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Cornell,TCAT Reach Agreement on Funds

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University to increase funding to TCAT to address deficit By NOAH RANKIN Sun City Editor

Cornell has reached an agreement with TCAT to increase its payment to the organization and collaborate on a more sustainable funding model for it, the University announced Thursday. This decision comes about five months after President David Skorton announced that the University did not have the means to subsidize TCAT past what it is currently paying at approximately $3.43 million

annually. Some students and faculty — including both the Student and University Assemblies — called upon Cornell to increase these subsidies in order to address TCAT’s $740,000 deficit, The Sun previously reported. Thursday’s meeting was held to discuss the University’s response to a resolution adopted by the TCAT Board of Directors on Aug. 28, which called for Cornell to subsidize fares paid with a Cornell ID at See TCAT page 5

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Following the announcement that Elizabeth Garrett, provost at the University of Southern California, would become Cornell’s 13th president, Sun Managing Editor Tyler Alicea ’16 spoke with her Thursday about her stance on a variety of issues, including sexual violence, hazing, the rising costs of attending college and the role of the humanities in higher education.

This is the first part of the interview. Read The Sun Monday for the remainder of the interview. THE SUN: You’ve worked a lot on cross-disciplinary and cross-college programs during your time at USC. What do you think about the importance of both the humanities and having interdisciplinary studies in higher education? ELIZABETH G ARRETT: Typically those two aspects of a university are posed as either separate or even sometimes

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Rain, sleet, hail or snow | Students wait in line outside the Ithaca Renting Company Tuesday aiming to secure housing for the 2015-16 academic year.

Students Weather Housing Line for Hours By SLOANE GRINSPOON Sun Senior Writer

In what has become an annual spectacle, students camped out outside the Ithaca Renting Company Wednesday evening in the hopes of signing a lease for an apartment in Collegetown for the upcoming year. While this trend has become a tradition in recent years, some students claim it is possible social media could have played a factor in more students

getting in line earlier than past years. Lisa Everts ’92, the rental manager for the Ithaca Renting Company, estimates that the first group arrived at about 9 a.m. Tuesday — 24 hours before leases became available for signing. In total, 156 people signed a lease on Wednesday, waiting in the line for different amounts of time. “We’ve had variations of lines every year for many years,” Evert said. “It can be anywhere from 20 groups waiting for two or three hours to 40

groups waiting for 24 hours or more.” The reason Ithaca Renting Company waits to allow tenants to sign leases until Oct. 1 — when many other landlords and renting companies allow prospective tenants to sign early in September — is to allow current tenants the chance to resign, Evert said. “We wait until Oct. 1 to give our See RENTALS page 4

Facebook issued an apology Thursday after months of criticism for a study — partly coauthored by two Cornellians — that manipulated users’ news feeds to see how their emotions would change without their knowledge. The study, published in June, involved the news feeds of nearly 700,000 users and was co-authored by Prof. Jeffrey Hancock, communication and information science, former Cornell doctoral student Jamie Guillory ’13 and Facebook data scientist

Adam Kramer. Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer apologized both for the way in which Facebook conducted the research and for the manner in which the study was released. “It is clear now that there are things we should have done differently,” Schroepfer wrote. “For example, we should have considered other non-experimental ways to do this research. The research would also have benefited from more extensive review by a wider and more senior group of people. Last, in See FACEBOOK page 4

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Admin Speaks to S.A.on Diversity

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Alexander’14: 2013 campus climate report is a tool for engaging difference By ANDREW LORD Sun Contributor

Renee Alexander ’74, associate dean of students and director of intercultural programs, addressed the Student Assembly Thursday on ways to engage the student body following the results of a 2013 study reporting student views on diversity at Cornell. The study — called ‘The Climate for Diversity at Cornell University’ — was directed by Prof. Sylvia Hurtado from the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California: Los Angeles. It was conducted in accordance with plans and discussions among the University Diversity Council, according to the report. The study outlines five critical areas — “Key Findings and Recommendations,” “Diversity Skills and JENNIE LI / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Knowledge,” “Bias, Discrimination and Harassment,” Students wait in line during the lunch rush at Franny’s, a food truck located by Milstein Hall, Thursday. Franny’s opened on “Power Dynamics and Equity” and “Bridging Diverse Aug. 18 and has proved to be popular with students since its opening. Communities” — each of which call for specific “Opportunities for Action” within the Cornell community. At the S.A. meeting, Alexander said that minority Alexander said. “But what Dr. Hurtado’s team tells us is diversity conversation were the ones that were required.” groups on campus experience climate differently than that [the student body] wants more authentic forms of Philip Titcomb ’17 asked Alexander how the report their “majority counterparts.” engagement. We as administrators rely a little too heav- will advance the situation for members of the LGBT “The more you have groups engaging by addressing ily on [the student’s] self-reliance, self-direction and community, who he said deal with bias on a “day-to-day stereotypes [or] learning about differences … the better leadership in an area we should be proud to move for- basis” and given that the University “does not represent the experience for everyone,” she said. “This engage- ward.” all minorities on campus.” ment and inclusion is truly the Alexander responded by expressing her general disMembers of the S.A. raised varifoundation of Dr. Hurtado’s ous questions and concerns on their content for the bias students face around campus. “I’m sitting here really study.” “I’m sitting here really seething at the fact that we collective effort to help staff and She also said that students faculty continue to develop pro- still have ignorance and bias and we have to address it,” seething at the fact that generally want to see more grams and skills that improve the she said. “And [the solutions] all loop back to [the we still have ignorance involvement from the adminisstudy] sitting right here under my microphone.” climate for diversity on campus. tration on issues of diversity — While the study was published nearly six months Lisa Liu ’15, an undesignated atand bias and we have to a notion the study confirms. large member, inquired about what ago, Alexander said she believes a need remains for furaddress it.” Under the “Diversity Skills and the S.A. could do to better address ther discussion on the matter. Knowledge” section of the “This document is still young … and it’s just early the problems at hand “beyond Renee Alexander ’74 study, Hurtado found that “sturequired programming events” such October,” Alexander said. “We have a lot of time to dents expected better from work on this, so we want to get some engagement going. as Tapestry. administrators” when it came to improving the climate “I really want your opinion on more organic ways I’m asking for your support.” for diversity on campus. that [the S.A.] can raise awareness about diversity issues “We’ve done a terrific job on the compositional piece on campus,” Liu said to Alexander, “because the only — [Cornell] is more diverse than [it has] ever been,” types of events that I can think of pertaining to the Andrew Lord can be reached at abl87@cornell.edu.

Alcohol Delivery App Comes to Ithaca

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Nathaniel Williams ’18 watches the sunset while sitting on Libe Slope Thursday.

Ithacans will now be able to order wine, spirits and beer for delivery in under an hour with Minibar, an app-based service founded by Lara Crystal ’03 and Lindsey Andrews. Crystal, who studied applied economics and management during her time on the Hill, said she was “incredibly excited” to launch Minibar in Ithaca. “With virtually everything available at your fingertips, it’s time to make alcohol just as easy to order to your home,” Crystal said. Minibar, which has been featured in The New York Times and the New Yorker, made its debut in Manhattan in February and expanded to Brooklyn and Queens before launching in Ithaca, according to Christie Devine, Minibar’s public relations representative. Crystal said she wanted to launch in Ithaca because she “loved” Ithaca when she attended Cornell and thinks Ithaca will be a “great test market of a driving market.” “I know how cold it is and how much people don’t want to necessarily leave the house during the crazy winter,” Crystal said. “We

were surprised that wine, spirits and beer couldn’t be ordered and delivered with the same ease as groceries home goods. Minibar will change that.” According to Devine, users enter their zip code and are given a list of vendors and a selection of inventory. Orders require a $25 minimum and are then delivered in 60 minutes or less. Although there is no delivery fee, the Minibar app suggests users tip their delivery person. Customizable features will be added to the app post-launch, including personalized order suggestions and recommendations on food and alcohol pair, according to Devine. Crystal said that in order to adhere to legal age requirements for alcohol purchase, Minibar users need to confirm they are of legal drinking age prior to order. “The sale is in [the vendor’s] control, and they are able to determine whether or not to release the alcohol upon delivery,” said Crystal. If upon delivery, the customer cannot produce verifiable ID, they will be charged a $20 restocking fee billed to the card on file to dissuade underage drinking, according to Crystal.

Students had mixed feelings about Minibar. Oliver Viera ’15 said he feels Minibar is a “great app for people of age to have.” “I think it’s like Ithaca To Go for alcohol. It’s just so convenient,” Viera said. “Now I don’t need to go out of my way to get alcohol — it comes to me.” Some students said they were unsure if Minibar would be a useful service for them. “If I wanted overpriced booze, I would just walk to Collegetown Liquor which is 20 feet from my house,” said Courtney Sokol ’15. Philippe Simard ’15 said whether he used the service would depend on the operating hours of Minibar. “Usually I wouldn’t use that service because I live in Collegetown and could get beer with a two minute walk,” Simard said. “That being said, getting liquor after 11 is impossible, so if the app does that then I would certainly use it.” The service is available online and for iOS and Android systems and will be launching officially in Ithaca, Lansing, Dryden and Danby on Monday, Crystal said. Rachel Weber can be reached at rweber@cornellsun.com.

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Students Wait Hours to Sign Leases Protesters Pack Meeting RENTALS

ing to earn the trust of my peers waiting in line and maintaining a calm presence within the line,” Jha said. 624 current residents the opportunity to renew their Gina LoMastro ’17, who waited in line overnight own apartments,” Evert said. “We feel that that is fair from 3 to 6 a.m. on Wednesday, said she chose to to our current residents who have just moved in, rent from the Ithaca Renting Company because of sometimes just three or four weeks before and are still the later start date and relatively less expensive prictrying to get organized. We like to keep our current ing despite knowing she would have to wait in the tenants.” line. This year, according to Charlie Miller ’17, social “I wanted to room with five other people and we media may have played a role in persuading more started the process a little bit late. By the time we students to get in line earlier. started really looking at housing there wasn’t that “Two guys posted a Facebook status Monday much left and everything left was really expensive,” night saying they started camping, which many peo- LoMastro said. ple believed, so they came out early,” Miller said. LoMastro said that camping out was not entirely The students in the picture, a bad experience. which was posted in the Facebook “Some of my friends brought “Some of my friends group “Overheard at Cornell,” tarps and set up blankets to sleep in brought tarps and set line,” she said. were waiting in line on Monday because they were signing a lease up blankets to sleep in Panchanathan, who also camped agreement on Tuesday, a day out overnight, agreed that the experiline.” before everyone else. ence had enjoyable moments. According to Siddharth “If you have company as I did, it’s Gina LoMastro ’17 Panchanathan ’16, one of the stunot as bad,” Panchanathan said. “We dents pictured, they were eligible just played card games and practiced for preferential signing because algorithmic interview questions.” they had already rented from the Ithaca Renting Colleen Price ’98, a realtor at Ithaca Renting Co., Company. came to the office to let students wait inside when it Students in the line also governed themselves was pouring rain. during the wait and a leader of the line was unoffi“They’re all generally very polite … and they were cially elected, according to Miller. all studying,” Price said. “By the time my group started at 5 p.m. on Though Price said she was pleased that students Tuesday, a sophomore named Rohit Jha had taken want to rent from Ithaca Renting Company, she says control of the line and made a list of the order every- that she does not want renting to be a stressful one showed up in before him. After that he became process. the ‘leader’ of the group, having newcomers sign the “They’re welcome to wait, but this is not somelist and get in order,” Miller said. “When Rohit took thing that we ask them to do. This is its own phecharge and made the list, everyone started trusting nomenon that was not started by us,” Price said. “It’s him and he settled any minor conflicts.” great that the apartments are popular, and we’re Rohit Jha ’17 took initiative to be a leader in line happy that they’re popular, but this is completely stubecause he was scared that chaos would break out. dent-initiated.” “I was nervous that the order would break down and I would not be left a place to live for next year. Sloane Grinspoon can be reached at The most difficult aspect of being the leader was try- sgrinspoon@cornellsun.com. Continued from page 1

On Education Changes GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Students and teachers fighting a plan to promote patriotism and downplay civil disobedience in some suburban Denver U.S. history courses packed a school board meeting Thursday where the controversial changes could face a vote. Turnout was so high that the teachers union streamed video from the meeting room — which holds a couple hundred people — onto a big screen in the parking lot outside. About 300 students, parents and teachers opposed to the proposal rallied in the parking lot and marched along nearby streets before the meeting. Carole Morenz, holding a small American flag and a sign that said “History matters. Know the truth,” traveled from Pueblo because she said she’s worried the change in approach to teaching history could be the “biggest cultural shift of our lifetime.” “They will lose the knowledge of what made America great,” said Morenz, adding that she has been concerned about problems in education since she began homeschooling her children in the 1980s. Dozens of students took the podium, with just a minute each to speak. They delivered 40,000 signatures they say they gathered from around the country in support.

Students in a majority of the 17 high schools in Colorado’s second-largest school district have left classes in droves over the past few weeks, waving signs and flags in protests organized by word of mouth and social media. Many teachers also have been calling in sick, forcing school to be canceled some days. “I respect the right of our students to express their opinions in a peaceful manner,” Superintendent Dan McMinimee said. “I do, however, prefer that our students stay in class. I have met with many students and answered their questions.” The protests started Sept. 19, the day after the Jefferson County school board proposed creating a committee to review texts and course plans, starting with Advanced Placement history, to make sure materials “promote citizenship, patriotism, essentials and benefits of the freemarket system, respect for authority and respect for individual rights” and don’t “encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law.” Board member Julie Williams, who originally proposed the review, and other backers of the proposal say students are being used as pawns by teachers, who are upset about a plan to base raises on an evaluation system.

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Facebook’s chief operating officer. In her apology, Sandberg only expressed regret for poor commureleasing the study, we failed to nication about the intention of the communicate clearly why and study, and not for the study itself, how we did it.” according to The Wall Street The social media company Journal. came under fire over the summer “This was part of ongoing following the release of the study’s research companies do to test diffindings. Users were outraged after ferent products, and that was what the study gained national atten- it was; it was poorly communicattion because they were not ed” Sandberg said in a meeting in informed that their news feeds New Delhi. “And for that comwere being munication we altered for apologize. We experimental “We believe in research, never meant to because it helps to build upset you.” purposes. ThroughSchroepfer a better Facebook.” out the experiwent on to ments, neither delineate the Mike Schroepfer Hancock nor methods Guillory were Facebook plans directly involved in collecting user to use to improve their research, data, but they analyzed results including a public website that after discussions with Facebook, will hold all of their published acaaccording to the University. demic research. However, he “Because the research was con- made it clear Facebook plans to ducted independently by continue research. Facebook and Professor Hancock “We believe in research, had access only to results — and because it helps us build a better not to any individual, identifiable Facebook,” Schroepfer wrote. “It’s data at any time — Cornell important to engage with the acaUniversity’s Institutional Review demic community and publish in Board concluded that he was not peer-reviewed journals, to share directly engaged in human technology inventions and research and that no review by the because online services such as Cornell Human Research Facebook can help us understand Protection Program was required,” more about how the world a University press release stated. works.” Schroepfer’s apology contrasts a statement made earlier this sum- Anika Sethy can be reached at mer by Sheryl Sandberg, asethy@cornellsun.com. Continued from page 1

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A Conversation With C.U.Will Increase Payments toTCAT Elizabeth Garrett

gotten “the short end of the stick” and is optimistic about the contents of the MOU and its commitment to making TCAT more sustainable. “I’m really looking forward to learning more $1 per ride — the rate they were in 2010 — but has about what’s actually included in the MOU, and since been reduced to $0.86 per ride. According to the release, “the University com- I can only hope that whatever is in that document mitted to increase its payment to TCAT and both is something that is fair for TCAT and also fair on parties agreed to enter into a Memorandum of the part of the University,” Balik said. Balik added that she thinks student activism Understanding to create a more sustainable funding model for the future of the system” at the will continue to affect the University’s relations meeting. Both TCAT Board members and Univer- with TCAT. “Student activism played a role in the success sity administrators were present at the event. the first half of the issue — retaining free bus of “Today’s meeting marks an important step forward in ensuring the sustainability of this vital passes for first-year students. The second half of transportation resource,” said Frank Proto ’65, the issue was increasing the subsidy to TCAT and vice chair of the TCAT board, according to the I think that’s the part that the University is still release. “We appreciate Cornell’s renewed com- trying to work on,” Balik said. “I think student mitment to the future of the system and pledge to activism is something that can really push Cornell do our part to explore additional potential into making sustainable decisions for TCAT in the future.” sources of funding as we work Caro Achar ’18, a member to position a healthy TCAT “TCAT’s service is vital of the Save the Pass Coalition for the long term.” — the group of students and Skorton also spoke at the to the health of our organizations that came meeting, stressing the need campus and the greater together around the issue of for Cornell and TCAT to TCAT funding during dricommunity.” work on a new funding model vers’ contract negotiations for TCAT as outlined in the President David Skorton beginning in the summer — MOU. Details regarding the said that though he is “excitmemorandum and the ed” to hear about the amount that the University has increased its subsidy have not yet become increased subsidy, he and other members of the Coalition are awaiting further information from available. “TCAT’s service is vital to the health of our the University. “We are hesitant to celebrate this new developcampus and the greater community,” Skorton said. “Our commitment today is a commitment ment ... given the ambiguity of the press release,” to the future of TCAT. But it is just one step in a Achar said. “Our campaign is about holding process to ensure a workable, economic model for Cornell accountable to its drivers in their current the future. I look forward to continuing to work contract negotiation, not simply about funding with the TCAT Board on these critical financial the first-year passes. We will continue to campaign until Cornell and TCAT give drivers the considerations over the coming months.” Sarah Balik ’15, president of the Student wages and benefits that they deserve.” Assembly, said she hopes the agreement will treat both TCAT and the University evenly. According Noah Rankin can be reached at to Balik, she believes that traditionally TCAT has nranking@cornellsun.com. TCAT

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President-elect addresses hazing,cost of attending C.U., interdisciplinary study often addresses publically that the cost of attending college is one of Cornell’s biggest problems and unless you have scholars and stu- sometimes he’ll admit that how dents who are trained in the rigor quickly he addressed it is one of his of a disciplinary analysis. There’s regrets during his time as presijust something that is unique in dent, especially for those in the the training of the mind and the middle class. Do you have an overreasoning facilities that a very all philosophy in regards to trying rigour disciplinary approach can to reign in the costs of attending provide, and the very best interdis- college? E.G.: It’s a very important ciplinary work occurs either when one person has training in several question, not just for Cornell but of those or more frequently when for higher education in general. I people from lots of different disci- would push back a little bit plines — who come with this rig- because I think President Skorton orous background — come has done a very good job of trying together and put all of those per- to address this issue for families spectives to work to solve a really who would struggle to afford the cost of Cornell. And if you look, difficult problem. In addition, to focus on the one of the important differences in humanities is also critically impor- talking about the cost is that the tant. A lot of interdisciplinary sticker price of attending higher work is directed towards solving education can be very different particular problems — problems than the price of what students of health, problems of sustainabil- actually pay because of financial ity, policy related problems. But to aid. … I know David would really have a sense of what those always like to do more — all of us solutions mean to us as human would — but President Skorton beings, I think you have to have and Cornell have really done a the humanities to ask deep ques- really good job in addressing this tions about where progress is lead- issue, including during very diffiing us, what they do to our bonds cult economic times, when I think as human beings in a community President Skorton really took this … I think that it is vital that you as one of his primary objectives. I think, have both disciplinary train- “[Hazing] is unacceptable g e n e r a l l y speaking in ing, including in any of the higher educathat in the tion, we’ve humanities, organizations where it done a very and that you has been practiced in the good job of have an interpast. ... Longevity of a making it disciplinary affordable for approach to practice does not equate students and complex probto acceptability.” families of very lems. limited means. SUN: Since President- Elect And of course the death of Elizabeth Garrett we have other [ G e o r g e students at the Desdunes ’13] during a hazing incident at other end of the scale who could Cornell, the University has probably afford even more tuition. increasingly toughened its stance One thing I think we need to on hazing, both inside and outside focus on increasingly at Cornell the Greek system. Could you elab- and throughout higher education orate how you and USC have — it has certainly been my focus at USC — are those families who addressed hazing? E.G.: I think there’s one simple are comfortable. They live lives of bottom line: Hazing is unaccept- the middle income, but will find able in any form. It is unacceptable the kind of investment in Cornell in any of the organizations where or similar schools really a very difit has been practiced in the past. It ficult stretch for the family. Those is not something that, as a com- tend to be the families that take munity, we can accept to tolerate. out more debt, and I think we It does not matter if the behavior need to focus on that segment on was commonplace in the past. If it our student population. My overriding principle is that does not respect individuals, if it does not support our understand- we should have a world in which ing as a caring community with those students that have been how we treat other people, it is not admitted to Cornell and who we an acceptable practice. … know will thrive here do not face Longevity of a practice does not financial hurdles in taking that equate to acceptability. I was a opportunity. I will continue to member of the Greek system, so work with the trustees, with our I’m aware of all the great things supporters [and] the students to that the Greek system brings to a identify new sources of funding, community. I’m aware it has had … to think about ways that we can use the University’s resources some challenges in the past. Some of the things that we responsibly, to help students and have criticized some Greek systems their families afford the great edufor are also occasionally seen in cation at Cornell. Read the remainder of this interother organizations as well, so we have to be really careful that what view in Monday’s issue of The Sun. we do is focus on the behavior and not focus on only on the context. The Sun’s news department can be SUN: President David Skorton reached at news@cornellsun.com. GARRETT

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THERE ARE BETTER THINGS WORTH WAITING FOR This week, students waited in line for over 24 hours outside of Ithaca Renting Company in order to secure housing for the 2015-16 academic year (causing seniors to be both nostalgic and grateful that they do not have to endure the Collegetown Housing rush again). While the apartments are lauded as more affordable and welllocated — who likes walking up Dryden Road — we at The Sun believe that there are, as the title states, better things worth waiting for. So we sent our best Berry Patch reporters — who actually have not signed leases for next year because they got in line at Ithaca Renting Company too late — to see what other things for which students are willing to wait. Delicious Crepes: Launched by two Cornellians, Forrest Crawford ’15 and Max Richman ’11, Collegetown Crepes provides a whole other dimension to food offerings in Collegetown. While Collegetown Pizza and Collegetown Bagels will always have a special place in our hearts, they will have to make room for Collegetown Crepes — or CTC as we should be calling it. While there might be a line, CTC is a lot closer to Dunbar’s so that’s pretty fantastic. Alcohol Deliveries: Speaking of Cornellians doing cool things in Collegetown, Lara Crystal ’03 and her business partner Lindsey Andrews are bringing an app-based service called Minibar to Ithaca, which will allow all kinds of alcohol to be delivered to your door in under an hour. Residents over 21 are rejoicing, saying that they are just too lazy to walk or drive to the liquor store. So while you do have to wait, the convenience is unmatched. Tickets to Hear Bill Gates Speak: Like at Ithaca Renting, people began to wait in line for Bill Gates tickets at Willard Straight Hall. While the waiting might be the same in principle, at least you get to see Bill Gates speak, right? Rulloff ’s to Reopen: While still a sore subject, we at The Sun still have faith that Rulloff’s will reopen after it closed suddenly at the beginning of the semester. If and when it does, it will be well worth the wait.

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hen people see the letters after time to time — I respond that I am proud my name, I often get asked, of my training, skills and ability to give “What is a D.O.?” So, as assis- the best care to the patient no matter the tant director of medicine at Gannett circumstances. Health Services, I welcome opportunities It should be noted that osteopathic to share what my life and work is like as an physicians go into primary care in greater osteopathic physician on this campus. I numbers than our allopathic colleagues. chose to enter into medicine as an osteo- And for good reason: It’s what the country pathic physician 10 years ago, and I could needs us to do. Anyone who has been not be happier with this decision: It has attuned to the health care debate will find made me the best doctor I could be, out quickly that there is a shortage of prienables me to give the very best care to my mary care physicians in the United States, patients and allows me to be a team-player and research continues to show that unless in transforming the health of communi- this is rectified, health care reform will be ties. difficult to take hold. That being said, First and foremost, osteopathic medi- osteopathic physicians can specialize in cine is not an “alternative” path into med- residency and lead the development of icine, but it is different. It is based on the new knowledge through research. premise that the body is a unit with an Nowadays, many residency programs train inherent capacity to heal itself; that struc- D.O.s and M.D.s side by side in the hosture and function are interrelated and that pitals they will eventually practice medipatient care should focus on the treatment cine in together. of body, mind and spirit. In order to I am a proud Cornellian, proud of accomplish these tenets, osteopathic med- being “elite, but not elitist.” I was nurical students take the same basic science tured here in a caring community that classes as our allopathic colleagues. In always taught me to respect the imporaddition, we take tance of diversity, classes in advanced acceptance and anatomy, to study the inclusion. I am now Nobody is better or worse structure of the proud to practice human body in medicine at — we are all different depth. From the very Gannett, where I am beginning, we learn one of three D.O.s because of our background, on the importance of a very large and palpation, or using diverse staff comexperience, beliefs, our hands to detect prised of M.D.s, abnormalities in nurses, physician upbringing and also our anatomy. We learn to assistants, countraining. Team-based care feel, for example, the selors, physical therdifference between a apists, pharmacists, is the wave of the future. muscle in spasm and lab and x-ray technia muscle that is cians, nurse practihealthy. These skills tioners, therapists, are pivotal in being able to eventually nutritionists, athletic trainers, information diagnose and treat patients with our technologists, administrative staff, health hands. educators, public health officials and comIn my practice at Cornell, I experience munications specialists. We all have differthe benefits of this training every day. It ent contributions, which, when brought has given me the ability to accurately diag- together, enables us to care for the very nose and treat patients, making them feel personal needs of our patients and the better quickly, and I use medications and broader needs of our community. Nobody expensive tests perhaps less often. When I is better or worse — we are all different am able to relieve the pain of muscle ten- because of our background, experience, sion headache during an office visit and beliefs, upbringing and also our training. avoid the use of muscle relaxant medica- Team-based care is the wave of the future, tion (and the drowsiness it can cause), a and the holistic approach offered by intebusy student can get back to the library or grating the expertise of our professionals is go to an exam pain-free. This is definitely truly on the cutting edge of health care the preferred option during prelim season today. and finals week. For questions about medicine or the It’s not only the preferred option for osteopathic profession, I encourage you to Cornell students. During my international talk with your advisor, your college’s prework in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic med advisors, the Office of Undergraduate and Haiti, I had my hands and the few Biology, the Office of Academic Diversity medications I could carry in my backpack Initiatives, or Cornell Career Services. I to care for patients. While in Maine and am also happy to answer students’ specific Vermont, doing rural outreach work in questions. You can find interesting stats, mobile units, where the closest place to get data and more stories online. an x-ray or blood work an hour away, I used my hands to distinguish those who needed to make the trip from those who Anne Jones graduated in 2014 from the College of Arts and Sciences and is assistant director of could stay in the community. So when medicine at Gannet Health Services. She can be people ask me if I feel “less than” for being reached at acj22@cornell.edu. Guest Room a D.O. — and I do get asked that from appears periodically this semester.

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A Socio-Emotional Comment of the day Evaluation of the Custom of Breast Ironing in Africa Web

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group of young boys tease a 10 year-old African girl in Cameroon. Unsure of how to deal with the teasing she runs to her mother for protection and guidance. Her mother tells her to undress and takes her inside to the kitchen while placing a stone on the fire. Once heated, she applies the hot stone on her daughter’s chest. The pain is unbearable, but the child has no choice but to obey her mother. She lies flat on her back as her mother applies the hot stone on her chest over and over again. The only explanation given is that she is doing this for her daughter’s benefit in order to ensure that boys do not make unnecessary advances toward her daughter and try to take away her innocence and essentially ‘spoil’ the child. She also mentions that she too had to undergo the same process at a similar age. For the next four years her mother kneads her naked, developing breasts with a hot stone twice a week to stop them growing, causing permanent scarring and damage. Now aged 29, Adaeze Mbu recalls the torture, pain and humiliation. “Each time I cried as it was really painful,” she said, as we sat sipping coffee inside a coffeehouse in Los Angeles. Adaeze, who was a research scholar at the University of Southern California when I met her, says that she didn’t understand what was going on, but “it was very difficult to speak about.” Affecting one out of every four girls, the brutal practice of “breast ironing” is on the rise in the African country of Cameroon. The practice of breast ironing is not new. It has been predominantly practiced in the African country of Cameroon for hundreds of years. Other sub-Saharan African countries — including Chad, Togo, Benin and Guinea-Conakry — also practice breast ironing in some regions. It entails the use of various objects, including stones, coconut shells, ladles, spatulas, hammers etc., which are placed on a fire, then pounded on the breast of adolescent girls. Usually imposed on girls between the ages eight and 14, breast ironing is purported as a means of curtailing sexual activity at a young age. The aim of the practice is to flatten or lessen the visibility of a young girl’s breasts, thereby making her less desirable to potential male predators and curbing the country’s staggering number of teenage pregnancies, particularly high in rural areas, as well as limiting the risk of sexual assault. Like the practice of female genital mutilation, breast ironing is a direct assault on womanhood by other women. Even more ironic is the fact that it is usually carried out by a woman whom a girl trusts the most, the mother. “Mothers say it’s normal to do it, because it prevents the girl getting pregnant early and dropping out of school, or being raped,” Adaeze explained. Mothers’ concerns about teenage pregnancy are not unfounded. A UN Population Fund report found that 30 percent of girls in Cameroon aged 20 to 24 surveyed in 2010 had given birth before they were 18. Only 39 percent enroll in secondary education. Adaeze, and others like her, organize community meetings in the capital Yaoundé, where they share their physical and mental traumas. The group lobbies traditional leaders and government representatives for change, and carries out a door-to-door campaign while persuading mothers and young victims to talk about it. “It’s not an easy thing to talk about it publicly,” Adaeze said. “At the beginning I was nervous and cried. Girls are afraid to talk because of how people will see them or talk about their parents. But when they see you explaining your situation they get courage. Mothers are often bitter about us telling them it’s bad because they think it’s traditional,” she explained. Breast ironing can lead to numerous physical issues, such as burns and deformations, not to mention psychological problems such as intense trauma and loss of confidence later in life. Government research conducted in 2005 showed a gradual decline in breast ironing since it was first uncovered in Cameroon during a survey on rape and incest conducted by the German Technical Cooperation Agency in the same year. However, the research reports are from 2005 and the custom is still very much in vogue. There is still a long way to go in eradicating this deep-rooted social custom. The strategy lies in empowering young girls to talk, advocate and sensitize the issue, as well as convince the government and traditional leaders to make laws banning breast ironing. The key to its obliteration lies in mobilizing younger generations so that they can convince the women in Cameroon that just because a custom has been practiced for many years does not in itself grant it legitimacy. As a community, as women and most importantly as human beings we should all embark on questioning those practices that advocate the infliction of violence. Until such time, there will be many more women like Adaeze having horror stories to share. Amrapalli Satpathy is an LLM student at Cornell Law School. She may be reached at ats222@cornell.edu. Barely Legal appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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Hong Kong Today, What’s Next?

n September decade, on the first of by Chinese officials, 22, thousands July, demanding uni- which restricts the of Hong versal suffrage. capacity of political Kong students de - Tensions boiled over change. Furthermore, scended upon the in late August, as police continued to streets in protest of Chinese officials an- unload packages of undemocratic elec- nounced that candi- rubber bullets and toral process propos- dates for Chief tear gas at the Chief als from China’s legis- Executive of Hong Executive Building, lature. The demon- Kong, the election to threatening protesters strations gathered be held in 2017, if they follow through steam when Occupy would have to be pre- on their threats. Central — Central approved by Beijing, Considering the referring to the finan- essentially ensuring improbability of comcial district of Hong that a loyalist would promise from Beijing, Kong — united with be elected. it’s difficult to imagstudents to blockade The Communist ine a peaceful concluthe business hub and Party in China is sion to the protests. march on government unlikely to acquiesce Additionally, one stuheadquarters. to the demands of dent leader, Joshua The protests stem mostly student pro- Wong, tweeted, from the 1997 han- testers, as President Xi “Don’t think that this dover of Hong Kong Jinping has tradition- will be over soon. from British rule to ally ruled in a top- This is fundamentally China, under the ‘one down manner and a war of patience and country, two systems’ refuses to compro- a test of our policy codified under mise, lest he be endurance.” Basic Law. Under the viewed as weak, As the eyes of the settlement, Hong Kong is allowed it’s own capitalist Even if the protests in Hong Kong economy and personal lib- dissolve without substantial erties, includ- transformation, the seed for ing freedom of speech, change has been sown. assembly, religion and free press. Extending on domestically or inter- global community are this agreement, the nationally. This past on Hong Kong, so are National People’s Thursday, Hong the eyes of Taiwan. Congress ruled in Kong’s leader, Leung This is because 2007 that Hong Kong Chun-ying, refused Taiwan, much like would be granted uni- protestors demands to Hong Kong, has it’s versal suffrage in its’ step down, despite own government and first democratic elec- students threatening military and is contion in 2017. to occupy govern- sidered by China to Emotions first ment buildings if he be a rogue province. flared in early June doesn’t. Leung, how- Taiwan has previously when Beijing released ever, did offer to hold rejected a similar ‘one a white paper claim- talks between protest- country, two systems’ ing, “comprehensive ers and Chief arrangement and, as jurisdiction” over Secretary Carrie Lam, the Taiwanese witness Hong Kong, seeming- although no timetable Beijing’s reneging of ly disregarding the, was revealed for such Basic Law in Hong “high degree of conversation. Kong, they repeat the autonomy” guaranThese comments slogan, “Today’s teed to Hong Kong are unlikely to dis- Hong Kong, Today’s under Basic Law. perse protesters, as Taiwan.” Citizens responded Leung stipulated that China recognizes with a Democracy any discussion would that conciliation in March, the largest have to be in accord Hong Kong could protest in over a with an earlier ruling lead to comparable

demands in the mainland. One Taiwanese student leader, Lin Fei-fan, who helped to occupy the Taiwanese legislature in March to protest the passage of a trade pact with the mainland, writes, “The relationship between Taiwan and Hong Kong is close, and our respective plights are linked. Even though differences exist in the historical development of their relationship to the mainland, as well as their social contexts, Hong Kong and Taiwan both face enormous pressure from China’s rise, and their respective fates thus intersect.” While the developed world may reject to China’s authoritative rule on m o r a l grounds, Beijing cannot be forced to act and will have to progress through their own process. With this being said, China has established itself as a world power, an establishment that warrants the demands we place on other nations — the acknowledgment of the peoples’ rights. Even if the protests in Hong Kong dissolve without substantial transformation, the seed for change has been sown. Jake Forken is a junior in the College of Human Ecology. He may be reached at jrf285@cornell.edu. My Forken Opinion appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ‘New York FashiOn WeEk IS Not fASHIoNablE’ A conversation with Julia Shapiro ’14 BY JASON ECKER Sun Staff Writer

Limbo sucks. Not just the party game which seriously discriminates against people with a lack of flexibility, but also the state in which many Cornellians find themselves during the months leading up to graduation. This is where Cornell Fiber Science and Apparel Design major Julia Shapiro ’14 was at the end of last semester: Torn between the respective lures of the fashion worlds awaiting her in either Los Angeles or New York. On the one hand, L.A.’s scene is very young, and thus fosters creativity and innovation. On the other, New York is the classic American mecca of fashion. While Julia mulled over which city to begin her career in, she simultaneously watched with increasing anxiety as her friends in more concrete majors accepted job offers and embarked on the next phase of their lives. I first met Julia last year as the Daily Sun columnist assigned to write her Senior Design Spotlight prior to the Cornell Fashion Collective’s Spring runway show. Within the first 10 minutes of speaking with her, it became evident that she was on a completely different creative wavelength than most people you come across, especially at Cornell. Rather than trying to suppress this whimsically expressive side, she embraces it with a level of charisma that is rare. Finding Cornell’s design program to be very limiting, she split her junior year between New York’s urban semester program and being abroad in London. It was during her time in London that she was afforded the opportunity to attend London, Paris and Milan Fashion Week. From this experience she learned what would eventually prove to be the deciding factor in her young career and jolt her out of limbo — namely that fashion week is “just a bunch of people organizing events, nothing to be scared of.” The night before she was about to move out of her apartment during the end of senior week, Julia found herself in bed but unable to sleep. The indecisiveness of her future had reached a head and turned to a sort of panic. But, sometimes, it is at the most seemingly inopportune moments that brilliance strikes. Due to all of her possessions being boxed up, Julia composed her plan for the next several months on the back of a poster that had adorned her wall. She concluded that the reason why she was hesPHOTOS COURTESY OF JULIA SHAPRIO ’14

itant about working in New York was because the fashion industry had become boring and repetitive, or as she put it: “Designers continually pumping out the same conservative chic thing, but it’s actually really elitist and lame.” Rather than avoid New York, that night Julia decided to use it as a platform to stand out and set her brand apart from everyone else. This refusal to conform is at the heart of the “JSHAP World Takeover” movement that she is orchestrating. Following her epiphany and back-of-a-poster plan, Julia rented a studio space in Lawrence, Ma. this summer. Lawrence and Lowell were two of the major towns during the industrial revolution, so the building was actually an old mill that had been converted into a shared artist space. For the next four months, Julia worked tirelessly on a collection that was decidedly different from anything she had worked on in the past. Her two most prominent previous collections had been McDonald’s- and alienthemed. What set this new collection apart, however, was that rather than working towards a specific idea, she hoped to embody the entire future image of her brand in only a few outfits. Adding to the complexity of this collection’s genesis was the fact that Julia had preselected her models and was hoping to mold each outfit to the individual who would wear it. Of course, a traditional model call was too ordinary, so instead Julia took to Facebook. She decided to reach out to several people whom she had never met before, but fit the aesthetic she was trying to create for her brand. These models included New York City socialites, club hosts, tastemakers and trendsetters. They were not chosen for their chiseled facial features or miniscule waist, but rather for being performance artists, drag queens, crazy dressers or visible within the club scene. Julia described the inspiration behind the clothes she creates by saying, “What is at the core of JSHAP is consumption and pop culture like McDonalds logos, satirical big business, nostalgia fucked up with a club kids punk-rock DIY twist. It puts consumption on a pedestal and doesn’t say that it is good or bad, but rather, this is just so American.” And what does that look like? Well, most of the clothes in the collection were made from recycled materials such as old toys and deconstructed clothing. Julia says that she hates buying fabrics because they are generic and hard to be creative with. She prefers taking things apart and putting them back together in a novel way. This preference prompted her to ask for donations from her town, which led to almost the entirety of her materials being recycled and sustainable. It is obvious when looking at the clothing that Julia is drawn to bright colors, wild patterns and taking fashion risks. Some of the more notable elements of her “Takeover” collection included a top made out of TY Beanie Babies, fabric collage pants, Mickey Mouse shorts and suspenders with Mr. Potato Head attached to them. The use of childhood pop-culture icons plays to the theme of nostalgia and “bringing people back in a cool way.” It is also worth mentioning that the clothes have a very rough and unfinished look to them. This is because the JSHAP movement places a strong emphasis on self-expression: The average person can create customized clothing out of anything that they think will look good and make a statement. Julia had the models and a collection, but as

an independent designer what was her next move? To “takeover” New York Fashion Week, of course. She rented a room at the YMCA, a block away from Lincoln Center where the Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week shows are held. It was there that all of the models that she had contacted through social media without ever meeting face-to-face came together for the very first time. Julia remarked that she was astounded to see so many influential people show such support for a fellow artist and was genuinely touched by their willingness to help her. From the YMCA, Julia and her procession of men and women in the outrageous circus-esque outfits that she had designed descended upon the unsuspecting masses outside of the Maura Hoffman show. The significance of that particular designer’s show stemmed from an internship Julia had previously done with that company during which she says she had been severely mistreated by management. It was the experiences she had gathered while at fashion weeks abroad that led her to this spectacle. She knew that fashion shows are organized around a central hub where people gather and try to get their photos taken by street photographers and bloggers. To capitalize on this set up, Julia had her models form a line directly in front of the entrance to the show but stand there in silence. This baffled the crowd, but photographers began taking photos, obviously drawn by the eccentricity of the clothing. Julia then walked up with a megaphone yelling “Fashion is dead” and playing DJ Snake and Lil Jon’s “Turn Down For What.” Everything did not run exactly as planned — Julia was escorted off of the property by security as soon as she started yelling. Despite that hiccup, the “show” went on without her and Julia considered it a huge success. In fact many audience members from the Maura Hoffman show actually exited to see what the commotion was outside of it. When Lincoln Center security finally forced the models off the grounds, Julia says that a large crowd of interested people and photographers followed them to the public sidewalk where the show continued. The homepage of Julia’s website (www.jshapworld.com) reads, “New York Fashion Week is not fashionable. Reject the business of fashion ... I have no spreadsheet; I have a viewpoint,” and Julia hopes that as fashion progresses the emphasis will switch from what is marketable to designers who are creating worlds with their clothing. She says, “the trope of consumption and satirical view of big business comes full circle with the overall movement rejecting big business and trying to turn people’s attention to people who pour their heart and soul into each collection.” She envisions a democratic fashion environment much more similar to art, where everyone is able to find their own niche, their own preferences and bold opinions are embraced for their individuality. Jason Ecker is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at jecker@cornellsun.com.

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Brendan Murphy Where would alternative rock be in this decade had Spoon not swooped in and breathed some life into it? Could there have been indie guitar rock as we now know it? Could there have been punk-infused aughties music like Franz Ferdinand or Vampire Weekend had Kill the Moonlight not dropped like a bomb in 2002? The Austin, Texas band has been an anchor for the indie rock since the turn of the millennium. Their repertoire is impressive: Records that rival Wilco and the Strokes in influence, deserved award show appearances, an avid and vocal fan base and their unique blend of college rock sensibilities, punk edge and appreciation for classic rock melodies and instrumentation. With They Want My Soul, their first release since 2010’s Transference, Spoon do exactly what they do best. They make some good ole’ indie rock. The first song on They Want My Soul, “Rent I Pay,” is classic head-bobbing indie music, with strong drum tones and a heavy, distorted bass line. It’s impossible to not chant “That’s the rent I pay / Like my brother say it” when the chorus rolls along. “Let Me Be Mine” — the album’s strongest pop song — bounces along with chiming guitars into defiant lyrics: “Auction off what you love / It will come back sometime.” The lead single from this album, “Do You,” has the cheeriest

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melody this side of “Young Folks,” leading into the grandest chorus on the record. Spoon’s best moments are the quick interludes preceding some of their songs that dabble in the electronic. “New York Kiss” begins with a simple synth line that is intensified by a simple drumbeat that is vaguely reminiscent of The Rapture’s “House of Jealous Lovers.” They flirt again with dance punk on “Knock Knock Knock,” which sounds like LCD Soundsystem blended with indie road trip music, complete with organ ambience, whispery vocals and intense guitar licks. However, with this being said, this album is retreading old ground. In fact, most of their newer work just sounds like reprising their classics. All of the songs blend into one another and into the previous work of theirs, primarily Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Part of the issue is the cadence of lead singer Britt Daniel’s voice. He is the band’s selling point, with his characteristically nasally and angsty-college-kid delivery; it’s how many people (myself included) were first introduced to this quirky band’s discography. They’re not trying to reinvent the wheel; they’re pretty content with their legacy as is. Part of this problem stems from Spoon’s fan service. Spoon knows their audience and its unwavering devotion and their audience isn’t expecting anything new to arise from this band. They suf-

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fer from constantly playing the hits, like a ’70s pop-rock band that still tours only to play the same ten or eleven songs night after night, except they make those hits sound the exact same as their newer releases. I can’t shake the resemblance between “The Underdog” and “Do You;” in practice they’re very different, but in essence they’re cut from the same cloth. They’re both indie anthems about growing up and finding your way in the world and the anxiety that ensues when you realize you aren’t neatly categorized. More concretely, “Outlier” makes a not-so subtle jab at Garden State, a reference that is assuredly made to harken back to the early aughties, back when Girls Can Tell was still fawned over. This album isn’t so much an artistic expression to me, but intelligently understanding the wants and needs of Spoon fans everywhere. All in all, They Want My Soul is great for two types of people: avid Spoon fans and those just getting into Spoon. It’s meant to pacify their fans and appeal to possible new fans that are just trying to dip their toes in the water. But, if you were looking for something remarkable from this band, I’d look back to their earlier releases. It’s just a shame that a band with such talent refuses to fully explore it. Brendan Murphy is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at blm238@cornell.edu.

Weezer has gone through a plethora of transformations over their career. First they were nerd rock novelties, with song titles like “Undone: The Sweater Song” and “My Name is Jonas.” Then they embraced emo music in full on their sophomore record Pinkerton, were ridiculed for it and only just recently have been recognized as significant. Ever since then, they have been trying to strike a balance between their nerd-punk side and their lonelier side. “Lonely Girl,” the first single off their upcoming release Everything Will Be Alright in the End, is another of those bridging attempts. It doesn’t really stack up to classic apathy-loves-apathy anthems like “El Scorcho,” but it can still play ball with songs like “Island in the Sun.” This does, however, show a nice progression of the band away from immediately marketable alternative rock like “Beverly Hills” and “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To.” They embrace noise on this song, forgoing a smooth pop experience in favor of something sounding like a sad Wavves song. I can only hope that the new album sounds more like this than the companion single “Cleopatra,” but only time will tell.

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Oh! Sweet Nuthin,’ Don’t Mean Nuthin’at All

f you ask me, no night out with friends is complete with at least one sing-a-long oldie. Maybe I’m lame, but nothing is better than wailing along to one of your dad’s favorite songs with your buddies, belting out lyrics about dried up levies, lives supported by prayers or a bar pianist and his regulars. You may not know all the words, but so what? You know the story, and that’s what really counts. What ever happened to that? The story, that is. When you look back at the history of both music and storytelling, it is obvious that the two are closely intertwined. In Ancient Greece, stories relayed orally often had a lyrical rhythm that made them easier to remember and thus pass on. Similarly, simple nursery rhymes and songs have been used for centuries for pedagogical purposes. The little jingles we learned in our youth are often used as mnemonic devices (I’m not ashamed to admit that I still sing “30 days hath September…” when figuring out how many days are in the month). The early days of popular music continued this trend. From the emergence of blues to the heyday of rock and roll, the most popular acts were practically equal parts musician and poet. It is difficult to imagine the history of music without the existence of storytelling and vice versa. However, it seems to me that we are going through a shift — nowadays, it is increasingly rare to hear a song on the charts that really crafts a tale lyrically. To an extent, storytelling is becoming lost in our popular culture.

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When people hear a song on the radio, they barely listen. Nobody asks what the song is about, what it’s preaching, what inspired it. Rather, we are concerned with more superficial questions: How is addictive is that hook? How dope is that beat? How huge is that drop? Have you heard this line yet? Oh man, you have to hear this line. Insert double-meaning, play on words, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, onomatopoeia or some other lyrical flex here. Popular music is no longer about a lyrical story. When people tune in to the radio, or go to a party, they don’t care about the message or

Evan Needell Needell in a Crapstack the inspiration. The message is lost to other activities, as the music just plays in the background. Everybody hears, but few really listen. People used to use music as an escape. But most popular songs today rarely immerse their audience in a story. The only things we are losing ourselves in when we make a pass through the chart-toppers are butts (at the risk of losing my audience, I recommend you go check out Julia Moser ’15’s column from Wednesday if you want to read more about butts). Perhaps musical storytelling is a skill that has

began to wane in our generation of musicians, however, with the sheer amount of music out there today, I find it difficult to put the blame on a lack of talented musical artists. It seems to me that this death of storytelling holds most of its blame in our generation of listeners. Our generation’s trademark overstimulation is reflected in our music tastes. Most people do not want to listen to a song that demands their full attention for its entirety – or at least they do not want that all the time. There are so many other things that you can pay attention to during that three and half minutes (albeit, each for just about 15 seconds at a time). Hell, I do most of my listening through my phone or laptop — both fully equipped distraction machines. The role of music in society has fallen back from storytelling because entertainment has become more and more accessible and gratification more and more instantaneous. No longer do people need to commit time or effort for entertainment. All we have to do is open up a browser or an app. There is no waiting to see what comes on the radio, listening to see if it’s any good. Just plug in your phone, and pick whatever beautiful noise you want in the background. Accordingly, music’s role has transformed. When people listen to music now, it is rarely the music that is really the primary focus or entertainment. People listen while reading, while driving, while surfing the web, while socializing. It is sad to say, but a lot of music — espe-

cially that which is fed to us in the mainstream media — has devolved to nothing more than glorified background noise. A way to fill in the sporadic gaps of boredom in our otherwise fully stimulated lives. Unchallenging, there when you want to focus on it, gone when you don’t. We don’t want stories to distract us from our other very important activities. We would rather listen to sweet nothings about money, cars, drugs, parties, etc. These songs may not be the most emotionally or intellectually stimulating, but damn, they’re catchy. Sure, these have always existed. I am not going to pretend that these have not been common themes in music over the past century. Countless of artists over the decades have built their success on it. But more and more, it seems that artists, ghost-writers, producers, the all-encompassing “they” have been tailoring their lyrics around these themes. They have expertly analyzed their market, and lunged at their throats. The distraction generation doesn’t want to focus, they want nothing else but more distractions. All we need are those hypnotic choruses and clever one-liners. Because, unless we are really committed to listening — rather than just hearing the music — these little attention grabbers are all we need to fill in the gaps of our blessed, over-stimulated lives. Well, those and butts. Evan Needell is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at eneedell@cornellsun.com. Needell in a Crapstack runs alternate Fridays this semester.

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Women’s Soccer StarsTakeTurf Issue to Court

(AP) — The push to get Canada to stage the Women’s a tournament in which many games are compressed into a World Cup on grass instead of artificial turf is now a legal tight schedule. matter, with American star Abby Wambach and a group of “It totally changes the game,” said Germany’s Nadine players “fully prepared to go forward zealously and aggressive- Angerer, FIFA’s reigning world player of the year. “It’s not ly in court” to force a change, their lawyer said on Thursday. fair why our game should be changed.” The players, who have no plans to boycott next year’s Wambach, Angerer, American forward Alex Morgan, tournament, allege gender discrimination because the men’s Brazil’s Fabiana Da Silva Simoes and Spain’s Veronica World Cup is always staged on grass. A Boquete are among the players bringlawsuit was filed Wednesday at the ing the suit. They have been complain“We have to stand up and put ing about the issue for years — since Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, namour foot down and say, ‘You Canada’s proposal to play on artificial ing FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association as defendants. turf was accepted — and they sent a know what? This isn’t good Attorney Hampton Dellinger said letter to FIFA and the CSA in July, sayenough. This isn’t right.’” real grass could be installed at the six ing they were prepared to take the legal World Cup stadiums for $2 million to action. Abby Wambach $3 million. He is seeking an expedited Since then, there has been growing hearing next month so that a ruling can support for the women on social be issued in time for the turf to be media, with celebrities including actor changed. Tom Hanks and NBA star Kobe Bryant joining the cause. “It is a drop in the bucket in terms of FIFA’s coffers,” Tim Howard, the goalkeeper for the U.S. men’s team, also Dellinger said. “Canada is one of the richest nations on Earth.” voiced his support on Twitter. The players say the game is inherently different on turf. “We have to stand up and put our foot down and say, The ball bounces differently, there’s a greater risk of injury ‘You know what? This isn’t good enough. This isn’t right and and the recovery period is longer — a particular concern in we deserve to be treated equally as the men,’” Wambach, the

Orioles Steamroll Tigers in Opener BALTIMORE (AP) — The way Nelson Cruz and the Baltimore Orioles are hitting this season, it may not matter much who pitches for the other guys. Cruz and J.J. Hardy homered, and the Orioles hammered out 12 hits in defeating Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer and the Detroit Tigers 12-3 Thursday in the opener of their AL Division Series. Jonathan Schoop and Alejandro De Aza each had two hits and two RBIs for the Orioles, who turned a close game into a rout with an eightrun eighth inning against Scherzer and three ineffective relievers. The 12 runs set a postseason record for Baltimore, making its second playoff appearance since 1997. Game 2 of the best-of-five series is Friday at Camden Yards. Justin Verlander, the second of three straight Cy Young winners the Orioles will face, is set to go against left-hander Wei-Yin Chen. Verlander must avoid the mistakes made by Scherzer, who allowed five runs and seven hits in 7 1-3 innings. The right-hander was 18-5 during the regular season, but in this one he was burned by the long ball and outpitched by the Orioles. “I just left too many pitches up,” Scherzer said. “This is a great-hitting ballclub. You give them a chance to extend their arms, they can really hit it. I’ve got to find a way to get the ball down. I wasn’t quite able to do that tonight, and I paid for it.” Cruz led the majors with 40 homers during the regular season, a good portion of Baltimore’s big league-best 211 long balls. His first-inning drive off Scherzer put the Orioles up 2-0 before Detroit’s Victor Martinez and J.D. Martinez connected off winner Chris Tillman in the second to tie it. But Baltimore had too much firepower for the Tigers. Hardy homered leading off the seventh for a 4-2 lead, and Cruz added his third RBI with a single during a wild eighth inning keyed by a Detroit error that kept the

boisterous, orange-clad crowd of 47,842 on its feet. “The one that stings is that J.J. Hardy home run,” Scherzer said. “That home run really changed the game in my eyes, gave them that insurance run. It was too good of a pitch for him, and he’s a great hitter and so he put a great swing on it and hit it out of the ballpark.” Tillman (1-0) allowed two runs in five innings before Andrew Miller got five outs — three by strikeout. Darren O’Day gave up an eighth-inning homer to Miguel Cabrera, but the drive followed a double play. Baltimore manager Buck Showalter then called upon closer Zach Britton, who had 37 saves during the regular season. Britton got the last out in the eighth, and by the time the ninth inning rolled around, he wasn’t needed anymore.

Miller had a 1.35 ERA in 23 games with Baltimore, O’Day finished at 1.70 and Britton closed at 1.65. That’s one big reason why the AL East-champion Orioles were 80-4 when leading after eight innings. Meanwhile, Detroit’s revamped bullpen has looked shaky — although it was shortstop Andrew Romine’s error that got the big eighth inning going. Although he had a 5.56 ERA in the first inning during the regular season, Tillman began his initial foray into the playoffs in impressive fashion by striking out the side on 14 pitches. Cruz hit an opposite-field drive to right in the bottom half after Nick Markakis hit a leadoff single. It was his 15th career postseason home run, tied with Babe Ruth for 10th place on the career list.

sport’s all-time goal-scoring leader, told The Associated Press last month. On Tuesday, a FIFA official visiting Canada ahead of the tournament next year said there were no plans to reconsider using artificial turf. “We play on artificial turf and there’s no Plan B,” said Tatjana Haenni, FIFA’s head of women’s competitions. FIFA, which is based in Zurich, issued a brief statement of Thursday. “While we are aware of the recent media reports, at the time of writing we have not been officially contacted on the matter, and therefore we are not in a position to comment,” the governing body said. The women have lost some leverage by declaring they have no plans to boycott the World Cup. Angerer and Boquete reiterated that stance on Thursday. “Right now, we focus on the lawsuit,” Boquete said. “And we expect that FIFA and the Canadian federation will listen to us and try to find a solution. Right now we didn’t think about more than that.” Former Canada standout Carrie Serwetnyk, the first woman inducted into her country's Soccer Hall of Fame, compared playing on artificial turf to running on a "cinder track" and said she expects more from her country.

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‘Let Kids Be Kids’and Stop the Early Gym Red Aims to Fix Previous Errors CHIUSANO

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house, my mom sent us outside to run around the block, or we begged her to take us to the park and throw us diving catches until we could barely stand anymore. Some of the best memories from my childhood were made playing football in the street. I met my best friend in the park near my house when our mothers struck up a conversation in the playground. How could any of these interactions happen within the dark, gray confines of a CrossFit gym? Kids need to be let off the leash. It’s important that they be allowed to roam free as they grow up because they gain experience, they become independent. It’s hard to come home with a scraped knee for the first time when you’re running around on a padded mat. It’s impossible to figure out for yourself what exactly to do while hanging from a monkey bar when some instructor is holding you up and telling you how to pull yourself up. When preschoolers are not in a school setting, they need to learn how to interact with other kids. The only way for that to happen is by giving them some freedom. Forcing them to spend a few hours a week in a group exercise class isn’t going to help them build relationships. They’ll associate it with going to school, and thinking like a preschooler, that sounds absolutely awful. You learn how to make friends by falling into certain social situations by accident, not by forcing them. Choosing

teams for a kickball game, getting into your first playground shouting match, bridging the gap over to the girls side of the jungle gym — these are all important parts of growing up. CrossFit might be getting more preschoolers to exercise, but it’s not happening naturally. I feel the same way about test prep. I went to a high school that required a certain score on an exam for admittance, and parents put their kids in prep classes for the test as early as elementary school. I think kids miss out on so much when they are forced into studying for a test. I had friends who studied for years to get accepted to the school and then dropped out because they were so drained from the routine. Test prep preaches repetition; there is a certain way to solve a problem, and if you do it that way enough times, you’ll be able to solve it every time. You won’t be surprised by any curveballs. But test prep is such a boxed in way of thinking about education, because in high school and in higher education (and in life, I guess), there are curveballs. It becomes impossible to think of everything in terms of a formula that’s been forced down your throat. It’s possible for kids to learn by thinking outside of the box, in the same way that it’s possible for them to exercise without someone handing them a hula hoop. Once exercise becomes like test prep, young children will lose all opportunity to become independent, to grow up. Let kids be kids, because they only get one shot. Scott Chiusano can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

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opponents to 15.5 points per game. The Black Knights will try to slow down Cornell’s potent rushing attack, ranked second in the CSFL, by stacking the box. The Red has been preparing for Army’s defense, which it expects will take the form of a 6-1 defensive scheme. With Army running this style of defense, Winters says it’s critical that Cornell is able to pass effectively as well, a task that proved difficult against Penn. Against the Quakers, the Red completed just 12 passes out of 30 attempts for 40 percent, well below week one’s completion rate of 65 percent. “We need to get some passing threats going too. Hopefully, they’ll take some guys out of the box and that will open up the run game a little bit,” he said. Adam Bronfin can be reached at amb537@cornellsun.com.

RangersTry to Shake Off Disappointing Finals Loss NEW YORK (AP) — The sting of the double-overtime loss in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals is mostly gone. However, don’t think for a second that it is forgotten by the New York Rangers. When you play for the championship for the first time in 20 years, falling short surely sticks with you. In the big picture, last season was a rousing success for the Broadway Blueshirts. They endured three grueling playoff series in their stunning run to the finals under first-year coach Alain Vigneault and quickly removed any lingering fallout from the dismissal of combustible coach John Tortorella. Still, getting that close without completing the journey is tough to get over. “It took me a while,” star goalie Henrik Lundqvist said. “But then I started to appreci-

ate everything that happened throughout the year. I don’t always think about the ending. I tend more to think of all the good moments we had.” The Rangers outlasted the division-rival Philadelphia Flyers in seven games in the first round, and then erased a 3-1 series deficit against Pittsburgh in the second round to win in seven again and reach the Eastern Conference finals. That series against the Montreal Canadiens, Vigneault’s former team, was a tense one, too, but the Rangers prevailed in six — winning the final game 1-0 at raucous Madison Square Garden. New York hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since captain Mark Messier delivered the promised championship in 1994, ending the Rangers’ 54year drought. That was true pressure.

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Vote of confidence | Despite the Jets’ 1-3 start, owner Woody Johnson said he has “a lot of confidence” in quarterback Geno Smith, noting that he has the potential to be a franchise quarterback.

Jets Owner Retains Faith in Geno Smith FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Woody Johnson still has high hopes for Geno Smith. The New York Jets owner was unhappy about Smith shouting an expletive at a heckler last weekend, but thinks the young quar-

terback will overcome his recent struggles. “I have a lot of confidence in Geno,” Johnson said Thursday during practice. “I think Geno can be a franchise quarterback, I really do. I see traits in him, and

we all see traits in him, that are extremely positive and [leave] room for a lot of optimism.” Johnson met with the media for the first time since the offseason and touched on several issues in a wide-ranging interview session. He says he’s not happy with the team’s 1-3 start and would prefer, of course, that the Jets were 4-0. “You know, we’re in the win business, so winning is what we want to do,” he said. The Jets are on a three-game skid and take on the Chargers in San Diego on Sunday. After that, New York takes on Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos at home and then Tom Brady and the New England Patriots on the road — in a fivegame stretch. There’s a chance the season could start to unravel with a few more losses, but the AFC East appears to be wide open with the Patriots, Dolphins and Bills all just one game ahead of the Jets. “I think the team and the coaches, they’ve fallen short, that’s for sure,” Johnson said. “But they’ve been in every game. I mean, you can see, you can either [look at it as] half-glass full or halfglass empty. I mean, you can see signs of being a good team and a winning team, except for the one or two mistakes that we make in each game.”

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Booters Start Ivy Play Against Penn duo of sophomore Alec Neumann and senior Duke Lacroix, the defending Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. Together the two have combined for 10 The 59th season of Ivy League men’s soccer kicks goals and five assists so far this season. The Red off this Saturday, and the game to watch will be defense, a unit that has posted four straight shutouts played at Berman Field. There, the Red men’s soccer and seven since the start of the season season, will be tested from the start by the Quaker team (6-2-1) will look to extend its win attack. streak to five games when rivals and Cornell The Cornell defense has an ability to defending Ivy League Champion Penn adjust as the match goes on. With two Quakers (4-4-0) make the trip to Ithaca. seniors on the back line in Devin Morgan Saturday marks the 103rd meeting and Peter Chodas, the back line has a lot of between the two programs, with Penn experience with making changes throughleading the series 30-60-1. The Red are vs. out a game, the team said. looking to turn the page on last year’s 1“As the game progresses, the team seems 0 loss to the Quakers in Philadelphia. to come closer together,” Chodas said. “We The Red are coming off of a dominatdo well at adjusting as time goes on.” ing 5-0 performance against Buffalo this Both the Red and the Quakers are battle past Saturday. Penn tested. Three of Penn’s four losses have Against the Bulls, the Red offense come against top-15 teams, while the Red came into form. It took Cornell barely Saturday, 4 p.m. forced a tie from No. 9 ranked Louisville, over 15 minutes to take the lead in the Ithaca, N.Y. and lost 3-0 to No. 2 Syracuse. In last seagame, as senior defenseman Devin son’s 1-0 loss to the Quakers, the Red outMorgan knocked the ball into the back of shot Penn, 14-7, but couldn’t find the back the net. The Red tallied twice more in the first half against Buffalo, then added two more of the net. The Quakers popped in the only goal of the game in the 81st minute to break the deadlock for its most decisive victory yet this season. The marquee matchup will be the high-octane between the Ivy rivals. CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Penn offense against the stout Cornell back line. Shutout streak | The Red has not allowed a goal for more than 352 The Quakers come in with 15 goals on the season, 10 of them coming from their outstanding forward Amir Patel can be reached at ap644@cornell.edu. minutes, a streak dating back to Sept. 16 in a loss to Syracuse. By AMIR PATEL

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attempts, will likely receive the call to start again should Few be unable to go on Saturday. Archer said the decision to start Jatis over Gallagher had to do with performance in practice. “Some of things that we felt like were the best match ups or the best plays that we could run against Bucknell, Jake had shown to do a little bit better at that, but we’re excited about both of them,” Archer said. “I think you can see by how many players we play, particularly on offense, we value everybody and when we think they can help us and contribute, we’ll play them.”

Jatis said there is a healthy competition with Gallagher. “Kyle and I are best buds. We actually hung out a lot in the summer and stuff,” Jatis said. “We have a great relationship together. We always help each other out with the playbook, with school and stuff. It’s different for both of us being out here. We’re both taking the opportunity to be the best we can be.” The difference between high school and collegiate football has been the vast difference in game speed. “Definitely have to be a lot quicker with my reads. A lot quicker,” Jatis said. “The game from high school going to college is a lot faster. With our defense out here, it gives us a great look at how fast they are. I’m going to work on getting better this week and hopefully translate that to the

game on Saturday.” Jatis said the transition to college life as a freshman has been big. Heading into October, Jatis now feels as if he is beginning to settle down in Ithaca. “It feels pretty great [to be at Cornell]. I owe it to all of my teammates,” Jatis said. “They really helped me in the summer to get prepared, also the coaching staff to help me get acclimated here to be on campus. I am from Indiana, so it’s kind of a long way from home, but I feel like this has become my second home almost and I feel pretty comfortable here now.” Joon Lee can be reached at jl3385@cornell.edu.

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TYLER CAROLINE ELIZABETH PHOTO SCHROEDER ALICEA SOWERS EDITORS FLAX

CORNELL V. YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

YALE

HARVARD V. GEORGETOWN

GEORGETOWN

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

GEORGETOWN

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

HARVARD

PRINCETON V. COLUMBIA

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

PRINCETON

ALABAMA V. OLE MISS

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

ALABAMA

LSU V. AUBURN

AUBURN

AUBURN

AUBURN

AUBURN

AUBURN

AUBURN

AUBURN

AUBURN

AUBURN

AUBURN

STANFORD V. NOTRE DAME

NOTRE DAME

STANFORD

NOTRE DAME

STANFORD

STANFORD

NOTRE DAME

STANFORD

STANFORD

NOTRE DAME

NOTRE DAME

FALCONS V. GIANTS

GIANTS

FALCONS

GIANTS

GIANTS

GIANTS

FALCONS

FALCONS

FALCONS

GIANTS

GIANTS

BEARS V. PANTHERS

BEARS

BEARS

BEARS

BEARS

BEARS

PANTHERS

BEARS

BEARS

PANTHERS

BEARS

TEXANS V. COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

COWBOYS

TEXANS

BENGALS V. PATRIOTS

BENGALS

BENGALS

BENGALS

BENGALS

BENGALS

BENGALS

BENGALS

BENGALS

PATRIOTS

BENGALS

LAST WEEK

5-5

8-2

7-3

6-4

6-4

7-3

7-3

6-4

4-6

8-2

TOTAL

12-8

15-5

13-7

11-9

14-6

14-6

15-5

13-7

9-11

16-4

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With Key Players Injured,Spotlight Shines on Others By JOON LEE

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Jake Jatis was not supposed to be in a position to be the second freshman quarterback in the history of Cornell University football to start a game, the only other being Jeff Mathews ’14. Jatis certainly did not expect to receive the opportunity to start a game this early in his collegiate career. But there Jatis was on the field, leading the offense in just his second game at Cornell, taking snaps under center from senior Shane McManamon. It’s a situation that unfurled as a result of fatigue to the throwing shoulder of junior quarterback James Few, whose status is unknown for Saturday’s matchup against Yale University. “When James is hurt, people need to step up. Jake had more reps and went in and had a really gutsy performance and did a lot of things well,” said head coach David Archer ’05. “[Jatis and freshman quarterback Kyle Gallagher] are both true freshmen. They weren’t even in spring practice. They were getting ready for the prom. There is growing pains with them. They’re both really great kids and they love football and they want to get better and we’re excited to have them.”

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On the run | According to head coach David Archer ’05, to beat Yale — which has the top offense among Ivy teams — the Red needs “to really run the ball.”

With the status of Few still questionable for the team’s first Ivy League matchup of the season, Jatis continues to prepare as if he will start in the home opener on Saturday. While the performance of whoever is under center will be important as the team seeks its first victory of the season against the Bulldogs, who boast the top offense in the Ivy League, Archer said the team needs to tighten up defensively. “You have to really run to the ball. You have to be opportunistic,” Archer said. “They try to run a lot of plays and the way that I look at that is that it’s more chances to take the

ball away. More chances to create a turnover so that’s something that we’ve harped on and haven’t delivered yet this year and turnovers are funny. They come in bunches. Once they get a couple, they start to come your way. You have to do that and you have to tackle.” Jatis, who earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors after completing 11 of 23 passes for 102 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions in addition to 20 rushing yards on 11

SPRINT FOOTBALL

Red Seeks to Rebound Against Army By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Contribor

After winning the home opener over Franklin Pierce in resounding fashion, the sprint football team’s fate took a turn last weekend with a loss to Penn as mistakes on both sides of the ball piled up in a 36-9 loss. The Red (1-1) has a chance to bounce back in a big way this week in an away game against Army on Friday. The Black Knights (2-0) are the defending CSFL cham-

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Taking on the top | The Red will have its hands full against the Black Knights, who are the defending CSFL Champions.

pions and will come into the game on a 16-game win streak, including a 27-13 victory over Franklin Pierce last week. According to senior offensive linemen Bennett Winters, a change in the Red’s mindset could provide the edge against Army’s strong squad. “I think we were a little complacent off of our first week win which led to those lapses in discipline that killed us against Penn,” he said. “Now we sort of realize that we’re not as great as we thought we were and we still have a ways to go. As a team we needed a better mindset, and I think we have that coming into this next week.” Winters believes that broken coverage in the secondary led to big yardage gains for the Quakers and that the Black Knights will also be the type of team that will capitalize off of such mistakes. Army has been down in the third quarter in both games it has played this year but has proved resilient and came back to win in both instances. Cornell “As a team we needed a will have to work better mindset, and I think hard to obtain a lead and then keep up we have that coming into defensive focus and this next week.” intensity to hang on for the victory Bennett Winters against Army’s passhappy offense. Last week against Franklin Pierce (0-2), Army senior quarterback J.J. Wartski threw for a career-high 322 yards and three touchdowns on 53 attempts. Winters said he thinks that, defensively, it is up to the secondary to stay disciplined and keep the game close. “Our secondary has got to be huge,” he said. “If our secondary steps up and really has a good game then we can provide the rest.” Against Penn (2-0), Cornell had the tough task of containing talented running back Mike Beamish. This week, Army lacks a similar threat on the ground. In the matchup against Franklin Pierce, the Black Knights were held to -16 yards rushing. But what the Black Knights lack in their rushing game, they make up with a dominant defense that limited Franklin Pierce to just 153 totals yards. This year, Army continues where it left off last season and ranks second in the CSFL for scoring defense. The defensive unit has held See SPRINT page 14

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Toddlers And Training I

read an article in the sports section of The New York Times on Wednesday about how CrossFit was starting a program for preschoolers. Like, three year olds. It was honestly laughable to think about. Seeing the photos of kids who still need their diapers changed hanging from pull up bars nailed into gray, cell-like walls made me cringe (look it up if you don’t believe me).

Scott Chiusano Who’s on First Two weeks ago I wrote a column about when mothers were going to stop letting their children play football. And I stand by that (especially given Wednesday’s story about another high school player dying after taking a severe hit in a game, the third such case in less than a week). There are healthier alternatives in youth sports with less risk involved that still allow kids to exercise. But CrossFit was not one that came to mind. The intense workout regimen already has a cultish following among adults, and to think that children are being dragged into it now only reinforces that. What happened to the days when kids played outside in the streets and in alleyways, when they went to a local playground to hang from the monkey bars, not the closest CrossFit gym? To think of paying for kids to get exercise is absurd. When I was younger and my brother and I got too restless in the See CHIUSANO page 14