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Scene of the crime | A helicopter takes off from the bridge leading to West Hill, where an Ithaca Police officer was shot while pursuing a suspect Thursday night.
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Officer conscious at scene; police search for suspect By REBECCA HARRIS Sun News Editor
An Ithaca Police officer was shot at approximately 11 p.m. Thursday night while pursuing a suspect, according to police. As of 1:48 a.m. Friday, police were still searching for the suspect near the West Village Apartments complex. The officer was conscious and alert, and was transported to a medical center for treatment of his injuries, according to a statement from the city. After the officer attempted to pull over a reportedly
News C.U. Comes Out to Celebrate
Students celebrated National Coming Out Day on Ho Plaza and across campus. | Page 3
Opinion The Power of Words
Alex Perez ’12 experiences first-hand the impact that words can have on patients and encourages readers to keep this lesson in mind in everyday interactions. | Page 7
Opinion The Crackdown on Cyclers
Patricia Kim ’14 grudgingly recalls receiving a bike ticket and reminds fellow bike riders of the rules of the road. | Page 8
Arts Brief Wondrous Life of Love
The Sun reviews Junot Díaz’s M.F.A. ’95 latest series of short stories. | Page 11
Sports End of a Winning Streak
The Cornell football team fell to undefeated Harvard over the weekend. | Page 16
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stolen vehicle in West Hill, the driver got out of his car and fled on foot, according to the statement. The officer pursued the suspect in a brief chase. While approaching the suspect, the officer was shot, according to the statement. The perpetrator was described as a black male of average height with a thin build and short hair. The suspect was wearing a gray sweatshirt and a shiny diamond earring and was carrying a black backpack at the time of the shooting, according to the statement. The police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call 911 or IPD’s anonymous tip line at (607) 697-0333.
A suspicious package left outside the Bank of America downtown led police to evacuate several buildings on the Commons Thursday but was ultimately determined to be “non-threatening,” according to a statement released by the City of Ithaca. The Commons, Object was “non-threatening.” which had been partially blocked off to City of Ithaca press release pedestrian traffic for much of the day, were reopened at about 7 p.m., according to Julie Holcomb, city clerk. “The threat has passed,” Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 said on Twitter. Earlier in the day, Ithaca Police Department Lt. Vince Monticello said police were treating the object as a “possible explosive device.” The Seneca County Canine Unit and the New York State Police Bomb Disposal Unit also responded to the investigation, the city said. Earlier in the day, the Ithaca Fire Department said on its
Law School Construction Not Disruptive, Profs Say By ALEXA DAVIS Sun Contributor
Since early June, a drone of machines has accompanied the construction of a new wing at the Cornell Law School that will house a lobby, an auditorium and two state-of-the-art lecture halls.
Despite the noise, construction does not seem to be hindering daily activities, professors and students said in a series of interviews with The Sun. In place of frustration, most have expressed a sense of exciteSee LAW SCHOOL page 4
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C.U. TAKES TO TWITTER FOR #VPDEBATE Sounded like Biden was lecturing his son; a son that didn’t respect or care for him. — Jeremy Stull grad @jpstull Great, substantive debate, but Biden stole the show ... Ryan stuck with campaign rhetoric. — Jon Weinberg ’13 @jonweinberg B hit hard, often, and effectively. R held his own, finishing strong attacking O’s record and displaying youthful charisma. — Jason Wright ’12 @jsnwr
Student Politicos Split on Vice Presidential Debate C.U. Dems, GOP hold joint viewing By LIANNE BORNFELD Sun Staff Writer
Light-hearted laughs and excitement abounded among the Cornell Democrats and Cornell Republicans at a joint viewing of the debate between Vice President Joe Biden (D) and Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) Thursday night. Over warm Coors Light, Insomnia cookies and oreos, upwards of 35 campus politicos, along with several members of the Ithaca College Republicans and the I.C. Democrats, huddled
around a television to watch Biden and Ryan spar. With campaign posters plastered around the living room and the buzz of political chatter in the air, anticipation was rising before the debate began. “I think Biden is a very good debater, generally, so I expect some really good things from him … I think we can expect [him] to be a lot more aggressive in this debate,” said See DEBATE page 5
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C.U.LGBTQ Community Celebrates‘Coming Out Day’ By ERICA BOORSTEIN Sun Staff Writer
Students across Cornell’s campus celebrated National Coming Out Day Thursday, hosting events LGBTQ leaders said they hoped would help raise awareness of and garner support for issues facing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer community. “The goal of [the day] is to increase awareness and
start discussions. It’s mainly focused on finding allies in the community,” Emily Bick ’13, president of HAVEN, said on Thursday. “We know that LGBTQ people may not come out today, but they will feel more supported by feeling support on campus and seeing their friends come out in support of them.” National Coming Out Day is not limited to individuals who choose to “come out” or publicly disclose their sexual orientation, according to Bick. She said another primary focus of the day is to reach out and recruit new
allies, whose support she said helps make Cornell a more welcoming place for the LGBTQ community. The holiday is also not limited to people who identify as gay, according to Carlos Cortes ’14, president of Mosaics, a student group that describes itself as a network for “same-gender-loving people of color and allies.” “National Coming Out Day … wasn’t meant to be just for the gay community. It’s meant to be an allinclusive coming out, whether you want to come out as straight, gay, transsexual or bisexual,” Cortes said, adding, “It’s whatever identity you chose.” Throughout the day, events sponsored by HAVEN — the LGBTQ student union — and the Student Assembly were held on Ho Plaza and across campus. Events included performances by various a cappella groups; a “Coming Out” dinner at Risley Dining Hall; a training session for Peer Educators on Gender and Sexuality, an organization of LGBTQ students and allies; and more. Bick said HAVEN will also launch its traditional monthly LGBTQ dances this Saturday night. Thursday was more a celebration of sexual identity and a chance for Cornellians to come together and support one another than it was a political forum, according to Bick. “National Coming Out Day is less about political issues and more about the school and creating a safe and supportive community within Cornell,” she said. Cortes noted that Thursday’s events were a good opportunity to try to engage more minority students in the LGBTQ community. “Just being at National Coming Out Day and showing pride in our community is important because we are so uniquely different and want to represent all members of Cornell’s diverse community,” he said.
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Pride on the plaza | Cornell LGBT gives out free cookies at a celebration for National Coming Out Day hosted by various student groups on Ho Plaza Thursday.
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Cornell Naval ROTC Turns 70 By KRITIKA OBEROI
Sophomore midshipmen learn to mentor incoming freshmen; juniors learn about management; and seniors learn more leaderSeventy years after the Naval Reserve ship skills and adopt additional responsibiliOfficers Training Corps found its home at ties in their unit, according to Kato. Cornell, NROTC leaders paused to reflect Prof. Lt. Colonel Craig Wiggers, naval scithis month on how the program has evolved ence, the commanding officer of Cornell over the decades at the University. NROTC, said that the midshipmen in the NROTC, which aims to train and educate unit — which consists of 18 Navy officersfuture naval officers and marines, created a in-training and seven students training to program at Cornell because of the join the Marine Corps — are “top-notch.” University’s strong engineering curriculum, He said that Cornell NROTC also said Lt. Commander Joseph John Kato, encourages midshipmen to get involved in University senior lecturer in naval science. additional on-campus clubs and activities. But while Cornell’s NROTC program “We are very attuned to the other activibegan with a more technical focus, designed ties on campus,” said Wiggers, who said he to train officers to enter the U.S. Navy after wants the NROTC community to be an graduation, its curactive part of the riculum today is larger Cornell more flexible. The “The absolute most important thing community. “We program is based [for our midshipmen] is academics.” want to be team on developing stuplayers here on dents’ leadership Lt. Joseph John Kato campus.” skills, according to One student several of its leaders. who recently joined the program, Brian Kato said that Cornell’s program, com- George ’16, said NROTC has provided him pared to other units across the country, is with “great leadership opportunities” at particularly accommodating of — and even Cornell. encourages — students’ academic pursuits. George said he was inspired to enter “The academics are so hard here and the NROTC because of his desire to “give back absolute most important thing is academics to my country.” ... The one thing we do not want to do is to “I benefit from a lot of the freedoms in waste our students’ time,” Kato said. America, so I feel like I have an obligation to He added that because midshipmen — give back,” he said. students in NROTC — must go through As the midshipmen prepare to formally both Cornell’s selective admissions process celebrate NROTC’s 70th anniversary at its and the NROTC program’s admissions annual Birthday Ball on Oct. 19, they have process to participate in Cornell NROTC, been busy looking back at the program’s past, they are considered “the best and the bright- Kato said. est” in the country. The unit even successfully acquired an “They have skills like time management ... NROTC yearbook from the 1940s, accordand they are driven,” Kato said. “We can give ing to Kato. It will present some of its them a lot of responsibility at the very begin- research on NROTC’s past at the ball, Kato ning ... I was really impressed by how quick- said. ly they learn.” “That’s where we’re presenting the fruits The program follows a “4-step process,” of our labour,” he said. according to Kato. Midshipmen are taught to follow others during their freshman year, said Kato, who added, “It’s harder to be a good Kritika Oberoi can be reached at ko273@cornell.edu. follower than you think.” Sun Contributor
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Law School Construction‘Not Elective Surgery,’ Prof Says LAW SCHOOL
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ment and eagerness for the new space. Staff said they are pleasantly surprised that the renovations have created few disruptions. “We had assumed there would be a lot of noise affecting study in the library, but this has not been the case, as most of the disruptive noise occurred in the summer and well before school started,” said Femi Cadmus, law librarian and associate dean for library services. One key reason the construction has not been a major distraction, professors said, is the location of faculty offices. According to Prof. Cynthia Farina, law, noise pollution has not had a significant impact on faculty because most of their offices are located on the opposite side of the building where construction is taking place. In addition to avoiding the hum of machinery, faculty members have managed to evade being displaced from their offices. According to Cadmus, the only areas of the building that construction has affected are the library’s access services office and its rare book collection. The law school’s library is large enough that this loss of space has not been a major inconvenience, Cadmus said, adding that patrons can continue to access rare books by request. Some professors noted that the construction has had some negative impacts on the law school — forcing faculty
to enter the school through a more removed entrance-way and diminishing its aesthetics. “I was surprised to what extent I had tended to look out of the building for a sense of the campus’ beauty, and that no longer works,” said Prof. Kevin M. Clermont, law, who added that he used to love looking out his window at the greenery outside. Now, however, when Clermont looks outside, all he sees is rubble and construction — an effect, he said, mirrored by the experience of students who are looking in. “The rest of the University community is getting the same effect in reverse: They likely looked at the law school on the way to campus and got a charge of beauty — but that is gone until next summer,” Clermont said. But, like other professors, Clermont said the construction has been “much less” disruptive than he expected. “They did the noisy stuff over the summer, and it was not very noisy,” Clermont said. Echoing Clermont’s sentiments, many professors in the law school said the benefits of the construction will greatly outweigh its disadvantages. According to Prof. Valerie Hans, law, the addition of new classrooms will give the law school enough space to accommodate the growth of its faculty and the student body. “The new construction gives us terrific new state-of-theart classrooms, and we sorely need them because of the dramatic expansion of the faculty and the student body,” Hans said.
Adding to Hans’ point, Prof. John James Barcelo III, law, said that before the construction, the “scheduling of classrooms was too tight.” “We need the construction — this is not elective surgery,” he added. Another benefit that the construction will bring is an official new entrance to the law school on College Avenue, professors said. According to Hans, the new entrance will more fully integrate the Purcell Courtyard — a strip of greenery outside the law school — into the space used by students and staff. “If you have visited the law school, you may have been confused about where and how to enter the building,” Hans said. “The new entrance solves that problem and ushers visitors, faculty and students into our wonderful and historic building.” Workers are currently completing phase one of a threephase plan, after which disruptions are likely to increase, so the current period of calm and quiet is only temporary, Hans said. There are no set beginning or ending dates for the next phases of construction, but Hans encourages all Cornell students and faculty to “come and visit” as soon as the renovations are complete. Alexa Davis can be reached at abd79@cornell.edu.
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Facebook page that it is investigating the incident with police, and asked people to “avoid the area if possible to assist with attempts to cut down on congestion.” The Downtown Ithaca Alliance added that the area has been closed to all pedestrian traffic. “Please find an alternate route and we’ll let you know as soon as all is clear,” the organization stated on
its Facebook page. The Ithaca Journal said Thursday afternoon that there was a “bomb report” in connection with the incident, though City Clerk Julie Holcomb said this was not true. “I’m not sure where they got that information … it’s a suspicious package,” Holcomb said. Jeff Stein can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.
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Politicos on Both Sides Agree Debate‘Re-Energized’ Voters DEBATE
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Georgia Crowther ’14, director of fundraising and philanthropy for the Cornell Democrats, as she settled in to watch. “I think he’ll amplify that to make up for Obama’s last debate performance.” Others placed their bets on Ryan before the debate started. “Paul Ryan is extremely articulate; I expect he’ll give Biden a run for his money,” said Jessica Reif ’14, chair of the Cornell Republicans. “I feel like Biden will try to run on the record of the Obama administration, which will be difficult for [Biden] because [Obama] doesn’t have a leg to stand on.” As the two opponents took the stage, the hum of political debate hushed. Balanced upon the arms of couches and crowding the floor, all viewers’ fixed on the television screen, diverting their gazes only to chuckle or make the occasional exclamation. Laughs were frequent and unbridled, especially following the candidates’ smug grins and mocking snickers in response to their opponent’s statements. Ryan’s jab at Biden’s seeming penchant for gaffe-making and Biden’s dig at Ryan — “Oh, now you’re Jack Kennedy” — were met with passionate “whoa!”s. “Those were moments which kept people engaged and kind of kept things interesting — kind of like sparring,” said Jessica Palmer ’13, president of the Cornell Democrats.
After the debate, opinions were split among viewers, though affiliates of both political parties acknowledged that both debaters had strong performances. Reif said she felt that Ryan was “very cool and collected” throughout the debate. “I think he did a good job pointing out the failures of the Obama administration to address issues like unemployment,” she said. Palmer noted that the two debaters had “very different” goals in mind, which influenced their respective strategies throughout the debate. “Romney and Ryan have to stand [on] the platform of looking forward,” she said. “Biden and Obama have, in some ways, a more difficult job because they have a past record people can call them on. They have the goal of defending [that].” Students split on Biden’s performance, with some praising the vice president for his no-holds-barred approach. “I don’t think Biden was out of line … [he and Ryan] were having fun,” Palmer said. Other students, including Alex Pruce ’13, vice chairman of the Cornell Republicans, said they found Biden’s demeanor rude. “I think Ryan was more professional; I think you have to expect a better performance from your vice president in terms of manner and professionalism,” Pruce said. “While his rebukes may have been warranted, they were delivered poorly.” Reif echoed Pruce’s sentiments, criticizing the vice president for his aggressive air in the debate.
“I think that Biden’s quite frankly rude demeanor is a disgrace to the entire debate process,” Reif said. Although the two differed on their perception of the debaters’ performances, both Pruce and Palmer agreed that Thursday’s debate — like most presidential and vice presidential debates, they said — will have little effect on the presidential election. Still, Palmer said Thursday’s debate likely helped to “reenergize the [Democratic] base.” “[Biden] re-engaged the American voter, which is crucial right now,” she said. Palmer added that, while the presidential debates came off as being “staged and cold,” Thursday’s debates showed the candidates in a “more honest, more likeable, more human” light. “They were both interested in talking about the issues. Whether they were [being] serious or not, they were trying to make it engaging for the audience,” Palmer said. “Both Biden and Ryan made it clear that they care about the American people.” Pruce added that he saw the lively debate as a “theatrical” one that effectively captured viewers’ attentions. “They made it more personal, and they addressed issues in a way we relate to more than did Obama [or] Romney,” Pruce said. “I think it was much better than the first debate.” Lianne Bornfeld can be reached at lbornfeld@cornellsun.com.
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I seethed. I complained to my roommate. I kicked my bike. But at the end of day, I broke the rule in the book, and I’m paying for the ticket. As policeman Mr. Friendly was writing down my ticket, he mentioned that he had been issuing a lot of tickets lately, as part of a recent crackdown to catch offending bicycles for their offensive cycling. Whether the purpose of that crackdown is for the benefit of the cyclers’ well being or for that of the finances of the state is debatable, but I am both an optimist and a pacifist, so I am going to go with the former. If it is indeed the former and that the crackdown is the result of a recently overlooked surge of cycling accidents, then I ask why the CUPD could not issue a warning on the phenomenon and enumerate the rules that would prevent it. For I genuinely had no idea that some of the rules existed, let alone know their breach entails traffic tickets, let alone know that such tickets even exist. Maybe it is their responsibility, maybe not. Maybe some good lawabiding citizens carefully look up the minute details of legal bike riding, maybe some don’t. Maybe some of the rules are common sense, maybe some are most probably and definitely not. I am writing this article as part of a mental health exercise and mainly as a friendly warning to the Cornell cycling community that it is in your best interest to bite the bullet and stick with the rules from now on.
the sidewalks amongst the pedestrians. Yes, that’s the law: off the pavement until it gets kind of dangerous. Basically, think of your bike as a car and ride it as you would drive a car, except in all the situations where the many un-car like characteristics of the bike require your audaciously riding it like one. Sorry for the bitterness. It’s going to take time. Rules are for safety, and I genuinely wish to comply with those necessary to the well being of myself and that of the others. It is also my genuine wish that when obscure rules are to be quietly and suddenly and vigorously enforced, expected enforcees be made aware of that vigorous enforcement and reminded of the behavior it mandates. 2011 witnessed an unapologetically unannounced 143 jaywalking ticket debacle. And in 2012, we begin afresh with a cycling crackdown of what seems to be of parallel nature. Thus, my dear fellow bike riders of the Cornell community, I would suggest that you keep your pedals firmly in line, and in the meanwhile, check the state rules on bike riding. For your safety and that of your wallet. I mention the latter if only because it has been my general experience that that is what really hits it home. Safe riding then. Patricia Kim is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She may be reached at pkim@cornellsun.com. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.
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Is Veterinary Medicine Straying Away From‘One Health’?
s vet students, one of the main distinguishing characteristics that we use to describe ourselves is what species we are interested in working with in the future. You’re either a “small animal person” or a “large animal person.” Small animal is generally only cats and dogs, but if you’re interested in wildlife / exotics you can identify yourself with one of those groups too. Large animal is typically divided into horses and cows / other ruminants (for example goats and sheep are ruminants like cows because they all have the same digestive system). If you don’t have a general group of animals that you want to work with, then you’re either a “research person” or a (much rarer) “mixed person.” I’ve been hearing for years that the whole idea of mixed animal practices is fading into the past. People talk about how veterinary medicine is getting more specialized due both to client demand and the fact that there’s so much more knowledge than there used to be that it’s hard to be well versed in everything. People will take their cat to a general small animal practitioner because they will assume that she knows more than a mixed animal practitioner who works on several other species as well. I get the impression that at Cornell (I can’t speak for other vet schools but I suspect many others might be the same), we take the idea of specializing to a whole new level. For example, you can want to be a small animal general practitioner … or you can want to be a small animal surgeon or internist. Or maybe you want to be a veterinary ophthalmologist or cardiologist. All of these specialties require extra schooling after vet school — typically a one year internship and a three-plus year residency. I’ve always felt that the school encourages specializing because that’s how you make a name for yourself and that’s what they want to see from their graduates. It’s much easier to be a famous veterinary cardiologist than a general practitioner. No one has ever explicitly said this though, so maybe I’m just getting the wrong impression. Regardless, around halfway through our time as students we pick a “track”
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where we choose to focus our elective studies on a particular grouping of animals. So to summarize — we segregate ourselves (mentally, at least) into groups, and the school encourages this separation. Furthermore, internships and residencies can be extremely competitive, so people tend to have an idea early in vet school if they might want to do one so they can spend breaks and summer doing externships in their chosen field of interest. I have to say that this system works well for me. I like to know things in all of the detail that there is to know about them, and it frustrates me to have a more shallow understanding of a broad range of topics. I would prefer to know everything about one thing than a lot of little things about everything — I also learn better when I’m given detail on why things work the way they do than when I’m told to memorize broader facts. However, I recently attended a guest lecture by Dr. Ahmed Tibary, a world renowned theriogenologist (a veterinarian who works in reproduction) who is currently a professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University. Dr. Tibary has worked internationally with a variety of animals, from cows to horses to camels. His lecture was about how he was able to figure out how to properly manage camel reproduction (a multimillion dollar industry in parts of the world) only because he had considerable experience with a variety of other species first. This made me realize that I think we’re starting to grossly undervalue the importance of comparative work in veterinary medicine. We talk a lot about the concept of “One Health” in which multiple disciplines encompassing
both animal and human health work together to better the health of the planet. Veterinary medicine is supposed to have an especially important role in One Health because it already deals with several different species / fields and therefore knows how to integrate disciplines, which gives us a unique vantage point when analyzing problems of public and global health. But how can we reconcile this
Nikhita Parandekar Hoof in Mouth with the the level of specialization that we also encourage? If we learn to specialize in vet school, doesn’t that take away the multidimensionality that we boast of and make us the same as every other health profession out there? I’m definitely starting to think about stepping out of my comfort zone and not closing the door on opportunities that I may initially have discounted because they involved animals that I didn’t think I would want to work with. That being said, this is probably a concept that I’m going to develop a much deeper understanding of as I progress in my career, and a topic that I’ll probably revisit again in this column sometime in the next couple of years.
Nikhita Parandekar graduated from Cornell in 2011 and is a second-year veterinary student in the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine. She may be reached at nparandekar@cornellsun.com. Hoof in Mouth appears alternate Fridays this semester.
It’s How You Say It: Why Manners Matter in Medicine
ne of my first clinical exposures as a medical student occurred in an oncologist’s office at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. It was late in the afternoon and the interpreter arrived only a few minutes before the oncologist and I were scheduled to meet with the patient. The patient’s tests showed that the cancer was
the language, even to the point of replicating, with good accuracy, an IberianAmerican accent. However, at one point during the translation, the interpreter made a faux pas in phrasing something the oncologist said. The doctor stated, in reference to whether the patient would wish to stay on his cancer treatment or prefer to just be treated for the pain and
Alex Pérez What’s Up, Doc? in the end stages and the oncologist was going to ask the patient if he wished to continue with the chemotherapy or discontinue it and be treated for the pain associated with end stage cancer. When we entered the room it quickly became apparent that the patient believed he was getting better and was expecting good news from the doctor. Working through the interpreter, the oncologist diplomatically began to explain the situation to the patient. The patient and I speak the same dialect and I was able to observe the full translation of everything the oncologist said. The interpreter was not a native speaker, but demonstrated a mastery of
focus on the quality of his life, that it was “his decision based on what he wanted to do with his time.” The interpreter, however, stated “es tu decesión como tú quieres pasar el tiempo que te queda,” which translates to “it’s your decision about how you want to spend the time you have left.” When the interpreter stated this, the color in the patient vanished and his face fought ferociously to hide the tremendous sorrow that overcame him. Technically, what the interpreter said was an acceptable variation of what the doctor had said, but in truth the interpreter’s words killed the patient’s spirit. Recall the patient was optimistic about his prognosis, but the
interpreter’s words forced the patient to confront his own mortality in a stronger way than was intended by the doctor. The effect on the patient was profound. For the remainder of the appointment the patient was silent, and while he was physically in the room, looking into his eyes one could tell he was no longer with us. I tell this story to drive home a point that is essential to not only the practice of medicine, but I recommend should also be a template people should follow in their everyday lives: The phrasing of your words matters just as much as the message you wish your words to convey. A sense of professionalism, good bedside manner and breaking hard news to a patient or their family all mandate that a doctor have the ability to navigate the nuances of language to make sure the essence of their message is enveloped in a tone of compassion. How a doctor describes a disease, its treatment and its prognosis has the ability to send the patient’s perspective of their disease into a dismal tailspin or give them the strength that hope gives to fight a disease. Doctors have an obligation to do no harm, and the word harm here extends beyond the physical definition, to include the mental and spiritual aspects of that term. Our words, if chosen callously, can harm our patients in ways no medical test can detect, but all medical professionals can see. Yet, this observation is not unique to medicine. In our age where politicians push
hyperbole as fact, disturbed folk bash other people’s religions and attempt to mask their bigotry as dialogue and where hateful speech replaces courteous discussion, I think we should all reflect upon the power that our words, and especially the phrasing of our words, have on other people. In the medical realm, doctors serve the patient and part of this service is understanding that how we say something to a patient is often equally as important to the patient as what we are telling them. We must choose our words with consideration and respect because physicians do not treat disease — they treat patients who are human beings with emotions, sensitivities, families, cultures, fears and souls. As a recent graduate of East Hill I know Cornell University to be a place where “open minds and open hearts” is not just a phrase but a modus operandi. Yet, still I would encourage you all to remember that you are all each other’s patients. You are the doctor to the kid who eats at Okies alone, to the peer who sheds a tear after the second Orgo prelim and to the student you have never met before but who happens to cross your path today for whatever reason. I wish you all a great semester, and remember: Do no harm.
Alex Pérez is a first-year M.D. / Ph.D. student at Weill Cornell Medical College. He may be reached at arp2012@med.cornell.edu. What’s Up, Doc? appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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you will overlap in some way with one or more of these characters. They scrap the past in favor of the present, bonding over car rides, gifts, dancing, study sessions, movies, marijuana, LSD, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, You either ‘get’ The Perks of Being a Wallflower or you “Come on Eileen,” The Smiths and lots of mixtapes. Most teenage movies fall apart after these introducdon’t. But if you do, it gets you, too. Ever since the source novel was first published 13 years ago, many have com- tions, devolving into hedonism or empty moralizing. pared Stephen Chbosky’s coming-of-age tale to J.D. Perks is not like most teenage movies. In a rare sign of producers Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. The association makes trust, sense, as both novels derive their power from empathy handed directing and resonate strongest with the creatures most demand- and writing duties ing of it: teenagers. Not everyone connects with these sto- to the most capable possible: ries — not because of class, race or age as much as a cer- hands tain sensibility. Perks, as it is affectionately called, speaks Stephen Chbosky to those with a curiosity unfulfilled by a school curricu- himself. He expands lum, those with a romantic streak marked by spells of the characters he sadness, those who crank up Bowie’s “Heroes” while dri- created with simple ving with the top down and windows open because, hell, but undoubtedly filmic elements that’s life right there. Set in Pittsburgh circa the early ‘90s, Perks tells the (there’s grain on the story of Charlie (Logan Lerman), who narrates from a image!). Soft light series of letters he sends to an anonymous acquaintance. diffracts about the Charlie is a shy, troubled and brilliant kid entering his theater during a freshman year of high school. Suicide took away his one Rocky Horror reengood friend just months before, and the violent death of actment the friends his Aunt Helen (Melanie Lynskey) — his “favorite person stage before a in the whole world” — on his seventh birthday haunts packed midnight him still. Struggling alone with remnants of severe screening. Their depression, Charlie finds the transition more difficult dance moves bring down the house, despite slip-ups here than most. There’s that one girl who calls him a “faggot” and there. These kids might as well be you or me during for his neat stationary; other bullies join her when they those times we stepped out of our comfort zones with a learn he aces papers and completes them early. Perhaps little help from our friends. Perks appeals to those you need to suspend some disbelief to buy that a guy who moments of belonging — when “we are infinite,” as Charlie says — and asks us to cherlooks like Lerman can get ish the love we get. this much flak, but think The Perks of Being a Wallflower Love, in its oh-so-many forms, back to the dull ones in unites these characters and tears high school who saw beauDirected by Stephen Chbosky them apart. Sam eventually returns ty in conformity and disorFeaturing Logan Lerman, Charlie’s affection, in a romance der in everything else. Emma Watson and Ezra with many ups and downs. Patrick With nachos in his carries on a secret relationship with hands and nowhere to sit Miller the school’s football star despite at the football game, growing homophobic pressures. Charlie summons a few words to engage Patrick (Ezra Miller), the goofy senior in Charlie tortures himself with the burden of his aunt’s his freshman shop class. Patrick’s half-sister, Sam (Emma death, for she died in a car crash after giving him a speWatson), joins them and Charlie is instantly smitten — I cial birthday present. Charlie’s supportive English say “instantly” because of the angelic close-up that intro- teacher, Mr. Anderson (Paul Rudd), finds an answer for duces her, with her face eclipsing the Friday night lights all the pain the most positive of emotions seems to carry: like a halo. After the game, Sam and Patrick welcome “We accept the love we think we deserve.” The cast (which, by the way, includes our very own Charlie to the “Island of Misfit Toys,” Sam’s too-perfect title for their eclectic group of friends, which also Julie Leon ’15 as an extra in the first Mr. Anderson scene) includes “punk Buddhist” Mary Elizabeth (Mae dodges the histrionic pitfalls littered about these roles. Whitman), kleptomaniac Alice (Erin Wilhelmi) and Lerman delivers a quietly powerful performance that may stoner Bob (Adam Hagenbuch). These are the creative be tough to watch for those who share or have shared his and inquisitive types, some from happy families and oth- timid or depressive traits. As for Watson, not once did I ers from abusive ones. If you fall under Perks’ purview, think about the Harry Potter films when she was on ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor
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screen. Far from an overachieving bookworm (it is Charlie who helps her study for the SATs), Sam suffered childhood abuse that left her damaged, and Watson nails the subtleties. And Miller, who terrified as the child from hell in We Need to Talk About Kevin, does an about face here, stealing the best and funniest lines. His role also demands a few potent scenes, whereupon he taps into that familiar melancholy. I guess you can look at all this and still consider Perks to be routine, or contrived, or stereotypical. Come on, Zach, I’ve seen this all before, you say. You have, yes, and you’ve also heard, smelled, tasted and felt these moments before. Those memories rattle around your brain to this day. Therein lies your power. Consider life itself. So much of it abides by routine: PHOTOS COURTESY OF SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT We start with the developmental rites of passage mostly out of our control — our first hairs, teeth, steps, words, ‘potty.’ We grow up with ‘play dates,’ television programs and coloring books with shapes that have already been drawn. We begin to process what is going on, how others view us and how we view them. Bam! Acne hits, voices crack and organs grow. We feel miserable. We don’t ask for the purpose of life but for the purpose of living. We grow outward. We begin to notice a pattern. We are surrounded by people playing this same cosmic game. We realize we don’t have the answers to life but everyone else does. We ignore that they actually don’t, because we are having too much fun. We laugh, gossip, cry, fight, kiss, have sex and children. We grow old and settle in routine once more — there are bills to pay. We relax and watch our children start all over, and then their children. We die. What’s the point? Who knows. But we do know the time was worth it when we’re with those we love. We exchange jokes, secrets and mixtapes. And we watch a movie like The Perks of Being a Wallflower and think, “Huh, someone else gets it.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower is now playing at Cinemapolis.
Zachary Zahos is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com.
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Taken for Another Ride
For years, whenever Taken has come up in conversation, people I know have had nothing but enthusiasm for and enjoyment in the sheer sensory overload of the film. For me, however, there have always been two burning COURTESY OF issues that have made my eye twitch whenevEUROPACORP er I considered them. In the first instance, the DISTRIBUTION daughter Kim is kidnapped, drugged and sold to the highest bidder; and yet she returns her mother, Lenore (Famke Janssen), are to her life seemingly untraumatized and with expanded, forcing the actresses to explore a remarkably cool head. Bryan Mills (Liam their characters beyond the slight amount of Neeson) also has some issues to contend with, screen-time they received in the last film. given that he murdered droves of people and Lenore actually joins the action apart from then sauntered back into the United States as simply hosting a birthday party, and Kim if there was no cost to taking a human life. becomes more than the damsel in distress What this year’s sequel gave me is exactly drugged beyond comprehension. The two what has been plaguing me since 2008: con- surprisingly rise to the occasion, stepping into sequences. their extended characters and doing more The characters of this film are, for the than screaming and crying. Don’t worry most part, those from the first film reprising though, they have not suddenly become ninja their roles. Neeson masters returns with his tradeor sharp Taken 2 mark gravelly voice, shooters delivering lines so similar Directed by Oliver Megaton overnight to those in the first film — their Featuring Liam Neeson like, “Your mother and I involveare going to be taken.” ment in Neeson reverts immediately back into the role the action sequences are somewhat believable of Bryan Mills, giving an occasional shout- and they do not detract from Mills running out to our favorite moments and treating his around and destroying people as we so affeccharacter both mockingly and affectionately tionately remember him doing. through his overprotectiveness of his daughSince, of course, Mills managed to kill ter, Kim (Maggie Grace), and other little nearly all the villains in the first film, new obsessions and quirks. The roles of Kim and characters had to be hatched for him to fight
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and thus Murad Kransniqi (Rade Serbedzija) joins the cast. A man living in the same village that birthed the horrible kidnappers of the first film, Kransniqi is the father of the man Mills slaughtered so memorably through torture and electrocution in his quest for his daughter. Kransniqi and his henchmen return to find Mills and enact their revenge. No longer in Europe, this film brings its characters to Istanbul, an absolutely beautiful set for the film and that offers narrow streets for car chases and bustling markets for shootouts. Director Oliver Megaton attempts a different look to his shots than Pierre Morel did with the first film, chopping up scenes and utilizing unique camera foci. Distorted, out of place, color-bled shots of boats and churches are seen as Mills tries to recount his journey through the streets. During a car chase, I could nearly feel the fear, through the camera angle, of the unlicensed driver behind the wheel zipping across railroad tracks at 100 mph. Megaton plays with an almost Guy Ritchie style to some of his shots (not Ritchie a la RocknRolla; think more Sherlock Holmes). Though I generally appreciate kinetic and
unique shooting and editing, this style does not necessarily work for the Taken films and Megaton may have been better off maintaining the basic camera work of the first film rather than attempting to adopt a different approach. Often, when going to the movies these days, critics expect to see glorious films both artistic and moving. It is in bad form to engage with anything tacky that actually entertains, as attention should be paid to that which is deep and powerful, however truly boring we may find it. Taken 2 reminded me of the flaw in that logic. It will not win any grand awards, nor is it trying to: It was created with the simple purpose to entertain its audience. I felt involved in the characters and story of the film: I cringed, I sat forward, I covered my mouth with my hands and I felt actual shivers run down my spine at one point. I am not saying it was a masterful film and that you would have to be a fool to not love it: I am simply recommending you take it at face value. It is a supremely fun piece of work and I felt refreshed and content after seeing it in a way I have not in a long time. The ending glared at you from the moment the movie began, but it was the journey getting there and the action in between that was worth the time and money. Suspend reality for a while and go with no expectations of grandeur, and Taken 2 will remind you of why movies were created in the first place: to distract and entertain. Marissa Tranquilli is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at mmt62@cornell.edu.
Hollywood Is Propaganda A
t the risk of sounding like one of those tinfoil-hat wear- of aesthetic snobbery, based on the problemating crazies you find wandering up and down the west- ic assumption that mass media products were ern seaboard in their hordes, let me say that Hollywood inherently devoid of artistic value, or that their is propaganda. It’s not a particularly earth-shattering or sole virtue was to showcase Clarke Gable’s latground-breaking thesis, but it’s an interesting one to tackle in est hairdo. One might also find the idea of the a short column nonetheless. Our premise begins with the autonomous capitalist propaganda machine statement that Hollywood is propaganda. To wit, that movies somewhat far-fetched and tinfoil-y. produced in Hollywood construct a vision of what is the Nevertheless, this narrative — that the prodproper order of things, to which cinema audiences worldwide ucts of mass media are worthless at best and are compelled to follow. Whether or not this is deliberate mind-numbing tools at worst — persists to social engineering or simply the byproduct of some this day. How else would one explain that hipinscrutable evolutionary process is a question for another ster friend who always watches independent time. For now, let’s just stick to the basic premise and explore films and turns his or her nose up whenever he or she hears of the latest Michael Bay explosion some of its implications. The idea that Hollywood, or mass media for that matter, porn? Or that other guy who swears never to is propaganda is hardly new, but it took on a character that pay good money to watch a rom-com, espeyou might not expect. In the 1940s, Theodor Adorno and cially if it features Ryan Reynolds’ signature Max Horkheimer, philosophers peddling a brand of European cocksure grin? The endless grind of paparazzi magazines Marxist critical theory, wrote an essay titled “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception,” in which they delving in excruciating detail into the private lives of celebribasically took the idea of Hollywood and mercilessly decried ties (especially those whose notoriety derives solely from realit as a tool of self-serving capitalist pig-dogs, as it were. The ity TV) is only further testament to the strength of physical idea was that Hollywood was basically like any other capital- tropes persisting in the minds of the latter-day would-be proist-controlled means of cultural production, mass-producing les, directing the current of popular discourse. You might cookie-cutter products designed to lull audiences into apathy think that making fun of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s and instill universal moral values aimed at upholding the latest romantic activity is the only acceptable response to such overblown triviality, but to what extent is the very act of snickincumbent ecumenical order of pax capitalista. The Bogart-esque square-jawed hero or the Betty Grable ering at the idiocy of it all a tacit buying-in into the behavioral pin-up icon so endemic to that time were apotheosized as the patterns that the unseen masters of the media empire want to cultural ideals and lionized as paragons of individuality. But instill into you? Is the propagandistic machine of capitalism the truth was, according to Adorno and Horkheimer at least, more insidious than you think, making people like us, who that their very distinctiveness belied the calumnies of the take pleasure in mocking these deservedly mock-worthy bits of pseudo-celebrity trivia, party to the beringed plutocrats machinations of the cultural industry? pulling the strings behind But let’s move away from the whole the theater curtains. capitalist pig-dog narrative, which is someBecause aesthetic distincwhat alarmist and unfashionable (commutiveness was characterized nism died two decades ago, by Jove!), and by physical tropes — the talk about Hollywood as an instrument for square jaw, the delicatelyexpressing American exceptionalism. We placed lock of hair just so Armchair are inured to the idea that Hollywood is all — these Hollywood icons, Aesthetics about promoting the all-American hero à American heroes all, were la Bruce Willis, who kicks the ass of the not truly individual, but rather idealized archetypes for the teeming masses to aspire to foreign terrorist with the funny accent, giant Texas-sized asterwhile drudging in their soot-stained overalls and suburban oids or dumbshit alien invaders who can’t shoot straight. The kitchen-prisons the nation over. And aspire they would to recent film Battleship, a case in point, was all about the these unreachable mirages — while remaining docile and American Navy (there were other ships, but the American inured to their class-based plight, foregoing the call to revolu- Navy was what mattered in the end) walloping the living daytion on the fear that the very source of their Huxleyan soma lights out of some token stupid alien invaders. It was a big — the capitalistic products of mass media — would be taken ‘Murica hoo-yah flick with great Michael Bay explosions and away from them, their mystic heroes revealed as the empty appearances by navy veterans, a truly classic showcase of American exceptionalism on par with The Avengers, another shells they truly were. Of course, the critics of the theory decried it as another form film about American heroes kicking the asses of idiotic
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invaders. Propaganda is a tool to up navy recruitment numbers, to be sure. But what kind of effects does Hollywood’s global distribution have on the popular culture and consciousness of international audiences? Does Hollywood enforce a vision of America as the continuing hegemonic power? Or does it paint a picture of a declining state determined to shore up its image by producing billion dollar flicks showcasing its military glories? Do Tony Stark’s terrorist-decimating adventures in the Middle East in the movie Iron Man send a signal that America can and should use its military prowess to intervene in foreign conflicts? Is the frequent portrayal of villains with Russian or British accents an indication that Hollywood wants to characterize villains as usually of another national or cultural ethos and history? These are all open questions with no clear answers, because they are generalizations and stereotypes. It remains to be explicated whether or not Hollywood, as a whole, peddles a certain consistent brand or vision of America and Americans to its international audiences, and whether or not that vision actually influences international perceptions and values in the way that it is expected to influence American perceptions and values. It seems to me that the transmission of cultural products is almost every bit as important as other legitimate channels of international relations in determining the dynamics of international relationships and mutual understanding or misunderstanding. Hollywood is propaganda, sure. But in what ways the propaganda machine serves to affect the discourse worldwide on America and its cultural values is a more interesting question. Colin Chan is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be contacted at cchan@cornellsun.com. Armchair Aesthetics appears once a month this semester.
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Squad Looks to Remain Undefeated in Ivies
in the game,” said sophomore midfielder Conor Goepel. According to Zawislan, the most dangerous times in a game for a scoring opportunity are at the beginning of a half, after another goal was scored and in the final moments of a half. Harvard was desperate to find a place on the scoreboard and with 2:25 remaining in the first half, the Crimson put the heat on the Red and finally broke through. Freshman forward Oliver White tapped a rebound past Pflasterer and settled the game at one-all heading into the break. “Obviously we are really geared towards getting the shutout — that completes our victories, especially as a goalkeeper and part of the back line,” Pflasterer said. “But in the end, we got the result and that’s what’s most important and not getting the shutout gives us a couple more things to look at and see what we’re doing wrong and specifically how that can affect us down the road.” Goepel led the Red into battle during the second half, notching a goal and an assist. At the 63-minute mark, junior defender Patrick Slogic headed the ball past Festa and gave Cornell the 2-1 lead. Junior forward Daniel Haber took a shot from the left corner of the box that was blocked, so he sent it toward Goepel who found 6-5 Slogic in the right place at the right time. Goepel put the game away just over 13 minutes later after receiving a pass from senior forward
“Our whole strategy was that we Tyler Regan as the two streaked up The Red had the offensive edge the field toward Festa in goal. for most of the game, with Goepel had to defend and we had to keep Cornell fought for the entire 90 lighting up the scoreboard in the our lead and not let them score,” minutes to secure the 3-1 win over 20th minute. Reisert caught the Nissl said. ball from Nissl in Cornell’s offenThe senior forward set the Red’s the Crimson. “Ivy League games are very sive half and passed it off to Goepel, mind at ease with 38 seconds left to tough, very intense with little mar- who was positioned just five yards play when he scored the game-icing gin for error,” Zawislan said. “You from the Raiders’ box. The sopho- goal, giving Cornell the 3-1 victory have to play from the first whistle to more recorded his sixth goal of the in Hamilton. the last whistle ... and focus for the season, as well as his 20th career “It was nice to relieve the preswhole game.” point. sure from the team,” Nissl With just the bus ride home to “We came out really strong explained. The Raiders gave Cornell a run celebrate, the Red began preparing against Colgate and I think it was for the Colgate Raiders as soon as one of the better starts of the sea- for its money, as the Red battled for the full 90 minutes to keep its the team returned to campus. son,” Goepel said. Cornell dominated the next 60 unblemished streak intact. Looking to the next game on the “Although we’ve won every schedule, Zawislan said that his minutes, with Haber making his game, we’ve had team does not easier times in harbor on pre“Every game this season we’ve had to earn the games vious achievewhere we’ve ments when our result. There has not been a single game gone on top beginning where we can look back and say that game first and have preparation for been able to its next oppowe didn’t show up and play at the control the pace nent. highest level possible.” of the game “I give credit remaining from to our players Jaro Zawislan that and not and their charhaving to play acter — they are staying humble and focused on presence on the field known at from behind,” Goepel said. Looking ahead to this weekend, 78:50 when he beat a Colgate the next game,” he said. On Tuesday night, Cornell defender and sent a shot past Liam the men’s soccer team has another extended its win streak to 11 in a Stapleton in goal. The junior gave dangerous competitor lined up. decisive 3-1 victory over Colgate. the Red the 2-0 lead, as he recorded Cornell will host Yale (3-5-3, 0-1However, despite the positive result, his 15th goal of the year. However, 1) at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Berman the game was much closer than the true to any game’s unpredictable Field for its annual Alumni final score indicated. Nissl scored nature, Colgate struck while the fire Weekend. Zawislan emphasized his first goal of the season with just was still hot and the Red was cele- that his team works hard to earn 38 second remaining on the clock. brating the 2-0 lead. Shane Conlin every win this year and will bring “Priorities are always to take care sent an unassisted shot past that same determined attitude to of the defensive side first, but when Pflasterer just 24 seconds after the pitch on Saturday. “Every game this season we’ve you have the opportunity to put a Haber’s winner. Colgate brought third goal in and transition to the game within one at 2-1, making had to earn our result. There has attack you do that,” Zawislan the last 10 minutes of play tense on not been a single game where we can look back and say that game we both sides of the field. explained. didn’t have to show up and play at the highest level possible,” he said. “Every game we have to go out there and prepare to outplay and outcompete the other team and execute the game plan. That’s how we put ourselves in the position to succeed.” With a strong preparation that has dated back to the preseason in August, the team will look to shatter the school record for consecutive victories, as well as earn three more points in the highly competitive Ivy when purchased online at League conference. However, www.GreekPeakMtnResort.com despite the notable achievements by 10/15 that the Red has accomplished week after week, according to or through Cornell Ski and Ride Zawislan, the past 11 wins will not (cfs76@cornell.edu) by 11/15 play a role on game day. “A previous result will not have
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an effect on the scoreboard at the beginning of the game,” he explained. Yale has been experiencing a rough season, leading into this weekend’s game. Scoring a conference-low five goals all season, the Bulldogs are the only Ivy team yet to score a goal in conference play. The team has not scored since Sept. 23 in a game against Marist, reflecting that the team’s offense is not as strong as its defense. The back line has only let nine goals by in its 11 games, matching Cornell for the second-best mark in the Ivies. While Yale leads the series, 45-23, over Cornell, last year the Red walked away with a 2-0 shutout. Another highlight of Saturday will be the Red’s annual contest to “Break the Berman Record,” as Cornell hopes to attract over 1,000 fans to Berman. The number of supporters for the men’s soccer program have steadily been gaining strength in recent weeks, as more fans have turned their attention to the undefeated Red. When Penn came to town on Sept. 29, over 700 fans flooded into the stands to support the team. “This weekend we are going to need that same energy [from the Penn game] and we’re hoping to exponentially increase that,” Pflasterer said. “We’re really focused on having that fan base bring us through and breaking the Berman Record. Hopefully we’ll have 1,000 plus people and that will be an atmosphere that I haven’t experienced at Cornell yet.” Acting as a 12th player on the field, the fans have contributed to gaining momentum on the field, according to Cornell players, including Nissl. “The fans play a huge role in the game,” he said. “A huge credit is to the fans who come out who give us the energy, cheering for us the whole time. You definitely feel the tired legs in the second half and having a great support from the crowd gives you the energy to keep fighting.” In addition to breaking a record for the number of fans in attendance, Cornell is raising money for pediatric cancer research as local businesses are donating Lauren Ritter can be reached at lritter@cornellsun.com.
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MEN’S and WOMEN’S POLO
Men,Women Kick Off Season With Home Matches at Oxley By EMILY BERMAN Sun Staff Writer
After strong finishes at the national championships in April, the men and women’s polo teams return to kick off the new season as the men seek to outpace the Skidmore Thoroughbreds and the women saddle up against the UMass Minutemen. The action begins Saturday with the women’s face-off against the Skidmore Minutemen at Oxley Equestrian Center. Cornell dominated UMass, 36-1, in last year’s game, with the Red running up the score to 22-0 by halfvs. time. Although the Minutemen’s current squad is more practiced than the young team the Red faced last season, head coach David Eldredge ’81 expects the Red to Cornell - Men stand up to the challenge. “[The Minutemen] are good ridSunday, 1 p.m. ers, they know the game, they just Oxley Equestrian Center might not have quite the experience our players have at making the finer plays,” he said. On the men’s side, the team hopes for a repeat of its smothering 44-0 performance last year against the Thoroughbreds. According junior captain Nik Feldman, the game will be a good way to prepare for next week’s game against defending national champions UVA. “Skidmore will be a game to get warmed up and get everyone moving,” he said. “We have UVA the coming weekend and they’re the No. 1 team from last year. We just want to get out there and get in the groove of things.” Feldman captains the team alongside senior Branden Van Loon, who was a junior captain last year. Other
returning players include sophomore Nick Steig, who was awarded with the MVP award at the USPA Arena Open championship over the summer, and Connor Pardell, who started for the Red in last season’s national semifinal game. Other returning players are also expected to contribute, Feldman said. “[Senior] Justin Schick will be a big player to watch this weekend,” he said. “He’s been at the top of his game at practice and is a promising asset.” The women’s squad lost starter Amanda Stern but maintained secUMass ond-year co-captains senior Ali Hoffman and junior Kailey Eldredge. Fighting for the third starting spot will be three “absolutely fantastic” incoming students plus vs. last season’s alternate Beth LeBow, David Eldredge said. Hoffman adds that the depth of this year’s team makes it a stronger Cornell - Women squad than last year’s group. “This year we finally have a full Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. starting squad and a second string Oxley Equestrian Center that can go out and play against top-ranked teams,” she said. “We’ll be getting a lot of competition during practice and not just during games.” With so few players departed due to graduation, both the men and women’s teams have high hopes of winning the national championships this season. Both teams lost to UVA in the national tournament last year, with the men falling, 28-10, in the semifinals and the women dropping, 17-13, in the finals. According to David Eldredge, the men want to carry their strong end to last season into their upcoming games. “For the men in particular it’s picking up from where we left off last year and trying to make a step up to the next level,” he said. “They were a young team last year
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to Tretter, the squad realizes what went wrong against the Crimson, and is working to turn it around against Monmouth. “We have a very mature team and we all know we didn’t play our best game at Harvard,” he said. “We need to be better on third down.” The Red was only 2-of-14 on third down conversions, compared to Harvard’s 7-of-14. The squad also only had 14 first downs, while the Crimson more than doubled that total with 30. The defense also struggled, failing to bring down Harvard’s elusive quarterback Colton Chapple at all throughout the game, and only breaking up five of his passes. “We hate losing and we don’t
want to do that anymore,” Tretter said. The first step will be taking on Monmouth. With only six games left in the season — all of them Ivy matchups — the Red is in the homestretch and will likely have to win all six contests in order to challenge Harvard for the Ivy title. According to Tretter, this is well within what the team has planned to do all season long. “For the seniors, we have six games left in our careers, and we want to control what we can,” he said. “Our goal at the beginning of the season was to win out, to go 10-of-10. Now our goal is to go 6-of-6, but it starts with Monmouth.” Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun.com.
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Leading the pack | Senior Branden Van Loon will captain the men’s team again, alongside junior Nik Feldman.
and this year we’re hoping the maturity kicks in.” He added that he feels the national runner-up women’s team will be an even more dominant force this year than they were last season. “We’re coming back with a stronger team we believe than we had last year,” he said. “We feel that we can win our region and then move onto the national picture where we think we’re in amongst four teams in that echelon in the national rankings.” Emily Berman can be reached at eberman@cornellsun.com.
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SPORTS
Red Sends Runners to Wisconsin, Princeton
By JUAN CARLOS TOLEDO Sun Staff Writer
It’s nearing crunch time for the Red in this cross country season, as both the men’s and women’s teams will be traveling to compete against some of the best teams in the country. Members from both teams will be splitting up this weekend, with some heading to the Midwest to compete in the Wisconsin Invitational, and the rest heading to New Jersey to run in the Princeton Invitational. With the Heps cross country finals just two weeks away, men’s cross country coach Zeb Lang ’03 says that he feels this weekend will be the opportunity for his top runners to really assert themselves. “This is the last really big meet of our regular season,” he said. “This is the meet where I think our Top-10 or so individuals will get themselves ready for postseason competition. It’s really sort of the big finale for the regular season even though we host our home meet next weekend.” Additionally, the Wisconsin meet will allow for the Red to put it all on the line against the best teams that the country has to offer.
“They are both annual meets,” Lang said. “The Wisconsin meet is an invitational, and in the last couple of years it’s become the central ground for some of the top teams in the country to compete together. Every team at this meet is a very high quality meet.” Women’s cross country coach Artie Smith ’96 has spoken all season about preparing for the postseason by competing against the best teams, and says that he is excited by the opportunity to travel to Wisconsin. “I think if you look at the competitions that we’ve been at, they’ve been getting more and more difficult,” he said. “It’s an opportunity to get better against tough situations. It’s great to prepare for championship meets. You can’t duplicate that in practice.” With meets on consecutive days, Lang said that he realizes that it is a lot to manage and that he will not be able to see all of his athletes compete. “From a coaching perspective, it’s a lot to deal with logistically,” he said. “I’m looking forward to the trip out to Wisconsin, but unfortunately I won’t be able to see my guys run at Princeton.” Although he will be unable to
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Crossing the country | The men’s and women’s cross country teams will be sending members to both the Wisconsin Invitational and the Princeton Invitational this weekend, with coaches Zeb Lang and Artie Smith splitting their duties.
see all of his athletes race, Lang is nonetheless excited that this weekend presents his team with the opportunity for most of his team to compete. “This way we’re able to get as many people to race this weekend as possible,” he said.
Smith said the he realizes that this is the first time this season that his team has had to deal with this situation, but the team nature of his squad allows for this to happen smoothly. “It’s the first time this year that we’ve had to deal with this,”
he said. “I think overall that’s great about this group is how flexible they are and how cooperative they’ve been with one another.” Juan Carlos Toledo can be reached at jtoledo@cornellsun.com.
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ground for other teams within the conference to try and recruit these transfers to their squads (some openly recruited on Penn State’s campus saying that they were merely “giving the opportunity” to any Penn State player who wanted to transfer, which I think is a dirty lie). The respect that coaches showed for the players took a
moment away from the competitive spirit of college football as they realized that these players are first and foremost students. There are a lot of stories that have come out of this tragedy that are more subtle than the support for the football team. The fans of Penn State football have been affected in a very profound way as well. Many interviews with fans immediately following the trial talked about a betrayal, that they felt ashamed of cheering for a pro-
gram that had been supporting such extensive abuse for so many years. In many ways, Happy Valley itself has been affected by this story. Beaver Stadium had more than 90,000 fans in attendance last weekend, but many business owners were very afraid before the start of the season that a lower fan turnout would hurt their businesses that depend on football season to survive. Whether or not the fans and alumni have rallied as
they have in the past to bring money into Happy Valley during football season will only be seen as the season continues. The reason I wanted to talk about Penn State football in my first column is that there are a lot of different issues in play that I think are unexpected effects of these sanctions. First and foremost, the players on the Penn State football team have shown a loyalty to a program that they have been a part of for a maximum of
three years coming into this season. As a student and also a fan of college football, I cannot imagine their disappointment at having expectations of playing for such an iconic program completely destroyed in such a short amount of time. However, the players’ dedication to Penn State has shown leadership that is impressive on the field as well as off the field. This loyalty is matched by the fans as well as the community members who have rallied around this team in the creation of a mutual support network to help everyone in the Penn State community start a very long healing process. A team that started 0-2 this season, Penn State has won its last four games and is playing with a momentum that was palpable last weekend. The Penn State football community is putting a lot more on the line than football for this program, and it’s catching fire. Finally, I want to take a moment to explain the name of my column “Sucks to Suck.” When I was a kid, many coaches would say that everyone was a winner for participating in sports and that there were no losers. Even in the collegiate and professional sports world, losses are often categorized as “moral victories” for the team that does not come out on top. As a kid then, as an adult now, and as a fan of a school that loses a lot of games it takes dedication to be a Northwestern fan) I can say with confidence that this is not the case. There is no competitor who enjoys being last under any circumstances. It truly does suck to suck, and I won’t let you forget it. Annie Newcomb is the Design Editor. She can be contacted at design-editor@cornell.edu. Sucks to Suck appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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DANI ABADA
SCOTT ESTHER ANNIE RUBY CHIUSANO HOFFMAN NEWCOMB PERLMUTTER
LAUREN RITTER
UINTIN SCHROEDER Q SCHWAB
JEFF STEIN
HALEY VELASCO
CORNELL VS MONMOUTH
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
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CORNELL
BROWN AT PRINCETON
BROWN
PRINCETON
BROWN
BROWN
BROWN
BROWN
BROWN
BROWN
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
HARVARD VS BUCKNELL
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
BUCKNELL
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
COLUMBIA AT PENN
PENN
PENN
COLUMBIA
PENN
PENN
PENN
PENN
PENN
PENN
PENN
TEXAS VS OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA
TEXAS
OKLAHOMA
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
OKLAHOMA
TEXAS
LSU VS SOUTH CAROLINA
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
SOUTH CAROLINA
LSU
SOUTH CAROLINA
LSU
LSU
LSU
STANFORD VS NOTRE DAME
NOTRE DAME
NOTRE DAME
NOTRE DAME
NOTRE DAME
STANFORD
NOTRE DAME
NOTRE DAME
NOTRE DAME
NOTRE DAME
NOTRE DAME
COLTS VS JETS
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COLTS
JETS
COLTS
COLTS
JETS
COLTS
COLTS
JETS
COLTS
RAVENS VS COWBOYS
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COWBOYS
RAVENS
RAVENS
RAVENS
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RAVENS
GIANTS VS 49ERS
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49ERS
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49ERS
GIANTS
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LAST WEEK
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7-3
8-2
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6-4
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30-10
24-16
27-13
17-23
24-16
30-10
30-10
27-13
23-17
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MEN’S SOCCER
Cornell Hosts Yale, Hopes To Break Berman Record By LAUREN RITTER Sun Sports Editor
With five games still on the schedule, 2012 has been a record-making year for Cornell men’s soccer. The No. 16 Red has extended its school record to Yale 26 straight games with a goal, has experienced its best start to a season in program history and has finished its out-of-conference play with vs. a spotless record. During Fall Break, Cornell (11-0-0, 2-0-0 Ivy League) picked up its two Cornell latest victories, competing against Ivy rival Harvard (1Tomorrow, 1 p.m. 6-3, 0-1-1) on Saturday in Berman Field Cambridge, Mass. and neighboring Colgate (3-5-5, 1-0-2 Patriot League) on Tuesday in Hamilton, N.Y.
Competing in its second conference game of the season, it was important that Cornell earned a positive result against the Harvard Crimson on Saturday afternoon. The Ivy League is notorious for its unpredictability and competitiveness because without a tournament at the end of conference play, every game has the power to make or break a season. “We knew going into the game, it would be a very difficult game,” said head coach Jaro Zawislan. “Going to Harvard and getting a positive result ... would be hard. We knew that they would be a quality team and our opinion of the team has not changed.” Both teams brought a high intensity to the field, fighting to take control of the game from the first whistle. Harvard pressured the Red right out of the gate, sending a shot hurtling towards netminder Rick Pflasterer in the first five minutes. Diving for the ball, the senior denied Crimson player Zach Wlfenzon the goal and recorded the first of six save on the night — a new season high. “It was a very hard fought game,” Pflasterer said. “We are developing a significant rivalry between us and Harvard. We are both competitors and there was nothing short of that on the field this weekend.” Hitting the ground running, the Red established its offense fairly quickly, with junior midfielder/forward Stephen Reisert earning the first goal of the night at 9:30. Senior attacking midfielder Nico Nissl caught the ball in the center of the field and slotted it to Reisert, who fired it off low to the right past Harvard goalkeeper Joe Festa. Cornell earned the 1-0 lead, which it maintained through most of the first half. “It was nice to be able to get on the scoreboard first after a few games where we were trailing early See M. SOCCER page 12
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 12, 2012
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Penn State Football: After the Aftermath
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hile I am starting my column midway through the semester, I am no stranger to the pages of The Cornell Daily Sun. For the past four years, I have worked in the Design department of the paper, working tirelessly behind the scenes to make this paper look beautiful at all times. However, there is a need in the Sports section this semester for snarky analysis of football, and I am more than willing to fill this gap. While you may question my credibility to take on this role, that would be a mistake. I have grown up a football fan — Northwestern football specifically — and have done any number
Many fans held up signs around the stadium that read “We support our players” or “We stand with the team” in an outpouring of support that I have never seen for a team before. What is clear in the aftermath of the trial and subsequent sanctions handed down to the football program is the strength of the football team as a unit and the community of Happy Valley. In July, the NCAA announced that the program would be charged $60 million, be banned from postseason play for four years and would vacate all of their wins dating back to 1998. Immediately following this announcement, an article sur-
Annie Newcomb Sucks to Suck of seemingly ridiculous things to follow them. I promise. Given my love of Northwestern football, I want to talk about Penn State, which is the team that delivered my beloved Wildcats their first loss of the season this past Saturday. The scandal and scrutiny surrounding Penn State football is no secret. It would almost be impressive if you know nothing about the Sandusky trial at this point, or how it affected the team at the end of last season with the firing of Joe Paterno after he had been the head coach since 1966. The game this past Saturday was homecoming for the Nittany Lions, but it was clear from the kickoff that this season centers on more than football for the fans.
faced that more than 30 players had made a promise to each other and to the school to stay at Penn State for the fall. This was important because the sanctions allowed any current or incoming player to immediately transfer and play at any other school, which would eliminate the normal year that a transfer player would not be eligible to play. These thirty players stood together and used words like integrity and honor to describe their goals for this coming year. It was a sentiment echoed by multiple Big Ten coaches who made statements that they would not use Penn State as a feeding See NEWCOMB page 14
FOOTBALL
Red Welcomes Monmouth to’Kopf By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor
The last time the Red played at home, 15,333 fans came out to watch a 45-6 rout over Yale. This Saturday, the squad returns to Schoellkopf Field for its final non-conference matchup against Monmouth (3-2, 2-1 NEC) — a team the Red (2-2, 1-1 Ivy League) has never played before. “We’ve been looking forward to playing at home again,” said senior offensive lineman J.C. Tretter. “There’s always a little extra juice when you get to take that march up to the stadium and play in front of friends and family, it gives us an extra boost.” Coming off a disap-
pointing conference loss to don’t have history on them Harvard last weekend, the like we do with other Red will need that some- teams, but we’re taking extra time watching thing extra to film.” get back on The Hawks had track against an Monmouth their three-game experienced winning streak Monmouth snapped in their team that will be most recent game brand new to against Albany, C o r n e l l . vs. falling 55-24. According to H o w e v e r , Tretter, despite Monmouth has never having proven its balanced played the offensive attack — Hawks before, Cornell averaging 228.6 the squad is not changing much Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. passing yards and 161.4 rushing yards in preparation Schoellkopf Field throughout the first for Saturday’s five games of the game. season. Their “We’re doing the same stuff we always do defense has also been solid, — looking back at the limiting opposing quartergames they have played,” backs to just 189 passing he said. “Unfortunately we yards per game, something
that the offensive line will have to be wary of. Tretter realizes that the O-line will have to provide better coverage for junior quarterback Jeff Mathews than it did against the Crimson, where Mathews was brought down three times. “We take pride in keeping [Mathews] upright and we’ve been doing extra drills to make sure we do that,” he said. “Monmouth is talented and active up front, so we’ll get that taken care of for Saturday.” Against the defending Ivy champions last weekend, the Red really lost the game in the first and fourth quarters, where it was outscored 35-0. According See FOOTBALL page 13
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Protecting the precious | According to offensive lineman J.C. Tretter, protecting quarterback Jeff Mathews is essential.