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C.U., City Spar O ver MOU

Mayor Myrick ’09 asks Univ. to give more to city

By EMMA COURT Sun C ty Ed tor

The day after Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 called the amount Cornell contributes to the City of Ithaca “shameful,” the University issued a statement striking back

“ We at Cornell recognize the financial pressures on Ithaca and accept our responsibilities to contribute to our city We remain committed to working collaboratively with the mayor and local officials,” the statement, which was published Wednesday, read

The statement went on to criticize how Myrick asked for increased contributions from the University at a budget meeting Tuesday that was open to the public

“Negotiations in public are rarely helpful Demands are often counterproductive,” the statement said

The University’s contributions to the City of Ithaca’s budget are laid out in a Memorandum of Understanding, which was written in 1995 and later amended in 2003 The MOU ties the amount Cornell gives annually to the city to the consumer price index which measures the change in how much a bundle of goods and ser vices costs to an average consumer from the previous year

The MOU is common in cities that host large universities because these institutions use city infrastructure, such as transportation, but as non-profits, are exempt from property taxes, The Sun previously reported

The University contributed $1 23 million to the City of Ithaca budget from 2012 to 2013, and will contribute $1 25 million to the City from 2013 to

New Website Catalogues Hazing

By ANUSHKA MEHROTRA Sun Staff Wr ter

s i t y h a s launched a new website where it will catalogue the misconduct of groups in an attempt to increase transparency about student organizations’ viola-

Code of Conduct Travis Apgar, associate dean of students, said the website was created as

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun Staff Wr ter

The design of a $63-million project for the College of Veterinary Medicine that will renovate facilities and allow the school to accommodate a larger pre-clinical class is in its final stages

According to Paul Streeter, assistant dean of finance and administration at the vet school, the idea for the project arose out of the college’s strategic plan several years ago

The pre-clinical years, or the first three years at the veterinary school, currently have classes of 102 students However, Streeter said, the teaching hospital has the capacity to teach 120 students, and the new project aims to help the hos-

Under law, tax money goes into sidewalk improvement districts

By ASHLEY CHU

Staff Writer

Ma yo r Sva n t e My r i c k ’09 signed a new sidewalk policy into law at a press

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said “For organizations, the postings will serve to inform them of the com-

varying based on the level of foot traffic in each district The money raised in each district will be used only for sidewalk work perf o r m e d i n t h e d i s t r i c t , according to a city press release

prospective group members and as a response to community pressure for more effective communication around misconduct on campus

how groups have been

Myrick said that, although signing a local law at a press conference is “ a bit unusual,” it was necessary given the nature of the new policy The policy creates five sidewalk improvement districts in the City of Ithaca, which property tax payers pay into, with the amount

“What we ’ ve developed is something that is very e xc i t i n g , b u t i t i s ve r y novel, and the more property-tax payers, the more homeowners know what’s coming, I think the more excited they’re going to be,” Myrick said

According to Myrick, this led to very little new sidewalk being constructed in the last two decades in the city

“The city spent lot of h o u r s m a k i n g s u re t h e y [paid for the repair costs],” My r i c k s a i d “ It w a s a b u re a u c r a t i c n i g h t m a re , and it is also a system that I believe is unfair ” T h e Un i ve

The city’s former sidewalk policy required the abutting property owner to pay for full sidewalk construction and repair costs

V.P. of Univ. Communications Takes Post at Dartmouth

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New Cafe O pens Its Doors in Law School

By ALEXANDER CHAKRIN Sun Contributor

The cafe space in the law school is no longer empty, thanks to Fork and Gavel Cafe

The cafe, which opened in late August, is owned by Kathleen Pasetty and Pam Gueldner the same owners of Manndible Cafe Pasetty and Gueldner won the space in a bidding process held by the

without leaving a large [ecological] footprint,” Pasetty said

The Fork and Gavel kitchen is located in Danby, just outside of Ithaca, so at the moment, only a limited amount of the food is cooked on site By mid-October, however, the owners plan on opening up the kitchen in the cafe, according to Sharon Corbitt, the manager of Fork and Gavel

“There was a good following of Hughes Dining, and so this change is tough for some people ” K a t h l e e n P a s e t t y

University The cafe space was previously home to Cornell’s Hughes Dining

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process of opening

new cafe on campus was a lack of time One of the major struggles Fork and Gavel Cafe encountered out of the gate, she said, was the

acceptance of its bid for the space and the beginning of the school year

The process only allowed the Manndible Cafe owners two months to move in and begin serving students at the cafe By comparison, Manndible Cafe had nine months to move into its space in Mann Library, according to Pasetty

In July, the owners of Manndible Cafe had a contest on Facebook to determine the name for the cafe A few names were submitted and approved by the Cornell Law School administration Afterward, the names were submitted to Facebook for voting Out of a few name options, Fork and Gavel was chosen as the new name of the law school cafe

With offerings such as antibiotic free chicken and some organic food choices, the Fork and Gavel Cafe is devoted to “[serving] local food and [supporting] the local economy

While some students welcome the transition from Hughes Dining, others have been less enthusiastic

Ben Van Horn grad said the food quality at Fork and Gavel is inferior to that of Hughes Dining

“I feel that the quality of food at the cafe may have dropped during the transition, but I am thankful that there is a place near the law school where I can get my coffee in the morning,” Van Horn said

He added that he would like to see a return of the salad bar that existed at Hughes Dining

Pasetty also acknowledged that some people may be opposed to the change in dining providers at first

“There was a good following of Hughes Dining, and so this change is tough for some people,” Pasetty said

However, she said she hopes the law school will grow to enjoy Fork and Gavel

Pasetty said she hopes that as more people find out about the Fork and Gavel, it will become popular among the entire Cornell community

re a s e s i n t h e a b s e n c e o f ‘ u s ve r s u s t h e m ’ c h a r g e s a n d c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n s t h a t a re n o t c o n d u c i ve t o c o o p e r at i o n , ” t h e s t a t e m e n t s a i d In a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h T h e Su n , My r i c k e x p re s s e d h i s i n t e n t t o g a i n i n c re a s e d m o n e t a r y c o n t r i b u t i o n s f ro m C o r n e l l H e s a i d , h o w e v e r, t h a t c o n v e r s a t i o n s a n d m e e t i n g s w i t h Pre s i d e n t Da v i d Sk o r t o n h a ve re s u l t e d i n “ n o t m u c h p ro g re s s , ” a n d n o t e d t h a t h e d i

Myrick explained that because the former sidewalk policy did not distinguish property types by the level of foot traffic, a family would pay a similar amount or even less to replace the sidewalk by their house as an apartment building, “ even though those people benefit from the sidewalk network ”

Myrick said he and the Common Council felt that changes to the policy were necessary

“Costs need to be smoothed out and predictable with regular, yearly payments that are small, predictable and affordable,” Myrick said “We needed to reduce the disincentive for new construction and repair sidewalks more efficiently ”

The newly approved plan addresses all of these issues, Myrick said Under the new plan, low-foot-traffic lots will pay $70 annually, with all other lots paying $140 annually, plus a fee for each square foot of the building and a fee for each amount of lot frontage

Myrick said that this new plan will let the city use more money to repair and renovate sidewalks

“Under the old system, about $500,000 of work was being done in the city, but under the new system, we will raise $840,000 a year –– that’s nearly double the sidewalk [being replaced],” Myrick said “[The new plan will] make it more predictable, remove bureaucratic back and forth and remove disincentives to have sidewalk built in front of property ”

The policy had originally been approved by the Council on Sept 4 and was set to be signed by the mayor last week, but he decided to wait one week to give proper consideration to alternatives posed by other members of the community

“I wanted to call this because last week, at the public hearing, people showed up who proposed alternatives to the local law,” Myrick said “They gave me [their alternatives] on Monday, and I reviewed those, but decided that the plan we have is far and away the best plan going forward ”

The mayor ultimately rejected the proposed alternatives in favor of the law approved by the Common Council, saying the alternatives were “geographically imbalanced, administratively vulnerable and unnecessarily divisive ”

New Website Part of Pled ge to End Ha zing

held accountable ”

The site states that, in the previous school year, the University found 17 organizations responsible for group misconduct infractions

Judicial Administrator Mar y Beth Grant J D ’88 said students should use the website to carefully consider all facets of an organization prior to joining it

“ The new website provides transparency about misconduct by groups across the university It allows students to consider more information as they decide to which groups they wish to belong,” she said

Grant added that the scope of the new website goes beyond listing campus hazing incidents

“ The website is broader than hazing, because some misconduct may be unacceptable to a potential member, but it might be shor t of hazing,” she said

Apgar echoed Grant’s sentiments, saying the site is broader in nature because it makes information about any type of group violation accessible to the public

“It is inclusive of all infractions groups make, not just hazing,” he said

Additionally, Apgar emphasized that the website transcends beyond Greek life and includes infractions made by any registered student organization, athletic team, or University residences

The website was created as a response to the concerns of various organizations across campus and President David Skor ton ’ s request to increase transparency regarding hazing incidents, according to Apgar

He said the website is par t of Skor ton ’ s pledge to end hazing in its current form

“According to a national study, 55 percent of college students involved in clubs, teams and organizations experience hazing, yet the vast majority of them do not identify the events as hazing,” Skor ton said in an August 2011 New York Times op-ed

Apgar also stressed that the website per forms a ser vice beyond the direct Cornell community

“It also ser ves as a resource for parents and interested alumni to understand what is happening,” he said “Prospective members of various groups will benefit from now having a better understanding of just what types of activities groups are involved in ”

Though the website currently only includes September’s lacrosse team hazing incident, the University has been planning on launching it since the beginning of last semester

“ We have been planning the website for about eight months It ser ves a purpose beyond simply showing that we are opposed to group misconduct,” Apgar said

Project to Increase Vet S chool Class Size

$4 million will come from college resources

pital achieve that goal

The hospital has, until now, used this extra space for students who completed their pre-clinical years at other institutions and then trained their final clinical year at Cornell The ultimate goal, however, is to have Cornell students who completed their pre-clinical years at the veterinar y college fill the 120 spots in the hospital, Streeter said

“ The most expensive part of a veterinar y education is the fourth year, the clinical year, but our

Streeter “So what we want to do is take advantage of that capacity and really take advantage of that with all Cornell students and that will allow us to increase our class size for [the first] three years ”

Streeter added that, “from our standpoint we’ll be training the same number of veterinar y students each year ”

While the idea for the project has been in the works for a while, it did not take concrete form until last year when the university hired the architecture firm Weiss/Manfredi to help design the project

“ We didn’t get funding to hire an architect until last summer, so the detail design and the real detailed planning for the project really began a year ago, ” Streeter said

Of the $63 million raised for the project, approximately $59 million is coming from New Yo

Construction Fund, Streeter said The remaining

Streeter explained that money was identified in the summer of 2012 that enabled the planning for the project to begin The vet school currently aims to have capital funding available by next summer so construction can begin

With construction scheduled to begin during the summer of 2014 and be completed in the fall of 2017, the college hopes to enroll its first expanded class size of 120 students by 2017, Streeter said

According to a University press release, the project will demolish “68,000 square feet of existing space, replacing it with 65,000 square feet of new space, and [renovate] 33,00 square feet ”

Some of the buildings and spaces that will be affected by this construction include the James Law Auditorium, which will be replaced by a new three-stor y structure

In a press release, Michael Kotlikoff, dean of veterinar y medicine, stated that in addition to allowing the college to admit more students, the project would also result in many other benefits

“ The program will also benefit regional veterin

hands-on opportunities,” Kotlikoff said “Having access to Cornell’s facilities will empower the State University of New York and other veterinar y technician training programs to attract the most promising students to their programs, provide them with the most effective training and facilitate their ongoing success in practice ”

New S chedule for Holiday Inn O verhaul To Keep Hotel Open

By KEVIN MILIAN Sun Staff Wr ter

t i o n i n g , we w o u l d w o rk b e t t e r a s a n i n d e p e n d e n t h o t e l ”

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c l o s e d t h e h

t e l f o r s i x m o n t h s f o r re n ova t i o n s , w h i c h Ha r t s a i d w a s “ w a s g o i n g t o b e a h a rd s h i p f o r e m p l oye e s ” “ We’ve h a d p e o p l e h e re f o r t h e 2 1 ye a r s t h e h o t e l h a s b e e n o p e n , a n d n ow t h e y w o u l d b e o u t o f j o b s f o r h a l f a ye a r, ” Ha r t s a i d

Ac c o rd i n g t o Ha r t , t h e h o t e l n ow p l a n s t o re m a i n o p e n w h i l e i n t e r i o r re n ova t i o n s o c c u r T h e n e w c o n f e re n c e c e n t e r w i l l b e g i n c o n s t r u c t i o n i n Ma rc h , w h i l e t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o n t h e 1 0 - s t o r y

t owe r w i l l b e g i n i n Ma y “ We’ve g o t a h u n d re d ro o m s i n l ow r i s e b u i l d i n g s t h a t we’l l

d e m o l i s h a n d b u i l d t h e n e w c o n f e re n c e c e n t e r o n t o p T h e n e w t owe r w i l l g o o n t h e a re a f a c i n g C l i n t o n St re e t , ” Ha r t s a i d

Ta k i n g t h e C o r n e l l a n d It h a c a C o l l e g e a c a d e m i c c a l e n d a r i n t o a c c o u n t , Ha r t p l a n s t o c o m p l e t e t h e f i r s t p h a s e o f t h e re n ova t i o n s by Ma y 1 4 , s o t h e h o t e l h a s ro o m s a va i l a b l e f o r g r a d u a t i o n s e a s o n “ We h a ve t o b e m i n d f u l o f t h e c a l e n d a r Bu s i n e s s g o e s d ow n d u ri n g t h e w i n t e r, s o i t i t ’ s a g o o d t i m e t o re n ova t e , ” Ha r t s a i d

Cu r re n t l y, Ha r t s a i d h e d o e s n o t k n ow t h e e s t i m a t e d c o m p l e t i o n d a t e f o r t h e e n t i re p ro j e c t “ I ’ ve b e e n p l a n n i n g t h i s f o r t w o ye a r s , s o i t ’ s a b i g p ro j e c t f o r u s

a n d t h e C i t y, ” Ha r t s a i d “ T h e re a l i t y i s t h a t t h e re n ova t i o n i s n e c -

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e x t r a ye a r, i t ’ s we l l w o r t h t h e s h o r t d e l a y ”

Kevin Milian can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun com

REBECCA HARRIS ’14 Editor in Chief

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The B est S ex to Never Have

“You ’ re 22 Stop trying to make good decisions See me tonight ”

That was the last time I saw my exboyfriend, who I had dated for more than three years

It was June 22 of this past summer (I’m weirdly good with dates, don’t judge me) and I had just ended things with the boy I was dating at the end of spring semester He had been great in bed and a lot of fun to hang out with, but I was in the city for the summer and he was stuck in Ithaca (what a drag) What better way to lighten my mood than to see my long-term ex?

I guess you could say I used my ex when I was lonely and vulnerable I guess you could also say I abused information namely that he thinks his current girlfriend is very mediocre in bed (this is the kind of information you should never make your ex privy to just saying) That being said, I don’t think I did anything wrong Maybe I acted a little selfishly, but everyone is allowed to be selfish sometimes

We hadn’t spoken in a long time, hadn’t acknowledged each other’s presence when we ran into each other on campus He hadn’t even wished me happy birthday on my 21st But when we saw each other that night, the sexual tension was so strong, so palpable that I ripped his clothes off, got on my knees and immediately began giving him head

As I heard him moaning, a smile crept up on my face It was so effortless to please him when I knew exactly what he wanted

He threw me onto the bed and fucked me hard and fast, with my legs wrapped around his back I climbed on top, the position we had finished in together for years I let him watch as I squeezed my nipples and played with myself the visual stimuli that I knew would help him finish It was like almost no time had passed and I was 18 again

All of the motions were there I knew what he liked and wasn ’ t getting, he knew all the positions that got me off It was like pieces falling into a puzzle everything that was comforting and familiar, everything that I knew felt right and good A fleeting thought passed through my head as I stared at his handsome face: “Do you ever feel like you’ll love someone this much again? “

they were shocked; our breakup had been so hard for me, he was seriously dating someone else, we hadn’t talked in so long What happened? Why did I talk to him? How was I feeling?

That’s exactly the problem with ex sex: While it seems like that emotional connection will be there, it feels empty and pointless afterward

I know I’m not the first person to turn to an ex in a time of loneliness and emotional instability it’s a pretty common phenomenon from what I’ve seen with my friends We think we ’ re “ strong ” for having emotionless sex with someone we once cared deeply about We think we ’ re “better” than the other person because the sex meant nothing for us but meant something for them We think we ’ ve “ won ” (as if a breakup is a competition with winners and losers) because they caved and agreed to see us

ways I went downtown to drink with friends, he stayed uptown There was an emptiness as we went through the motions of putting our clothing back on and leaving his apartment together We didn't even talk afterward except the one time he called me for phone sex a few weeks later (this poor girlfriend of his )

That’s exactly the problem with ex sex: While it seems like that emotional connection will be there, it feels empty and pointless afterward

Breakups are messy One party is inevitably hurt more than the other (regardless of what people tell you) People end relationships for good reason returning to the past dredges up a lot of good memories, but a lot of bad ones too Returning to the past instead of moving forward into the future only reminds us of what once was, but no longer is

As I felt him finish inside of me, I collapsed and lay on top of him He smelled the way he always had and his skin still felt smooth and electric against mine I buried my face in his neck and stroked his hair, inhaling his scent and reveling in the comfort of him

When I told my friends what happened,

It feels really good to go back to something familiar It feels really comforting and, in a weird way, gives us hope that maybe not all the love is lost We live in a place and time where emotional connection is rare; when it happens it’s this overwhelming feeling of completion

Returning to something that once was gives us hope that, in a sea of drunken booty calls and DFMOs, there is actually something more for us to look forward to

However, that night we went our separate

AThe sex was fine, sure, but it didn’t make me feel any better about my state of boyfriend-less-ness In fact, it just made me miss my ex-boyfriend and wonder if I would ever again have the fortune of loving and being loved All that was left at the end of the night was a long subway ride downtown, feelings of bitterness about what no longer was, and this realization: Ex sex just isn’t worth it

Kn e e l o r No Kn e e l

fter a comment on my last article, I had two people email me requesting that I make this week’s piece a list of rules for a hookup game Although two people is not many, it’s still two more requests than I needed to make me do it anyway So, it’s time for Donny J ’ s “Kneel or No Kneel (cue intense music)!”

So, you have a few friends who are in committed relationships with people they care about with all of their heart, fully understanding what it truly means to be a human experiencing the beautiful phenomenon of love? Losers they don’t get to play this game Gather up all of your single friends and have a blast with this, though remember it is highly dependent on everyone following the honor system The basic idea involves allocating points to all competitors for hookup successes, while at the same time penalizing points for anything embarrassing or ” not cool bro/girl ” You can set the time frame of your game to be one weekend, multiple weeks or even a single night for those of you who are more hardcore

I know what some of you out there are thinking: “Donny, how’d you get to be so handsome and charming?” I also know that some of you may be looking in disgust at this article: “Like, oh my God, this is just horrible How can you treat sex like some kind of game?” Well, stop it If you don’t get that this is all just for fun, then you really shouldn’t be reading this page every other Thursday

Without further ado, I present the rules of KoNK: High-Five Points: Add up for each action and accumulate for multiple hookups

5 Points:

Making out

• Hooking up in public (i e dancefloor, corner of the

• room, on the milkshake machine at Okenshield’s)

• how hot your guy/girl is

Receiving a text from a friend complimenting you on

• or Saturday

Hooking up on a night other than Thursday, Friday,

10 Points:

• those who never understood the analogy)

Giving or receiving “second base” (touching stuff, for

Giving oral

• Taking a “grenade” (hooking up with someone less

• attractive so your friend can get the hotter girl or guy)

etc

)

Headshake Penalties: Deduct for each offense, and yes you can go into negatives

5 Points:

Not getting his/her name first

• A “desperation” hookup (i e last one at the party, usu-

• ally after 2 a m )

“Stage setting” (such as texting the other person dur-

• ing the week leading up to said hook-up basically making the mood and motives clear)

Gather up all of your single friends and have a blast with this, though remember it is highly dependent on everyone following the honor system.

15 Points:

Receiving oral

• Privately hooking up some place you “shouldn’t be”

• (i e the gorges, a friend’s bed, the back of a police car)

• doesn’t know you, while you ’ re both sober

Hooking up with someone you don’t know and who

• reward being cute here )

Getting breakfast the next day (It’s cute We like to

20 Points: Sex

• Hooking up with someone who your friends told you

• was too hot for you (#suckit)

• Yo u o r t h

10 Points: The other person pukes

• #hitandquitladiesedition

• Not using a condom

15 Points: You puke (lose 5 more if you don’t clean it up)

• Falling asleep during sex

• Cockblocking (and Donny J will personally come to

• whatever party you ’ re at and take a bat to your kneecaps)

20 Points:

• the points)

Blacking out (if you don’t remember, you don’t deserve

• A one-night stand with a friend’s ex

Home-wrecking a couple, even by accident

• Lose All Points:

Taking the virginity of someone you met for the first

• time that night (and then go to confession you sick bastard)

• never allowed to play again)

Not telling him/her you have an STD (and you ’ re

There you have it, folks Remember that this is all just for fun, unless you making this into some kind of money pool (which for low-budget college students, I highly discourage)

Donny

Scoring any student of higher authority than you

• (teaching assistants, presidents of organizations you ’ re in,

Dining Guide

Foodie Face-Of f: Aladdin’s vs. Souvlaki House

By CLARE DOUGAN Sun Staff Writer

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s a k a o f f t h e p l a t e o f t h e b oy s i tt i n g n e x t t o m e ; f o u r ye a r s l a t e r I d i d t h e e x a c t s a m e t h i n g w h e n t h a t b o y, n o w m y b oy f r i e n d , i n v i t e d m e a l o n g t o a g r a d u a t i o n d i n n e r w i t h h i s e n t i re f a m i l y A l a d d i n ’ s h a s b e c o m e a C o r n e l l t r a d i t i o n , a n d i t ’ s n o t d i f f i c u l t t o s e e w h y If yo u ’ re l o o k i n g f o r s i m p l e , h e a l t h y, c l a s s i c Me d i t e r r a n e a n f o o d , t h e re ’ s n o p l a c e

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Aladdin’s, it’s time to change that Gather a friend or two to accompany you –– or don’t, if you feel like getting some quality alone time Plan to spend at least an hour there, basking in the glow from the yellow stucco walls, savoring ever y bite of food and generally having a wonder ful time I promise you it will be memorable

Clare Dougan can be reached at cdougan@cornellsun com

By EMI BOSCAMP Sun Contributor

The Souvlaki House is a Cornell institution Its unpretentious, be-as-loud-as-you-want ambiance keep the restaurant packed with students year after year The food is not necessarily the highlight, making it the loser in this Greek food face-off the atmosphere is what really makes it worth visiting When you go to the Souvlaki House let’s face it you ’ re not going for gourmet food If you ’ re expecting the Souvlaki to have juicy and moist medium rare lamb on skewers, you need to adjust your expectations But the accompanying tzatziki sauce is tangy, cool and light the perfect counter to the dry pieces of meat The pita is warmed, but unfortunately it’s not fluffy; it’s pretty flat and gets soggy almost instantly as it is placed beneath all the ingredients The Souvlaki comes with a Greek salad and breadsticks And by breadsticks, I mean toasty hot dog buns brushed with tons of butter (nothing wrong with that)

And by salad, I mean some chopped Iceberg lettuce (the most flavorless lettuce choice), un-pitted Kalamata olives, sliced, pale tomatoes (it’s not summer anymore), oil and lots of vinegar and a healthy handful of feta I recommend getting the feta on the side because it absorbs the vinegar like a sponge and becomes soggy The hummus should be the star of the show in a Mediterranean restaurant, but here, it is my least favorite thing on the menu It is entirely overpowered by garlic and has an offputting, grainy texture

The Souvlaki House does not try to be anything more than what it is: a casual eatery The walls are adorned with various fraternity and sorority composites, honoring the history of much of its clientele People come in packs, filling up wine glasses to their brims and shouting to their friends across the restaurant, because, really, anything goes here

If you expect haute plating, you ’ re in the wrong place Is it an authentically Greek restaurant? Absolutely not there’s Aladdin’s for that But its warm atmosphere, hefty portions and cheap prices have made it a defining Cornell landmark

Emi Boscamp can be reached at eboscamp@cornellsun com

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Haim, three sisters from the San Fernando Valley, can best be described as if mid-80s female-driven pop was geared for bright SoCal shores more than neon-infused clubs Ever since last year ’ s release of their first two singles, “Forever” and “Don’t Save Me,” Haim has been one of the buzziest buzz bands on the internet Lauded for their soulful yet feminine vocals, masterful harmonizing and feel good songwriting, Haim took off to become the “indie” pop band of the summer (I use “indie” in quotations because they’re signed to Polydor ) With the release of their highly anticipated debut LP Days Are Gone, we see the sunniest album in recent memor y, filled with swinging, genre-blending tracks to relax in the sun to

The sisters Haim grew up performing: First with their parents, and then as the middling girl group the Valli Girls Being raised onstage has given Haim an immediate level of polish and musical professionalism that modern buzz bands tend to lack This glaze allows them to effortlessly blend the disparate genres of R&B, dream pop, pop-rock and surf rock without ever sounding derivative Moreover, they meld the ’80s and ’90s with the present while still managing to sound timeless This sheen does at times lead Haim to run the risk of becoming sterile and lifeless, but they

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Arielle Cruz is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun com

combat this by embracing their breeziness in their lifestyles, interviews and performances The sisters appear to be truly lighthearted people who genuinely want to make smiley, benevolent tunes for gently bobbing crowds Such sunny bands often have a tendency to loosely ramble, but Haim is an exception Thanks to tight songwriting, compact percussion and exceedingly light production touches, the tracks on Days Are Gone never unravel Instead, they stay catchy and infectious, like the air y, bouncy chorus of “Falling,” the bright guitars of “Honey & I” and the sparse, spacey drawl of “Go Slow ” Despite Haim’s polish, firmness and well-defined sound, each track on the LP has its own distinct character; from the hard rock of “Let Me Go” to the inspirational effer vescence of “Running If You Call My Name,” the album never becomes boring or repetitive Track by track, the record is jam-packed with compelling tunes But when taken as a single project, Days Are Gone cements Haim’s serious musical identity with a breezy album that’s above all, incredibly fun

This Swedish duo couldn’t have chosen a more apt name The stor y goes that Caroline Hjelt’s mom was having a conversation with her Italian friends when one of them said (in Italian) that they were going to be “the next pop icon,” or “icona pop ” I’m here to tell you that if Icona Pop aren ’ t that already, they certainly will be You’ve all heard “I Love It ” If they fizzle out as one-hit wonders, I will have lost faith in pop music It’s rare that an album comes out that bumps as consistently hard beginning to end as does their debut LP, This Is Icona Pop Literally ever y track (with the potential exception of the awesome pop ballad “Just Another Night,” which would still work well on the radio) could be a smash hit on the dancefloor I can ’ t remember the last time it’s been so hard to control my limbs from flailing wildly for an entire 32 minute album It has even gotten to the point that I struggle to listen to Icona Pop in public places because I worr y about people staring at my so-called “dancing ” It’s that rocking If I was forced to pinpoint flaws in This Is , I’d probably only find one: They shouldn’t have jam-packed a single LP with so many irresistible songs Unless they milk singles out of this album for three

years, the public will be deprived the wonder of tracks like “Ready for the World” and “On a Roll ” From the standpoint of their wallets, maybe they should have kept some of those energetic tracks in their back pockets for later Basically, this album might be too good for the economics of pop music (unless they gain enough commercial traction to pull what Katy Perr y did with Teenage Dream) As a listener, though, I’m not going to complain Whether you ’ re sticking your tongue out to “Girlfriend,” making hand dolphins out a car window to “In the Stars” or violently punching the air to “ Then We Kiss,” any person healthy enough to dance would find it hard not to The consistent greatness of This Is leads me to pin it as a top example of dance-pop of the early 2010s with its strong female vocals, fun synths and pulsing rhythms Sure, nobody would hesitate to call this LP mindless, mainstream pop music, but that’s exactly what it’s tr ying to be and it’s succeeding brilliantly I’m sold on Icona Pop as my new pop icon

In a World ... Where a Woman Finds a Voice

JULIA MOSER Sun Staff Writer

The phrase “In a world” was coined by famed voice-over actor Don LaFontaine who, during his lifetime, recorded over 5,000 movie trailers and a whole lot of commercials Though LaFontaine was perhaps the most famous voice-over actor, he was certainly not alone in his almost entirely male-dominated field

Actress Lake Bell noticed this lack of female presence in an industry that permeates all our lives In response, she wrote, directed and stars in In a World which tells the tale of a struggling female voice actress trying to break into the field Bell, best known for her roles in Boston Legal, Childrens Hospital and as the bitchy antagonist in many, many romcoms (It’s Complicated, No Strings Attached and others), plays Carol Solomon, the daughter of a well known voice actor, played by Fred Melaman, who is about to receive a lifetime achievement award Carol, on the other hand, has been making ends meet by voice-coaching celebrities such as Eva Longoria to fix their terrible movie accents

Carol, who is in her thirties and spends the majority of the film in sweatpants, still lives with her unsupportive and egotistical father He eventually kicks Carol out of his house so that his

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new girlfriend (with an unironic Midwestern accent) can move in Carol then goes to stay with her sister (Michaela Watkins) and her brotherin-law (Rob Corddr y) Unwittingly, Carol snags a small job away from the upand-coming Gustav Warner (Ken Marino) who her father has backed for a new movie trailer which is apparently so epic that it will dare to resurrect LaFontaine’s “In a world ” Demetri Martin plays the sweet, funny, (and probably nonexistent in real life) recording studio employee who believes that Carol can get the job Martin is bumbling and charming and he makes an adorable love interest for Carol, though their plotline is mostly peripheral

In a World Directed by Lake Bell Starring Lake Bell, Fred Melamed, Demetri Martin

While the film is primarily about the sexism of the voiceover industry and Carol’s decision to try and combat its wrongs, the film also heavily involves her dysfunctional family Carol’s sister and her husband have a lot of marital drama that is fairly amusing at times and even involves a sandwich bar

At times, this storyline seemed somewhat pointless to the overall film (though I would never complain about getting to see more Rob Corddry) It would have been more central to the plot to focus on the origins of the sisters’ strained relationship with their father, which is briefly addressed, but not explored thoroughly

Another great source of amusement comes from Carol’s colleagues in the voice world played by Nick Offerman, Tig Notaro, Jeff Garlin (briefly) and others

Much of the film focused on the literal and figurative idea of “finding your voice ” Though this became a little preachy at times, for the most part it was done in a clever, funny way that makes you realize how stupid girls sound when they end all of their sentences in questions

Even though the film is about serious subjects like identity, family, larger forces that keep one from attaining one ’ s goals like sexism and annoying people, In a World does a wonderful job at not taking itself too seriously There is no stretch of the film that goes on too long without a laugh sprinkled in Besides fitting neatly in the comedy genre, In a World is definitely not a romcom or chickflick As mentioned earlier, the romance is a minor, but necessary (for better or worse) part of the movie, and the film’s demographic is certainly at least 48 percenr male

Although In a World wasn ’ t perfect, it was certainly charming and hilarious Bell succeeded in writing a fresh comedy about an unexplored subject, which is hard to do nowadays It’s currently playing at Cinemapolis, and I highly recommend using this movie as an excuse to procrastinate studying for prelims

Julia Moser is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jmoser@cornellsun com

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Rookie Linebacker Is Integral Part O f Bills’ Defense

O RC H A R D PA R K , N Y (AP) Not long into Kiko Alonso’s first practice, Bills coach Doug Marrone had to pull the ove re a

backer aside to remind him that these were supposed to be noncontact sessions

“He looked like he was ready to start tackling today,” Marrone said in May

A month into training camp, the Bills had to rest Alonso for a few days after electronic conditioning monitors indicated he was in danger of overexerting himself because of the amount of ground he was covering in practice

Four weeks into the season, the second-round draft pick out of Oregon has remained a relentless, havoc-creating presence

“He’s full-tilt,” defensive end Mario Williams said

A n d h e re ’ s t h e s c a r y p a r t , a c c o rd i n g t o Ma r ro n

“ He’s actually getting better and better each week, too ”

That’s a frightening proposition for a player who has quickly established himself as one the NFL’s most promising defensive rookies After four games, Alonso is tied for the NFL lead with four interceptions, to go with one sack, a forced fumble and recovered fumble His 32 tackles are tops in Buffalo (2-2) and among league rookies

And with two interceptions in a 23-20 win over Baltimore on Su n d a y, A l o n s o b e c a m e t h e league’s first rookie linebacker since Al Richardson in 1980 to have an interception in three straight games In Buffalo, no Bills linebacker has had a threegame streak since Darryl Talley in 1993

Alonso’s production has led to n a t i o n a l T V i n t e r v i e w s a n d prompted a trend on Twitter Us i n g t h e h a s h t a g “ L e g e n d Of K i k o A l o n s o , ” f a n s have concocted various amusing and unfathomable myths about the player, such as: “He once intercepted the same pass twice,” and “Kiko Alonso went tubing over Niagara Falls Or as he calls it, ‘the lazy river ’”

Unrelenting as he might be on the field with his sideline-to-sideline range, he’s soft-spoken off it

He e ve n p ro j e c t s a n a i r o f anonymity in wearing a woolly Bills cap pulled tight across his ears and forehead

Alonso has paid ver y little attention to the Paul Bunyan-size hype he’s generated

“Nothing changes in what I’ve got to do,” he said “I don’t think much of it It’s great, but I know I just have to get a lot better ” And with that, he sat back down at his locker to enjoy a warm plate of his mom ’ s homemade paella before rushing off for a team meeting to prepare for the Bi l l s ’ g a m e a t C l e ve l a n d o n Thursday night

Kiko is hungry for more Kristian “Kiko” Alonso has been pegged for an NFL career since his high school days in Los Gatos, Calif That’s where he played for Butch Cattolico, who also coached Vikings defensive end Jared Allen and former Bills quarterback Trent Edwards

Four

ACC Teams

Remain Undefeated, Rank in Top 25

The Atlantic Coast Conference won in the board room and now its teams are winning on the field

A month into the season and with its long-term future seemingly secured, the top of the often-ridiculed league is flexing its football muscle among the nation’s premier conferences

No Bowl Subdivision conference has more undefeated teams than the ACC, which had four teams No 3 Clemson, No 8 Florida State, No 14 Miami and No 25 Maryland start 4-0 for the first time in its 60-year history

It’s also the first time in two years that the league has put that many teams in the top 25

And for three others Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech and North Carolina State their only losses have come to teams in the top 10

“It’s been off to a good start, ” Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said “Hopefully, we can finish the thing up as a league ”

In its final year in the ACC, Maryland has been the biggest surprise

Coach Randy Edsall said the foundation for the league as a whole was set during its annual spring meetings, when the topic of finding ways to win those important out-of-conference games came up

“The ACC has done a very good job this year of doing the things they wanted to do in terms of gaining respect and recognition,” Edsall said “If you want to want to get that kind of respect, you ’ ve got to go beat people That’s kind of what we did ”

The ACC is 6-6 against the other five conferences with automatic BCS ber ths, including a 2-2 record against the Southeastern Conference That counts as progress: The last time the ACC was better than 500 against the SEC was in 2003

ACC teams are 31-8 against nonconference opponents with 17 more remaining, and its 795 winning percentage in those games is by far its best since 1996

“I think it speaks volumes to where the ACC is headed,” Syracuse coach Scott Shafer said “In 10 years, this conference will be playing to be No 1 with the SEC I believe that in my heart ”

Clemson, which opened by knocking off then-No 5 Georgia, and Florida State give the league two serious national title contenders Miami’s win against No 18 Florida and Maryland's victory over West Virginia gave the ACC further credibility The Tigers and Seminoles meet Oct 19 in what could shape up as the de facto Atlantic Division title game

“I never thought the league was bad any year, ” Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe said “We never get much credit, and no league does unless you ’ ve got some national title contenders It’s just not happening

“Now, with Clemson playing as good as they are and Florida State is up there in the ballpark, there’s some good football teams in this league ”

Another explanation, Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said, is stability: Each of the unbeaten teams has a coach who has been there for at least three years

Pirates Return to Playoffs After

21-Year Absence

P I T T S B U RG H ( A P )

Francisco Liriano showed up at PNC Park on Tuesday afternoon in a suit with his suitcase packed for a trip St Louis

T h e m e s s a g e r e v e r b e r a t e d through the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse After 21 years away from the playoffs, it was time for t h e b e s t s t o r y i n b a s e b a l l t o become something more than a novelty act

Liriano tossed seven domin a n t i n n i n g s a n d t h e Pi r a t e s roared past Cincinnati 6-2 in the NL wild-card game Tuesday night then headed to St Louis for the NL division series beginning Thursday A J Burnett will star t for the Pirates in Game 1 a g a i n s t C a r d i n a l s a c e A d a m Wainwright

“He had the expectancy to w i n , ” Pi t t s b u r g h c e n t e r f i e l d e r A n d r e w Mc Cu t c h e n s a i d “ When he showed up with his suit on, that got me hyped up ” St L o u i s l i k e l y w o n ’ t f a c e Liriano until Game 3 at the earl i e s t , t h o u g h L i r i a n o ’ s t e a mmates believe his per formance set the tone for what they hope is an extended October stay In front of a black-clad crowd

s a v o r i n g i t s f i r s t p o s t s e a s o n game since 1992, Russell Mar tin hit two home r uns, Marlon Byrd also connected and McCutchen reached base four times

“ We’re for real,” McCutchen said “ We’re definitely for real ” You won ’ t hear the Reds argu-

ing after Liriano continued his mid-career renaissance The lefth a n d e r s c a t t e r e d f o u r h i t s , str uck out five and walked one to win his first playoff game and ser ve notice the Pirates have no intention of going quietly after spending two decades at the bottom of the standings

“ We didn’t talk about one and done, we talked about one and r un, ” manager Clint Hurdle said “ Win one and r un to St Louis

” C i n c i n n a t i s t a r t e r Jo h n n y Cueto str uggled in his third star t since coming off the disabled list last month Cueto gave up four r uns in three 1-3 innings and appeared rattled by a raucous ballpark that taunted him by chanting his name

“ He

where he wanted,” Reds manager Dusty Baker said “Usually he can throw that ball through the eye of a needle Tonight he was up

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career 1,250 games by sending Cueto’s fastball into the seats to give the Pirates the lead in the second inning The shot

began singing “Cue-to, Cue-to” in unison when Mar tin stepped in

Sports Editor and 10 Questions columnist Haley Velasco sat down with equestrian juniors Georgiana de Rham and Sofia Steinberger to talk about everything from Dunkin’ Donuts to teleportation

1 You are both juniors on the equestrian team What has equestrian meant for you both over the last three years?

S: The equestrian team has meant everything to me in my Cornell experience They are my best friends They are the people that I rely on the most They are the people that I spend the most time with

G: The team is such a huge part of my life I feel like since day one when I got here and tried out for the team, I knew that I wanted to be a part of it It has been a community and a learning experience All of my good friends are from the team

S: It also means a lot of early mornings and a lot of food We joke that we are an eating team first and then an equestrian team Our food bill has been very high at horse shows

G: We could, like, enter a contest

What’s the thing that everyone likes to eat? What’s the favorite?

S: Dunkin’ Donuts before every horse show

That’s a tradition?

S: Yeah

G: We don’t limit ourselves to donuts alone Like the egg sandwiches There was like a weird NCAA thing for a while where you couldn’t order donuts Ever yone flipped out but we were like it’s okay, there are other options I feel like pretzels are always a big thing

S: Mike & Ikes

G: Gatorade

Any specific flavors of Gatorade?

G: Lots of purple and orange Todd is kind of anti-bagel

S: Yeah, I brought bagels to practice yesterday and he was jokingly unhappy

G: He’s a slim and trim kind of guy

2 So Sofia, I heard that you drive to class a lot?

S: It’s really cold and Cook Street is really steep Bartels is just a lot closer to the Ag Quad

3 Georgi, I heard that you are a big biker? People see you on a bike a lot?

G: Yeah, I had a really dorky bike helmet for a while but luckily it broke, which is probably a blessing in disguise I bought my bicycle over the summer after my summer job ended, and it has revolutionized my efficiency because if I could have super powers, one of them would be teleportation, and the bike is a little bit closer to teleportation

Have you ever fallen off your bike?

G: No, but I have had many near incidences My bike seat is really high and I can ’ t get it to adjust lower so I can ’ t touch the ground while sitting on my bike So if I am at an intersection and there is a red light and there is not a curb, I have to awkwardly throw myself off the seat It’s really embarrassing

4. What is your most embarrassing fall of a horse story?

G: There are so many

S: I was at a horse when I was like 14 and at horse shows, the camera men have cameras that will take six shots right in a row over a jump But my horse like ran out and didn’t jump the jump so I started to fall There are six shots of me on the side of the horse getting lower and lower and then on the ground and then her stepping on me I bought them all

G: This one time when I was trail riding a horse and we were going down this steep hill and my saddle didn’t fit very well and me and the saddle fell off the horse’s head 5 Georgi, I heard you are the busiest

person that your friends know What are you up to?

G: Well, last year, I was busier because I rode off campus too This year, I haven’t been riding off campus because the gas is crazy I am busy going to school; I am big about going to my classes I have a lot of reading which I guess comes from being a French and English major And I have my job and then I have riding

6 Sofia, I heard you get a little silly during horse chores; I heard you might occasionally sing Can you tell us about that?

S: Yeah, whatever mood I am in, I go along with that I sing, ‘There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza ’ I sing that one a lot Sometimes, I break out the Shakira

G: I have heard some TSwift from you Adele

S: Repping girl power The Spice Girls

G: Sofia is actually a song writer

S: Yeah, Mary Beth and I, every year at Ivies, we make up a song to a tune Freshman year, it was “Rolling in the Deep ” Last year, it was “Trouble” by Taylor Swift We perform it for everyone on the way

Is there dancing involved?

S: No, it’s more like we are so embarrassed that we are actually doing this that we look down

G: We are just mesmerized by their voice

7 Who is your favorite horse to ride in the barn?

S: Chloe I leased her last summer I call her Chloe-isha She is, like, too fancy, so we have to bring her back down She’s my favorite because I spent a whole summer riding her

G: I love Calumet He was kind of a bandit when he first came but he kind of settled down We had this joke last year that

he was half Chinese and I am half Chinese so we are connected on a deeper level He’s just amazing

8 What’s the funniest story that you guys have?

S: I called our old coach ‘ a big fat poopy face’ by accident

G: To his face

S: It was all in good fun We were joking around and we were at Nationals our freshman year We were all joking around and he said something and I was like Chris, you are just a big fat poopy face And the second I said it, I was like, I just crossed the line but I couldn’t stop laughing I wanted to cry I was so scared that he was going to get really mad at me

G: Our whole trip to Nationals was really funny We tried to have an entire evening without saying the letter S So we substituted the letter Z

9 Where is your favorite place to eat on campus?

G: Whoa I feel like Synapsis or Trill maybe

S: I am a fan of Trill

G: We call it Club Trill

S: But I actually don’t even like it that much but it’s just convenient I think Synapsis because we always go there post lift and we have so many memories

10 If you could trade places and be on any of the men ’ s athletic teams here at Cornell, which one would you pick?

G: I am not very hand-eye coordinated so I would probably go for something like running or rowing I am not very good at catching or kicking things

S: I could be a heavyweight wrestler so I could just eat a lot

Spor ts

Rookie contributions | Freshman Alyssa Phelps, who has taken over the Red’s starting setter position, dished out 45 assists in the five-set victor y over Columbia last weekend

ARed Aims to Build Ivy Win Streak

P rinceton, Penn travel to Newman for league match-ups

By ARIEL COOPER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The women ’ s volleyball team broke a two-game losing streak this weekend when the Red took down the Columbia Lions, 3-2, in its first Ivy League game of the season The squad will continue its Ivy League play with home games against Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania on Oct 4 and 5, respectively

The team ’ s first Ivy win set a confident tone for the squad’s upcoming league games, senior middle blocker Rachel D’Epagnier said

“Winning our first Ivy game was a huge confidence booster,” she said “It showed us how much fight we have in us, and that if we work together we can beat anyone in our league Going into this weekend, we know we ’ re capable of bringing the level of play and the mindset we need to be successful ”

The Red’s victory over the Lions did not come easily, however The Red dropped the first and third sets and only forced the decisive fifth set after battling the Lions back in an extended 28-26 fourth game

“The win against Columbia really helped our team ’ s confidence and shows we can fight in the close games to come out with a win, which is a good feeling to have against Penn and Princeton,” senior outside hitter Sierra Young said “Also, being at home always adds extra motivation ”

Home court advantage has served the Red well against both the Tigers and the Quakers in the past, according to D’Epagnier

“We ended our season last year at home, beating both Penn and Princeton for a sweep of the weekend,” she said “They’re both good teams, but I believe that if we prepare well through practice this week and come out with confidence, we’ll be ready to play our best this weekend ”

“Our ability to work together as a team has improved.”

Breanna

Wong

Penn and Princeton faced each other for both teams ’ first Ivy League match of this season Princeton pulled out the final victory, defeating the Quakers in five sets Princeton sophomore Kendall Peterkin, who received first-team All-Ivy honors last season, led her team with 21 kills, eight digs and two service aces

“We want to go into these games with a defensive mindset,” sophomore outside hitter Breanna Wong said “One of our goals is to pass well and sideout more efficiently ”

With this focus on defense, the Red has turned into a fighting team, D’Epagnier said

“I think the biggest improvement is

that we ’ re more relentless and confident when fighting for points,” she said “We’ve won a few games now simply because we refused to give up on the ball and outworked the other team That’s a huge improvement for our team that will take us far this season ”

The team is also working towards becoming a more cohesive unit

“Our ability to work together as a team has improved,” Wong said With teamwork in mind and a fiery spirit, the Red hopes to be good competition for the Tigers and the Quakers this weekend

“We’re going in with the mindset that we are going to work as hard as we can to win,” Young said “Especially for home games, it’s important to defend our home gym and really leave everything we have on the court ” If the Red can apply what it has learned so far, the team has a good chance of success, D’Epagnier said “We want to serve tough, get them out of system, and force them to do things they don’t want to do,” D’Epagnier said “With the fight we showed in our win over Pitt and our win over Columbia, we ’ re going in with the mindset that if we work hard for every point and work together as a team, we’ll be successful no matter who is on the other side of the net ”

Taking a Swing at D esignated Hitters

s a sports fan, you form strong, mostly irrational

o p i n i o n s a b o u t p e o p l e you’ll never meet You can form deep-seated, personal opinions about guys you will never talk to in your life Ask a baseball fan about Alex Rodriguez and you’ll see what I mean

But no one inspires more mixed emotions in me than David Ortiz I look at David Ortiz and see a moral dilemma

I’m a die-hard Mets fan and a National League man through and through I find National League baseball more exciting I routinely call the designated hitter an abomination I hate the DH as much as someone like me can hate something like that It bothers me It saps strategy from the game and allows one dimensional players to exist for longer than they should, like hu lk ing powe r-hitting we e ds Only football players should be allowed to play one facet of the game, and even a quarterback has to at least pretend to tr y to tackle after throwing a pick Do designated hitters even need to own gloves?

Despite my outrage, no harm has come from the DH Big name players hang around later

a n d s l i g h t l y m o re r u n s a re scored in the American League, which is okay Paul Molitor,

firmly entrenched in the Hall of Fame, has played 1,188 games as a DH The DH gives some personality to each league Interleague play is more notable in

b a s e b a l l t h a n i n t h e N F L

Playing the AL West is different from playi n g t h e N L West

Pe r s o n a l l y, I l i k e Da v i d Ortiz and his i m p e c c a b l y groomed facial hair

risking his life in the process, calmed him down I enjoyed this immensely I like seeing a player’s emotions boil over, to see he cares as much as he should And if I was the com-

I’ve never had a problem with anything he has done And I hate what he stands for I look at David Ortiz and see an intrapersonal struggle of (baseball) good and (baseball) evil He is my real life (baseball) Tony Soprano, where I cannot marr y the good feelings I have about him to how he goes about bringing them

Ortiz is responsible for one of the great scenes of the year in baseball When the Red Sox

we re p l a y i n g t h e O ’ s o n e Saturday night, David Ortiz disagreed with a call from the home plate umpire that eventually led to him being called out on strikes Ortiz walked back to the dugout and laid into the phone with his bat, shattering it in the process Dustin Pedroia,

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d Ortiz would never see the field David Ortiz is a complicated

g u y Do m i n i c a n b o r n a n d raised, he was drafted by the Mariners as David Arias, came up with the Twins, and calls Boston “ our f**king” city Ortiz is known to connect with both L a t i n A m e r i c a n b o r n a n d American players equally Ever y teammate seems to love him He is as associated with the championship Red Sox teams as anyone, and he’s a fan favorite in

B o s t o n , d e s p i t e h i s n a m e a p p e a r i n g o n

Mi t c h e l l Report Do I really want to take all this away? Isn’t this fun? Isn’t David Ortiz a shining example of the unifying quality of sports?

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that,” Ortiz owes his success to a group of AL executives just as much as his dedication to his trade Baseball is a game of nine versus nine, not nine and half versus nine and half When I see

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‘DH’ listed as a position, I scoff It’s not a position It’s a s k i l l A n d s k i l l s a re important, as are pinch hitt e r s , r u n n e r s a n d p l a ye r s that come in just for their defense But it should be a trade-off When a NL team signs a plodding slugger like Prince Fielder or Adam Du n n , t h e y d o s o k n ow i n g they’ll have to put up with subpar defense to go with their stellar production And when their offense drops from stellar to good, their playing time drops (both Fielder and Dunn are with American League teams currently) A run saved is just as good as a run scored

So what, though? Is it a matter of principle or a matter of being stubborn? Preser vation or resistance to change? This is just a silly stance from someone who likes seeing pitchers flail away at baseballs and double switches I know the toothpaste isn’t going

back into the tube The designated hitter has been around s i n c e 1 9 7 3 w h e n Ro n Bloomberg walked in the first plate appearance ever for a DH The DH isn’t going away The MLB players association, cons i d e re d o n e o f t h e s t ro n g e s t unions in the all of the U S , wouldn’t let it happen even if MLB wanted it gone The MLB PA wouldn’t sit idly by and let 15 or so guys lose their jobs And hell, most AL teams don’t even have their DH spot figured out They will use it spell regular players, but do not have an ‘ ever yday’ DH It’s a position to fill, just like the others So I guess nothing changes I like David Ortiz I hate the DH But I will begrudgingly accept its presence and maybe even think about Oritz one day being a

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unchanging sense of superiority ove

’ s flashy designated hitters And the senior circuit is in no hurr y to add the DH I’m okay with the status quo Baseball has bigger fish to fr y

John Zakour can be contacted at jzakour@cornellsun com Point Blank appears Thursdays this semester Ariel Cooper can be reached at acooper@cornellsun com