existential fatigue and attrition in addition to the parts we see in video games Let’s openly embrace all the jobs a serviceperson has, instead of making them lead double lives of loyalty and doubt
In the meantime, we should focus on all these things instead of whether we can make trees destructible I’m looking at you, Battlefield 3
Kai Sam Ng is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at kng@cornellsun com You’ve Got To Be Kitsching Me appears alternate Wednesdays this semester
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Referees Outrage D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) The embarrassing NFL referee saga and the disputed call that gave the Seattle Seahawks a victory over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night has reached the campaign for the White House, with President Barack Obama deeming it "terrible" and declaring it was time to get regular officiating crews back on the job
"I've been saying for months we ' ve got to get our refs back," Obama said as he returned to the White House from an appearance before the United Nations In a tweet that went out under his initials, Obama said: "NFL fans on both sides of the aisle hope the refs' lockout is settled soon "
In a rare moment of agreement with Obama, presidential rival Mitt Romney and GOP running mate Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin native, also said it was time to bring back the "real refs " The NFL locked out the officials in June after their contract expired The league has been using replacement officials, who have come under increasing criticism over the way they handled some games
"I sure would like to see some experienced referees, with NFL experience, come back on to the NFL playing fields," Romney said in an interview with CNN
Ryan added a partisan note, using the referee imbroglio to make a case for kicking the president out of office
"It reminds me of President Obama and the economy, " Ryan said in Cincinnati "If you can ' t get it right, it's time to get out I half think that these refs work part-time for the Obama administration in the budget office They're trying to pick the winners and losers, and they don't even do that very well "
Seattle won 14-12 over Green Bay after referees ruled a Seattle receiver caught the ball amid a pile of bodies in the end zone on the game ' s last play The NFL conceded that a Seattle penalty in the course of the play went uncalled and cost the Packers the victory, but the league upheld the catch itself and the Seahawks' victory Legions of football fans watched the play and the referees' call in disbelief, and buzzed about it all day Tuesday
Typically, Obama, a diehard Chicago Bears enthusiast, is not one to wish the rival Green Bay Packers well
But besides being an avid sports fan, Obama recently has redoubled efforts to win in the Packer's home state of Wisconsin His campaign recently started airing ads in the state and Obama held a rally Saturday in Milwaukee, his first visit to the state since February
White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One that Obama watched the Monday night game and "thinks there was a real problem with that call "
"He said that what happened in that game is why both sides need to come together, resolve their differences so that the regular refs can get back on the field so we can start focusing on a game that so many of us love rather than debating whether or not a game was won or lost because of a bad call," Carney said
Obama said in a phone interview Tuesday with The Des Moines Register that he doesn't blame the replacement refs
"They've been put in a tough situation," the president said "But the fact is this is a fast, tough game to control And it doesn't make sense to me for a league that's been so successful not to want to put their very best out there "
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WrestleMania : Not Your Grandma’s Television
Ifeel like one of the misconceptions about being Sports Editor for The Sun is that I have this innate understanding of ever y sport While I would like to think that I have a basic working knowledge of most of the sports I cover or at least the ones I have to edit I must admit that I am no sports wizard
L a s t w e e k I h a d t o w a t c h WrestleMania for one of my classes My professor wanted me to analyze what I saw and apply what we were learning in lecture to see if violent television was related to aggressive behavior in boys Looking at the assignment, I figured it was simple enough watch 30 minutes of wrestling, then comment on what I saw However, WrestleMania is not your
grandma’s television
Staring at my computer, I saw was an artistic spectacle of spandex, overt masculinity and Flo Rida When I think about wrestling, I think about singlets and Friedman Wrestling Center, not oily men in mankinis hitting each other with chairs While the assignment only called for me to watch for a half hour, I sat there and watched well over an hour’s worth, including John Cena put a hurting on Dwayne “ The Rock” Johnson It was like roadkill I couldn’t look away While I was fascinated by what I was seeing, I didn’t really have any idea of what was actually going on To me it seems like a per fectly choreographed dance rather than a real fight But, it’s not fair for me to judge someone for liking a sport that I’m not a huge fan of Po n d e r i n g t h e p o p u l a r i t y o f
WrestleMania led me to begin thinking about different sports that I really just don’t know much about Rounding out the Top-5, in no particular order, are: cricket, synchronized swimming, handball, squash (read: sorr y Rishi ) and NASCAR Over the summer, I watched s y n c h r o n i z e d s w i m m i n g d u r i n g t h e Olympics (funny stor y: it was the only Olympic event I watched) While my mom and I joked that the swimmers looked like rainbow-clad mermaids, I could appreciate the hours of training the teams put in I might not understand what it takes to be a synchronized swimmer, but I have great respect for those athletes Personally, I have nothing against the
sports that I don’t follow or understand I think that half the battle of getting into following a sport is understanding what is going on on the field, ice, court or what have you
Cornell has given me a great education in sports over the past three years introducing me to soccer and crew, furthering my love for hockey and teaching me what a chukker is in polo However, while my athletic horizons have expanded, I still think that there is a lot more for me to learn if I want to be a worldly sports connoisseur starting with baseball Anyone on the Cornell baseball team want to sit down and explain it to me?
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Last night, the Red defeated Hartwick, 4-1, on Berman Field after dominating the majority of the game all but 21 seconds of the match was lead by the Cornell Junior forward Daniel Haber, senior forward Tyler Regan and sophomore midfielder
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Bullington Helps
By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor
When 273-pound center Bob Bullington ran onto the field for the first offensive set on Saturday, he was carrying a little more weight than usual From a distance, it looked as though he and quarterback Jeff Mathews might have both been wearing the playbook on their right arms; but really Bullington was sporting a white cast that extended to his elbow, and he was snapping with his left hand
The cast was covering Bullington’s broken right wrist, which he had surgery on four weeks ago The injury happened at the team ’ s first practice in pads, when Bullington blocked back on one of his teammates and felt soreness in his wrist right away
“I didn’t think it was anything serious at first, but I got it taped up and the trainers said it might be something more, ” Bullington said
He went to get x-rays and saw that the bone in his wrist had shifted, meaning that he would need surgery Bullington bounced back though, and was able to start practicing again soon after the surgery However, as a center, the use of his right hand for snapping was extremely important
“[Right after the surgery] I wasn ’ t able to hit so during practice I took snaps left handed,” Bullington said
He was cleared to play in the Red’s first game of the season against Fordham, but the constant contact on the offensive line did take a toll He couldn’t practice as much with the team leading up to homecoming, and was forced to watch film and take extra care of his wrist that week
Fellow senior offensive lineman JC Tretter, who has also played through injuries in the past, understood the difficult position his center was in
“Obviously you ’ re not 100% during games, but what people don’t really realize is that you can ’ t practice most of the week so you ’ re not getting the same reps everyone else is,” he said “So during the game all your reps have to be mental reps, so it’s a lot tougher to come into a game in that situation ”
But as a senior captain, Bullington was not going to be kept out of his last homecoming, something that Tretter gave
him a lot of respect for
“It definitely picked us up, ” he said “Knowing that he was willing to do anything to be out there in the trenches means so much to us as offensive lineman because we really need him out there ”
Bullington helped his team to a 45-6 rout of Yale, giving his quarterback snaps that he could handle, allowing Mathews to throw for 340 yards and four touchdowns
“This week my hand was beat up so I was a little out of practice, but Jeff just kept telling me not to worry about the snap, that I was doing fine,” Bullington said “So it didn’t really affect him too much which is really the most important thing ”
As for the pain in his wrist, Bullington knew it was there, but was able to keep it out of his head
“During the game you can ’ t feel is as much because you ’ re running on adrenaline,” he said “But sometimes I’m compensating a little with my elbow so I can feel a lot of pain after practice ”
Though Tretter has battled through knee problems during his time with the Red, he was still impressed with Bullington because of the nature of his injury
“I couldn’t even fathom playing without one of my
hands,” he said “It just shows Bob’s heart and determination ”
But for Bullington, not being on the field never even crossed his mind
“Injuries happen and I’ve played through them before,” he said “I just love being out there, I like being able to make the calls ”
His fellow offensive linemen are glad that he is For a position with the ever-important job of protecting the quarterback, it is not insignificant when one of them goes down with an injury According to Bullington, it is not always easy to patch up a hole in the line when an experienced player has to stay out of the lineup
“We’ve had a lot of experience out there together, now I know what’s going to happen on certain plays, and it would be hard to remold the camaraderie we have created,” he said With or without a cast, Bullington will be on the field this weekend to face Bucknell; it will take more than a switch of the hands to keep him from serving up perfect snaps to his quarterback
Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun com
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Pushing through | Senior center Bob Bullington pushed through a broken right wrist to help the Red achieve its victor y over Yale in the Homecoming game this past weekend, despite not being able to really practice beforehand
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Working hard | Junior Venkat Iyer continues to work hard both on and off the court to tr y and take back the Ivy League title that the Red won in 2011
