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GARRETT STRESSES FACULTY,STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Delivers rst State of University address

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Senior Writer

President Elizabeth Garrett spoke about her commitment to supporting faculty, the student experience at Cornell and crosscampus collaboration in her inaugural State of the University Address Friday morning to attendees of the 65th joint TrusteeCouncil Annual Meeting

The theme of the weekend-long meeting was “Global Cornell,” according to Board of Trustees Chair Robert S Harrison ’76, who opened the program Cornell is at the vanguard of addressing numerous global challenges, with both students and faculty “making a difference on a global scale,” he said Garrett echoed a similar vision of Cornell’s presence and growth on the global stage

Speaking first about faculty, Garrett announced that the University had raised $638 million for faculty support, including $59 million for faculty renewal, and announced a goal of hiring 80 to 100 new faculty members “and perhaps more in the coming years ”

“Our commitment to great faculty spans the disciplines,”

Trustees Hear Fossil Fuel Divestment Arguments

By SOFIA HU Sun News Editor

“If shared governance is to have any real meaning, you must respect this unique, united decision and consider this matter seriously,” said Prof David Shalloway, molecular biology and genetics, as he urged the Board of Trustees to divest the University’s endowment from fossil fuels

Shalloway’s presentation at Friday’s Board of Trustees open session meeting marks the latest step in an effort towards divestment, a movement that began when the Student Assembly passed a resolution in February 2013 calling for Cornell to divest from the fossil fuels industry Since then, all four other shared governance bodies have passed similar resolutions, and a letter in support of divest-

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ment addressed to President Elizabeth Garrett and the Trustees has garnered over 1,200 signatures in 10 days “This unanimity is unprecedented in Cornell’s history, ” Shalloway said

Shalloway was followed by trustee Donald Opatrny ’74, chair of the Investment Committee, who presented

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By JENNA RUDOLFSKY Sun Contributor

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event Saturday, showing solidarity in Ithaca’s first official event for the cause The event hosted by a group of community members, students and faculty from nearby schools began with a march from the

Ithaca Commons to Beverly J Martin Elementary School for a teach-in

Marchers held signs bearing slogans such as “standing on the

By EMILY FRIEDMAN Sun Staff Writer

Atlantic Philanthropies, an organization that has given billions of dollars to suppor t projects around the world, will donate its archives, along with a $4 million gift, to Cornell

Since its founding in 1982 by Chuck Feeney ’56, Atlantic P h i l a n t h r o p i e s h a s g

totalling nearly $1 billion for the University, including $350 million for Cornell Tech and a g

Cornell tradition

After a year-long tour and selection process, the organization has decided to house its archives in Cornell University Librar y ’ s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

“ We selected Cornell not because it was Chuck’s alma

mater, but because Cornell has the best digital resources in the c

Oechsli, president and CEO of Atlantic Philanthropies

Garrett said Feeney’s impact can be seen “ ever ywhere you t

contributions his organization has made for the University and the immense effect he has had in shaping the University over the years The archives ser ve as evidence of his dedication to philanthropy “ The archives document Atlantic’s extraordinary philanthropic work around the world,” Garrett said “It captures the foundation’s unique strategic approach its focus on big-bet giving, giving for impact and, most impor tantly, Chuck Feeney’s commitment to giving

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By RUBY YU Sun Contributor

Festivities for Cornell Engineering’s sesquicentennial commenced with a welcoming presentation on its history Friday, featuring keynote speakers Lance Collins, dean of the engineerng college, Prof Emeritus Francis Moon, engineering, and Prof Emeritus John Abel, civil and environmental engineering

The College of Engineering has a rich history at Cornell, according to Moon, who served as the director of the Sibley School of Mechanic Arts from 1987 to 1992 The Morill Land Grant Act of 1862 required the teaching of mechanical engineering, but at the time, there was no model for the curriculum of mechanical technology Through the joint efforts of leading figures like philanthropist Hiram Sibley and engineer Robert Thurston, the Sibley College paved the way for the education of mechanical engineering

Mechanical, electrical and civil engineering grew in prominence between 1885 and the early 1900s, Moon

said By 1909, these three subdivisions of engineering constituted 14 percent of the university’s overall enrollment

The electrical engineering program was pioneered by Prof William Anthony, who spent his time abroad in Europe designing an electric generator called the “ gramme dynamo” at the Sibley Shop, according to Moon

“This is another story of the transformation of knowledge from Europe to the United States through the College of Engineering at Cornell,” Moon said

The gramme dynamo was exhibited at the World’s Fair in Philadelphia in 1876 and at the Chicago Fair in 1893 The original model is currently displayed by Cornell’s physics department

Cornell’s engineering program has grown significantly since its beginnings, and in 1909 became the largest civil engineering school in the United States, according to Abel

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Back to the future | Padmasree Warrior M S ’84 offered her predictions for the engineering field Saturday in the Statler Auditorium

Weekend events showcase past, while also forecasting future

By DIVYANSHA SEHGAL Sun Staff Writer

This weekend, the engineering department hosted students, faculty and alumni at a series of talks, panel discussions and ceremonies commemorating 150 years of teaching and research

While the events opening events Friday focused on the college’s history, Saturday’s events looked to the future of both Cornell’s college and the engineering field in general

The first panel on Saturday examined what the University is doing to encourage entrepreneurship at both Cornell Tech, the University’s applied sciences graduate campus in New York City, and the Ithaca campus Dan Huttenlocher, dean and vice provost of Cornell Tech, and Zachary Shulman ’87 J D '90, director of Entrepreneurship@Cornell, joined Collins for an a discussion on the expansion of the department

Huttenlocher said Cornell Tech currently has four master ’ s degree programs already running, with two more to be initiated next year He added that there is a required entrepreneurial curriculum at Cornell Tech that brings masters students from both business and technical backgrounds together to work in teams to build projects and businesses

“Our goal is not necessarily that our students go out and immediately start a company, or ever start a company, but it’s that skill set, that ability, that confidence in themselves to work and manage in very high growth and uncertain environments,” he said

Shulman described Entrepreneurship@Cornell as a Universitywide endeavor that has support from all 15 Cornell deans The office guides interested students and faculty through the process of building a startup, from building a business model to launching it He said he hopes that Entrepreneurship@Cornell will create a total of 14,000 sq feet of incubator and collaboration space for entrepreneurs

Elaine Jackson ’78 said she was impressed by what Cornell Tech has to offer students

“Like [Dan] said, an engineering or an MBA student is not going to be successful in and of themselves I think that being able to be that one person[the faculty member] that has all the answers that will take it [startup] forward is really very unique,” she said “Having that interdisciplinary support from the university is going to be key, like they said, to take these startups forward ” Later in the day, featured guests Dr Robert Langer '70, and Padmasree Warrior M S ’84 joined Collins for a discussion on what the engineering field will look like in 50 years

Looking back | Prof Emeritus Frank Moon, engineering, details the history of the engineering college Friday

Cornellians re ect on varied aspects of engineering

By DIVYANSHA SEHGAL Sun Staff Writer

Surrounded by various artifacts showcasing Cornell Engineering’s past, College of Engineering alumni and faculty spent the weekend in Duffield Hall for various events celebrating the program

President Elizabeth Garrett praised the University’s engineering college at a lunch on Saturday, emphasizing the importance of a good engineering program at a research university like Cornell

“I don’t think that a great research university can continue to be great unless it has a spectacular college of engineering; not just because of what engineering does in its own orbit, but also what it means to all the other disciplines,” Garrett said

She said she feels great pride in not only the diversity of the college’s students and faculty, but also in “diversity in the way we approach teaching,” outlining the variety of opportunities students have to grow as individuals and hone their skills

“We also have opportunities for our students to put their knowledge to a test, in project team, in entrepreneurship programs including product design and manufacturing, including working with the Dyson

School [of Applied Economics and Management] on a minor,” Garrett said

In a Saturday talk in Statler Auditorium, Dean of the College of Engineering Lance Collins discussed the changes he has noticed since he joined the college in areas of alumni involvement, costs of education and diversity in technical fields

“We are a believer that leadership is not a thing that you are born with, which was the old view Instead, our leadership program says that you have to discover the leader inside of you, ” Collins said “These are hard fought battles that originated in the minds of alums, and I am deeply appreciative of the guidance I have received ” David Shmoys, director of the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, told The Sun he thought the sesquicentennial celebrations provided a great opportunity to look at how operations research can grow in the coming years

“Operations research is a booming area; there is huge push to have ‘analytics’ aid a wide swath of industries, often in the tech world, but spanning such application domains as healthcare, the retail industry, the built environment and transportation in particular,”

Shmoys said “ORIE is core part of the new tech campus in NYC, and starting in the Fall 2016, we will be offering an M Eng ”

Prof Br uce van Dover, director of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, said he thought the field plays an important role in reminding people that “everything is made of something ”

“[Department of Materials Science and Engineering] formed in response to the growing recognition that advances in all forms of materials are essential to technologies that improve the life of people and the environment,” he said Lois Pollack, director the Department of Applied and Engineering Physics, took the opportunity to look at the

dents

“We are proud to empower Cornell’s engineers who want to build something useful with the vision of physicists, who are pushing the limits of knowledge to explore new frontiers,” Pollack said “We ask hard questions and tr y to invent ne w ways to answer them ”

Diyansha Sehgal can be reached at dsehgal@cornellsun com

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Garrett said, referencing construction projects such as Klarman Hall that will benefit the humanities departments, as well as new grants for science, technology, engineering and mathematics research such as a recent grant of nearly $5 million award-

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Garrett also noted that many current under takings involve interdepar tmental collaboration between the arts and sci-

learn[ing] new things about themselves through the eyes of the other ” Cornell is especially successful with its grant proposal acceptance rate, according to Garrett Among the successes this year was an $8-million grant and an invitation

Infrastructure program, awarded by the

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The University is also now partnering with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to open a $10 million cancer center dedicated to developing nanotechnology therapies, Garrett said T

must continue and must be intensified,

Cornell needs to be “creative in seeking support for the research in all of our disciplines” and “ must continue to aggressively seek funding, from governmental agencies as well as philanthropic sources ”

In light of “the entrepreneurial spirit [that] has always characterized what we do,” Garrett also announced a new partnership with Blackstone Launchpad, a

campus-based entrepreneurship program

Garrett said that the program ’ s main goals are to first help students develop their “entrepreneurial ideas” and then to convince them to stay local in order to order to reinvest their training in the regional economy

The second major theme Garrett discussed was the student body

“Our students are simply amazing,” she said “It is important to provide ample support so they both contribute to and gain from the academic experience at Cornell ”

Earlier this year, Garrett presented a number of initiatives to improve the graduate and professional student experience Moreover, the University is in the process of implementing new graduate and professional degrees across its many campuses Some of these programs involve collaboration with international schools, such as programs run through the Joan and Ir win Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute and a new MBA program at Tsinghua University in Beijing

“ We will explore how to encourage additional collaborations of this sor t, ”

Garrett said “ These sorts of programs will keep Cornell at the forefront of the higher education ”

Garrett said she hopes to facilitate sim-

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Engaged Cornell a 10-year, $150 million initiative seeded with a $50 million commitment from the Einhorn Family Trust “aims to establish community engagement and real world learning as a hallmark of the Cornell undergraduate experience,” according to Garrett

This initiative will also work with Global Cornell to extend international opportunities to the undergraduate popu-

lation Similarly, with the help of Andrew Paul ’78, Garrett said a new College of Agriculture and Life Sciences global fellows program would support 25 to 30 undergraduates each year “in the pursuit

internships to enhance and complement their career goals through cultural immersion internationally ”

She also announced the opening of the University’s first international office in Shanghai, China Cornell currently has 75

with Chinese institutions More than 125 undergraduates studied abroad in China l

Chinese students studied at Cornell In addition, more than 1,200 Cornell alumni live in China, with 300 of them based in Shanghai

After discussing the myriad achievements across Cornell’s campuses, Garrett articulated her third theme: the need for cross-campus connections

“ We already have many cross campus collaborations, but we must have more, we must do better in this area, ” she said Garrett also announced her decision to put funding towards encouraging these collaborations and “ to begin a new program providing feasibility and planning grants to create new academic programs that span Cornell Tech and Ithaca ”

Describing Cornell as “ at once realistic and idealistic,” Garrett challenged the Board of Trustees and council members

“Let us build on the visionar y purpose of Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, and let us embrace the quest for something better that is also part of our heritage,” she said

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Emily Friedman can be reached at efriedman@cornellsun com

“The Filipino-American War and the Writing of a Novel: Reflections on History and the Art of Fiction” Tuesday, October 27, 4:30 p.m. Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Trustees Confront Calls for Fossil Fuel Divestment

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several points against divestment, and by a discussion where other trustees voiced mainly anti-divestment opinions

The passed resolutions call for divestment over a 20-year period from the 100 coal and 100 oil and gas companies holding the largest fossil fuel reserves These companies’ shares currently make up 0 5 percent of the endowment, according to Shalloway

While the Office of University Investment previously claimed that Cornell would lose over $100 million dollars over the past 10 years had it divested, Shalloway said this statistic was not based on data from the past decade, but rather from market fluctuations between 2004 and 2013

“It’s likely that divestment will earn, not lose, us money, ” Shalloway said “The same analysis, but for the real past 10 years, ending in 2015, shows that divesting would earn $47 million dollars ”

Additionally, Shalloway highlighted the harm climate change will have in the future and Cornell’s role in combating it

“Hurricane Sandy gave us a $65 billion dollar taste of what climate inaction means, ” Shalloway said “We’re actually raising the level of Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt [Island] and citing its buildings’ entrances on high ground,

because 500 year floods are now 20 year floods in New York City Our planet is its hottest in millennium, and we ’ re on track to exceed the safe maximum temperature by the time Cornell freshmen reach middle age ”

Shalloway urged the Board of Trustees to make Cornell the first Ivy League university to divest from fossil fuels

“Indeed, it will require courage for Cornell to be the first to stand out from the pack,” Shalloway said “But living up to our progressive tradition will bring rewards beyond fulfilling our duty ”

Shalloway’s arguments for divestment from an ethical and financial standpoint were followed by a presentation from Opatrny, chair of the Board of Trustees’ Investment Committee, which voted unanimously to recommend opposing any divestment action

One of the greatest concerns relating to divestment is that it may make it more difficult to find quality third-party managers to run Cornell’s endowment portfolios This could result in “significant underperformance as a consequence, ” Opatrny said

Additionally, the decision to politicize the endowment investment by letting environmental concerns overtake financial analyses may set a dangerous precedent, according to Opatrny

“Should we decide there’s a marginal cost for taking this type of action, what’s the next step?” Opatrny said “Other

debates that exist are water, Palestine, Israel, Russia, food genetics, you choose Where are we going to make that type of determination? I think it’s a fairly slippery slope ”

As Opatrny’s presentation concluded, the Board of Trustees segued into a discussion over the issue Trustee Barbara Novick ’81 said she did not believe divestment is a viable option

“Energy companies are the largest investors in alternative fuel, so if we divested from them, it’s sort of like cutting off your nose to spite your face,” Novick said “They are going to be the future in the alternative side I think this is interesting and interesting to talk about, but I don’t really think that the goal is going to be achieved by divestment ”

However, the Board of Trustees should do more than say no to divestment, Trustee Bruce Raynor ’72 said

“Clearly, there’s not this sentiment today, here, to consider divestment,” Raynor said “But, I think we need to listen to the faculty, who are such an important part of Cornell, and the students, who are such an important part of this University, and not say what we won ’ t do and say what we will do to take leadership on climate change It’s not divestment And I don’t think it’s just public relations ”

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side of love ” Some activists also wore shirts with phrases such as “I can ’ t breathe,” referring to the death of Eric Garner, black man who was killed when a police officer placed him in a chokehold in July 2014

The marchers alternated chants, shouting “ no justice, no peace, no racist police” and “hands up, don’t shoot” along with the movement ’ s namesake phrase

The march concluded with a rally outside the elementar y school, where activists sang “We Shall Overcome ” Community members gathered inside to hear from several speakers on a variety of topics ranging from understanding the Black Lives Matter movement, racism in the Ithaca area and the empowerment of youth in the area

All of the panelists educated the audience on different aspects of Black Lives Matter as well as the adversity black residents face in Ithaca Prof Sean Bradwell, culture, race and ethnicity, Ithaca College, spoke about the opposition to the movement

“The response of All Lives Matter is a result of white supremacy, ” Bradwell said “The reason why it is white supremacy is because it is not an organic It’s used as a response to silence black lives, and that is the work of white supremacy ”

Another panelist, Rita Bunatal, an undergraduate student at Ithaca College, said the racism she faces everyday makes it difficult for her to be part of the conversation

“I pray that I can correct a fellow classmate without being perceived as an angr y black woman, ” Bunatal said Prof Nia Nunn Makepeace, women and gender studies, Ithaca College, said it is difficult to teach college students to recognize their privilege and combat their ignorance

“The majority of my students that are white don’t identify

themselves as white,” Makepeace said

The group then broke out into three sessions focusing on the Fourth Amendment, gentrification and food justice and the need to work together as a community to combat racism In each session, leaders gave background information regarding their topic and held question and answer sessions for those in attendance

Prof Russell Rickford, history, was one of the most involved planners in the event “ The idea came after the Charleston, South Carolina shooting Several of us connected to Africana were thinking about responses, ” Rickford said “The idea to hold a teach in through Black Lives Matter [was chosen] because we felt it was a way to respond to anti-blackness not only in Charleston but around the world

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Attendees represented a wide variety of community groups, which organized with the goal of addressing the prevalent racism

“The community was planning with us, ” Rickford said “Folks came from a lot of institutions, schools, service groups, and congregations Ever yone took their message back to their community I’d say word of mouth was the way people heard about this ”

Jamel Simmons ’16, one of the Cornell students in attendance, said he felt that the topics discussed throughout the event spoke to his personal experiences

“As a black person, I’ve dealt with a lot of the issues discussed today: police oppression, food deserts I’ve been through all of that,” Simmons said In the future, Rickford said he hopes Black Lives Matter events will continue in the community

“I think Black Lives Matter can be a way to shift from outrage to resistance,” Rickford said

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“Part of this dissemination that takes place is because students from here and junior faculty members from here take positions elsewhere and they bring the ideas to the other places,” Abel said

However, engineering at Cornell suffered a slump from 1905 to 1945 called “The Long Slide,” when other academic institutions started to invest in engineering, making Cornell’s facilities outdated, according to Moon

Moon quoted Prof Dexter Kimball, industrial engineering, who once addressed these shortcomings and said “unless the alumni trustees and friends of the institution bestir themselves and supply some of these deficiencies, Cornell will lose prestige ”

Cornell experienced a second renaissance in engineering after 1945, according to Moon Solomon Hollister, who became dan of engineering in 1937,

began to re-energize research and was persuasive in getting resources from alumni and the support of the trustees to get new facilities for the engineering department Since then, over 30 alumni and faculty in the Sibley School have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Moon highlighted the development of Cornell engineering over the years by comparing the 1915 curriculum to the curriculum taught today For example, rather than teaching about internal combustion engines and marine engineering, teaching today focuses on wind turbines and robotics

This event also honored Nora Stanton Blatch Barney ’1905, the first American woman to earn a degree in civil engineering and the first female member of the American Society of Civil Engineers Her family will join Cornell in dedicating a plaque in her honor

Ruby Yu can be reached at rjy32@cornell edu

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Langer talked about the increasing role of engineering in medicine He said that technology will enable the synthesis of new tissues and organs and will aid the treatment process, from better sensors for identifying diseases to better recognizing of data patterns to effective drug delivery mechanisms

Warrior said the role of robots will increase in nursing and health care as the world’s seniors start to outnumber its youth for the first time She also focused on how the next 50 years will fundamentally change transportation as we know it due to the rise of electric and autonomous vehicles

After a day full of talks and panel discussions, a time capsule created by Cornell’s Steel Bridge project team was unveiled It will be buried under the sundial on the Engineering Quad, loaded with, among other items, alumni social media posts about the department, a 3-D printed ear from a Cornell lab, a piece of the original yellow terracotta of Upson Hall and the Intel Galileo Board, which is the first board specifically designed to power the maker community

After the day’s events, alumni told The Sun they enjoyed the sesquicentennial events not only

because of the opportunity to listen to leading scholars talk about their fields, but also to touch base with other Cornellians, and appreciate the beauty of the campus once again “I always love meeting faculty,

Celebrations

but what I really look forward to is meeting with student project teams, and seeing what they’re up to, ” said David Orr ’87

Divyansha Sehgal can be reached at dsehgal@cornellsun com

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

B u r n t h e N i g h t c l u b D o w n : O l d 9 7 ’s a t H a u n

Haunt’s stage, but still put forth full-bodied grit Banditos vocalist Mar y Beth Richardson quickly became the group ’ s focal point Richardson’s voice conjures up Janis Joplin or m

Hammond articulated through his West Texas drawl, “As you can tell from the speed of our return, our leaving was fraudulent ”

The Haunt suits the Old 97’s unassuming and wholehearted sound perfectly The Dallas natives played at the venue on Friday night to a crowd that, for most of the show, filled ever y space between the stage and the bar Save for a stray noodle dancer and a lumbering, bearded thirty year-old who yelled, “ Why aren ’ t you all fucking dancing?” the crowd happily bobbed heads, knees and feet to the set, beers in hand Old 97’s is, after all, a superb bar band that has car ved out a two-decade career, largely in smaller venues

In his Pitchfork review of the group ’ s 2014 Most Messed Up, Stephen Deusner calls it straight: Old 97’s has past its reckless youth years But, Deusner notes, the group has “the gumption to admit that they can ’ t keep singing about romantic vindictiveness when they’re all married with kids ” When the group nailed out the chorus of their first song of the night (“Give It Time”) no one in the venue was thinking about star power or record deals Old 97’s brought the Texas countr y atmosphere to upstate New York as Rhett Miller and Murray Hammond cried out in soulful harmony: “Give it time / And it will break you ”

Before Old 97’s began crooning their nostalgia, up-andcomers Banditos fired up the crowd with songs about still being in throes of Southern rock: drinkin’, heartbreak and killer blues guitar Whereas Old 97’s distills their ideas into stripped-down, sincere songs, Banditos thrives in excess The Birmingham, Alabama six-piece looked cramped on The

Anyway,” she played the kazoo like few in the audience had ever heard before

On slower and pared-down songs, founding members Corey Parsons (guitar, vocals) and Stephen Pierce (banjo, vocals) revealed themselves as the group ’ s masterminds Pierce’s understated banjo playing completely transforms “Old Ways” as Parsons tears through dreamy guitar riffs The group (rounded out with guitarist Jeffrey Salter, bassist Danny Vines and Danny Wade on drums) blazed through an energetic set that drew many concertgoers away from the bar and into the pit before heading off with a laid-back “Old 97’s are up next ” News took a second to spread through The Haunt that the main attraction had taken the stage, as the Old 97’s jogged on to the Gipsy King’s “Hotel California” cover Perhaps with exception of Rhett Miller’s flowing mane and loose chambray shirt, the Old 97’s bear none of the markings of a headlining alt-countr y/rock group It’s a fact that Miller seems to occasionally struggle with, stating in Deusner’s Pitchfork review, “Rock stars were once such mythical creatures Now you just do it ‘ cause it’s something you do ” Yet, the Old 97’s’ lack of showmanship makes the group all the more relatable, whether they’re playing in a small, upstate city or a West Texas dive bar Bassist Murray Hammond received a burst of laughter for a crack about getting dragged into bars as a kid by his dad before the group played “ W T X T e a r d r o p s ” Later, Hammond t o s s e d Me r l e H a g g a rd’s n a m e out to the crowd

a n d , re c e i v i n g e n o u g h s h o u t s and whistles, the g r o u p p l a y e d a souped-up cover of “Mama Tried ” When the group

c a m e b a c k f o r t h e i r e n c o re ,

The Old 97’s consistency, however, is both a blessing and a curse On one hand, the group maintains a bar band par excellence While lead guitarist Ken Bethea rotated through a number of beautiful, classic guitars (skewed heavily towards Fenders), Miller played most of the show on a Gibson Hummingbird before switching to a Telecaster of his own, while Hammond spent the whole night on the same hollowbody Guild bass Seeing the Old 97’s means seeing a fullpacked night of tight, clean Texas rock and countr y

Conversely, the band is better described as a group of stor ytellers than as innovators and portions of their nearly two-hour set seemed to drone on Thankfully, in a venue as small as The Haunt and with a crowd as receptive as Friday night’s, Miller’s vocals were enough to engross the audience, with some help thrown in by Bethea’s excellent countr y soloing and Philip Peeples’ simple, metronomic drumming

The Old 97’s lyrics are, arguably, both their strongest asset and a compelling reason to see the group live, in a small venue Belted out in Miller and Hammond’s clear, earnest voices, the group plays songs about drunken frustration (“I might just get drunk tonight / and burn the nightclub down”), goofy wordplay (“‘I’m a serial lady-killer’ / She said, ‘I’m already dead,’”) and occasionally just plain irreverence (“You poured whiskey in my Slurpee / swear to God you got me drunk ”)

More often than not, Old 97’s strengths witty and eloquent lyrics; fast, driving countr y drumming and screaming guitar solos combined to make brilliant live renditions that burned through without pause Old 97’s tore through their last encore song “ Time Bomb” which features one of the group ’ s best lines: “I got it badly for a stick-legged girl / She’s gonna kill me, and I don’t mean softly,” before whipping off their instruments and waving to the crowd The Refreshment’s “Yahoos and Triangles” (better known to many as the “King of the Hill” theme song) blared over the P A system as college kids, countr y devotees and curious Ithacans alike streamed into the chilly October night

Shay Collins is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at scollins@cornellsun com

RICHTER Sun

Contributor

For 42 minutes, five dancers danced, acted and reacted as they and their audience examined the concept of the counterfactual Through modern choreography and interaction with the audience, the dancers of The Counter-Factual presented a compelling performance that drew the audience in from the first note of music

The Counter-Factual dance concert this past Thursday at the Schwartz Center’s black box theatre, was directed by Zoe Jackson ’16 and co-choreographed by Jackson and Brooke Wilson ’16 It consisted of eight pieces, separated by the music to which they were set, and featured five dancers, Aubrey Akers ’19, Juliana Batista ’16, Hannah Fuller ’19, Grace Mitchell ’17 and Ariana Otto ’19 The small, intimate venue fit the theme of the counterfactual well, as it contradicted, the traditional experience of a dance performance

Rather than having the dancers raised on a stage in front of the audience, the black box theater places the audience above and on three sides of the stage This set-up introduces challenges for choreographers when creating a performance, as it makes it impossible to conceal incorrect formations or lines of the dancers Despite this added difficulty, however, Jackson and Wilson adapted effectively and designed choreography that flourished in the unique space

The dancers moved with ease from the center of the stage to behind the backdrop curtain, to around and even behind the audience Remaining on the stage and moving for the entirety of the performance, they highlighted their strength and endurance Although each piece was set to music of different styles and moods, recurring themes of choreography made for a cohesive performance

The choreographers further took advantage of the close proximity of the audience, integrating the audience into the

performance itself Dancers pulled audience members onto the stage, posed them and continued to dance around them Later in the show, the dancers asked the audience questions, like “What is your favorite food?” or “What would you be doing if you weren ’ t here?” As featured dancer, Hannah Fuller ’15 explained, the answers determined which sequence of choreography the dancers would then executed

The course-altering impact of answers on the performance’s progression related profoundly to the overall theme of counterfactual and the ways by which, as Zoe Jackson ’16 described in her director’s note, “history is determined by choices made at every stage of the historical process ” She further explains that her intention was to explore counterfactuals through dance As the production progressed, however, she realized that the definition of a counterfactual is different for each person, and what she sees as a counterfactual could be very different than what her co-choreographer, dancers, and audience see

although the dancers were not doing the same movements, the piece still appeared cohesive

Introducing the concept of the counterfactual into dance allowed the audience to look past the choreography and search for deeper meaning, while evaluating their own idea of a counterfactual This concept made the The CounterFactual a far more active experience for the audience than your typical dance performance The dancers did not perform simply entertain, but to convey an idea

The dancers beautifully performed the intricate choreography and the hours of hard work that went into the production were evident Each of the five dancers had their own choreography, rarely dancing in unison, making the performance very engaging Their movements were sharp and exact and the dancers all performed very well together The choreographers effectively intertwined choreographic themes, and used different sets of choreography together so that

Although the choreography was not the typical “So You Think You Can Dance” contemporary style that is prevalent in today’s dance world, it was refreshing to see interesting and unique choreography with an interesting purpose While dance pieces with a story can be incredible to watch, I enjoyed watching a whole performance centered on a concept rather than a story The choreographers sought to create something different from a typical dance performance and succeeded

Examining the concept of the counterfactual through dance drove the movement and brought a deeper meaning to the choreography Dance can so powerfully show what cannot always be expressed with words, and the Counter-Factual dance concert not only presented an entertaining and visually striking performance, but also brought profound meaning and perspective to its central theme

Br ynn Richter is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at b richter210@gmail com

h e I n t e r n e t ’ s A p p e t i t e f o r C o n f e s s i o n

When browsing through my favorite online publications, I often end up reading stories told in the first person The Internet is a hotbed for first person writing, be it on social media or through personal essays This type of writing is often confessional in nature, discussing traumatic experiences or social taboos I didn’t think much about the implications of this phenomenon, until a Slate article about confessional writing recently went viral, starting a discussion among publications and on social media about whether the nature of confessional writing on the Internet is a positive thing, and about the effect of making these confessions can have on the confessor

In the article, entitled “The First Person I n d u s t r i a l Complex,” Laura Bennett argues that in a digital media landscape where a claim to originality is hard to come by, “first person essays have become the easiest way for editors to stake out some small corner of a news story and assert and on-the-ground primacy and [they] have also become the easiest way to jolt an increasingly jaded Internet to attention, as the bar for provocation has risen higher and higher ” So while confessional writing has become an important part of Internet culture, Bennett argues that their publication is often reckless and self-serving

Story, founded in 1919, was the first magazine dedicated entirely to confessions Its subtitle was “ Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction,” and it published letters submitted (mainly by women) confessing to something that was considered scandalous in a Jazz-age America

The popular magazine brought attention to the issues that women faced, but were too taboo to speak of The 1950s brought about a wave of poets who wrote about taboo subjects, helping to debunk the stigma around issues like mental illness and homosexuality

Sylvia Plath has been among the most enduring of these voices, and her enduring popularity today fits right in with the Internet culture of confession

Our appetite for confessional writing dates way back before the Internet True

T o d a y , the majority of confession pieces are still written by w o m e n , because it is still, so o f t e n ,

women ’ s thoughts, feelings, desires, bodies and sexualities that society is so scandalized by Women writing about their experiences with taboo issues like sex work, abortion, domestic abuse, oppressive domesticity and workplace sexism has helped bring these experiences into social consciousness and conversation and in this way, confessional writing has been, and continued to be a feminist act

More broadly, online confessional writ-

ing is the one of the few public spaces that privileges the voices and experiences of marginalized people The ability to open up Facebook and read about people’s experience with gender, sexuality, racism, mental illness, sexual assault and other issues that still carry social stigma, is invaluable in communicating to people that they are not alone, as well as bringing awareness to these issues And the Internet’s penchant for confession means that more and more cultural and news outlets are publishing the stories of those whose voices have been the most invisible

and because, when the same writers submit a piece that is not shocking, their submissions are ignored

However, there is a difference between stories that bring light to the experiences of marginalized groups, and stories published merely to shock and scandalize Bennett used the example of Jezebel’s “On Falling In and Out of Love With My Dad” a viral story full of pure, sharable shock value that comes at the expense of the writer In a digital media landscape where success is measured by clicks and shares, you can see how it is monetarily advantageous for publications to run stories such as these Bennett argues that the public sharing of such harrowing stories can be exploitative; both because writers are often not adequately prepared for the consequences of going public,

So, I think that the ability for people to tell their stories and reach a wide audience thanks to the Internet is a net positive and until we are a more equal and accepting society, much needed But with the rampant cyberbullying and harassment that plagues the web, telling a story that still carries great social stigma can be dangerous Editors need to be careful not to take advantage of people who have been through traumatic experiences, and adequately prepare their writer for what going public with their story could mean Editors and readers alike should exercise some judgment as to whether sharing a story genuinely furthers social good, or just serves our own voyeuristic pleasure

Katie O’Brin is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at kobrien@cornellsun com Midnight Radio appears alternate Mondays this semester

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Eric Schulman | Schulman’s Schtick

THungry For Action On Inequality

he democratic debate is probably old news by now, but I’ve been itching to talk about Bernie Sanders’ performance If you watched the debate (and can remember what happened a week ago), you know he wouldn’t shut up about one issue high rent prices Just kidding, that’s Jimmy McMillan Bernie’s issue is income inequality

I’ve been planning on writing about income inequality for a while It’s an important moral issue that will define our generation I actually have a metaphor Income inequality in this country reminds me of the young adult novel, The Hunger Games I’m not a big Hunger Games fan, but I get why people like them They’re the literary equivalent of Cool Ranch Doritos You can ’ t read a chapter of The Hunger Games, without reading the whole book (and you can never eat just one Cool Ranch Dorito)

Hopefully, you know what the The Hunger Games is The Hunger Games are supposed to be a caricature of our world, but in some ways, the book is more of a portrait than a caricature

Our world is cruel About 15 percent of people in the United States don’t have stable access to food But it’s not because we don’t have enough food for everyone Globally, we produce approximately four pounds of food per day for every person on the planet We would all be obese if we ate that much

Games, there is a key difference between our world and theirs The wealthy characters of The Hunger Games are desensitized to inequality We are not Technology has given inequality more immediacy We are only just starting to react

Because of technology and social networks, we know there are six degrees of separation between most strangers Knowing this fact makes the issue more personal than it’s ever been There are likely six degrees of separation between you and someone in poverty possibly less More importantly, technology doesn’t just passively reveal connections, it gives us the opportunity to act

Even though real inequality is just as visible as inequality in The Hunger Games, there is a key difference between our world and theirs The wealthy characters of The Hunger Games are desensitized to inequality. We are not.

The stark inequality in The Hunger Games reminds me of our world as well We may not entertain ourselves by forcing impoverished people to fight to the death, but inequality has never been more visible in the world than it is today Many argue over whether inequality is increasing, but I think we can all agree that more people are talking about it than ever This increased visibility has a lot to do with technology

Many argue that inequality hasn’t drastically increased Official estimates of inequality jump in the year statisticians began using computers People argue the rich didn’t get richer; they were always this rich We just didn ’ t know until computers gave us a more accurate portrait of their wealth Many argue technology makes wealth differences more visible That visibility reminds me the rich capital citizens watching the poor fight each other in The Hunger Games

Even though real inequality is just as visible as the fictional inequality in The Hunger

Letter to the Editor

As a result, there is reason to be optimistic about inequality Yes, there is a trade-off regarding technology and inequality technology can replace lowskilled labor However on some levels, technology helps more than it hurts Technology can lower the barriers to learning the skills laborers need to earn more Analogues to Codecademy, Khan Academy and Wikipedia would cost hundreds even thousand of dollars if they weren ’ t free online Technology is also a catalyst for action; social media and instant messaging make organizing social change easier for activists

Things are looking up from a global perspective too Most of the poorest countries at the turn of the century have gotten dramatically richer since the colonial era More importantly, the number of starving people worldwide has actually gone down by 200 million in the past twenty-five years, which is encouraging considering the world population has increased by about a billion since But, that doesn’t mean we can stand by It is cruel to just sit idly while people are in need especially since their plight is more visible than ever Luckily, I don’t think we ’ re cruel Our generation wants to do something because technology has made income inequality more visible than ever There’s a reason Bernie's message from the debate resonated so well with us That’s my schtick and I’m sticking to it! Stay tuned alternating Monday’s for more

Eric Schulman is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at eschulman@cornellsun com Schulman s Schtick appears alternate Mondays this semester

In support of Elie Kirshner ’18

To t h e Ed i t o r :

I want to voice my support for Elie Kirshner for Tompkins County Legislature, Fourth District

Elie constantly impresses me As Co-Founder of the Collegetown Small Business Alliance, I’ve been very fortunate to work with Elie as he’s united local businesses and officials to foster productive, positive talks Elie’s magic touch has truly made our neighborhood a better place It’s quite clear that his co-workers at City Hall have the highest respect and appreciation for Elie, and rightly so Elie sincerely cares about our community; he has the devotion, passion, and professional finesse to make amazing things happen

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The Lost Voices

Just over a year ago, a group of peaceful activists demonstrated outside of a St Louis Rams game Among the protesters, Tonja Bulley and her teenage daughter Brandy held an upside down American flag and called for justice for Michael Brown the black high school graduate who was shot to death by a white p

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o n , Missouri in 2014 The anguish and fur y sparked by his murder mobilized racial justice advocates against the long-established discrimination and violence under-

nation) Outside the Rams game

women represented an activist group called Lost Voices, a local collective connected to the coun-

through a shared commitment to subverting white supremacy and its legacy of racial stereotyping, subjugation of people of color and criminalizing black lives

The aftermath of the Lost Voices protest typifies a microdistillation of racial hegemony in the United States Fans exiting

protest with disdain and hostility; in a later inter view, Tonja Bulley recounts palpable rancor in onlookers’ disparaging commentar y regarding the demonstration The climate of intoler-

m activism had heightened in the m o n t h s f o l l ow i n g Mi c h a e l Brown’s murder; just one week prior, 49 protesters had been arrested in a citywide demonstration that took place, in part, at the Rams stadium The Bulley family and fellow activists stood staunchly despite the vitriolic retorts from white football fans; however, the peaceful protest escalated when a white man spat into Brandy Bulley’s face Her mother later reported, “She was just saying ‘ no justice, no peace, ’ a n d h e h o g - [ s p a t ] a n d t h e n smacked my baby At that time ,there was no more being peaceful ” As Tonja rushed to defend her daughter, other football fans dashed to the defense of the w h i t e a g g re s s o r h i t t i n g , punching, knocking down and throwing drinks on the Bulleys Moments later, the police arrived and arrested both Tonja and Brandy No other (read: white) people involved in the clash were arrested

The criminalization of two nonviolent black activists, forced t o d e f e n d t h e m s e l ve s a g a i n s t unsought bellicosity, characterizes racial stereotyping and white supremacist violence the ver y racist institutions that prompted the Bulleys to protest in the first place As the officers arrested the black women outside the Rams stadium, they epitomized the institutionalization of racial profiling a facet of the systemic r a c i s m t h a t u n d e r g i rd s t h e

nation’s historical and presentday power structures, perpetuates race-based police violence and facilitates the incarceration o f n e a r l y o n e m i l l i o n b l a c k

Americans None of the white instigators were taken into police custody; the police officers’ association of delinquency with the black women ’ s self-defense flagrantly contrasts the white spectators ’ apparent freedom to perpetrate violence

As histor y affirms, athletics offer a potent platform to advocate for social change The widespread visibility and idolatr y of athletes afford players unique positions through which to promote social justice causes In the Rams’ stadium alone, five players stood in solidarity with racial j u s t i c e a c t i v i s t s t h ro u g h a demonstration of the “Hands up, don’t shoot” rallying cr y

lution of categories that bestow power on the socially privileged, media conglomerates and their corporate sports league partners maintain the one-sided, biased narratives Zealous white sports fans receive a benevolent nod, a chuckle and a slap on the wrist; b

“rioters,” arrested and confronted with more violence, militarized opposition and disparaging media representations

Reiterating monolithic conceptions of race and violence, media outlets sparsely covered the assault and arrest of Tonja and Brandy Bulley Articles that

looked the complex terrain of race and gender power dynamics

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T o n j a a n d B r a n d y B u l l e y f o r s p e a k i n g o u t a g a i n s t r a c e - b a s e d p o l i c e b r u t a l i t y .

while running on to the field a n d vo i c e d s u p p o r t f o r t h e Ferguson protesters and Black Lives Matter movement in foll ow i n g i n t e r v i e w s Ac t i v i s t s u n f u r l e d l a r g e b a n n e r s w i t h racial justice slogans in the St Louis stadium photographs of which subsequently became s y m b o l s o f a t h l e t i c s ’ ro l e i n destabilizing racism The Lost Voices protest attempted to raise awareness and inspire action by s i t u a t i n g t h e i r d e m o n s t r a t i o n outside the stadium gates, where they could reach the flooding m a s s e s o f f o o t b a l l f a n s T h e wide-reaching athletic commun i t y o f t h e St L o u i s R a m s offered critical potential for subversive action and publicity No n e t h e l e s s , p e r va d i n g racism that fosters bigotr y within fan communities and sports media coverage fortifies a stadium culture that protects white fans’ “hooliganism” while criminalizing peaceful black protesters As a point of comparison to the media defamation of Black Lives Matter activists, scholars often scrutinize the acceptance of white spor ts fans’ riotous, destructive and drunken revelr i e s f o l l ow i n g b i g w i n s T h e debaucher y of inebriated sports fans wreaks havoc on campuses, private spaces and public centers over banal, superficial feats in contrast with the heavy gravity motivating racial justice demonstrations However, sports fans’ celebrations do not threaten to disrupt deeply entrenched racial hegemonies in the way that the Black Lives Matter movement urgently attempts to; uncomfortable with the potential disso-

against police brutality, the stor y of Tonja and Brandy slipped into preordained, reusable molds that sensationalize black violence and expunge white accountability a stale, carefully crafted narrative that bypasses crucial details and analyses in order to reinforce beneficial systems of privilege for (white, corporate) stakeholders The lack of outrage over the attack and wrongful arrest speaks to a dominant silence in the m

violence against black women

On Oct 19, 2014, two black activists outside of Edward Jones Dome in St Louis, Missouri, we

arrested and forgotten The predominantly white, male football c rowd

m walked away free As we get swept up in the exhilaration of the new NFL season, don’t forget the violence football fans p e r p

d o n To n j a a n d Brandy Bulley for speaking out against race-based police brutality This season, will media conglomerates and fan communities c

while demonizing Black rights activists; will sports media coverage outstrip and supersede the money, time and space allocated t o c

m efforts? As the St Louis protesters declared over a year ago, “Rams fans know, on and off the field, Black Lives Matter ” This year, will sports media producers recognize their exigent responsibility to realize this truth?

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junior Miles Norris poked the ball out of the hands of Jette Jatis then ran for 42 yards, setting up a first-and-goal Brown stymied the offense, forcing two incompletions Joe Pierik came on and made the field goal

In the second quarter, Brown tacked on another score to make it 28-3 when Fuller connected with Brian Strachan in the end zone Fuller, the Ivy League’s leading passer, thre w for 246 yards in the first half alone His counterpart on Cornell, junior Rober t Somborn, str uggled in t h e f i

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Somborn did have a touchdown late in the second half, but Brown came right back with a score of its own, making the halftime score 34-10

In the second half, Cornell began to establish the run game a n d t h e t e a m s t a r t e d t o p u t together a comeback The Red got on the board in the third quarter when Somborn faked to Gellatly at the 6-yard line and tossed the ball to junior tight end Matt Sullivan The score may have come through the air, but the drive was powered by strong rushing from the Red Before the pass to Sullivan, Cornell had run s e v e n s t r a i g h t p l a y s o n t h e ground

On the Red’s next drive, after a couple of hard runs, the middle o f t h e f i e l d o p e n e d u p a n d Somborn connected with Rogers for a 49-yard touchdown Just like the previous drive, the success of the rushing game allowed

receivers to get open downfield

Cornell ended with 260 rushing yards, the most by the team

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Gellatly led the team with 93 yards and sophomore Josh Sweet w a s s e

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Jatis rushed for 48, 42 of which came on the long run in the first quarter Junior Dane Brown also added 39 yards

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Gellatly said “Josh and I are probably a little more downhill style Mixing it up I think helped us It definitely started up front [with the offensive line] [ They had] a lot of movement ”

Brown responded with a field goal, putting the Bears up by 13

Utilizing a rushing attack of its own, Brown burned almost six minutes off the clock

On the ensuing Cornell possession, Somborn threw the ball away on three straight plays, and the Red turned the ball over on downs Brown got the ball back and a couple plays later, Pena ran in his fourth touchdown, effectively ending the game

With the game in the books, C o r n e l l r e m a i n s w i n l e s s , b u t Archer said he’s hopeful for the rest of the season

“I want to see us put it all together I want to see what this team looks like when they play to their potential for 60 minutes, ” Archer said “I believe in these kids and I believe in our staff I want to see what it looks like when it’s put together for the full 60 ”

Adam Bronfin can be reached at abronfin@cornellsun com

Keep an Eye on Gymnast Simone Bile

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which was a big upset and a blow to the Romanian gymnastics coach stereotype)

Second of all, Simone Biles should be a name you know before August Seriously, YouTube her, she is unreal The 18-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, is the United States’ top gymnast and is on a completely different level than her competitors She won with an all-around score of 61 598, roughly five points higher than the second place score, a 57 64 from Giulia Steingruber from Switzerland Biles had the highest floor score of the meet, competing with her signature move (yep, it’s called the Biles), a double-layout half out She also earned a 16 on vault, the only of that meet

tively newer faces on the United States’ team are Maggie Nichols, Brenna Dowell and Madison Kocian They all had a relatively strong showing, save a few falls, but were able to keep the United States firmly in the lead

There were also two familiar faces at Worlds, Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman both were

impressive that both Douglas and Raisman are still competing at the same, if not better, level than they were four years ago

Be prepared for a killer U.S. Squad at next year’s Olympics. It should make your once-every-four-years viewing of gymnastics that much more awesome.

Her amazing performance is no surprise to gymnasts She’s a threetime national all-around champion, a two-time world floor champion, the 2014 world beam champion and she’s only been competing in the senior elite division for two years Casual The other rela-

members of the 2012 Olympic squad Usually it’s considered insane for past Olympians to try and come back for the next Olympics, since in recent years, it hasn’t worked out for any that have tried (see Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson) Not to their discredit they were obviously incredible gymnasts, technically the best in the world But gymnastics is a cruel sport and beyond age 18, you ’ re basically an old-timer and there are too many eager and talented youngsters rising up to take your spot It’s actually extremely

Douglas finished third allaround with a 57 516 after having a glitch on beam and Raisman finished in fifth with a 56 798 and a fall on bars Despite their mistakes, they’re still both currently in the Top-five in the world Raisman aptly summed it up in an interview after the meet saying, “It was probably one of the worst meets I’ve ever had in my life and I’m still (fifth) in the world, so that’s pretty ridiculous” Yes it is ridiculous, Aly It also basically sums up the United States’ dominance in the sport right now, given that the team came in first despite some major mistakes So although none of the spots are locked in (except for Biles, because duh), be prepared for a killer U S Squad at next year ’ s Olympics It should make your once-every-four-years viewing of gymnastics that much more awesome

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Cornell Fights to End, but Falls to Brown

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

For the third week in a row, Cornell football fell behind early But unlike the previous two weeks when the Red found itself in a deficit and seemed to slow down later in the game, the team kept fighting Although Cornell was unable to complete the comeback, losing to Brown, 44-24, head coach David Archer ’05 spoke highly of the team ’ s resilience

“I am so proud of how this team fought back,” Archer said “I don’t think I’ve ever been on a team that’s faced this much adversity We were down 28-3 at one point, and 34-10 at the half, and to come back and make it a game is just an unbelievable testament to these guys ”

The Bears (4-2, 2-1 Ivy League) jumped to a 21-0 lead just 10 minutes in the game

At the half, Cornell (0-6) trailed, 34-10

The Red (0-6, 0-3 Ivy League) had two unanswered touchdowns in the second half to bring the game within 10, but Brown put the game away with a touchdown and a field goal of its own

Just 36 seconds into the game, Brown wide receiver Alex Jette took advantage of some confusion on the field surrounding a penalty and got past Cornell’s secondary

Bears quarterback Marcus Fuller casually tossed the ball to him, and he ran untouched into the end zone for the first points of the game

On the Bears’ next drive, Jette again helped Brown score another touchdown He totaled 50 yards on the drive, including a 28-yard gain that allowed the Bears to reach the 1-yard line On the next play, Johnny Pena punched it in to give Brown a 14-0 lead

Later in the first quarter, after an offensive pass interference call, Cornell found itself backed way up in its own territory On second-and-18, junior running back Dane Brown fumbled and, when Brown took over, Pena easily ran into the end zone on the next play

In such a deep hole early on, Archer praised the encouragement that the seniors provided He said that in previous games, he was the one motivating the team, but on Saturday, the veterans of the team were vocal on the sideline, making sure the rest of the team stayed upbeat

“The seniors started saying the same message that I’ve been saying for two and a half years, about playing the next play and never giving up and playing for pride, for themselves, for each other,” Archer said Sophomore running back Jack Gellatly

also said the seniors have been crucial to the team ’ s positive morale in spite of six straight losses to begin the season

“I think we ’ ve been getting tremendous leadership from the seniors all year, ” Gellatly said “There’s a lot of guys which has ended up being really good for us because they’re leading us in times like today

when everybody can see us, but also so much off the field at times when people can ’ t see it I feel really fortunate to play under the senior class ”

Later in the first quarter, the Red forced its first turnover since Colgate and its sec-

Women See Two More Season Wins

By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

After a back and forth first half, Cornell (10-5, 41 Ivy) and Brown (6-8, 1-4 Ivy) were both playing solid field hockey, as the score was tied at 1-1 Both teams were moving the ball well and had chances to take the lead However, sophomore forward Krysten Mayers stepped up and allowed for Cornell to break away with a goal

Cornell never looked back, adding four more goals in a resounding 6-1 win Mayers has been dominant for the Cornell offense this season leading the scoring right behind senior captain and defender Marisa Siergiej

“[During the] first half, Brown played a very tight defense,” said head coach Donna Hornibrook

However, with the start of the second half, Cornell began to take control of the game Mayers’ goal opened things up for the Red and the team put constant pressure on the Brown defense in the second half, finishing with 18 total shots and 10 shots on goal In contrast, Brown’s offense was only able to muster four total shots, with only one shot on goal The Cornell defense, led by Marisa Siergiej, stifled the Brown offense

“Our backfield did a pretty good job and our midfield moved the ball well,” Hornibrook said One of the standout performances in the match came from freshman midfielder Isabel Siergiej, who added two goals and two assists on the day Siergiej was involved in most of the offensive attacks

“Isabel Sergiej had a fantastic game, ” Hornibrook said Going into Sunday, Cornell was looking to develop some consistency and string together back-to-back wins

“We really want to have a consistent team performance throughout the entire game, ” Hornibrook said before Sunday’s match

Cornell did just that on Sunday afternoon, dominating play from the beginning of the match The team improved to 10-5 on the season with an impressive 7-0 win at home against Lehigh (4-12) Cornell has now won five out of its last six matches

It was a confident and decisive performance from

the entire team Marisa Siergiej and junior forward Katy Weeks both added two goals Isabel Siergiej continued her hot streak in Sunday’s match, adding another goal to her season total In a similar showing to the Brown game, the Cornell defense was electric, stopping every Lehigh attack

Cornell is now only one game behind Ivy League leaders Princeton (8-5, 5-0 Ivy) In a league where every game is crucial, the Brown victory was very important in helping the Red in league standings Cornell will travel to Princeton next weekend in a duel for first place in the Ivy League

If Cornell can continue its dominant play from its previous two games against Brown and Lehigh, the team should have success against Princeton The group of women is confident and experienced Cornell is also playing the best field hockey of its season right now, so it is a great time to be taking on the division leaders

Troy Bridson can be reached at tbridson@cornellsun com

Simone Bile and the World Championships

Gymnastics is the kind of sport that no one really cares about until the Olympics roll around It’s not really a classic “fan” sport like basketball or football, but every four years come Olympic season, suddenly everyone cares about the super swole girls in tight glittery spandex doing flips Obviously, these women don’t just suddenly appear every four years and most of them have been training all their lives for that moment It takes a ridiculous amount of hours training roughly 1,500 by the time they become elites and even then these women are not guaranteed a shot at the Olympics In a study by USA Gymnastics in 2009, they found that out of the 68,797

U S athletes participating in women ’ s gymnastics in total, only 79 of them were elite Only five women can make it on the Olympic team, so the odds of making it to the Olympics are ridiculously slim The next time you ask a gymnast you know if they are going to the Olympics, they are probably going to say no Actually, just don’t ask

But let’s talk about the lucky few that have actually made it to that level Over the next two weeks, the World Championships in Gymnastics are being held in Glasgow, Scotland This is the meet where countries compete to qualify for the Olympics and where we get a better idea of which tiny superhumans are going to represent the United States come next August I know it’s a few months before people start to actually remember the sport exists, but here’s a little breakdown of how the Championships have gone so far and a little preview of what we ’ re going to see next August

First of all, the United States is killing it After the conclusion of the Women’s Team Qualification, the U S team led by five points even with a bit of a rocky performance The other seven teams that qualified for the Olympics are Russia, Great Britain, China, Italy, Japan and the Netherlands (Romania didn’t qualify,