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Students to C.U.: Assault Victims Need More Help By KERRY CLOSE Sun News Editor
In a meeting with administrators Friday, students called on Cornell to improve the publicity of existing resources for victims of sexual assaults and asked for more transparency from the administration about its response to recent sexual crimes that have occurred on campus. The meeting had been planned since last semester, according to Lynette Chappell-Williams, associate vice president for workforce diversity and inclusion. However, in the aftermath of multiple reported sexual assaults, including a reported attempted rape Wednesday evening, the meeting attracted more than 100 students — far more than organizers had expected, Chappell-Williams said. “Our goal today was to start with the demands put forth by some students in previous settings,” said Laura Weiss, director of the Women’s Resource Center. “We felt [the demands] to be a starting point for what we need to do and where we need to go as a community in the future.” But some students in attendance demanded more immediate action.
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CUPD Jaywalking Campaign Meets Mixed Student Reactions By MANU RATHORE Sun Senior Writer
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Provoking skepticism, frustration and even “jaydancing” among students, the Cornell University Police Department issued 94 tickets during its annual roadway safety campaign last week — down from 143 tickets last year. Fifty-four of the tickets were given out to those who were “crossing on a steady
red pedestrian signal,” according to David Honan, deputy chief of CUPD. Nine jaywalkers were given tickets; twenty-one people on bikes were given tickets for infractions ranging from having two headphones plugged in to disobeying red lights and stop signs. Additionally, one skateboarder was given a ticket for a crossing violation, according to CUPD. See JAYWALKING page 4
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Chance for a new life | Undocumented immigrants apply for deferred action — a status that would defer their deportation and grant them work permits — in Chicago, Ill., this summer.
Cornell Law School Aids Undocumented Students By AKANE OTANI
could qualify for President Barack Obama’s deferred action policy. If their application is approved, At a workshop Saturday, Cornell Law undocumented students will also be able School professors and students worked to work legally and apply for a driver’s to assist undocumented youth applying license, according to Hazeldean. for deferred action — a status that, if “This is potentially a chance for granted, may allow thousands of undoc- them to come out of the shadows and umented immigrants living in upstate really live a full life,” Hazeldean said. New York to temporarily be protected For the estimated 15 to 30 undocufrom depormented stutation. dents at “This is potentially a chance for Under Cornell, the the policy, [undocumented students] to come out of promises which was the shadows and really live a full life.” b e h i n d announced S a t u r d a y’s on June 15, Prof. Susan Hazeldean workshop undocu— and the mented individuals who can prove that hope it raised for their future — was a they came to the U.S. before they were long time coming. 16 years old, have a clean criminal As Obama announced the deferred record and satisfy other requirements action policy this summer, Adrian Palma will be able to stay in the country for at ’13 was moved to tears. Palma said he least two years. knew the announcement was the news The law school’s initiative was a that many of his undocumented friends response to a “real need in the commu- had sought for years: “to finally be able nity,” according to Prof. Susan to live in this country without fear.” Hazeldean, law, who estimated that as many as 2,500 young adults in the area See UNDOCUMENTED page 5
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NYC Startups Recruit at Tech Career Fair By JACOB GLICK Sun Staff Writer
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Students and members of the Ithaca community descend on the Commons on Sunday to enjoy apples and other goods from local vendors. See p.3 for more.
Cornell University and the New York City Economic Development Corporation hosted a career fair Friday as part of the city’s ongoing “Tech Talent Draft” initiative, which seeks to give students career advice and exposure to NYC’s tech startup community. The event, which featured representatives from more than a dozen tech startup companies, is the result of collaboration between student organizers and the EDC,
according to event planners. Jesse McElwain ’13, one of the event’s organizers, said that after helping organize the University’s Startup Career Fair last semester, he thought it would be productive to have a career fair designed for startup companies being supported by the NYCEDC. “The EDC wanted to come up, but there was no one entrepreneurial career service office to provide the required resources,” McElwain said. “Having students help out with the event is how it was able to succeed.” Mark Savage, director of
Career Services for the College of Engineering, said he contacted about 6,000 Cornell students via email to inform them about the event. “We wanted to bring a representative group of students here and I think it’s going pretty well,” Savage said. “Students who come here are really looking for a niche in the startup community, and not necessarily a Fortune 500 company.” Timothy Novikoff grad, who teaches a course in iPhone app development at See STARTUPS page 5
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Student Assembly Approves Gender-Neutral Housing Plan By JOSEPH NICZKY Sun Senior Writer
Six months after Cornell’s gender-neutral housing pilot program was discontinued due to a lack of demand, the Student Assembly approved a resolution Thursday to create a revised housing program that will once again allow gender-neutral housing on campus. If the plan is approved by President David Skorton, upperclassmen will be able to request to live in “gender-inclusive” suites, or dormitories that are open to both genders, in February’s housing lottery. Students cannot be placed in a gender-inclusive suite unless they specifically request it on their housing application, according to Dean Iwaoka ’13, S.A. LGBTQ liaison at-large. Unlike the discontinued plan, students of opposite genders would be able to live, not only in the same suite, but in the same room as well, according to Ulysses Smith ’13, S.A. representative for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. Applauding the initiative, Emily Bick ’13, president of Haven — Cornell's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender student union — said that including gender-inclusive housing on campus is “important for the mental health of a lot of Cornellians.” The resolution, she said, will allow students to live in their “ideal housing situation.” Because some students already live with members of the opposite gender off-campus, Bick said, offering gender-neutral housing on campus would mean that students do not have to “incur the cost of living off-campus” in order to live with their preferred roommates.
The revised gender-neutral housing program would also allow students to have access to various on-campus housing benefits, Bick said. “On-campus housing offers a number of comfortable things, such as dining,” Bick said. The new program differs from the discontinued program by, if approved, providing more access at places on campus. Whereas the old program was only available on West Campus –– with only one genderinclusive suite in each West Campus dorm –– the revised program would be available to all upperclassmen, regardless of where they are living, depending on demand, Smith said. Smith said that he hopes the decision to offer gender-neutral housing at more locations on campus will help ameliorate the issues the previous gender-neutral housing program faced. “The justification for discontinuing the program was that enough people didn’t really take advantage of it,” he said. “But it was poorly advertised. Nobody really knew about it. It was restricted to one place, where most people don’t even get in.” Bick said she expects that several hundred students will take advantage of the program, based on estimates from a similar program at the University of Pennsylvania which was used by about 250 students in its third year. Members of the S.A. said they expect that Skorton will approve the plan, adding that other top administrators have already expressed their support for it. “[The administration] is pretty much in universal agreement about the policy
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already,” Smith said. Although the S.A. approved the resolution Thursday, members of the administration and Cornell Campus Life are still reviewing the plan. “I want to wait until my staff, who will have to implement it, give me some feedback, but I think we’re positively inclined with what we know so far,” said Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94, vice president of student and academic services. “I think we just want to look to [at] all the logistical issues.” While the new program will initially be available to only upperclassmen, it will be also be offered to incoming freshmen and transfer students by the 2014-15 academic year, if approved by Skorton. The housing application would be revised to contain a section discouraging romantic partners from living together in gender-inclusive suites, but Cornell cannot legally ask students to disclose their romantic involvements, Bick said.
The S.A. voted 23-1 in favor of the proposal. “The gender-inclusive housing program is a very exciting campus initiative,” said S.A. President Adam Gitlin ’13. “I believe it aligns with Cornell’s core commitment to diversity.” Peter Scelfo ’15, at-large representative for the S.A., was the lone dissenting vote. He said he thought the S.A. could have discussed the housing proposal more thoroughly before voting on it. “I feel as though the Assembly acted double-quick and should have offered the resolution more debate and discussion to discover issues with and without the execution of the resolution,” Scelfo said in an email. “I voted with my understanding of the Cornell community and with the best interest of safety, academics and social life in mind.” Joseph Niczky can be reached at jniczky@cornellsun.com.
‘Incredible’ Apple Fest Draws More Than 30K By OLIVIA DANG Sun Contributor
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Despite the dreary weather, a recordbreaking number of students, professors and local residents descended on the Ithaca Commons this weekend to celebrate the fall season and all things apple at the 30th annual Apple Harvest Festival. Apple Fest — first introduced in 1982 as a showcase of the Ithaca area’s diverse agricultural community — has evolved to include food, craft and amusement booths and has become a staple in the Ithaca community. Although nothing in particular was planned to celebrate its 30th anniversary, Apple Fest was “bigger and better this year,” according to Gary Ferguson, executive director of Downtown Ithaca Alliance, which coordinates Apple Fest. “Typically we draw between [30,000
and 35,000] people, but this year’s turnout is a record-breaker,” Ferguson said. “It was incredible and impressive.” Dozens of vendors –– including wineries, farms and Cornell’s Society for Horticulture Graduate Students, which represented Cornell Orchards at the Apple Fest –– lined the streets to sell fresh apples, cider, apple-based wines, caramel and other apple-related fare to a crowd of more than 35,000 people. Rare varieties of apples harvested by several New York-based farms were among customer favorites, according to Sathish Kumar Sekar grad, a volunteer with Cornell Orchards. “Most of the [Cornell Orchards] apples are organic, and we have special varieties that you can’t get at Walmart or other grocery stores because they are very perishable,” Sekar said. Kumar said he and other volunteers enjoy displaying Cornell’s rich apple har-
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vest at the festival each year. “We sell very fresh apples every year,” Kumar said. “We have new varieties that are not yet released in the market and they aren’t even named yet.” Other produce sold at Apple Fest included fresh pumpkin and baked pumpkin goods, Concord grapes, gourds, maple syrup and flowering plants. Another Cornell organization at Apple Fest was the Cornell Cooperative Extension, whose volunteers stood next to compost, waste and recycling bins and directed crowd-goers to dispose of their trash in an environmentally friendly way. In addition to boasting fresh and locally grown fruits, Apple Fest also featured the international cuisine of nearby restaurants, handmade clothing and accessories made by craft vendors. Guests and children also enjoyed inflatable rides, a scavenger hunt, a Zumba dance session, a goat petting zoo, a Family Fun Zone and more than 20 musical performances at the festival. Cornell students who went to Apple Fest said they were impressed with the variety of activities and goods at Apple Fest. “Apple Fest really seems to bring all the people in Ithaca together,” Paul Zhang ’16 said. “The food is delicious.” Paul West ’16 also said he enjoyed his first Apple Fest. “The food is fantastic, and the bands are pretty good,” West said. “I had the Thai pumpkin soup, some apple crisps, sweet corn, hot cider and tea … This is the first time I’ve been downtown, and it’s already much better than Collegetown.”
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Gagnam style | Attendees of the Apple Harvest Festival form a flash mob to dance to the Korean pop hit by Psy on Sunday.
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Students Demand ‘Centralized’ Sexual Assaults Response Center SEXUAL ASSAULTS Continued from page 1
“What is happening tonight?” shouted one student as Weiss addressed the group. “What is [the Cornell University Police Department] doing to protect us tonight?” David Honan, deputy chief of CUPD, said that police forces will be augmented in light of the recent crime reports. “For tonight, regular patrols will be increased,” Honan said. “There will be extra officers on foot and bike. I’ve also added to auxiliary patrols. There will be a noticeable increase in [police] visibility tonight.” He added that the increased patrols will continue as long as necessary. “We want to have a lot of people all over campus to see what is happening,” he said. After Weiss’ introduction, students divided into working groups of about 20 people each to discuss potential solutions to the increased number of reported sexual assaults. Many students emphasized a need for more transparency about the administration’s response to the attacks. “I think Cornell is really decentralized,” said Oscar Correia ’14, president of La Asociación Latina. “If the University is doing things and we don’t know about it, that’s a problem.” Other students said the University has not suffciently made students aware of the resources that are already available to sexual assault victims.
“The tension here is around publicity,” said Tom Moore ’14, who is also an opinion columnist for The Sun. “There may be a number of well-coordinated and well-done [programs in place], but a lot of the publicity is flat-out bad.” Sharon Dittman, associate director for community relations for Gannett Health Services, said the University has already addressed many of the demands that students have made to the administration, including increased involvement of law enforcement and judicial board action in the aftermath of sexual crimes. “You can talk to all kinds of people on this campus [about a sexual assault],” she said. But Rachael Blumenthal ’13, a member of the WRC advisory board, said the University offers too many resources for victims –– which she said can be confusing for students who are unsure of the appropriate outlet at which to seek help. “The demand is that there should be a [sexual assaults] response center, a specific resource that students can use,” she said. But Dittman defended the necessity of the varied resources offered by the University. “One single resource isn’t going to work for everyone,” she said. “I am as frustrated as everyone that we can’t have one website, one number, one office. Yet that also makes it less accommodating of who we are and all of our diversity.” Blumenthal, however, said some of the resources that are currently available to students do not serve their intended purposes.
Other students said the sexual assaults on campus can be attributed to ambiguity about the definition of sexual consent. “We need to talk about what we consider rape culture,” said Hilary Orzick ’13, a WRC advisory board member. “You cannot legally give consent if you are inebriated. The next day, these people are often not able to vocalize that that was a sexual assault … This is a problem.” To address the issue, Geoffrey Block ’14, at-large representative for the Student Assembly, said the S.A. hopes to implement educational programs for all incoming students regarding the definition of consensual sex. “Too many people think silence means yes,” he said. Alan Mittman, director of the Office of Workforce Policy and Labor Relations, said the University is also training faculty and staff about sexual violence. “We have already trained 1,300 employees on antisexual harassment and assault matters,” he said. “We hope to get to everyone by the end of the year.” Despite the steps already taken, organizers emphasized the need for further progress, promising to hold additional open meetings in the future. “This is first step in taking action in our community,” Weiss said. “We are recognizing experiences of survivors. I hope this will empower us to take action, to stand against the people committing these crimes, who are making this space unsafe for all of us.” Kerry Close can be reached at kclose@cornellsun.com.
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Honan said that CUPD significantly increased its educational efforts –– which included handing out more flyers and warnings to
pedestrians –– in its campaign this year. However, most students expressed skepticism about the efficacy of the campaign. “The lasting impression many students have is that those who
were caught jaywalking on those random days were simply unlucky — not that they were engaging in dangerous or reckless behavior,” Christine Yu ’14 said. CUPD officers were also not “fair” in their ticketing, Claire
Roberson ’15 said. Ratnika Prasad ’14 said in light of a recent string of sexual assaults on campus, CUPD placed its priorities in the wrong place by focusing on the jaywalking campaign. “If CUPD took all those officers that they are employing in broad daylight to give jaywalking tickets and employed them at nighttime to make Cornell safer, we would have less assaults and more tickets,” Prasad said. However, because CUPD received a $2,170 highway safety grant from the New York State Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, it was able to conduct the campaign without diverting resources from its regular patrols and investigations into the recent bias and sexual assault incidents, according to CUPD Chief Kathy Zoner. Other students expressed their disagreement through a “jaydanc-
ing” protest Thursday. Daniel Marshall ’15, one of the organizers of the “jaydancing” event, said that the protest, in which students danced on the street at the intersection of in front of Anabel Taylor Hall, was “stupid, joyful and childish.” In a press release written by Marshall and Tom Moore ’14, another one of the event’s organizers, the protesters mocked the mission of the jaywalking campaign. “We believe that only the power of dance can exorcise the spirit of fascism from the hearts of the police,” the press release said. “We believe that childish acts of defiance are the voice of the Earth Mother. We have no demands.” In an interview with The Sun, Marshall also said that he thinks that issuing tickets at this time of the year is “ridiculous.” See JAYWALKING page 5
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Volunteers‘Reach Out’toUndocumented Students in Workshop UNDOCUMENTED Continued from page 1
Aside from worrying about the possibility of deportation, many undocumented students also struggle to pay tuition because their immigration status makes them ineligible for federal aid or loans, Palma said. Recognizing these barriers to financial assistance, he added, the Cornell DREAM Team –– a student organization supporting undocumented students at the University –– had been trying to establish a work-study program to help these students support themselves. But with Obama’s policy –– and the assistance of lawyers working pro-bono such as the ones at the workshop Saturday, –– many of these students will be able to apply for a work visa, which Palma hopes will lessen the financial obstacles they face while on campus. The struggles of undocumented students — coupled with the uncertainty of the deferred action policy — make it increasingly more crucial that the University continue to fight for undocumented students, according to several organizers of the workshop. Cristina Quiñones-Betancourt law said that she felt compelled to help out at Saturday’s workshop in part because she has worked as a volunteer tutor for undocumented youth in Los Angeles, Calif. — an experience she said allowed her to glimpse the isolation that many such young adults cope with. “I feel like a lot of times, undocumented immigrants feel like they’re not being really treated like people — that they’re just being judged about whether they have documents or not,” Quiñones-Betancourt said. “I think it's important to reach out to them and let them know that
they’re real people — that they are important.” Tamara Hoflejer law, another student who assisted at the workshop, said “it’s our duty as students to give back.” Because some undocumented youth have been swindled by individuals posing as legitimate lawyers, Hoflejer said it is also critical to make sure undocumented students looking to apply for deferred action are not misled. “We really want to make sure that they aren’t taken advantage of in this situation because they are really, really vulnerable,” Hoflejer said. The vulnerability of undocumented youth, who risk deportation by staying in the U.S., has led many to express
“I feel like a lot of times, undocumented immigrants feel like they’re not really being treated like people.” Cristina Quiñones-Betancourt law fear about exposing their status to the government, even for the deferred action program, Hazeldean said. But Hazeldean noted that Obama has tried to ameliorate this concern by stating that his administration will keep all information strictly confidential unless an applicant is denied on criminal grounds, lies on their deferred action application or is a threat to national security. With the presidential election just weeks away, Hazeldean noted that another concern some undocumented youth have raised is that the deferred action policy could be revoked should Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney be elected. However, Hazeldean said, “as a practical matter, I think
it’s very unlikely people who do not have a criminal background will be a priority [for deportation], even if there’s a change in administration.” The deferred action program and its potential to allow immigrants to work legally may mean the difference between staying at Cornell and having to drop out altogether for some undocumented students. In February, Eric Cheon ’12, an undocumented student, said he faced a grim truth: possibly having just one week left at Cornell. Saddled with $10,000 in outstanding tuition from the Fall 2011 semester, Cheon was told that if he did not pay off the debt by Feb. 24, he would no longer be allowed to enroll at the University. Ineligible for federal financial aid or loans as an illegal immigrant, Cheon worked 30 to 40 hours a week to try to keep up with his expenses. Faced with a ticking clock, on Feb. 14, Cheon launched a fundraising campaign to fight to stay at Cornell. Community members rushed to his aid. Students banded together, posting fliers on street lights, Thurston Bridge and the doors of Day Hall asking for donations. Alumni donated money and left messages for Cheon on his website. A little more than a week later, Cheon received a call at work: He had raised the $10,000 and was going to be able to finish his last semester at Cornell. Although Cheon received aid by speaking openly about his status as an undocumented student, he is one of few who have dared to do so. It is uncertain how many other Cornellians have faced — or currently find themselves in — Cheon’s situation. Akane Otani can be reached at aotani@cornellsun.com.
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the University, represented his own startup company, Vantageous, at the career fair. He said that he was particularly excited to see the enthusiasm around New York City and entrepreneurship in the tech community at Cornell. “Things are going great,” Novikoff said. “I’ve got a bunch of resumes, and a lot of software engineers interested in joining Vantageous in NYC.” More broadly, Novikoff praised the EDC’s involvement in the Tech Talent Draft, saying that “this event is a great example of the Bloomberg administration getting really serious about supporting the burgeoning NYC tech scene any way they can, with the Cornell Tech Campus … being the ultimate example of that.” Other entrepreneurs present at the career fair, such as Deepak Chokkadi, vice president of media company
Everyday HEALTH, said that NYC’s tech industry is booming due to “companies that were incubated in a new corridor” being encouraged to grow by the city. The city’s EDC, which is primarily involved with smaller-scale startup companies, is a critical component in Cornell’s blossoming relationship with NYC’s tech community, according to McElwain. “The EDC is supporting the fledgling, brand-new companies on the block, helping them come to Cornell as well,” he said. “These companies are turning to Cornell to find the best talent in NYC. It’s really important that students want to be here as well.” Gavriel Wolf ’11, CEO of the startup IndieWalls — a company that matches NYC artists with venues to display their work — agreed that the EDC’s work is “phenomenal” and something that is “always [heard] about in the NYC tech community.” The success of the career fair also
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“A couple days before this, I watched these two girls literally walk in front of a driving bus. They didn’t look at all,” Roberson said. Still, CUPD said that it was happy with the results of its campaign this year. “Everything went very well, and we are very pleased with the voluntary compliance we observed this year,” Honan said.
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showed a “vote of confidence in the new campus and in NYC’s tech sector,” said McElwain, who ran a media campaign for Cornell NYCTech last year. “The major companies won’t go to Yale; they won’t go Harvard. They come to Cornell and recognize that there is talent here,” McElwain said. Students who attended the fair said that they were able to successfully network with multiple startups. Michelle Wilson grad, who is pursuing a Masters of Engineering Management, attended the fair because she is “interested in startups” and had already worked in the “thriving tech scene in NYC.” “There are a lot of startups with a lot of perks,” Wilson said, adding that she spoke to “a lot of good people.” Although Wilson said that the fair was “a little underwhelming” because of the relatively few companies present, McElwain did not think that the smaller size of the event, which took place in
Sage Hall Atrium, was a drawback. “After the Startup Career Fair last semester, we wanted to have a career fair specifically for companies in the NYCEDC,” he said. “We got some really good people for the whole weekend.” Savage echoed McElwain’s sentiments, saying the fair was attended by “15 or so startups who really wanted to make a splash.” McElwain said that the event was indicative of the growing relationship between the University and the booming NYC tech sector, one in which NYCTech plays an essential role. “Cornell is now inextricably tied to the NYCEDC for the next 25 years, until the new tech campus is completed,” McElwain said. “There’s nothing we can do to be more connected to the tech community in New York, and we need to take advantage of that.” Jacob Glick can be reached at jglick@cornellsun.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Few moments in American journalism loom larger than the one that came in 1971, when New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger had to decide whether to defy a president, and risk a potential criminal charge, by publishing a classified Defense Department history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. His choice, to publish the Pentagon Papers and then fight the Nixon administration’s subsequent attempt to muzzle the story, cemented Sulzberger’s place as a First Amendment giant — a role being celebrated after he died Saturday at age 86. The former publisher, who led the Times to new levels of influence and profit while standing up for press freedom, died at his home in Southampton, N.Y., after a long illness, his family announced. During his three-decade tenure, Sulzberger's newspaper won 31 Pulitzer prizes while he went about transforming the family business from perpetually shaky to the muscular media behemoth it was when he retired. Sulzberger, who went by the nickname “Punch” and served with the Marine Corps, privately worried that he had doomed the newspaper but gave interviews saying the Times wouldn’t allow the U.S. government to cover up its mistakes under the guise of national security. “That is a wonderful way, if you’ve got egg on your face, to prevent anybody from knowing it: Stamp it SECRET and put it away,” he said. “Punch, the old Marine captain who never backed down from a fight, was an absolutely fierce defender of the freedom of the press,” his son, and current Times publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., said in a statement. Sulzberger was the only grandson of Adolph S. Ochs (pronounced ox), the son of Bavarian immigrants who took over the Times in 1896 and built it into the nation’s most influential newspaper. The family retains control to this day, holding a special class of shares that give them more powerful voting rights than other stockholders. Power was thrust on Sulzberger at the age of 37 after the sudden death of his brother-in-law in 1963. He had been in the Times executive suite for eight years in a role he later described as “vice president in charge of nothing.” But Sulzberger directed the Times’ evolution from an encyclopedic paper of record to a more reader-friendly product that reached into the suburbs and across the nation. Under his watch, the Times started a national edition, bought its first color presses, and introduced — to the chagrin of some hard-news purists — popular and lucrative sections covering topics such as food and entertainment.
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Rulemaking Will Likely Delay N.Y. Gas Drilling Plans
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York regulators expect to reopen their rulemaking process for natural gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing, casting doubt on whether a 4-year-old moratorium on development will be lifted before next year. Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman Emily DeSantis said Sunday the agency expects to miss a Nov. 29 deadline for finalizing regulations, making it necessary to reopen the process with at least one public hearing. DeSantis said it remains “undetermined” whether an overall environmental study can be completed and permits issued while the agency revisits the regulations. DEC Commissioner Joe Martens had said last year that the agency would issue permits if the environmental review was completed before the regulations are adopted. Martens announced recently that a final decision on whether to allow shale development also would not be made until Health Commissioner Narav Shah completes a health impact review. While thousands of shale gas wells have been drilled in Pennsylvania and other states, developers in New York have met intense opposition. Numerous health and environmental groups have called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” The technology, which made it economically feasible to extract vast quantities of gas from underground rock, injects millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals into wells to crack the shale and free the gas. “The possibility of further delay of fracking is encouraging news, and suggests that they are not intending to inappropriately rush the health study,” said Kate Sinding, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council. Oil and gas industry representatives have said they don't expect a drilling rush to begin quickly in New York even if the moratorium is lifted by the end of this year, because the price of gas has been driven to the lowest level in a decade by a glut of gas from fracking in other states. Cuomo and Martens have refused to give a definite timeline for completion of an environmental review and new regulations or for a decision on whether the state will allow fracking. But they have said since last spring that resolution of the issue would be a matter of months, or by summer's end. Martens said the process has been slow because the agency must review and respond to about 80,000 public comments. DEC proposed formal regulations for gas drilling last year and held the last of four public hearings on the regulations on Nov. 30. Under state law, DEC has one year after the last public hearing to finalize the regulations, although it can file for a 90-day extension. If it misses the Nov. 29 deadline, the rulemaking process restarts, including a new comment period.
Crime at the U.S.-Mexico Border Goes Corporate BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — When a regional manager for the Mexican Gulf cartel moved his operation to a more lucrative territory on the border, he took along not only his armored trucks and personal army, but also his department heads and a team of accountants. In the grotesque violence that has enveloped Mexico it's easy to lose sight of the fact that, ultimately, these criminal organizations are complex businesses that rely on careful accounting as much as assault rifles. The structures underlying the most successful criminal organizations are stable in a way that means capturing or killing the man at the top may only be a temporary setback and pinching one revenue stream will only drive a search for others. Rafael Cardenas Vela, a Gulf cartel member who ran three important “plazas,” or territories, testified this week about the organization's structure and operations in such detail that it could compose a short course — Narco 101, perhaps. When prosecutors asked Cardenas to walk jurors through a decade of moves in the cartel's command and control structure, he turned to a giant organizational chart that would be recognizable to anyone in the corporate world except for spaces at the bottom for those “arrested” and “deceased.” Cardenas explained that in his plaza he had managers in charge of each revenue stream, including marijuana, cocaine and “cuota,” or extortion payments demanded of legal and illegal businesses. Each department had an accountant. An additional accountant tracked the “piso,” or tax that was charged on any drug loads moving through his territory. Another accountant supervised them all. “I can’t do everything myself,” Cardenas said. “That’s why we have someone in charge of every department.” That structure means simply removing the head is often not enough. “You have to keep attacking the command and control elements again and again,” said Will Glaspy, who oversees the Drug Enforcement Administration's operations in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, across the border from Gulf cartel territory. Since Osiel Cardenas Guillen, Rafael Cardenas’ uncle, was extradited to the U.S. in 2007, the cases have been building on themselves. The man who took over for Osiel Cardenas was captured this month. Osiel Cardenas’ brother was killed by Mexican marines in 2010. Most recently, a third brother was arrested in Mexico this month. Juan Roberto Rincon-Rincon, the plaza boss convicted Friday in Brownsville, is one of three Gulf cartel plaza bosses arrested in the U.S. last year. And Mexican authorities captured another alleged boss this week.
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N.Y. Lawmakers Avoid Major Issues During Campaign ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Sometime after November’s election, New York lawmakers are expected to convene in a lame-duck session that could include more major actions than the next two years of regular sessions combined, including a push to raise their own salaries. But you won’t hear the couple hundred incumbents talk about it while they campaign. That's because in the New York Legislature, the biggest votes are rarely won or lost on merit. Instead, horse trading leads to deals. “Whenever you have an agreement on legislation ... it tends to have a certain transactional quality, right?” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said during a news conference last week. “An agreement, by definition,
is normally the exchange of benefits and burdens.” In addition, candidates have cover from talking about the issues because legislative leaders say the session isn’t on the calendar. So the word among incumbents on the campaign trail is, "What special session?" Such a session has become almost routine, and one is likely to convene sometime in November or December. Among issues that Cuomo and several legislators say are priorities are pay raises for lawmakers and top commissioners in the governor's administration. They could be swapped for an increase in the minimum wage to $8.50 an hour from $7.25, which is a top concern of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
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Rethinking Our Response
here were recently some new signs on the Arts Quad. With the tagline “Love your body. Defend yourself;” they tell students how to protect themselves from rapists: Don’t wear headphones at night, speak up, fight back, report assault. While I’m sure their creators have good intentions, the signs and the message they send are morally reprehensible. Take, for instance, that tagline. Its implicit message is that if you don’t defend yourself, then you clearly don’t love your body enough. If you don’t defend yourself, you must not mind very much. If you don’t defend yourself, you deserve to be raped. Maybe you weren’t really raped at all. I’m sure this isn’t the message the signs mean to send. They merely want to warn people of potentially dangerous behaviors. But when I read “alcohol is the
signs here now? Because of the attempted rapes and assaults two weeks ago. The response of many has, at best, been one of shock and horror. Rapes occurring here? How unprecedented! (RAINN says that 1 in 6 American women, and 1 in 33 American men are victims of attempted or completed rape in their lifetimes. The numbers are higher for college students.) Certainly, these two reports are unusual: The assaulter was a stranger, and they were reported to the community at large. Most rapes are perpetrated by someone known to the victim, and most rapes go unreported. To react to the recent incidents on campus the way Cornell has done sends the message that those other rapes don’t matter. That if you were raped while drunk, by your girlfriend, you don’t count. If you were raped before Sept. 2, we don’t care about you. If you were
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Taking effective action To the Editor: Re: “Female Reports Attempted Rape Near Engineering Quad,” Sept. 27 As a young alumna who has not quite been able to fully let go of her attachment to the Cornell community (despite now living hundreds of miles away), I skim The Sun headlines pretty frequently. Imagine how alarmed I was today to read about what is only the latest in a string of sexual assaults and attempted assaults of women walking on campus — on the same day that the front page featured a photo of CUPD citing jaywalkers near Ho Plaza. For students to be assaulted on campus is unacceptable, and Cornell needs to be more proactive, starting immediately. Sure, there are some public safety services currently available, such as the Blue Light Escorts, but any student can tell you that no one uses them — I certainly didn’t, despite the long, late-night walks back to campus I faced when I worked in The Sun offices. Clearly, we need a different solution. Some places to start might be better nighttime bus routes and more officers patrolling routes between campus and residences. I have no doubt that reducing traffic accidents is a noble cause. But I look forward to reading the next Sun headline about CUPD’s proactive, creative and effective plan to keep students safe from violent crime in their community. Meghan Hess ’10, former Sun senior photographer
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most common date rape drug,” I hear the message loud and clear that I should never drink. If I ever do, someone might take advantage of me, and those signs will judge me complicit. Drinking can be dangerous, yes, but it doesn’t have to be. Whether it is or not, it doesn’t cause rape. Encouraging people to blame themselves for not preventing a horrific personal attack, on the other hand, creates a culture where rape and rapists can thrive. Not only do such messages fail to address the root cause of rape, they have serious consequences. Do we tell cashiers held at gunpoint that if they truly cared about their stores, they would “fight back” against robbers? No, of course not, because defying a dangerous and malicious individual like a robber, or a rapist, is not going to help your situation. It might escalate it, get you beaten up and maybe killed. But if that happens, at least no one will blame you for “asking for it.” Almost all the other signs on the Arts Quad similarly blame the victim, while refusing to acknowledge the serious and potentially fatal results of their admonishments. Speak up if you’re uncomfortable? And be socially ostracized for being too sensitive, hurt for resisting or simply ignored? Report your assault? And go through the brutal cross-examination of the police and campus community who refuse to believe you while blaming you for your dress, your intoxication, your gender, your lifestyle and your previous acquaintance with the rapist? (The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network reports that 73 percent of sexual assaults were perpetrated by a non-stranger.) Your rapist won’t even spend a day in jail. (RAINN estimates that out of every 100 rapes, only 3 rapists will spend even a single day in prison.) The most insidious implication of the Arts Quad signs, however, is what they say about Cornell’s attitude towards rape victims. Why are these
raped and you didn’t fight back, or you were listening to music, you deserve it. How repulsive. According to that message, once this particular rapist is caught, the problem is solved. Once that rapist is in jail, rape will no longer be a problem on campus. People who feel unsafe now will go back to their oblivious late night walks. But that message is a lie. Rape was not newly introduced to Cornell on Sept. 2. It will not leave Cornell if and when the Sept. 2 rapist is caught. So how do we stop rape on campus? At an absolute minimum we should have required sexual consent training for entering freshmen. We already have Alcohol-Wise and Tapestry, not to mention several groups on campus already focused on sexual health and education. When entering freshmen don’t know that “having ‘sex’ with a blackout drunk girl” is rape, when “forcible touching” becomes an amusing phrase instead of a serious, horrifying crime, our campus has a problem. Cornell already lags behind many other universities in not requiring students learn such basic information. That it took a highly publicized assault for sexual assault to be addressed is embarrassing. That Cornell’s response thus far has been to tell victims to better protect themselves is shameful. The bare statistics say that 4.8-14.9 percent of men will admit to having raped or attempted to rape someone. Of those men, 63 percent were serial rapists. Instead of telling people not to get themselves raped, Cornell should tell people not to rape others. Rape is unacceptable. It’s time our college made that clear.
Thalia Aoki is a sophomore in the College of Engineering. She may be reached at tga26@cornell.edu. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.
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My Night in Police Custody A
s I watched the Ithaca Police Officer storm up the driveway, angry landlord at his side, I was overcome with a feeling that I knew how this would end up. The officer was met by one of the residents of the house, halfway down the driveway — a few feet from the wall I was perched on. The scene in front of the officer was one of the many homecoming parties dotting the Collegetown landscape. The conversation between the two went something like this: Student: “Hello officer, I live here. What can I help you with?” Officer: “What’s going on here?”
the gamut from subtle enmity, to indifference, to considerable friendliness. However, the overwhelming majority of people we came across was excited about our presence, relishing the opportunity to present a human face behind the badge. The Sergeant and Deputy Chief we spoke to showed us a map of the land that CUPD is responsible for, and it is a sizeable chunk of real estate. Many students fixate on the work CUPD does on campus and around parties, but that is but a small segment of their territory. There were a few officers who, while never saying anything explicit, seemed uncomfortable with our presence. In one case, a senior officer all but refused to let my friend ride in his car, and later on in the night, I overheard one officer telling another that it “sucks” to have a person ride-along with them. I, however, was fortunate enough to be assigned to ride with a Plain young, affable officer. If Hokum she was upset to have me, she certainly did a good job of hiding it, and at 11 p.m. we headed out into the night. Within a few minutes of leaving the station, we were in hot pursuit. The suspect drove by us with his lights off, a tell-tale sign of drunk driving. We flew across the Thurston Avenue Bridge, and pulled the car over. It turns out that the man was driving his friend’s car, and did not know how to work the lights. Since there was no scent of alcohol or other impropriety, the officer sent him off with a warning. The officer explained to me that she saw little need in writing a ticket for such a minor infraction. In fact, for the rest of the night much of what we were looking for were signs of drunk driving, there was no focus on trying to turn minor traffic infractions into tickets. In fact, the officer’s desire to look out for the Cornell community, and not just police it was clear. One such example was when she told me how she was pleased to have the option of referring students to the Judicial Administrator for violations, instead of sending them to the
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Student: “We have some friends over, everyone is just having a good time.” Officer: “Well the music isn’t too loud, and there aren’t too many people here … This is the sort of party that can get out of hand. Make sure that it doesn’t.” Student: “Will do. Thank you, sir.” The officer and disappointed landlord then turned around and went on their way, but not before the officer waved to a girl who yelled out that she loved him. Some of my friends were flabbergasted; they had never seen an interaction between a cop and a student as respectful and productive as that. This all happened a week after I spent a night with the Cornell University Police Department, conducting a police ride-along. I was curious what a Saturday night at Cornell looked from the perspective of a police officer. Arriving at the station, my friend (who did a ride-along in another car) and I were given a friendly greeting, and a tour. The reactions of CUPD officers and staff to our presence ran
Ithaca city court. She did not like the idea of possibly permanently placing a blemish on the record of a student who just got carried away having too much fun. Across campus from us, a man was in need of transportation to the hospital. My friend, riding along in another car, witnessed the man plead with a CUPD officer that he not be taken to the hospital in an ambulance. He insisted that he would not be able to afford the cost of the ride. The officers on the scene, not wanting to burden the man with the cost — and confident that he did not need immediate care, sent the man to the hospital in one of the officers’ cars, saving him the expense of the ambulance ride. Discussing the incident a week later, my friend was still quite impressed with the measured response of the officers on the scene. Later in the night, the officer I was with and I were called to respond to a supposedly inebriated woman. Once we arrived on the scene, it was clear that enough officers were there to handle the situation. However, we slowed down long enough to hear the woman yell at one of the officers, “Oh yeah? Well I called medical amnesty … So actually I’m NOT going to get in trouble!” The officer was just trying to talk to her, and she replied with some highly concentrated snobbery. I witnessed other instances of students being obnoxious and uncooperative throughout the night. It is moments like this when I could understand how some officers might have a less than stellar opinion of Cornell’s students. Student interactions with the police are intimidating. The power cops are afforded often makes us unnerved and often leads to either overly anxious or overly angry responses. However, numerous officers expressed to me a sincere willingness to help and work with students. That means that we must get over our fears and anxieties and see officers not for their badges but for their humanity. When that happens, and the officer is willing to treat the student with the same level of respect, positive outcomes will no longer appear to be the exception — they will become the rule. Noah Karr-Kaitin is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at nkarrkaitin@cornellsun.com. Plain Hokum appears alternate Mondays this semester.
When Building an Equitable Gender Economy, Leave Quinoa Out of It I
consider myself a feminist, but I can only sit back and nod as my more knowledgeable friends chart the waves of feminism we have ridden. In general, I stick to Rebecca West’s wonderfully snarky guideline: “I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.” The recent spate of female-authored articles and books on the advances and challenges of working women in the U.S., along with the voluminous response they’ve garnered from men and women alike, has led me to think more broadly about the gargantuan subject of gender and labor. The pieces which feature more personal reflection than journalism come from superwomen like Anne-Marie Slaughter, previously the first female director of policy planning at the State Department and currently a professor at Princeton, and Debora Spar, previously a professor at Harvard Business School and currently president of Barnard College. These women heeded the 1960s clarion call for smart, ambitious and dedicated women to break the glass ceiling, and they soared through it. To their credit, they do not rest contently on the beams they’ve risen to but humbly and frankly acknowledge the physical and emotional toll of paving new ground in their careers while simultaneously retreading the old paths of marriage and motherhood. In “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All” and “Why Women Should Stop Trying to Be Perfect,” Slaughter and Spar (the tonal parallels in titles and names are amusing) issue a new call for women to strive for balance rather than perfection and for support from society, employers and each woman’s partner
and network of friends. Writing about the gender dynamics of the nation, Spar and Sandra Tsing Loh (in the shockingly privilege-deaf and maleobjectifying article “The Weaker Sex”) both decry quinoa, an Andean seed crop often mistaken as a grain. In Spar’s words, the “Tiger Moms who prepare organic quinoa each evening after waltzing home from the IPO in our Manolo Blahnik heels.” I conclude that this is not a coincidence, but this topic is a real source of stress. I get it — quinoa is nutritious and trendy; it’s also a pain to clean out of your strainer and to find a sauce that pairs well with the nutty flavor. Just say no to quinoa then. Jests aside, “just say no” is a point that Spar does not make strongly enough when counseling women to lead balanced lives. Anyone who’s bothered to scan Gannett’s inanely obvious tips for stress management knows that they call for doing more or doing better: sleep more, seek out healthier food options, exercise more or spend time with loved ones. Tell me, what is it that I’m supposed to cut out to achieve this student life balance? Class readings? Campus events? Job applications? At the end of her article, Spar again stresses not going it alone but advocates for women to build nearby communities of (presumably female) friends to step in when they have a work emergency or business trip. This too takes more time and energy — for women — to sustain. I want conversations on efficiency and work-life balance to be about seriously paring down the things you feel obligated to do rather than finding ways to do more. In short, these articles do not go unap-
preciated, but to me they do not voice the frustrations of all or even most working women, but rather those of high-achieving individuals in general. Slaughter at least fully acknowledges her socioeconomic standing and in a reply to her piece, even nods to Touré, who writes in “Men Never ‘Had It All’” that by feeling pressured to choose work over family, men historically have faced considerable physical and emo-
the hiring practices demanded by “braburning” feminists, they see themselves as participating in a social evolution, in which they, overwhelmingly more than their husbands, possess the transferable skills to move into new workforce niches. Perhaps because they had not always strived to become equal parts careerwoman and supermom, they did not constantly compare themselves to the ideals of
Jing Jin Ringing True tional tolls as well. What I find more interesting is writing like Hanna Rosin’s The End of Men: And the Rise of Women and “Who Wears the Pants in This Economy?” She covers lesseducated women who started off in lowpaying government, hospital and service positions and who have made burgeoning careers for themselves as those sectors grew in recent years. The women of Alexander City, Alabama are also going it alone because growth in the industries they dominate has been coincident with the collapse of the out-sourced textile industry which employed their husbands. Without choosing to, they have joined the growing ranks of female primary — or sole — providers. Although these secretaries-turnedmanagers realize that they benefited from
dual perfection wrapped up in that modern image of the working mother. The conversation on the changing tides of the gender economy has attracted fresh attention through the work of dedicated feminists like Slaughter and Spar, but I wonder what the next wave would look like if it were led by more reluctant feminists, or perhaps their daughters. I am the daughter of an inadvertent, primary breadwinner feminist, and I am lucky to have always been encouraged to be competitive and balanced but not perfect in an unrealistic number of ways. Jing Jin is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at jingjin@cornellsun.com. Ringing True appears alternate Mondays this semester.
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The Dome Guy...
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...on Hippie Hill BY DAVEEN KOH Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor
Be here now — that’s how John Lennon described the feeling of living in the roaring ’60s. Dressed sharply in a dark suit and venerable spectacles, Buckminster Fuller did not strike one as a hippie. But sitting amid a gathering of hippies on Hippie Hill in San Francisco, Fuller was, very clearly, their “dome guy.” A prolific inventor, whose portfolio ranged from cars to words, Fuller — subject of The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller, presented by director Sam Green at Willard Straight Theater Saturday night — conceived of the geodesic dome as the most efficient form of enclosure. As an apostle of sustainability, Fuller was at least 40 years ahead of his time. Alongside the economist Kenneth Boulding, Fuller popularized the notion of “spaceship earth” in the late ’60s. Intelligent design, Fuller theorized, was a means to world peace. If resources could be fairly shared, countries would stop fighting over them. Thanks to Cornell Cinema, Sam Green, Academy Award-nominated for The Weather Underground, introduced the playful and prescient architect to a sold-out crowd. The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller — its title a nod to T.S. Eliot’s early masterpiece Prufrock — is the story of a man who set out to change the world, and did. As images projected across the freshlyrenovated theater, Green narrated and Yo La Tengo, the Hoboken band beloved by critics and loyal fans, supplied a reverent soundtrack dominated by twinkling, synth-infused guitar melodies. A love letter is always intensely personal, and the “live documentary” format allowed Green to share intimate and stunning moments with the audience. After showing a sequence of geodesic domes around the world, Green revealed, with perfect comic timing, that the geodesic chicken coop was his favorite — and that this was all courtesy of Google Images. Green wryly appended a warning to the anecdotes he recounted: Fuller was a master of self-mythology. Mired in depression and grief, following the loss of his young daughter and business, Fuller headed to Lake Michigan with the intention on taking his own life. But that day he had a mystical encounter. A voice told him to not to carry
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out his plan. In one version of the story, Fuller levitated. Universities provided a hospitable environment for Fuller’s realization of his many visions. Cornell, much to the audience’s delight, was a landmark stop in Fuller’s travels. Some of the film’s most stunning shots were those of architecture students constructing Fuller’s trademark dome on the Rand Hall rooftop. Isn’t it strange, someone remarked, to go around the country talking about Cornell? Green responded that it was, but since Fuller did so much travelling, the Cornell emphasis didn’t seem particularly out of place. But this episode had an unfortunate end. The Cornell dome was struck by vandals (the very idea of
“dome-haters” puzzled Green) and was never completed. “Dare to be naïve” — a phrase Fuller liberally used — encapsulates the strange blend of optimism, clarity, quirkiness and intelligence that makes Fuller such a fascinating character. Imagine saving every item that passes through your desk, everything from Western Union receipts to scribbled diagrams of high rise apartments that could be transported ready-made between countries. It sounds like an episode of Hoarders, but this compulsion of saving every scrap of memory made perfect sense in Fuller’s hands. In Green’s documentary, an interviewee who spent a few years sorting out Fuller’s gargantuan diary at Stanford termed the collection a startling piece of “conceptual art.” And it is. Fuller’s obsessive documentation of his life is reminiscent of Andy Warhol’s. But where Warhol
was closed, and perhaps darkly so, Fuller was open and always radiated a vision of light. A sultry and supple acoustic set by Yo La Tengo completed the evening. The band’s Freewheeling show, in all its organic excitement, rode well on the enthusiasm of a high-spirited crowd. It’s tempting to describe the band’s sound as a mix of Fleetwood Mac, Lou Reed and Simon and Garfunkel, but it seems inappropriate to go further with that. The band quickly made it clear that they didn’t care much for sounding as they did on their albums, or for any kind of rule, really. The dim lights of the theater accentuated the stark beauty of the band’s opening songs, and the session took flight with wide-ranging questions from the floor. Guitarist and singer Ira Kaplan moderated the discussion with liberal wit, which he apparently honed through improv comedy lessons. Bassist and former parking attendant James McNew, when queried about his role in Megan Eckman’s puzzling documentary The Parking Lot Movie, mused about the death of movies. The band took a break from quiet songs (Kaplan recounted a disastrous show, at which the band played softer and softer until the logical conclusion was to stop altogether) to launch into an impressive, impromptu rendition of “Emulsified,” the brutal rock anthem off its 2002 album Fakebook. We don’t go to World’s Fairs anymore, Green observed earlier in the evening. These visions of the future, which hark back to the Great Exhibition of 1851, seem more at home within the quaint confines of Epcot, where an edition of Fuller’s trademark dome resides. Where is that optimism, that curiosity about the future? To Fuller, who had lived through the throes of industrialization, 1970s America was utopia, despite its widening economic and political fault lines. Watching Fuller deliver lecture after relentless lecture in great halls across the country and hearing Yo La Tengo play so spontaneously and with such spirit, invokes both nostalgia and panic. “Do I dare / disturb the universe?” Fuller’s answer was always a resounding “yes.” The overwhelming question is how many can say the same today. Daveen Koh is a junior in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. She can be reached at arts-and-entertainmenteditor@cornellsun.com.
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Punch of Love RUBY PERLMUTTER Sun Associate Editor
The word “virtuoso” gets thrown haphazardly around the name Chris Thile often — especially in regard to his something of a super-group the Punch Brothers, who performed at the State Theatre Saturday. The term “virtuosic” often conjures images of mechanically skilled technicians. And certainly, each member of the band (Chris Thile on mandolin, Gabe Witcher on fiddle/violin, Noam Pikelny on banjo, Christ Eldridge on guitar and Paul Koewrt on bass) has a virtuosic command of his instrument. But this is not what makes the Punch Brothers so captivating. Their virtuosity is a means to an end. The pure warmth and heart emanating from the stage illuminated the band’s jocund and egoless spirit and charisma. The show began with Tom Brosseau, who Chris Thile introduced with a word about boring music: “There is nothing worse than boring music.” Tom Brosseau, he assured the audience, plays the least boring music there is. Brosseau began his set with the traditional bluegrass song “Little Bessie,” unamplified and a capella. His command of the theater was unquestionable and his performance magnetic. His set consisted of quiet, folky narrative pieces that easily could have but never slipped into the realm of novelty. Even his song about iPhone addiction with the refrain, “Cradle your device,” was funny and quirky, but not hokey. He further won the audience with his shy and understated brand of humor. “‘I’m from North Dakota,’” he said his grandmother
told him, “‘where there’s a pretty girl behind every tree. … There are no trees in North Dakota.’” His songs told vivid stories and Brosseau wove seamlessly in, out and through dialogue and song. He sang alone; and, though charmingly soft-spoken, his voice swung through beautiful and intricate melodies and filled the theater to control the audience who sat attentive throughout his set.
February. The album garnered positive critical reviews and deservingly so — it has been touted far and wide for both its accessibility and technicality. Nevertheless, this band also faces the persistent call of critics and listeners trying to define its place in genre, mainly: Is it bluegrass or indie-rock? The thing is, as was unquestionably demonstrated, it doesn’t matter. It’s both and neither and entirely irrele-
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His melodies defied convention, and his subtly androgynous voice was expressive and clear. His striking opening performance was short but full and powerful in its own right. Punch Brothers began its set with “Movement and Location,” off of its latest album, Who’s Feeling Young Now, released last
vant. What was relevant was the undeniable life and quality of the performance. “Movement and Location,” with its intricate arrangements and enveloping sound, filled the State Theatre and made any ambivalent audience member fully enthused. The band played a satisfying variety of its reper-
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toire, mostly filling the show with upbeat songs reliant on powerful vocals. Particularly of note, it covered The Strokes’ “Reptilia” remarkably well. But the group also featured a good bit of its instrumental fare, delving into what Thile called, “The phase every artist goes through where they write songs for Natalie Portman.” With this portion of the show especially, the band did not neglect to display its supreme ability, and what could have easily been a serious show of technicality was instead a warm and inclusive performance. Much of this success is owing to the band’s charming and charismatic presence. Outfitted in their finest, the five musicians clearly took the importance of their performance to heart. Thile’s winning banter made attendees swoon, and the group’s dance moves weren’t half bad, either. What makes the Punch Brothers so great, the reason that it gets called “virtuosic” and the reason that this performance was so extraordinary all comes back to something so clearly evident on Saturday: The band exudes joy in its work and invites listeners to join along. The spirit of the show was contagious. From Chris Thile’s introduction of Tom Brosseau to the multiple cheers Thile gave the audience with his Punch Brothers flask, the love for the music and the performance was tangible, and the audience gave it right back.
Ruby Perlmutter is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at associate-editor@cornellsun.com.
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t might be pretentious to admit , but probably the only rea- ing, and I highly recommend it (it’s currently playson I ever go to the gym is for one peaceful hour of my day ing at Cinemapolis). But rather than talking about to listen to This American Life, the NPR show hosted by Ira why I loved it, as this is a column and not a review, Glass. There is nothing I would rather listen to as I struggle, out I’m going to discuss why I hope Sleepwalk with Me of breath, on the elliptical machine (I am not in good enough represents the future of the movie industry, as well shape for the treadmill), than Ira Glass’ soothing voice telling me as how it illustrates the power of a good story. stories about everything from psychopaths to lovable pets. Like many independent movies, Sleepwalk with This summer, when I attempted to finally complete my Me was made on a fairly low budget. And like with 2006 New Years Resolution of exercising regularly and eating many independent movies, its creators were conhealthfully (it didn’t happen; I like food too much), I would lis- cerned about its distribution. Here is where ten to Glass and some other podcasts as I panted my way up Sleepwalk with Me diverged from the majority of indie films: Runyon Canyon with my dog Rory running laps around me. So Rather than just hope that the Cinemopolises of the world all summer, I kept hearing about the film Sleepwalk with Me. would screen it, Birbiglia, armed with the support of WBEZ Sleepwalk with Me is based on comedian Mike Birbiglia’s Chicago, went on the attack. struggle with REM Behavior Disorder, which causes him to act At the end of every This American Life, Ira appealed to lisout his dreams. Birbiglia first told his story as part of a one-man teners to call, tweet at, Facebook or email their local movie theOff-Broadway show of the same name, and then on a 2008 aters and ask them to screen Sleepwalk with Me. And it wasn’t episode of This American Life called “The Fear of Sleep.” After just him; the plethora of comedians and writers who were doing that episode, Birbiglia started working with Glass to somehow involved with the film also helped out. I heard comic write a screenplay Amy Schumer, whose scene was about his ordeals. unfortunately cut from the movie, disAs a guest on the cuss it on an earlier episode of Doug Aug. 20 episode of Loves Movies, as did Marc Maron on comedian Doug Benhis podcast WTF. In addition, son’s podcast Doug Loves Birbiglia talked about it as a guest on Movies, Birbiglia desThe Nerdist, NPR’s Fresh Air and other cribed the plot of the podcasts. Carrot Top film. He said, “It’s basiBirbiglia and Glass also made a Confessions cally about this characdelightful ad so the film could get ter developing his comebooked in other cities. In this ad, dy career and being in denial about his relationship going south Birbiglia and Glass mention that they will be at each screening and also his deteriorating health, and it’s funny — I can’t describe of the movie for a Q&A. The following weekend they split up it in a funny way, but it has a lot of jokes, and it’s funny.” — Birbiglia to L.A. and Glass to Chicago. They also promised I strongly agree with Birbiglia: The film is very funny. Not to not just attend the screenings but also sell you your ticket, only is Birbiglia himself hilarious, but Sleepwalk with Me fea- bring you your popcorn and clean the bathrooms in each thetures a number of my favorite comics, such as Jessi Klein, ater. If you love Ira Glass as much as I do, you should probaWyatt Cenac and Marc Maron. Sleepwalk with Me is charm- bly go look up that ad on YouTube.
Julia Moser
Amazingly, it worked. Birbiglia and his podcast army managed to get Sleepwalk with Me to play in 101 theaters across the country. Even if you live in Ketchum, Idaho or Tuscaloosa, Ala., you can see the movie (although it doesn’t come to Tuscaloosa until Oct. 23). And it’s not too late to petition your local movie theater to screen the film (the people of Sarasota, Fla., and Mesilla, N.M., still do not have easy access to it). The ability of fans to accomplish this with Sleepwalk with Me (like fans of Paranormal Activity did back in 2009), I hope, is a sign that, in the future, I won’t have to sit through a million previews and think at the end of each one, “That’s another one I’m not gonna see.” Because of podcasts and Twitter, enough people knew about this film, listened to that episode of This American Life or read Mike Birbiglia’s book that they obeyed Ira’s instructions and got Sleepwalk with Me to play in Tuscaloosa (my new favorite city name). Now when I go to the gym I can feel good about myself, not just for having forced myself to put on a sports bra, but for being one of the many listeners of public radio and podcasts who actually managed to do something great. We, the stuckin-traffic, cleaning-our-rooms, gym-intolerant listeners, we brought Sleepwalk with Me to Ithaca for your viewing pleasure. Julia Moser is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at jmoser@cornellsun.com. Carrot Top Confessions runs alternate Mondays this semester.
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Europe Takes the Ryder Cup Despite U.S.Effort MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Europe sure didn’t look like a team trailing by four points in the Ryder Cup. Under a darkening sky, there was still enough light to see the whites of Ian Poulter's bulging eyes and his golf ball disappear into the cup for a fifth straight birdie — and another crucial point Saturday. There was no mistaking the smile of captain Jose Maria Olazabal, who waited from sunrise to sunset at Medinah for hope that this cup was still within reach. Right when it looked like the Americans were a lock to win it back, Poulter came through with a performance so remarkable that it was the only match Europe won when it trailed on the back nine. Right before him, Luke Donald matched a clutch shot by Tiger Woods with one that was even better and it kept Woods winless for the first time going into Sunday singles. Those two matches gave Europe a load of momentum going into the final day, even if all it really changed was the size of the deficit. The Americans still had a big lead, 106. Europe at least had hope. “We’re excited about our position,” U.S. captain Davis Love III said. “But we know it's not over yet.” The message Olazabal had for his team Saturday night was simple. “Let's go out there and play your socks off.” Is the Spaniard a big believer in fate? “I believe momentum will come our way,” Olazabal said. “Why not tomorrow?” The European strategy was no surprise. Love was at Brookline, too. He realized Europe had no other choice. And he was not the least bit worried that his team would look ahead to winning, or turn tight
and play not to lose. “Even if they were in primary school, they know about 1999, and they know the story,” Love said. “They know Ben Crenshaw. They know Justin Leonard. They know what can happen. And they're going to be having the same kind of team meeting we had in ‘99. ‘All right, boys, we’ve got to win the first six.’ And then the game is one.” The final two matches Saturday were a showcase of what the Ryder Cup is all about — one brilliant shot after another, birdies on every hole, suspense at every turn. Donald and Sergio Garcia were on the verge of blowing a 4-up lead to hard-charging Woods and Steve Stricker, hanging on when Donald matched two birdies with Woods, including a tee shot into the 17th that plopped down 2 feet from the cup. Woods, who made five birdies on the back nine for the second straight day without a point to show for it, was thinking more of the big picture. “Being up four is nice,” he said. “We are in a great spot right now to win the cup.” Poulter and McIlroy were 2 down with six holes to play against Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson when McIlroy made a 15foot birdie putt on the 13th, and Poulter took it from there. “We had to make birdies, and wow! Five in a row. It was awesome,” Poulter said. “I’ve got the world No. 1 at my side, backing me up. It allowed me to hit some golf shots.” The crowd was still buzzing as it filed out of Medinah, and Poulter grinned. “It’s pretty fun, this Ryder Cup,” said Poulter, who raised his career record to 113-0. “We’re not disappointed,” Love said of the late rally by Europe. “We haven’t lost a
segment yet, and we’re just going to try to keep that string going.” Despite the last two matches that swung momentum away from them, the Americans only have to look at their 10-6 lead — their largest since it was 10½-5½ in 1981 — to realize how close they are to winning back that 17-inch gold trophy. They only need 14½ points to win. That translates to four wins and a halve in the 12 singles matches, traditionally an American strength. And they have built this lead without getting a single point from Woods, who has lost his last five matches with Stricker in two Ryder Cups and a Presidents Cup. “I’ve played well the last two afternoons and didn't get a point,” Woods said. “It’s tough. Yesterday I made a bunch of birdies and today I made five on the back nine and it just wasn’t enough.” His team has carried him along, though. Watson and Simpson rolled to a 5-and4 win in the afternoon, while Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar won for the second straight time in fourballs in a tight match. It was tied going to the par-3 17th, a daunting shot from an elevated tee to a narrow green guarded by water. Johnson hit 8-iron to 20 feet and poured in the birdie putt, setting off the loudest cheer of a raucous week outside Chicago. They halved the 18th for a 1-up win. “Probably the loudest roar I’ve ever heard,” Johnson said. “In that situation, probably one of the best putts I’ve ever made.” The Americans had a 5-3 lead to start the day, and it was critical for the Europeans to make inroads. Leading the way was Bradley, the rock star of this Ryder Cup who was so fired up that he came out to the first tee well before
his match to ask for noise. In alternate shot, the most difficult format, Bradley and Mickelson had six birdies in 10 holes, and their 7-and-6 win tied the Ryder Cup record last matched in 1991. Jim Furyk and Brandt Snedeker atoned for a Friday loss by beating McIlroy and Graeme McDowell in 18 holes, and the Americans took an 8-4 lead to the afternoon. All the momentum was on their side. The crowd felt it, and so did the players from both teams. “It was hard — very hard — to ignore the red on the board,” McDowell said. “It’s hard to ignore the noise that’s been made around the golf course. There’s blood in the water. They’re up for it.” That’s what made those last two matches so critical. Poulter and McIlroy came up big in so many ways. The Americans had won every match at Medinah when leading on the back nine until the final match. McIlroy made his sliding birdie putt from 15 feet on the 13th hole, and Poulter did the rest. “Poults gets that look in his eye — especially the week of the Ryder Cup — and it’s really impressive,” McIlroy said. The Europeans now hope to repeat the American comeback in 1999. The Americans had Ben Crenshaw, wagging his finger and saying, “I’m a big believer in fate.” The Europeans have Olazabal, a proud Spaniard and teammate of the late Seve Ballesteros. This is the first Ryder Cup since his death from a brain tumor in May 2011, and the Europeans will dress in navy blue, the color Ballesteros favored on Sunday. “It’s always possible,” Paul Lawrie said. “Until it’s impossible to do it, then you fight on, certainly for José María this week. No one is going to be giving up.”
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contest was equally eventful, as Haber scored at 88:33 to earn a 1-0 win over Penn, marking the first time the Red has beaten the Quakers since 2005. The victory is important for Cornell as it begins the Ivy portion of the season. “There was a good performance on both sides of the ball, so we are going to take those 3 points and the first win in the Ivy League and keep building on it,” Zawislan said. Cornell has a full week to prepare for its next game — an Ivy League contest in Cambridge, Mass. against familiar foe Harvard on Saturday at 4 p.m. After digesting Saturday’s win, the Red is fully focused on the next game at hand. “We’re all pretty stoked right now,” Reisert said. “The only thing we can really think about now is our next game, which is a really big one. We just have to keep on focusing and keeping our heads straight.” With the season past the halfway point, each game becomes progressively more important as conference rankings begin to factor into which teams will make the NCAA tournament at the end of next month. With everything on the line, the Red is preparing for the challenge that awaits. “We’re coming for everyone and everyone is coming for us — that’s the way the Ivy League is,” Pflasterer said. “Any game can go anyway and we are excited to start off the season like this.” With the win over Penn, Cornell advanced to 9-0-0 for the first time in the program’s history. Additionally, the team exceeded its goal count from last year, scoring its 26th of the season with Reisert’s game-winner. As the Red continues to shatter previous school records, including most consecutive games with a goal, fans are beginning to take notice. Over 700 fans came to support Cornell on Saturday, which was a season-high number. According to Zawislan, the fans are a “12th player on the field.” “Our responsibility is to keep going after positive results and stepping on the field and providing the fans that are supporting us with a quality product and excitement for our style of play,” he added. Reisert and Pflasterer also recognized the fan’s support on the field, crediting the fans in the stands to multiple momentum shifts on the field as the players could hear the chanting throughout the game. “The atmosphere here was just unbelievable and it’s been a long time since it’s been that way.” Lauren Ritter can be reached at sportseditor@cornellsun.com.
Nationals Return Back Home for NL East Run ST. LOUIS (AP) — And the Washington Nationals wait. Already assured of the capital’s first postseason baseball since 1933, the Nationals remained stalled in their drive for the NL East title when they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 10-4 Sunday. “We’ve got to play the type of baseball that we’re capable of playing,” infielder Ian Desmond said. “We didn't do that today.” Carlos Beltran homered from both sides of the plate to lead the Cardinals. Washington (96-63) saw its magic number for clinching the division remain at one with three games remaining. The Nationals return home to face Philadelphia starting Monday, while Atlanta plays at Pittsburgh. Washington, 16-12 in September, is seeking the franchise’s first division crown since the Montreal Expos won the East in 1981. “We’ve played all year to get to this point,” Jayson Werth said. “Now we’ve got one game to win, and we get to do it at home.” St. Louis (86-74) took a 7-0 lead by the third inning and reduced to two its magic number for clinching the NL’s second wild-card berth, pending the game later Sunday between the Los Angeles Dodgers (83-75) and Colorado. “We’re one step closer, but there’s still a long way to go,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “We’ve got to keep playing and playing well. The guys came out pushing today against a very good team." Lance Lynn (18-7) allowed four runs and six hits in 5 1-3 innings, improving to 5-0 with a 2.10 ERA in his last five appearances. Beltran hit a pair of two-run homers, connecting right-handed off Ross Detwiler (10-8) in the second and left-handed against ChienMing Wang in the fourth. Beltran has four multihomer games this season and 34 overall, and homered from both sides for the ninth time in his career. He improved to 32 homers with 97 RBIs in his first season with St. Louis. Pete Kozma was 3 for 3 with three RBIs, raising his average to .338. Rookie Bryce Harper hit his 22nd home run for Washington, a solo shot. Danny Espinosa also had a two-run homer for the Nationals. “We’ve had rough outings before,” Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. “We’ve bounced back. It’s better to clinch it at home, anyway.”
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into different roles and really answered the call for us … Good football teams are going to make plays in the course of the game. The issue is, ‘Can you keep them out of the end zone?’ And we’re doing that right now.” The Cornell offense, though, didn’t reach the end zone as much as it is accustomed to. Ending a streak of 10 straight games with at least 24 points, the prolific attack suffered from miscommunications, false starts and failed executions in scoring territory. The biggest issue was the absence of senior center and offensive co-captain Bob Bullington, as star junior quarterback and offensive co-captain Jeff Mathews repeatedly fielded low or rolling snaps that hampered the line’s protection and affected the whole unit’s timing. Under constant pressure, Mathews finished with 278 yards on 27-of-46 passing and his first interception in a school-record 143 attempts, but the humble 2011 Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year isn’t looking for excuses or pointing fingers. “Snaps are one thing, but I don’t think it’s that big of a deal,” Mathews said. “You’ve got to make a play when you have the opportunity — I thought we had guys open and missed a couple of them. Offensively we didn’t play well, but it’s awesome when you don’t play well to build off a win and not a loss.” The win seemed almost assured based on a peek at the box score at intermission. The Red gained 213 yards compared to Bucknell’s 121 before halftime and converted 16 first downs versus the Bison’s five, while the visitors possessed the ball for more than 11 of the second quarter’s 15 minutes. Cornell senior wide receiver and special teams co-captain Luke Tasker had seven catches for 69 yards while fellow senior wide out Kurt Ondash chipped in five first-half receptions for 68 yards. However, the receivers still dropped several passes, Cornell junior kicker John Wells missed a 22-yard field goal try and the Red botched an extra point attempt following Mathews’ second one-yard rushing touchdown of the season with 9:31 to go in the half. A marathon drive of 16 plays and 74
yards on Cornell’s next possession had to end with a 28-yard field goal from freshman kicker Boomer Olsen in the final minute, which handed the visitors a 9-7 lead at half. “We didn’t execute really well,” Austin said. “At the end of the day, we dropped two touchdown passes and left eight points on the field with [missed] extra points and field goals.” “Obviously we’ve got to clean up some things in the kicking game, but if we go down and score touchdowns, that’s not an issue right now,” said Mathews, who had his first touchdown-less game since the second-to-last outing of his freshman season. “We had a lot of opportunities [but] we didn’t capitalize offensively on those opportunities.” In the third quarter, the Red did enjoy one special teams gem. On fourth-and-2 from the Bucknell 47-yard line, Cornell lined up in punting formation, but sophomore punter and third-string quarterback Sam Wood instead tossed a short pass to safety Kevin Laird. The junior turned the fake into a 21yard gain up the left sideline, although he lay on the field for several moments before hob-
“You’ve got to make a play when you have the opportunity” Jeff Mathews bling to the sideline and appearing seriously injured. A relentless Bucknell defense killed the second life of that drive, as well, when Mathews had no chance on fourth-and-4 from the Bison 20-yard line because the snap rolled past him. The next time the Red offense saw the ball, however, freshman running back Silas Nacita sidestepped defenders for a 24-yard touchdown dash and his first career score. The nifty run on the first play of the fourth quarter gave the visitors their final points and a 15-7 advantage, but failed for the point after attempting to keep it a onescore game. Bucknell returned the favor from the second quarter as the Bison possessed the ball for
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Down for the count | Junior left back Brett Buehler helped the Red take down the opponent — both literally and physically — to secure the win for Cornell.
10:49 in the final frame and forced the Red to play 27 downs on defense. Cornell was up for the challenge, ensuring a road victory and a 21 record despite its static offense, though the hosts certainly had a role in making life hard for the nation’s second-best passing attack in front of 3,417 spectators. “A lot of credit to Bucknell,” Austin said. “I told [Bucknell head coach Joe Susan] before the game [that] we’ve got a lot of respect for that football team. They play hard, they play to win every snap and we knew it was going to be a tough game.” Welsey finished a steady 19-of-29 for 135 passing yards, but the Red defense held the mobile signal caller in check on the ground, squashing him for only six rushing yards after allowing only four last year. Junior linebacker and defensive co-captain Brett Buehler led the charge with nine tackles, while Miller finished with eight and Turner and sophomore linebacker Andrew Nelson recorded seven apiece. The lone defensive blemish was a 63-yard run up the sideline by Bucknell junior running back Charles Thompson late in the first quarter that led to the Bison’s only touchdown of the game. Cornell, following a 45-6 Homecoming walkover against Yale, held back-to-back opponents to 10 points or fewer each for the first time since Nov. 2005 — when the program did so in three straight contests.
“When our defense is playing as well as they have the last couple weeks, they’re able to win games for us,” Mathews said. “That was unbelievable to see those guys step up and play really well for us the last two weeks, and they’ll continue that. Offensively we’ve just got to get better.” That sure sounds strange considering the program’s recent past, but Austin said he believes the down-to-the-wire victory creates team toughness no matter which side of the ball deserves the credit. “It was just such a great game for us to be able to build character from,” the third-year head coach said. The Red will need fortitude on Saturday when the squad visits Ivy preseason favorite and defending champion Harvard in its third road contest in four games to start the year. Cornell hopes to be closer to full strength when Bullington, Watson-Lewis, fifth-year senior wide receiver Shane Savage and potentially others return for a showdown that could go a long way towards determining the 2012 Ivy Champion. “We have a lot of confidence, but there’s always room to improve,” Turner said. “We’re just looking forward to getting better for next week.” Quintin Schwab can be reached at qschwab@cornellsun.com.
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ball and sent it past Kinn, giving the Red a comfortable two-point lead going into the second half. It was that must-win attitude After the break, Cornell mainwhich fueled the high level of tained a competitive edge over the competition that both Cornell and Quakers, leading in both shots, Penn brought to the field on 10-4, and corner kicks, 10-3. Saturday night. The Red started While the game looked like it was the night in control of the field, in the bag for the Red, Penn was dominating all of the chances on not going to go down without a goal for the first 10 minutes of fight. The Quakers scored its secplay; however, at just over the 11ond goal of the night on a fluke minute mark, Penn sophomore bounce, which Pflasterer could midfielder Louis Schott locked his only describe as a “weird goal.” sights on the net and shot a rocket Penn senior midfielder/forward past senior goalie Rick Pflasterer. Travis Cantrell fired a hard shot The Red was stuck in a 1-0 deficit towards the net, but junior Patrick for the third game in a row. Slogic’s head was in the way. The “We let up a goal pretty 6-5 defender tried to quickly and we need to head the ball away from change that,” Pflasterer “All of the Ivy League games are Pflasterer in goal, but said. “[Penn] came out high intensity.” the ball was knocked in hard and we should expect the wrong direction, hitthat. It’s an Ivy League Rick Pflasterer ting the crossbar before challenge and all of the Ivy falling into the net. League games are high Pflasterer was unable to intensity, so we need to be on our lead to 3-1. change directions, slipping in the game a little more coming off the “We were all really fighting at process as he tried to make the start.” the end of the half and we were on save. After the early-game wake-up a little bit of a ride of momenDespite the narrowing gap, call, the Red’s performance on the tum,” Reisert said. “[We] just hap- Cornell was able to hold onto the field sharpened up and an offen- pened to be really putting it to lead for the remaining 20 minutes sive showdown began. After 20 them at that moment and it came of play and walk away with the minutes of trying to capitalize on to me and I scored it.” ‘W’ — as well as an unblemished chances and even the score at oneReisert scored his first goal of 9-0-0 overall season record. all, sophomore midfielder Conor the season — and ultimately the Saturday night’s game showed that Goepel lit up the scoreboard for game winner — after receiving a anything is possible when two Cornell. Junior midfielder/forward pass from Haber, who found his Ivies go head-to-head. Last year’s Stephen Reisert crossed the ball to teammate alone on the right side the left side of the penalty box, of the box. Reisert slammed the See SOCCER page 17 Continued from page 20
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Defining excellence | Junior Stephen Reisert was a dynamic force for the Red grabbing the third and winning goal of the night.
where Goepel chested it down and rocketed it past Penn’s Tyler Kinn. The games was tied, 1-1, and the Red was back in control of the momentum on the field. Less than three minutes later, junior forward Daniel Haber racked up his 14th goal of the season. Haber headed the ball into the net after Kinn deflected a shot by senior forward Tyler Regan. The goalie knocked the ball away after Regan took a hard shot, but Haber was waiting in the wings to tap it in for the lead. Sitting at 21, Cornell was in control of the game and exactly four minutes later, Reisert doubled the Red’s
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Cornell Fights for Tough Win Against Princeton By ALBERT LIAO Sun Staff Writer
Going into its game against Princeton on Friday night, the Cornell sprint football team did not expect a tough game and for a good reason — Princeton had lost 82 straight games and had not won since 1999. However, the Red (3-0) just sneaked out a victory over the Tigers (0-3), 22-15. Although the final score was very close, the game itself was not — the Red was up 20-0 by the half, but just failed to convert many opportunities in the second half. “I didn’t feel like it was a close game. We were beating ourselves,” said senior captain and wide receiver Abe Mellinger.” I don’t even know how many times we got into the red zone and didn’t execute; that’s embarrassing as an offense. There are a lot of things that we could have done, should have done, would have done ... we can’t rely on the defense to always give us back the ball, we have to capitalize on all the opportunities we get.” “It feels like we had a million yards on offense, but nothing to show for it,” agreed junior captain and quarterback Brendan Miller. “It was poor execution on my part; I had a few bad passes that should have been touchdowns … it was really disappointing. I don’t think there was one particular reason [why we didn’t convert], it was just because of our execu-
tion.” The game started well for the Red as junior placekicker John Rodriguez just barely converted a 48-yard field goal and followed it up with two touchdown drives. The Red went into the half up 20-0, but still felt it could have converted a few more opportunities. “We got up 20-0 in the first half, but at the same time we still felt that we left a lot of opportunities on the board there,” said Miller. “As an offense, we just didn’t come through. It
“It feels like we lost even though we won.” Brendan Miller feels like we lost even though we won.” After the half, the Red was again marching down the field, but it had a lot of trouble converting in the red zone. The team had three possessions stall and could not even muster a field goal, as Rodriguez missed one and the other two were blocked by Princeton linebacker/wide receiver John Wolfe. Wolfe also caught a touchdown, a two-point conversion, and had three sacks on the day.
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Team on his back | Junior quarterback Brendan Miller led the Red to a rough win against the Tigers on Friday at home.
“Field goal blocks are rare occurrences; I think it was that when we came out [for the field goal], we felt we were just settling with the field goal and having that attitude meant that we played with that attitude,” said senior captain and defensive end Will Edmonds. “Having that mentality compared to Princeton, who were just as intense as they were the play before, [was the reason] they blocked them.” The only points Cornell scored in the second half was a safety on a botched snap on a punt. Although the Red scored just two points in the second half, the game seemed safe as the team had the ball up 22-7 with 4 minutes left. However, Princeton scored a quick touchdown and converted a twopoint conversion, but did not successfully recover the onside kick and Cornell squeaked out the victory. Offensively, the running backs had a great game for the Red. Cornell had several long runs and provided good protection for the quarterback. Freshman running back Ben Herrera led the way with 114 yards on 14 carries and two catches for 17 yards. Junior running back Nick Perez carried the ball for 26 yards and caught a pass for 23 yards on a nice run after the catch. “The running backs had a good game,” Edmonds praised. “They held strong and there were a lot of really good runs, which was something we really needed to improve on because we didn’t see it at all in the first two games. The run game has really improved and helped us along in this game.” The offensive line’s play was a big factor in the success of the run game. “Our offensive line did really well, we worked really hard this week on that,” Mellinger said. “[The success of our run game] was a combination of getting the right call in, getting the line moving, getting a push off the ball.” Defensively, Cornell had a lack of depth in the defensive backfield as junior safety Riley Scott was injured last week and senior safety Jim Barger was injured against Princeton. Senior safety Derek Saddler filled in admirably and was all over the field, recording eight tackles. Despite his play, Princeton took advantage of the lack of depth by passing more in the second half. “Our defensive backfield had a few injuries and our depth there was already limited,” Edmonds explained. “We had been putting people in positions they don’t normally play … in the second half there were a lot more passes; they were targeting the areas where we didn’t have much depth.” Next week, the Red will face Army, the team’s toughest opponent to date, and knows it must perform better in order to win against Army. “We have the talent to put up a bunch of points on offense every game, but I feel like the last couple games we haven’t been able to pull away,” Miller said. ”If we go into Army like that, it will be a really long and disappointing game for us.” Albert Liao can be reached at aliao@cornellsun.com.
VOLLEYBALL
Red Splits Alumni Weekend Games
By SCOTT ECKL Sun Staff Writer
Alumni weekend for the women’s volleyball team was not a complete success, but the Red managed to salvage it with a big win against Brown. Cornell (4-9, 1-2 Ivy League) lost in straight sets to Yale (6-5, 2-0 Ivy) on Friday night, but came back strong on Saturday afternoon to defeat the Bears (3-9, 0-3 Ivy) in four sets. “Our goal in any Ivy League weekend is to not lose both games,” said captain junior outside hitter Kelly Marble after Friday’s lost. “Hopefully we can use this loss to fuel us for tomorrow’s game.” Cornell certainly came out strong in front of the faithful fans and alumni winning the first two sets of Saturday’s match, 25-13, 25-20. Marble, especially stepped up, with arguably her best game of the season with 20 kills and four errors for a .341 hitting percentage. She also recorded 12 digs, two aces, and one block. Overall the Red had its best hitting nights of the season with a .277 hitting percentage while
holding Brown to just .167. Cornell stormed out to the lead with a 9-1 run to end the first set led by junior middle blocker Rachel D’Epagnier’s serving ability. The second set was close until at 20-18 until freshman hitter Breanna Wong had back-to-back kills to close out set number two. The third set was a back and forth affair and tied at 25-25 until Brown was finally able to win two consecutive points to win the set. The fourth set was tied late, until Marble stepped up again with two consecutive kills leading Cornell to 6-1 run to end the fourth set and the match. On Friday the Bulldogs controlled most of the match winning 25-21, 25-14, 25-14. Yale sustained a small lead in the first set, but were able to extend that lead to 24-19 before junior libero Sierra Young had three impressive serves leading the Red to cut the lead to 24-21. However, Yale called a timeout and was able to get the final point of the set. In the following two sets, Yale jumped out to big leads and was able to hold on without much resistance
from Cornell. The Bulldogs were led by the reigning Ivy League Player of the Week, Kendall Poland, 14 kills, 21 assists, and 17 digs, volleyball’s equivalent of a triple-double. “We came out strong in set one,” Young said. “We just have to stay consistent and stick to our game plan throughout the entire match.” “A common theme of our season is just about us and fixing our mistakes,” Marble said after Friday’s loss. “Yale did a good job getting by our blocks, but I think for next time we just have grind it out with them. They play very well as a team.” The Red plays Yale and Brown next on the road during the weekend of October 26 and 27. Cornell will continue its Ivy League schedule with a weekend road trip to Penn and Princeton on October 5. Penn owns a 37-23 record against Cornell. Princeton has historically dominated Cornell with a 45-17 record including its last match together in straight sets. Scott Eckl can be reached at seckl@cornellsun.com.
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Sky high hitter | Junior outside hitter Kelly Marble serves for the Red in the game that Cornell overtook Brown on Saturday in four sets.
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Cornell Takes Down Penn in Nail-Biting Win By LAUREN RITTER Sun Sports Editor
“There is no substitute for the Ivy League environment.” According to head coach Jaro Zawislan, the eight Ivy League schools combine to form one of the most unpredictable men’s soccer conferences in the country, where each game is full of surprises. On Saturday night, over 700 fans witnessed just that, as No. 22 Cornell (9-0, 1-0 Ivy League) went on a 10-minute scoring spree and defeated Penn (2-8, 0-1), 3-2. Kicking off the Ivy League portion of the 2012 campaign with a win was critical for the Red, according to Zawislan. “It’s very important to start the season 1-0 in the Ivy League,” he said. “Ivy League men’s soccer doesn’t have the conference tournament of the end of the season, so you don’t have do-overs … Every game is almost like a play-off game.” See SOCCER page 18
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Trouble in paradise | Senior wide receiver Kurt Ondash helps the Red squeak out a 15-10 win over the Bisons despite a faltering offensive line and problematic special teams.
FOOTBALL
C.U.Narrowly Defeats Bucknell
By QUINTIN SCHWAB Sun Senior Writer
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Making magic | Sophomore midfielder Conor Goepel grabbed the goal to tie it up, 1-1, in the first half.
Sunday Night Recap
LEWISBURG, Pa. — For a refreshing change of pace, the defense pulled out a wild win for the Cornell football team on Saturday night at Bucknell, 15-10. Despite an out-of-whack offense and inept special teams, the Red (21, 1-1 Ivy League) topped the Bison (1-3, 0-1 Patriot League) in Lewisburg, Pa., thanks to timely fourth-quarter defensive stands and an impressive overall defensive performance for the second consecutive week. On fourth-and-9 from the Cornell 14-yard line, Bucknell junior quarterback Brandon Wesley scrambled to buy time before lobbing a potential game-winning pass into the end zone that Red sophomore cornerback Michael Turner broke up with 40 seconds remaining. The Red took over and knelt once, escaping Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium with an up-and-down victory. “We just stuck together, we just played hard and we never quit,” said Turner, who filled in for suspended freshman cornerback Jarrod Watson-Lewis and finished with seven tackles.
The Cornell defense also kept the Bison out of the end zone on its previous two possessions in an eight-point game. On Bucknell’s first drive of the fourth quarter, Cornell junior safety Brian Gee broke up two long on-target passes and sophomore safety Rush Miller delivered a fine tackle to force a fourth-down punt from the Cornell 43. After an uncharacteristic Red three-and-out, the Bison started with excellent field position at the Cornell 38-yard line and moved towards the end zone, but on third-andgoal from the 4, senior defensive end Hugh Stewart ripped down Wesley for a sack and eight-yard loss. Bucknell junior kicker Sean Cobelli came on to hit a 29-yard field goal with 5:14 to go, cutting the lead to 15-10. Those would be the Bison’s last points, however. Cornell head coach Kent Austin marveled at his defense that bent but didn’t break — and it didn’t bend much, surrendering only 286 yards of total offense. “Thank goodness our defense is playing really well right now — they really came through [and] made so many plays,” Austin said. “So many different guys stepped See FOOTBALL page 18
Field Hockey
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PENN CORNELL Game: Penn Cornell
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CORNELL Game: Yale Cornell
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3RD 0 1
2ND 0 0
SIENA CORNELL Game: Siena Cornell
1ST 0 0
2ND 0 1
TOTAL 0 1
0 1
TOTAL 0 1
Be sure to pick up tomorrow’s Sun for a complete recap on the games.
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Junior forward Brittany Thompson scored in the 42nd minute for Cornell to give the Red the 1-0 win against the Siena. Cornell’s junior goalie Carloyn Horner also helped grab the victory for the team by making two saves late in the game that kept the Saints from scoring. With the win, Cornell goes 3-6 for the season so far.