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Students complain of crowded conditions, poor communication

By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Staff Wr ter

At the beginning of this semester, nearly all of the student lounges in Jameson and High Rise 5 were converted into temporar y housing for 30 transfer students

Due to an exceptiona l l y h i g h d e m a n d f o r housing among incoming residents, the transfer students were told to move into seven of the 10 lounges in the two buildings some crowding with four of their peers to live in a single lounge according to Mark H Anbinder, web communications manager for Cornell Housing

The Sun, had been instructed not to speak to the press about the housing shortage

“We were told on move-in day that we would be moved out ASAP, so I just lived out of a suitcase ”

When these transfer students were notified about their living arrangements, they were also told they would be moved out as soon as possible, according to Tigran Mehrabyan ’19 He was not relocated to t h e Ju s t Ab o u t Mu s i c program house until the second week of classes, and some students have yet to move

said “So I didn’t even unpack my clothes and just lived out of a suitcase ”

Mayor Proposes Lower Property Tax Rate

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 proposed a budget to the Ithaca Common Council Monday that includes a 6 6 percent decrease in the Ithaca property tax rate, according to the mayor ’ s Facebook post

If his proposal passes, more than half of the homeowners in Ithaca will pay less in taxes in 2017, even the ones that saw their assessments increase, according to Myrick He explained that homes that saw “huge jumps in their assessments ” will only experience “modest tax increases ”

“My budget will increase Fire Department staffing by five people, increase our investment in street paving and still lower the tax rate in the City of Ithaca next year by 6 6 percent, ” he said Myrick added that, if the proposal passes, the city’s tax rate will be the lowest it has been since 2003, “essentially rolling tax bills back by 13 years ”

For the last five years, Myrick said he has been “aggressively” seeking federal and state funds, controlling city costs to operate “ more efficiently” and expanding the city’s tax base through smart growth “in the core of the city ”

“New growth means the value of land in the city increased by 10 percent last year, ” he said “Some of that is in assessment increases on existing property but most is in the growth from new apartments in Collegetown and Downtown ”

Ithaca Common Council meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at City Hall The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct 5

These students’ residential advisors, when contacted by

Ithaca to Welcome Dozens

Of R e f u g e e s F r o m S y r i a

By BLAIR LEGERE

This month, Ithaca will become home to roughly 50 Syrian refugees the most immigrants the city has received since 2007, according to Ashley Meeder, an Ithaca Welcomes Refugees spokesperson Individuals are expected to hail from Syria, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

IWR consists of individuals who are passionate about creating the smoothest possible transition for the refugees, according to Meeder She explained that Ithacans have been planning several events to welcome the newcomers

“This summer, IWR hosted a community dinner as both a fundraiser and an opportunity to bring people together for the

purpose of building a welcoming community,” she said “[IWR has] also had a presence in classrooms and at community events, such as Ithaca Fest and a wide variety of panels and community speaking events ”

Coordinating with Catholic Charities a local Ithaca group dedicated to assisting vulnerable members of the community

IWR has created a system to provide refugees with basic amenities, according to Salma Shitia ’18, president of the Arab Student Association

“If someone needed hearing aids, they would be able to access it through the organization,” she said “Basic needs, such as transportation to and from work or job interviews, is where the funding goes ”

Compiled by Josephine Chu

Daybook

Women’s Access to Justice In Southeast Asia

12:20 - 1:20 p m , 277 Myron Taylor Hall

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Carbon Offsetting to Sustainably Finance the System Of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Nepal

12:20 - 1:10 p m , 102 Mann Library

Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Colloquium Series

4 p m , 205 Thurston Hall

University Assembly Meeting

4:30 - 6 p m , 401 Physical Sciences Building

Radical Reform and New Age Racism in America: A Conversation, Featuring Elaine Brown And Noliwe Rooks

4:30 p m , Africana Studies and Research Center

Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series: Andrew Evans

4 - 5 p m , Boyce Thompson Institute

Policy Options for Wildlife, Livelihoods And Transboundary Animal Disease Management In South Africa

12:20 - 1:10 p m , 135 Emerson Hall

Spherical Cows of Dark Matter: Morphology of Indirect Detection Signals

2 p m , 401 Physical Sciences Building

The Future of Contraception: Meeting the Needs of the Global Community

4 - 5 p m , 348 Morrison Hall

Architectural aspirations | Norwegian architect Siv Helene Stangeland (inset) will discuss spatial design Wednesday in Milstein Hall

Women’s Identity and the Reformation of Muslim Societies 4:30 p m , 107 Olin Library

Siv Helene Stangeland: A Relational Design Approach

5:15 p m , Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium, Milstein Hall

Greeks ‘Give Back’ in Biggest Service Day of Event’s History

Hundreds of students volunteer in Tompkins County

By CATHERINE GOLDSMITH Sun Contributor

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“Philanthropy is a fundamental pillar of Greek life at Cornell,” he explained “Greeks Give back merely allows Greek students the avenue to carr y out this commitment on a semesterly basis ”

Lord added that this event ser ves as a unifying force for the Greek community

“[Greeks Give Back] allows Greeks to unify as one Greek community as members are able to socialize with people out-

“It’s not often that such a large group of volunteers are able to come together ” D r e w L o r d ’ 1 8

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council or chapter,” he said “Our Greek community is full of members who boast incredibly diverse backgrounds and perspectives this event encourages these

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Beech ’19, members of Delta Gamma sorority, said they spent their morning picking up garbage in Collegetown

“It felt really re warding to represent my sorority while doing something good for the community and giving back,”

Lending a hand | Students put in over 600 hours of service Saturday

Friedman said “ The most re warding par t of my experience was meeting ne w people in the Greek community and working together to clean up Collegetown ”

“It felt good to give back to a place that gives so much to its students,” Beech added Lord called this day of ser vice “tangible,” because it is “ tr uly realized at several levels of our community ” “Greeks are making a difference it’s not often that such a large group of volunteers are able to come together and commit hundreds of hours of ser vice in a single day,” he said

Catherine Goldsmith can be reached at ceg228@cornell edu

Justice Advocate Criticizes ‘Cruel and Unusual’ U.S. Prison System

By BENJAMIN FINEGAN Sun Contributor

Glenn E Martin was sent to the Rikers Island Correctional Facility when he was 16 In the first 48 hours, he was stabbed four times by a group of fellow inmates

“ T h e y c a l l i t ‘ G l a d i a t o r School’ for a reason, ” Mar tin said “As soon as you walk in you have to make a decision: predator or prey And a guy walked up to me and said, ‘Give me your leather jacket,’ and I swung on him because there’s nothing else to do ”

Mar tin said the corrections officers on duty were little help, laughing in the background and telling him he would be “labeled as a snitch” by the other prisoners if he tried to visit the hospital and file a complaint

Currently a criminal justice reform advocate, Martin spoke about mass incarceration, racism and America’s “cruel and unusual” criminal justice system at a lecture Tuesday

Martin said he spent six years of his life in New York State prisons after he was arrested for armed robber y Before leaving, he earned a two-year liberal arts degree after a corrections counselor suggested he enroll in a coll e g e p r o g r a m f o r inmates

“ There were so many moments in [the college program] that helped to reshape who I am, ” he said “And yet that’s the exception for people in t h e s y s t e m We d o n ’ t have a criminal justice system that creates a tremendous amount of opportunities for people to find themselves ”

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JustLeadershipUSA, a non-profit organization dedicated to cutting the correctional population in half by 2030 He has been invited to the White House twice to s p e a k a b o u t c r i m i n a l j u s t i c e

“They call it ‘Gladiator School’ for a reason. As soon as you walk in you have to make a decision, predator or prey ” G l e n n E M a r t i n

reform and meet with President Obama

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National HIRE Network at the Legal Action Center and many

Despite his position of influence, Martin acknowledged that mass incarceration is a daunting p r o b l e m A c c o rd i n g t o t h e World Prison Population List, t h e Un i t e d St a t e s i m p r i s o n s m

countr y in the world

“ We have 2 2 million people in cages We have 3 9 million people on probation,” Mar tin said “On any given day we have 737,000 people on parole That helps to feed the system Many people who recidivate the word that means people going back into the system go back in because of technical violations of their parole ” Mar tin argued that ever yone who has been t h r o u g h t h e c r i m i n a l justice system is negatively affected by mass incarceration “ S e v e n t y m i l l i o n Americans have a criminal record on file,” he said “And ever yone gets sentenced to life I don’t care if you get sentenced to a day in jail or 40 years in prison It’s all life The stigma of a criminal record stays with you for the rest of your life ” Ma r t i n s a i d t h i s s t i g m a

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r y where 70 million Americans are like the new underclass,” Martin said “I believe that if we are really going to come out from under mass incarceration, there needs to be an across the board reinstatement of peoples’ rights, particularly the right to vote ” Martin stressed that marginali z i n g p e o p l e w h o h a v e b e e n involved in the criminal justice system is “ so alienating” that “ we shouldn’t be surprised [by] what we get as a result ” “ T

Lecturer Calls for Alternatives to ‘Oppressive’ Prison System

“I would call just about everything we do that includes incarceration cruel and unusual punishment.”

w o u l d n o t b e s a t i s f i e d “ I w o u l d c a l l j u s t a b o u t e ve r y t h i n g we d o t h a t i n c l u d e s i n c a rc e r a t i o n c r u e l a n d u n u s u a l p u n i s h m e n t , ” h e s a i d “ I a c t u a l l y t h i n k t h a t we c a n i n c a rc e r a t e p e op l e w i t h o u t p u t t i n g t h e m i n a c e l l a l l d a y, o r w i t h o u t e v e n p u t t i n g t h e m i n a c e l l t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e d a y I t h i n k t h e re a re o t h e r w a y s t o i s o l a t e p e o p l e f ro m s o c i e t y a n d c o n n e c t t h e m t o o p p o r t u n i t y u n t i l t h e y ’ r e re a d y t o c o m e b a c k ” M a r t i n e m p h a s i z e d t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f h u m a n i z i n g p e op

Transfers: Lounge Housing Cramped,‘Not Normal’

Criticize inconvenience of sharing personal space, say setup harms social interaction

HOUSING Continued from page 1

Anbinder said there are currently 10 transfer students still living in freshman lounges, and that the University intends to move all of them out by December However, the process of moving out has also sparked student complaints Students are obligated to accept their ne w housing arrangements, even if they do not want to live in the ne w dormitor y they have been assigned to, according to Mehrabyan

“Moving to JAM is pretty pricey, and I actually don’t play any music or sing, so I spend a lot of extra money that I’m paying out of pocket for resources I don’t use, ” he said “I will probably move some where else after this semester or send an email to the housing program after all of the transfer students are moved some where and there are empty dorms for students ”

Kelaiah George ’19, who has not yet been moved out of a lounge yet, added that communication from the housing office throughout the semester has been noticeably poor

“It was annoying because we didn’t get any updates from anybody, which is the least [the housing office] could do,” George said “ The only information we have is what we ’ re hearing from the people living in the other lounge ”

Meanwhile, many residents of Jameson and High Rise 5 in both temporar y and normal housing have been living with the inconveniences of hosting several additional people on each floor, all sharing bathrooms

Anne Kim ’19, a student currently staying on the second floor of Jameson, explained that she and her roommates need to share bathrooms with another suite

“ We have to share with other suites, and there are two girls’ bathrooms on the floor so it’s not that bad, but it’s definitely not normal,” Kim said

George also complained that the lounge is too small to accommodate five people

“ We were supposed to have five girls in our suite, but one of them got moved to West before we moved in,”

George said “ When we found that out, we asked maintenance to at least move the fifth set of furniture out, and they said they couldn’t do anything There’s no room We are literally on top of each other and if they had moved it, we would’ve had more space ”

However, the biggest complaint from both transfer students and other freshmen in the dormitories concerned the impact the arrangement has had on their social lives

“One drawback is that Nor th Campus is all freshmen, so it’s hard to meet people in your grade,” Kim said “Especially as a transfer, you don’t know a ton of people

“There’s no room. We are literally on top of each other ”

coming in All the other transfers are living on West Campus and we can ’ t really meet them ”

Scott Semaya ’20, who lives in Jameson, explained that the lack of a usable lounge also makes it more difficult for freshmen in regular housing to socialize

“Not having the lounge prevents us from meeting other people on the floor,” Semaya said “I’ve met people

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Aurora (Colorado) Central High School students kneel during the national anthem on Saturday to protest racial injustice

on the Skylounge but not a lot of people go there ”

The University has frequently used temporar y living arrangements like these throughout the past nine years, according to Anbinder

“Eight out of the last nine years, we ’ ve used some amount of lounge space as temporar y housing at the beginning of the fall semester, ” he said “ We always know there are more students interested in living on campus than we have available space for, and this is one of the ways that we ’ ve managed that imbalance as best we can ”

Anbinder said that this year, the transfer students who were placed in these lounge-conver ted rooms were selected based on when they applied for housing

“Some were those who applied after the July 1 deadline,” he said “Of course, some students apply after the deadline because they’ve been taken off a waitlist and [have] been told they were accepted after that deadline, so it’s not necessarily anyone ’ s ‘fault’ that they applied late ”

Andre w Shao ’19, who currently lives in a lounge in Jameson, said he is still uncer tain about “the exact system ” through which housing in lounges is assigned

“Some of us submitted our housing applications late,” he said “ We were told that all traditional housing spots had filled up ” George added that he “definitely got [the housing application] done in late May or early June ”

“In most cases, rooms or beds become available when students take a leave of absence from the University for personal, academic or health reasons, ” he said “ We have moved students as space has become available ”

So Hyung Kim can be reached at sohyungkim@cornellsun com

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y first instinct in tackling this column today was to quote the Tove Lo song that shares the same name as today’s column and call it a day Maybe add a couple paragraphs dissecting some of her lyrics, maybe leave it up to you guys to analyze what she means (if you haven’t already), maybe add a link to a recent interview of hers I came across keep it minimalist (and turn it in on time for once), you know?

I changed my mind late last night Sitting on the couch, absentmindedly scrolling through readings for class the day after (read: make-up tutorials on Youtube), I could hear the throngs of brave students out on a Sunday spilling across the streets of Collegetown, laughing and talking It wasn ’ t much different than any other Sunday, but it had been a while since I’d taken the time to observe the personalities that flit by College Avenue on a given night

There’s a trait that lives within the college aged girl that manifests itself across campuses, and if you look close enough, you can define it It’s the trait that pushes us to want to be the “cool girl” you know the one that I’m talking about She’s the girl that hangs out on the porch of a party, casually drinking or casually smoking, she’s the one in ripped jeans and a casual top, she’s the one that lives behind the meme of Audrey Hepburn casually turning away a guy that tells her he loves her; she’s the one in Tove Lo’s song that casually rolls her eyes and keeps it platonic

Somewhere along the way, it got cool for us to not care That girl, the one that every guy finds himself attracted to when he least expects it, could care less about him, about his opinion, about anything really She’s the one that keeps everything light, everything simple She makes you feel wanted enough to stay, unwanted enough to keep coming back You don’t matter to her, but you want to, and that’s enough to keep you around

It’s cool to not care because it’s so very uncool to get hurt No one wants to admit they tried their hardest and lost No one wants to admit they gave something, someone, everything they had, and ended up hurt It’s much easier to pretend like you never cared in the first place It’s much easier to reason with yourself, to shrug off when you ’ re talking to a friend how little you tried and how little you expected It’s a much easier conversation to have than the one that forces you to say you tried your best, and it wasn ’ t good enough

So, we ’ re left holding on to our cool girl persona I could sit here and list to you all the ways in which this persona creeps up in pop culture references, the ways in which this ideal perpetuates itself through stereotypes and memes and Buzzfeed quizzes In preparing to write this column, I wrote out a few I could think of, but if I’m being entirely honest, I ended up too frustrated to turn it into anything remotely sensical enough for a public, college newspaper The fact of the matter is, this “cool girl” doesn’t exist She never has, and no matter how close she might get to faking it, she never will exist People care People try people try really hard (especially on our campus, come on) People hurt People love, people hate People are supposed to When society shames people for being “ too sensitive,” “ too emotional,” “ too attached,” “ too needy,” it degrades who we can be as a community To shy away from empathy, understanding and respect is not to be above the people around you; it is to be too immature to look past only yourself

I spent a while on this column I actually started it before the day it was due, I had a friend read it over, I had another friend read it over and then I sat there in impatience while I watched my editor read it over through the colored lines of a Google doc Someone called me out on how subpar my last one was, and it stung a lot more than I would care to admit out loud My go-to reaction was to insist I couldn’t care less about that particular column “Rough week, it happens,” I laughed It was a rough week, it does happen, but it didn’t make it mean any less to me I could’ve quoted a Tove Lo song as a column this week I could’ve insisted that what I write every other week doesn’t mean that much to me, and believe me, I considered it strongly At the core of it all, though, the person I’d be lying to most would be myself Admitting we care doesn’t change the fact that we did to begin with, and it doesn’t make criticism sting any less it simply makes a stronger case for us to try harder next time

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“Semantics and political correctness is all well and good. However, what is going to make a real difference in the world at large is to finish your education, get a job, volunteer, donate and be the same person to other people that you want them to be to you. It is as simple as that and has nothing to do with he, she or they pronouns ”

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Re: “HAGOPIAN | They are the World: What Pronouns Can Teach Us About Political Correctness,” Opinion September 30, 2016

Trumped Up and Let Down

Despitea week passing, Donald Trump’s performance at the presidential debate remains seared into my mind That he consistently failed to meet the absurdly low expectations facing him was astounding In contrast, Hillary Clinton did what she needed to, working like an assembly line robot to slot pre-rolled phrases together They were so catchy (“trumped up, trickle down”) that even her stilted, androidesque delivery, with its slightly-too-long pauses and forced smile-grimace couldn’t sink her chances

However, most eyes were on Trump (they certainly stayed glued in his direction thanks to his odd, shifting facial expressions and constant sniffing) The seasoned politician and her predictably polished patter was much less exciting than the buffoon who might objectify his own daughter or try to declare himself king I admit, I was excited beyond any normal degree to see Trump in a one-on-one debate Thankfully for Clinton, the buffoon did most of the talking (an assertion that would surely elicit another of his foghorn “wrong!” declamations “I’m the best at being quiet, believe me ”)

Political types forget that most of America does not follow the election as rabidly as we do Usually the opening debate is the first chance for a candidate to make a direct extended appeal to those just tuning in, though the acrimony and idiocy of the 2016 campaign may have caused many Americans to take an interest in the election earlier than they did in other years However given the still high number of undecided voters, last week’s debate was likely Trump’s first opportunity to make a direct pitch to voters in a setting distinct from televised rallies and cable news controversies

The debate was Donald Trump’s opportunity to demonstrate his temperament (one of the best) and restraint (evident in his desire to keep his anti-ISIS plan safe from the prying eyes of jihadists and American voters) It was his chance to directly contradict Clinton’s argument that he is unfit to be president In this, as

in many of his endeavors, Trump failed Trump’s debate style (if one can term it a ‘style’) comprised interrupting, shouting and the use of the word ‘ wrong ’ He interrupted Clinton 51 times (Clinton interrupted Trump 17 times) What’s more, these interruptions were never in order to make a substantive point or present a factual argument disputing Clinton’s claims Rather, they were invariably a snide comment (the best, “but you have no plan”) or “ wrong ”

Most of his interruptions were accompanied by The Donald’s signature raised index finger hand movement (one which is eerily similar to that used by ISIS fighters) The substance of what he said was even stranger than how he conducted

so is clearly highly beneficial to him

Previously his wild assertions could have been construed as a strategy to position him outside normal politics However now, in the face of near universal consensus that Trump’s only path to the presidency was to present himself as more stable and sensible in the debate, it becomes clear that this was never a strategy it is integral to Trump’s personality and cannot be overlooked

I am convinced that something is wrong with Donald Trump’s mind The average person can recognise the rising of an urge to react, to hurt and can control that urge After months of mounting evidence, the debate has proved that Trump lacks this faculty His performance also undercuts his claims to follow the advice

himself When came Donald’s turn to speak, he sounded positively deranged He declared that Clinton had been “fighting ISIS [her] entire adult life ” Like an ugly, orange salmon he managed to return to his political spawning pool, raving against Rosie O’Donnell, after swallowing Clinton’s Alicia Machado bait hook, line and sinker

So what? The man speaks his mind that’s why so many Americans support him The problem with that justification of Trump’s debate performance is that it passes over the important implication of how unable he is to follow a plan It was in his interest to appear a plausible, reasonable candidate in this first debate And he tried, for the first 15 minutes or so, when it looked like we might actually enjoy a semi-sensible debate However, his impulses soon bested him, as he slid back into ego inflation and name-calling

Such difficulty restraining himself and following a prescribed strategy, even when it was in his own interest, has exposed the fact that Trump is incapable of controlling his urges even when doing

of knowledgeable people his lack of practice was obvious, despite aides trying to convince him to prepare His inability to stay on topic and follow strategies presented by experts looks less and less like a consciously pursued plan and more like an underlying pathological defect

On the rare occasion that Trump can control himself he seems overcome with a childlike need to inform anyone who will listen of how he bested his own raging mind After the debate Trump touted his will power saying, “I was going to say something extremely rough to Hillary, to her family, and I said to myself, I can ’ t do it It’s inappropriate It’s not nice ” Instead he left it up to the viewers at home, those with the bumper stickers reading “Trump That Bitch,” to imagine the depths of his depravity for themselves

L e f t o r R i g h t ? R e s e a r c h e r s S t u d y

H o w Z e b r a f i s h M a k e D e c i s i o n s

By JACK NOVAK Sun Contributor

Imagine you are a lar val zebrafish You hear something: the sound of a predator racing towards you You turn hard to your left How did you decide to turn left instead of right?

Prof Joseph R Fetcho, neurobiology and behavior, and colleagues followed how this decision is made by mapping the circuit of neurons from the sensor y input of the sound of a potential predator to the behavioral output of the actual muscle movement in their study: ‘A circuit motif in the zebrafish hindbrain for a two alternative behavioral choice to turn left or right’

Zebrafish turn rapidly to the left or right as an escape behavior when they perceive signs of predators Fetcho said, “ This escape behavior shows a circuit that collects sensor y information from opposite sides of the body; sensor y information comes in from the left and in from the right and what happens during an escape is that an animal has to weigh how strong is the information coming in from the right,” Fetcho said

During an escape, the animal has to weigh how strong the information coming from both sides is and then move, depending on which side has the strongest signal The side with the strongest signal is the side where the attacking predator is present

The circuit described in the study may be the general way in which different types of neurons are connected in the hindbrain The escape behavior of lar val zebrafish is a simple behavior The circuit determining the behavioral choice of turning left or right involves fe wer neurons than more complicated behavior, for which information is also collected over a longer period of time The study showed how two alternative behavioral choices are competed against each other to m a k e t

occurs via inhibitor y cells so that evidence for one

alternative is also evidence against the other alternative

Lar val zebrafish are transparent and, according to Fetcho, this transparency comes in handy

“ We could use the transparency of the fish to visualize ner ve cells, to record their activity with microelectrodes and map out a circuit,” Fetcho said

From this map, models were constr ucted of the circuit responsible for the physical reaction of turning to the left or the right or not turning at all These models could predict the effect of eliminating cer tain cells, assuming the cell held a specific function To test if these were, in fact, the functions of par ticular cell types, the predicted effect of the cells’ absence on escape behavior was compared to the obser ved effect of destroying these cells Destroying a specific type of cells in the brain of a model organism, whose behavior needs to be obser ved after ward, demands incredibly sensitive technique Laser ablations irradiating materials through lasers were per formed to test models of cell function

Although the circuit appears to explain a highly specialized escape behavior, it may be a pattern The circuit is located in the hindbrain, which, as Fetcho explained, controls movements

“It’s a region that controls all sor ts of movements in animals [and] in us too, like eye movements, jaw movements, limb movements and body movements, ” Fetcho said

Also columns of morphologically similar cells are found in this brain region across ver tebrates There is evidence that behavior is repeated laterally throughout these columns, with the activity of neurons at the relative bottom of the columns associated with faster behavior

Referring to three-dimensional reconstr uctions of such a column, Prof Joseph R Fetcho said, “ We can show that [in] these cells that are involved in swim-

ming, when the fish swims fast, the cells that are active are down here [in the column], and as [the lar val zebrafish] swims more slowly the active cells are higher and higher up [in the column] ”

The circuit for escape behavior outlined in this study lies at the bottom of one such column Thus, the general pattern of connectivity may be repeated along the column so that laterally higher circuits determine behaviors over a longer period of time

Moreover, the study suggests a circuit motif The pattern that is implicated is the competing of two alternatives via inhibitor y cells; the basic frame work of competing two alternative behaviors to come to an optimal decision may be repeated laterally Although, the cells are not exactly the same in circuits higher up in the column, the pattern of sensor y input acting as evidence for one response and also triggering inhibitor y cells for the alternative response may exist as the basic frame work for how decisions are made in this column and even across the hindbrain of other ver tebrates

Fetcho explained the potential of this circuit motif, saying, “Basically you ’ re building a circuit over and over again, but you ’ re changing the actual electrical proper ties of the cells in ways that cause it to collect information over longer periods of time

“So you can build [circuits with] neurons with different proper ties that allow them to operate over different time domains,” he said

Fetcho and his lab are continuing this work and working on whole brain imaging: imaging ever y neuron in the brain of lar val zebrafish As Prof Joseph R Fetcho said, “if [the circuit motif ] is repeated we should see predictable changes in the position and pattern of activity of cells at different places in the column as we var y the sensor y stimulation ”

Novak can be reached at jpn56@cornell edu

V i b r a n t V i c t o r i a L i l y B l o o m s o n C a m p u s

By CHENAB KHAKH Sun Contributor

With packed schedules consisting of back to back lectures, studying for prelims, clubs, sports and part-time jobs, Cornell students are always on the move Among this hustle and bustle of campus life, a moment of serenity is immensely valuable Sometimes considered a zoo of plants, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium is a special oasis to escape the busy life on campus and appreciate the biodiversity of the world

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Pr oject Team Constr ucts

Concr ete Canoe

We’ve all seen wood float and rocks sink in water This is why boats are usually made of wood and other light materials But could a boat made out of concrete float?

A group of Cornell undergraduates attempt to accomplish that feat ever y year Cornell's concrete canoe an engineering project team associated with Cornell’s civil and environmental engineering school strives to create a canoe from concrete for the American Society for Civil Engineers’ annual Upstate New York regional competition The team works throughout the year on designing, building and finishing a new concrete canoe, one that is used to compete regionally with other schools

Carolyn Schwartz ’18, team lead, pointed out that building the boat is not an easy task due to the unconventional nature of the idea

“Creating a canoe out of concrete is an engineering challenge where the main objective is to build a boat out a material that is not typically use to build these type of objects and it is considered to do the opposite of floating,” Schwartz said

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j e c t throughout the building and design process The sub teams aesthetic, mix, mold, analysis, logistics, and the paddling team all work to make this project a success

Among the sub-teams is the aesthetics team, which is in charge of the appearance and presentation of the canoe The mix, mold and analysis teams work together to decide the material they want to use, the mold design they want to work with and using this information, the analysis sub team designs computer programs and per forms software analysis to improve

the efficiency of the boat Budget management and scheduling is taken care of by the logistics team Finally, the paddling team competes by racing the canoe against the other universities of the region in the competition

Even though building a floating concrete canoe and succeeding in future competitions are the most important parts of this project, the team does not consider prior experience a fundamental requirement for those who want to join

According to Daniella Blyakhman ’18, team lead, the interest in hands-on work is the quality that matters the most for those working on the project

“On this team you learn from experience [and] you learn from other members,” Blyakhman said “ We don’t expect people to know [anything] about concrete or any other material used in this process, but we like students who are committed and dedicated ” Schwartz stressed that being an engineering major is also not a prerequisite for joining the team, however, interest in the project is paramount

“ The applicants that become part of our team are those who are interested and feel that they can contribute new things while they are learning ” Schwartz said “ We pick members who are motivated and have an interest in the team, because we are not looking for experience, we are looking for interest ”

It is the huge the potential of the project that attracted Blyakhman to the team

“For me, the project in itself is amazing When I came to Cornell, I was looking for a project that I can see happen in the real life and is also ver y unique ”

As the saying goes, there is no substitute for experience

“Even though it’s an engineering project, it's not like doing research in a lab where there is a clear cut experiment,” Schwartz said “Here you can experiment with whatever you want, year to year It is a ver y open ended

project, and that is how the real world is like and how engineers get experience ”

The intellectual and cultural diversity of Cornell is also a major attraction for the members, a quality visible in the composition of the project team

“ What we like the most about this team is that [you] can see engineering out the text books and we get surrounded by different people, from different majors and interest who come together to work in different areas of

“On this team, you learn from experience [and] you learn from other members.”

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this project,” Blyakhman said

The practical skills gained by working on the canoe are unparalleled according to Schwartz

“Being an engineering student is a demanding task, but finding a place where you can combine what you learn and put it into practice is a fun and unforgettable experience,” Schwartz said, “Looking at a problem from a unique point of view helps us gain understanding of our professional fields ”

While working on a project of this magnitude brings satisfaction and fulfilment, the leads acknowledge that being a part of the team requires time and commitment from all of it’s members

“ Working on this project has been worthy because it is something I love,” Schwartz said, “but the only thing negative about it, is that we have to add it our schedule like any other class ”

For these leaders, the ideal team-building project is something where ever ybody on the team have something different to contribute and feels comfortable participating

“As leaders that’s the environment we tr y to create for our team, we want people in our team to come to the lab and learn something new ever y year independently of the age, major or experience they have,” Schwartz said

Being together for years brings a sense of confidence and frankness to the members when communicating with one another

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With the effort, talent and attitude the students are put in this project, Cornell concrete canoe team is prepared to sail to victor

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY ISABELLE PHILIPPE Sun Contributor

History continuously shows that Western influences have played a dominant role in the shaping of many regions of the world From hemisphere to hemisphere, nation to nation, Western forces have consistently proved their acquisitive nature in conquests of land, people, and resources Japanese art and culture are no exception to this rule

Walking down the steps leading to American Sojourns and the Collecting of Japanese Art, I was met with a silence only broken by the occasional footsteps of security guards lightly pacing the interconnected rooms of the museum halls The exhibit’s pieces, displayed in a comfortably small space, radiated an air of tranquility and sophistication Mounted in wooden frames, the people and lifestyle of Japan during the Meiji ruling come to life

The entrance of the exhibit displays a large sign detailing the account of the collections, in which Americans were finally granted access to Japan after it had remained closed and blocked off to foreigners during the reign of the Tokugawa Shogunate Permission to enter in 1853 was quickly followed by a wave of tourism, in which American citizens traveled to the country for leisure and increased exploration, doting on Japanese art and design Rather than simply seeing a culture depicted through elaborate paintings and artwork, the question of Western imperialism dawned upon me From the portraits of Japanese women created by European artists to the books written by American authors, I could not help but won-

der if the collection truly told a story of Japanese art and lifestyle or an account of Western cultural representation and the ruthless devotion to exploration, cultivation and collection

Beautifully painted and visually compelling, many of the works depict Japanese men and women performing everyday tasks such as standing on a stone bridge, walking along a path and receiving lessons in the English language In one framed work entitled “Dressing,” three Japanese women are depicted with two of the three sitting on a wooden floor

The women are dressed in traditional Japanese kimonos while a folding screen decorated with cherry blossom trees is centered behind them

Other paintings are more personal, with portraits of women adorning the enclosed space The painting entitled “Girl” by Austrian artist Baron Raimund von Stillfried is a simple headshot portrait of a young Japanese girl pictured in a robe and pinned up hair The description for the work details the artist of the painting receiving training by Felice Beato, the first European to open a photography business in Yokohama

Of this description, I questioned the exhibit’s portrayal of Japanese art, as many of the works depict European works rather than Japanese artists, thus portraying a primarily Western viewpoint of Japanese life and culture These foreign-

ers seemed to have formed their own depictions and representations of Japanese people and its society rather than actual accounts from Japanese individuals themselves

Paintings are not the only pieces featured in the exhibition

A number of crafts such as pots, trays and trinkets lie for viewing, allowing a greater cultural depiction of tangible Japanese art Surprisingly enough, American authors are also featured in the exhibition, with their featured books detailing a number of accounts ranging from Japanese arts to discussions by scholar Okakura Kakuzo Irish-born Francis Brinley, also contributed to American publications of Japanese works, as he created a number of works that featured photographs and texts describing the culture that appealed to many

Leaving the museum, a number of questions took hold in my mind, most prominently the question of Western prominence and the timelessness its actions presents In depicting Japanese life and culture through primarily European and American viewpoints, a dominant cultural misrepresentative is established Rather than observing the true form of the Japanese culture, viewers are involuntarily idealizing the images and works before them, works that do not necessarily portray an accurate depiction of nineteenth century Japanese life In this way, what is seen versus the underlying truth of a culture’s representation run parallel to each other Yet it is this depiction that ultimately shapes or knowledge of the culture we associate these images with

If not attending for the paintings and artifacts from a beautifully complex and enriching culture, I highly recommend checking out the exhibit and judging for yourself whether this collection tells the story of Japanese art and history or the story of another successful Western feat that has helped contribute the way we look at not just Japanese culture, but our own and others today

Isabelle Philippe is a sophomore in the College of Human Ecology She can be reached at ip93@cornellsun com

Watching Eva Hesse, I felt almost certain that I had seen artist Eva Hesse’s work somewhere The latex and fiberglass sculptures, the thrown-about ropes and the arrangement of her shapes seemed to me incredibly modern, given that Hesse had worked primarily during the sixties Perhaps it’s just that by now, Hesse is well-known in context of the modern art movement, with several posthumous exhibitions For example, following her death in 1970, Hesse’s work was displayed in a grand exhibition at the famous Guggenheim Museum weird, absurd sculptures that had never been quite been seen before Hesse were gathered together and in the exhibit, five years ’ worth of her work completely filled the floors of the Guggenheim, a remarkable feat given the size of the museum and Hesse’s deteriorating health prior to her death as her friends note in the new 2016 art documentary Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse does more than simply recounting the life of an artist, or discussing an art movement it explores and examines the complex interconnections between Hesse’s art and her life, detailing the development and fluidity of her times Mainly following Hesse starting from her college years, the documentary is automatically set to discuss the art of the ’50s and ’60s, a particularly volatile and shattering time of art norms as modernist movements really came into swing with postmodernism, pop art, minimalism, and so on At the forefront of one of these radical shifts was Eva Hesse, a young and talented German-Jewish woman whose family had managed to escape the horrors of Nazi Germany to the United States during the late ’30s

Divided into clear delineations of stages of Hesse’s life, the art documentary at first unconsciously tricks viewers (those who don’t know much about Hesse) into thinking Hesse’s life is tidy and that her art was simply a part of a greater movement; we start

with her going to art school, eventually going to Yale and becoming a quick favorite However, as the sections of the documentary progress, we delve deeper both into Hesse’s future and her extremely traumatizing and scarred past, both in Germany and sometime afterwards, which deeply affects her mindset, art and ability to live as she wishes until the end of her life

To this end, in general Hesse’s trauma and pain is often seen as inextricably tied to her art and her search for art as the documentary implies, the common rhetoric today is that Hesse’s constant need to develop a definitive and revolutionary style was reflective of her need to create an identity for herself, to assuage her painful feelings of isolation and trauma through recognition as a great artist and to express her emotions and memories through ideas While that may certainly be true, we also find part of Hesse’s mindset is also attributed to the artists’ spirit of the era, a time when art was done for art ’ s sake in the spirit of some sort of artistic revolution that demanded to break down any existing rule possible

The art documentary paints a fuller picture While the audio is most arguably the most important part of the documentary, as the documentary could actually be completely understood with the visuals, the collage of images and depictions of Hesse’s experiences give insight into the world of Eva Hesse we have pictures of her throughout her life, her writing, her art and the people who worked with and loved her It becomes easy to see Hesse’s evolution of breaking free from solely painting into the realm of sculpture that made her famous, from her early modernist drawings and schoolwork paintings to unconventional organic twists of ropes and wires, and shapes of resin and fiberglass molded personally arranged in neat displays

Through the combination of a compelling and well-arranged narrative and these such visuals, Eva Hesse tackles the notion that Hesse’s art was solely an expression of her trauma and fear It tackles the notion that her art was the expression of Hesse at all Rather, as the documentary shows through a careful examination Hesse’s evolution, development, and relations, Hesse’s art were mere results of her art process of creation, which was really how Hesse faced and tackled the issues she saw in her life, going beyond just her fears into how she engaged the world and the way the world was changing Through her art, she sought to explore the new, to make art that was meaningful for her subsequently, her individuality and strong stances in the ’60s tied to her post-minimalist art movements in her unique style, the sexual revolution in the unidentifiably intimate character of her work, and the feminist movement in her rare position of a successful female artist in the art world Hesse’s art followed her doggedly until her death, jumping medium to medium and constantly absorbing everything about the world around her As an art documentary Eva Hesse gives a compelling and fascinating story it doesn’t give us a bland narrative or overview, but digs deeply into the life of a woman whose art was a means of life and survival, and who, through exploring her own self in art, met the end of her tragically early end having overcome her past demons

Eva Hesse will be screened at Cornell Cinema this Thursday, October 6, and Saturday, October 8

Catherine Hwang is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at shwang@cornellsun com

Contemporary Sensibilities and Progression:

BY CATHERINE HWANG Sun staff Writer

Even before the show begins, the set at the Clark Theatre in Dillingham Center of Ithaca College is striking clean lines, neat delineations of space with blues and whites and solid colors immediately give a modern tone to Blood Wedding, the famous tragedy of Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca Set in twentieth century rural Spain, Blood Wedding tells the story of an on-going curse of a family feud and deception as it explores the story and aftermath of a young woman who abandons her own wedding for her former lover Though such a story could easily slip into the realm of cliché, the clean aesthetic and direction of Ithaca College Theatre Arts’ Blood Wedding keeps the narrative fresh and enthralling

Director Norm Johnson’s Blood Wedding remains contemporary in great part due to the set and costumes A nod to Lorca’s surrealist links, the look is simple but timeless The clean lines of the set ’ s stairs and main components are clearly modern, but also simple such that the set ’ s backdrop remains incredibly versatile for the play s purposes A blue line of tiles runs down the middle of the stage, reminding the viewers of both Spanish tiles and of the rivers that thematically run through the play

The orange-dipped clothing of the cast is both stunning and meaningfully designed Overall, the Blood Wedding of Ithaca College is incredibly visually appealing in a menagerie of light tones that belie that tragic nature of the play

But the play is especially remarkable in its detailed nature It is not the props rather, the props of the stage seem fewer and simpler, though beautifully put together and complete Rather, the details are in facial expressions of the characters, the minute movements of the

Icast and the positioning of the sounds which all add layers to the play If you ’ re lucky enough to be in just the right spot to see the faces of the characters, the effect is incredible Especially notable are the emotionally torn face of Leonardo Felix (played by Jose Useche), the former lover of the Bride (played by Veronica Ortiz), in his very first scene; the Mother’s (played by Caroline Maloney) wary and fearful expressions when only she seems to notice Death (played by Niamh O’Connor) at the apparently joyous wedding; and Death’s twitching and flickering eyes as she twists and turns on stage Every movement of each chorus member also looks deliberate and carefully done, giving the stage a sense of fullness

The progression of the play is fantastically reflected in the play through recurring themes and strong impressions left by the characters In particular is the portrayal of the Mother of the Bridegroom (the Bridegroom played by

Nicholas Byron) Although the play revolves around the wedding of the scandal created by the Bride, the Mother remains the pivotal character for the conflict of the piece in her remembrance of the deaths that resulted from the family feud with the Felix family, her skepticism of the Bride’s sincerity and her hatred of the violence that runs rampant in the tale Incredibly vocal, stern and staunch in her opinions, the Mother is by no means likeable (rather, none of the characters are) But she remains human and understandable, and the strong emotions that drive her forward in a life marked by death are amazingly expressed As the stor y goes on, the Mother’s anxiety becomes even more palpable in her nervous questions and fury

The Mother’s anxiety is justified and mirrored by the Beggar Woman who represents Death in the play Again, the details are at work: Death is especially chilling and frighten-

T r y i n g t o B e R e l e v a n t

was at a party one time and I was introduced to someone through a mutual friend “This is Nick,” my friend said “He’s really into music and he plays the piano ”

“Cool, that’s sort of interesting! What do you like to play on the piano?”

“Well, I’m classically trained, and my favorite composers are Bach and Chopin ”

“Wow, you must be really sensitive and have an exquisite taste for the nuances of creating art, like Bach’s subtle suspensions and dissonances in ‘ The Well-Tempered Clavier’ and other works!”

Or, some derivative of that story occurred, sans the closing remark Being introduced as a musician of the western classical tradition often garners a vague, uninspired response of awe and not much further dialogue The reason for this is not hard to ascertain, as the antiquity of classical music as a whole polarizes many unfamiliar individuals Those who study and play it are equated to contentious historians and scholars, blindly devoted to an art form that is slowly withering away For many years, I was able to find a certain degree of romance in this undying faith to the elder musical gods and their respective bodies of work

And, like many classical enthusiasts, I believed my preferred art to be vastly superior to the relatively simple properties and aesthetics of popular music Yet, after a fair share of existential dread and awakening, I’ve begun to lose appreciation for this isolated mode of making music Too often does classical performance feel like an anxious shout of blaring chords and lightning chromatic runs into a vast, empty void And nobody likes shouting into the void

Would classical composers themselves be pleased with how their music has been relegated to such a tiny intellectual class of players? I think not Hundreds of years ago, during the time of our beloved composers like Beethoven or Mozart, the process of musicking was entirely different from current practices of classical interpretation Chiefly, it was much more for-

mulaic than what current enthusiasts wish to believe Composers would build upon schemas, or patterns of notes and chord progressions that were popular among contemporary audiences and norms (Try to imagine the chord progression of Pachelbel’s “Canon in D Major ” This is one schema that has remained popular for so many generations of musical creation ) Often times these composers would actually improvise melodies and harmonies over these schemata, only loosely obeying the written progressions and directions This is nearly the polar opposite of modern classical playing, which as previously mentioned, is fixed in its own tradition When considering the fact that many composers worked in such a way, the current practice of playing classical music seems odd and completely academic in nature rather than inherently musical By attempting to faithfully recreate the recorded ideas of past composers, current musicians lose sight of the true artistic spirit in which these figures originated

ing when she is not speaking, but simply present on the stage, watching the characters in tight anticipation of what’s next to come Chills run down backs as she twists and writhes, in sharp contrast to the dancing wedding guests As the play goes on, she becomes increasingly decrepit, Death’s face seemingly rots more and more By the end of the play, blood looks to be splattered on her face

This change sweeps through the stage itself While generally full of oranges and whites and blues, the stage is occasionally and increasingly washed in dark greys and crimsons as the tragedy unfolds We see the blue tiles that turn into a red river; the background wash of light that turns redder and redder; and the resonance of the chorus echoing all around The stage ’ s changes become an unstoppable force of nature that indicates a sort of inevitable fate in the tragedy that must unfold The set ’ s evolving nature combined with energy and effort of the cast produces an incredibly lively and enthralling play Building off of an already-acclaimed play, the crew at Ithaca College clearly makes the script of Blood Wedding completely their own as their shows very often do through a careful attention to detail, modern sensibilities, and emotionally charged acting that charms and captivates the audience

Blood Wedding will play five more times at the Clark Theatre in Dillingham Center from October 5 to 8

Catherine Hwang is a junior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences She can be reached at shwang@cornellsun com

and practices of our time Music in its most basic form is merely a method of communication, and so when this social aspect of making music is removed, it ceases to exist on a human scale and is thus only aesthetically pleasant Many of us have seen Amadeus in high school or at some point, and despite the film’s comic undertone, it does accurately capture the communal nature of musical appreciation at the time As we rage to electronic MacBook creations, musical patrons of the 1790s raged to the fortepiano Making music that can be enjoyed and identified with by the masses of contemporary listeners is indeed truer to the origins of classical works and to music in general

Fur thermore, an exclusive fixation on classical music is contrary to the intentions of these composers As previously mentioned, composers would often write in the most popular styles of their times, seeking originality through subtle modifications of these progressions and harmonies In this sense, perhaps a true honoring of the spirit of classical composers would be to seriously consider and work within the popular schemas

This is not to criticize the efficacy of a quality classical training on a particular instrument Indeed, such a background in music awards one with a supreme technical demand and a comprehensive understanding of theory that will foreseeably always be relevant Neither am I doubting the merits of the current study of western classical music as it occurs in classrooms and concert halls around the world Yet, I do question whether this academic tradition is music in its truest form Perhaps emulating the spirit of classical composers is the finest way of honoring their achievements Not everyone derives pleasure from EDM-driven pop music, but it is important to consider these current trends and even seek to improve upon them where they may fall short This indeed is a more faithful representation of the epic visionaries of classical music

Nick Swan is a sophomore in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be reached at nswan@cornellsun com Sw a n ’ s So

Looking Back at the 2009 Jake Peavy Trade

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Cornell, Dominated by Penn, Drops to 0-2 in Ivy

By MARY BARGER Sun Contributor

The Red suffered a demoralizing 5-0 loss to its Ivy League rival, the University of Pennsylvania, at home on Berman Field this Friday The loss leaves Cornell 0-2 in Ivy League competition thus far, having come up short against Columbia earlier in the season

Penn’s dominant performance stemmed from a quick string of goals early on in the game Within the first 23 minutes, the Quakers put three goals in the net, and rounded out the first half with a fourth goal by junior midfielder Erica Higa

Such a dramatic deficit early on is difficult to overcome mentally, but the Cornell women were determined not to let Penn’s strong start negatively affect their level of play

“I thought they did a good job maintaining a proper competitive attitude in the second half, even when the result of the match was beyond their ability to change,” said head coach Patrick Farmer

While the Cornell women remained level-headed and stepped up their performance in the second half, they were unable to make up for the deficiencies in their defensive line which enabled Penn to move to the goal so frequently early on

“We needed to improve our defensive performance as a

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whole; Penn outran us in most areas of the field, so that was what caused us to give up the goals that ultimately led to the loss,” said junior defender Whitney Farber

Cornell senior goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney, who was named to the All-Ivy First Team in 2015, has long been a key strength of the Red’s defensive line However, Tierney faced a daunting offensive lineup in Penn, and sophomore forward Cameo Hazlewood was able to score a fifth and final goal for the Quakers in the 77th minute of play, off an assist from senior forward Olivia Blaber Blaber was also responsible for Penn’s first goal, seven minutes into the first half

Jessica Ritchie, sophomore midfielder for Cornell, said that Penn’s greatest strength was their organization and movement off the ball, while Farber cited the Quakers’ speed and willingness to win the ball

While Penn’s offense was its most obvious strong suit, the Quakers performed impressively on the defensive end as well Senior goalie Carrie Crook was able to deflect each of the Red’s attempts at goal, despite the fact that Cornell topped Penn in scoring attempts in the second half 7 to 6 Crook had a 806 save percentage in the 2015 season, inferior to Tierney’s 868, which placed her at the top of the league

When Cornell and Penn met during the 2015 season, the result was a scoreless draw, while in 2014, Cornell defeated the Penn 3-2 at home on Berman Field

The Red will look for redemption as they face off against Ivy League leader Harvard this weekend in Cambridge

“It will be a true test of the team ’ s mental and psychological abilities and competitive spirit going into one of the toughest venues in the Ivy League to face the conference leaders a week after a stunning result against us, ” Farmer said I am very interested to see how the team, the team leadership, and the young players we have, respond ”

The Red will compete against Harvard on Saturday at 1 p m in Cambridge, Mass

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