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Skorton Appoints Katz as Interim Cornell Provost

By ZOE FERGUSON Sun Senior Writer

your heart out Prof Harr y Katz, the Kenneth F Kahn Dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, was appointed by President D

m provost of the University Katz will assume his new position Nov 14, when current Provost Kent Fuchs steps down to prepare for his new role a

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In an inter view with The Sun, Skorton said he selected Katz as interim provost due to his “excellent” leadership and management skills

Incumbent Reed Leads

In Campaign Funding

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor

Just a week before the midterm elections, incumbent Republican Tom Reed leads Democratic candidate Martha Robertson ’75 in campaign funding by over $1 million in the battle for New York’s 23rd District

Leading up to the election, Reed has raised over $3 million a total of $3,177,442 since January 2013, according to the Federal Elections Commission His competitor, Robertson, has raised $2,130,558

By SOFIA HU Sun Senior Writer

It h a c a C i t y Ju d g e Se t h Peacock J D ’01 broke New York State court system election laws when he endorsed Howie Hawkins a Green Party candidate running for Governor at a rally Oct 15 At the rally in downtown Ithaca which was attended

by approximately 30 people Seth Peacock said his “life” i s a n e n

y works as a truck driver, also known as a “ teamster ” “On the back of my wallet here is my fancy judge [identification card] But inside, I have my commercial driver license, from when I was a

Robert Smith to Serve as Interim ILR Dean

By ANNIE BUI Sun News Editor

Following Harry Katz’s appointment as interim provost, Provost Kent Fuchs announced Friday that Prof Robert Smith, industrial and labor relations, will assume the position of interim dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations filling the post that Katz would have left vacant Smith, who is associate dean of the ILR school and a Stephen H Weiss presidential fellow, currently oversees academic affairs at the school and “previously has served as interim dean,” according to a University press release

Smith has served as associate dean since 1988 and acting dean “for three periods” when the current dean at that time was on leave, according to his biography

“He has been an associate dean for almost 30 years and has in-depth knowledge of ILR academic and administrative operations,” Fuchs said in the release

Smith’s research interests include the analyses of various labor market policies, “especially those in the safety and health area, ” according to his biography His fields of expertise include labor economics,

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Former Hawaiian Governor Talks Clean Energy, Policy

By PHOEBE KELLER

Sun Contributor

Former Hawaiian governor and environmentalist Linda Lingle spoke Thursday about the need for political dexterity in pursuit of clean energy goals

Lingle who served as governor of Hawaii from 2002 to 2010 was the first female governor of the state and the first Republican governor of the state since 1962

She said that breaking these boundaries inspired her quest for change and her “optimistic” outlook

“I’m an optimist by nature, ” Lingle said “After all, I’m a Republican in Hawaii ”

Lingle also spoke on the dire economic situation that faced Hawaii when she first took office in 2002 She said the state ’ s oil reliance meant that Hawaii had the highest electricity prices and the highest cost of living in the nation

“Hawaii is the most isolated population center on the planet,” she said “Therefore, we are much more vulnerable and face a different set of issues ”

Lingle said that approximately 10 years ago, Hawaii was the most oil-dependent state in the United States, with over 80 percent of the state ’ s electricity coming from all foreign oil This cost the state five to seven billion dollars annually, she said

“To me, energy seemed to be at the heart of everything,” she said “We were paying billions of dollars every year to buy a polluting substance ”

Lingle also described the evolution of Hawaii’s clean energy initiative, saying the change was motivated primarily by simple logic

“Logic and politics are an unusual combination, but to me the solution was clear,” she said “We needed to transform Hawaii into a model of energy sustainability and security ”

Lingle, who was instrumental in the creation of the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, said the program has set a statewide goal of

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“Transformation requires a willingness to go out and articulate the problems that matter, ” she said “When you ’ re tired of hearing yourself repeat the same issues over and over, that’s when your audience is hearing it for the first time ”

Lingle also emphasized the importance

“Transformation requires a willingness to go out and articulate the problems that matter.”

70 percent clean energy by 2030 Hawaii is currently at 18 percent, “well ahead of schedule,” she said

However, Lingle went on to say that logic alone is not enough to transform public policy without strong political leader-

of leading by example and motivating all citizens to participate in building a more sustainable future

“Public policy changes require everyone to get the credit [and] to have truly participated and earned it,” she said

Lingle conceded that it can be difficult to convince citizens to participate because this process involves challenging their longheld beliefs However, she said her administration utilized tax credits, cash grants and free parking as consumer incentives

“We had to ask people to think in the long term, ” she said “Reliability of electricity is important, but not as important as security We had to convince people that conser vation was in our collective best interest ”

In accomplishing these political goals, Lingle who was a cofounder of the Bipar tisan Policy Center Governors’ Council said she has also become an outspoken advocate of bipartisan cooperation in an era of increasing polarization

“It’s becoming disgraceful at the national level,” Lingle said “We’re far too partisan If there’s no compromise, nothing moves forward ”

Lingle who said she is proud of Hawaii’s continued success also said she encourages those who want to make any lasting change to take small steps and to keep the final goal in mind

“There’s an exhilaration that comes from being a part of any kind of positive transformation and knowing that that transformation will stand the test of time,” she said

With Grants, C.U. Area Studies Fund Outreach Initiatives

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Sun Contributor

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“[Katz] has this history of strong management he has this good vision of how to make an excellent university even better ” P r e s i d e n t D a v i d S k o r t o n Zoe Ferguson

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FUNDING

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Despite trailing behind Reed in funding, Robertson, a member of the Tompkins County Legislature since 2002, has raised more money through individual contributions receiving $1,793,642 compared to Reed’s $1,211,568, according to the FEC

According to Robertson’s campaign, 95 percent of its nearly 7,500 donors gave $250 or less

“I am honored by the grassroots support I have received,” said Robertson in a press release “People are truly connecting with our message that the middle class needs a voice in Washington They know Congressman Reed is not on their side ”

In her bid for Congress, Robertson recently took a hit when the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee pulled funding for television advertising from her campaign The DCCC was planning on spending $465,000 for these advertisements, The Sun previously reported

Reed has surpassed Robertson in terms of funding from other committees including dozens of political action committees at $1,837,686, according to the FEC Robertson, on the other hand, has only received $323,779 from other committees

Reed by Over $1 Million Search

In terms of spending, both candidates have spent over $1 million just months before the election, according the FEC Between July 1 and Sept 30, Reed spent $1,024,088, while Robertson spent $1,148,461

The upcoming election is not the first time Reed will face a Cornellian in 2012, Reed defeated Nate Shinagawa ’05 M A ’09 by a small margin of 51 to 49

Politico’s 2014 election predictions forecast that Reed will be re-elected next Tuesday in an election where Republicans are expected to retain the House of Representatives and possibly overtake the Senate

Alumnus, Judge Candidate

Violates Election Laws

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teamster for 10 years, ” Peacock said in a video recorded during the rally

Ac c o rd i n g t o Pe a c o c k , Hawkins spoke about the State University of New York and the City University of New York sys-

t e m s , w h i c h Pe a c o c k h i m s e l f affiliates with

“ T h i s s i t u a t i o n a b o u t h ow does this person move from being a truck driver in New York City to attending Cornell Law School to sitting as a judge right now how does that happen? It happens by what [Hawkins] talked about,” Peacock said “It happens

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n s University, a CUNY school ”

Pe a c o c k’s e n d o r s e m e n t v i olates the administrative rules of the New York State court system Section 100 5 of the administrative rules state that judges and candidates for elective judicial office must “refrain from inappropriate political activity ”

This includes participating in any political campaigns and any partisan political activity, publicly

e n d o r s i n g o r o p p o s i n g c a n d id a t e s , m a k i n g s p e e c h e s f o r a political organization or candid a t e , a n d a t t e n d i n g p o l i t i c a l gatherings, according to the New

Conduct Judges are prohibited from these activities as long as they do not prohibit the person from his or her own campaign for judicial office

Pe a c o c k i s r u n n i n g a g a i n s t Rick Wallace for the Ithaca City

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Working Families Party line for the Nov 4 election Peacock previously lost to Wallace in the Democratic primar y for the judicial position, with Wallace receiving 745 votes out of 1,827 cast ballots He trailed behind with 675 votes, The Sun previously reported

Ma j o r My r i c k Sv a n t e ’ 0 9 appointed Peacock as interim city court judge until Dec 31 when f o r m e r Ju d g e Ju d i t h Ro s s i t e r resigned in June, The Sun previously reported

Hawkins has never ser ved in a local or state government position before, according to The Ithaca Journal This is his second gubernatorial campaign, which follows unsuccessful campaigns for the U S Senate in 2006 and f o r t h e U S Ho u s e o f Representatives in 2008

Peacock could not be reached for comment Sunday evening

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Editorial

Following UNC Scandal, Further Investigation

Of Reynolds Is Necessary

THE L ATEST IN A SERIES OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO AN academic scandal at the University of Nor th Carolina released Wednesday implicated a Cornell employee: Cynthia Reynolds, now the academic programs coordinator in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics For years, athletes and others at UNC received high grades in nonexistent classes in the African and Afro-American studies depar tment and the independent repor t released Wednesday written by Kenneth Wainstein, former general counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation acknowledged that administrators steered members of spor ts teams into the fraudulent classes We at The Sun believe that Reynolds’ involvement with the scandal raises doubts about her ability to carr y out Cornell’s academic mission and call upon President David Skor ton and the University to follow through with an investigation into her involvement at UNC and her moral integrity

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Deborah Crowder and former chair of the African and Afro-American studies depar tment Julius Nyang’oro administered these non-existent courses During her time at UNC, Reynolds informed Crowder about athletes in need of the fraudulent courses to maintain NCAA eligibility According to the repor t, “[Reynolds] and her staff sent [Depar tmental Administrator Deborah] Crowder lists of players to be enrolled in paper classes each term, and in some cases apparently even indicated for Crowder the grade or grade range the player would need to earn in the class to maintain eligibility ” While it is currently unclear whether or not Reynolds understood the specifics of the operation, according to the repor t Reynolds understood “that [the courses] were a key element of her strategy for keeping some players eligible ”

The fraudulent classes clearly undermined academic integrity and grossly underser ved students in terms of an education Many students in the basketball and football programs could read only up to an eighth-grade level Moreover, these bogus courses and fraudulent grading practices clearly violate all four general principles of Cornell’s Code of Academic Conduct, which condemns students gaining an unfair advantage, something Reynolds is accused of facilitating in her role at UNC

Given her alleged involvement in this scandal, we at The Sun question her ability to follow our Code of Academic Conduct in her role as an academic administrator In an effor t to ensure that this standard is upheld, we call upon President Skor ton and the administration to investigate her involvement and evaluate whether or not she can properly per form her duties at Cornell

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CORRECTION

An Oct 24 news stor y, “Gannett: University ‘Proactive’ in Educating Community About Ebola,” incorrectly designated Gannett Health Ser vices employees as “faculty,” when in fact they are staff In addition, the stor y incorrectly said that Gannett it working with local health providers to coordinate a response against the outbreak in Africa In fact, they are preparing a response to the threat of Ebola to Tompkins County

Conna Walsh | A Word With Walsh

‘Airpocalypse

Now’

Whenever one goes abroad, there are always things that they will inevitably miss about their home countr y friends, family, food, etc After two months in Beijing, I can confirm that despite my incredible experiences so far, I still miss my friends, family, Wegmans, CTB, milk, spinach, cheese and a thousand other little things that remind me of home However, I’ve also discovered another thing that I am constantly pining for one that might seem a little strange for the typical study abroad experience

I miss fresh air I miss blue skies, white clouds and the feeling of the sun on my skin I miss being able to take a big gulp of air without feeling my trachea contract in protest of all the harmful particulate matter making its way into my lungs I miss running outside I miss breathing without not-so-irrational fears of getting lung cancer in my future

To fully grasp the dire air quality situation in Beijing infamously dubbed by Western media as the “airpocalypse” let’s quickly talk about some science Air quality is measured in units of PM 2 5, which stands for particulate matter smaller than 2 5 micrometers According to the World Health Organization, ideal air quality should fall between zero to 50 PM 2 5, with readings up to 100 PM 2 5 being somewhat acceptable

As I put the finishing touches on this column, Beijing’s current PM 2 5 level is 469 According to WHO, any PM 2 5 reading over 300 is hazardous for human health, and even the healthiest people will show signs of decreased respirator y function Spending an entire day exposed to this level of air pollution is the equivalent of smoking 21 or more cigarettes

Now, let’s back away from this technical analysis for a minute and look towards Upstate New York Not only is this charming region home to Cornell University, but it is also my home as native Syracusan Last weekend, PM 2 5 levels in Syracuse measured in at 13 On the same day in Ithaca, a whopping measurement of two was recorded

For now, I am extremely thankful that me, the smog is a temporary concern But for China’s own citizens, this problem will not end anytime soon

Having spent the past 21 years breathing in the pristine air of Onondaga and Tompkins Counties, I’ve been having a rather difficult time adjusting to Beijing’s carcinogen-filled smog For the first couple days, I was able to shield myself beneath a cloak of denial that strange haze occluding the city skyline wasn ’ t pollution, it was just fresh fog rolling down from the mountains!

This delusion quickly dissipated early on during the semester Now, I religiously check Beijing’s air quality multiple times a day, tr ying to determine how anxious I should be about going outside But honestly, walls and doors do little to keep the smog out of buildings The cracks and chinks in Beijing’s infrastructure allows the pollution to permeate inside, denying the city’s population a safe refuge with breathable air

For now, I am extremely thankful that for me, the smog is a temporar y concern In December, I get to return to the United States and ecstatically inhale the crisp, winter y air of Syracuse Until then, I will just have to deal with the coughing, the tightness in my throat and, yes, even the disturbing black specks that show up on my contact lenses and in my nose

But for China’s own citizens, this problem will not end anytime soon The public health crisis resulting from air pollution is becoming increasingly dire According to an Oxford study, cancer is now the leading cause of death in China for the first time in recorded histor y Among these cancers, lung cancer is the most common, and most cases in urban areas are associated with long-term exposure to air pollution

Unfortunately, forecasts show that this winter there will be no refuge from the air pollution As temperatures continue to drop, the burning of coal will increase to fuel increasing electricity demands As a result, the smog will worsen Beijing’s PM 2 5 record, 755, occurred in Januar y 2013, at the height of winter coal burning

China’s government is currently scrambling to clean up the nation’s air, as the international community places China’s environmental issues under intense scrutiny Unless major changes are made to the countr y ’ s industrial sector, however, the situation is not likely to change in the near future

After experiencing Beijing’ smog for myself, I know that when I return home in December, I will never again take clean air for granted This semester has certainly made me more aware of the world’s environmental issues, and has inspired me to work towards solving these problems in my career Next time you walk outside in Ithaca, be thankful that you can breathe without concern a basic human right that hundreds of millions of people around the world are denied

Web

Co mmen t of the day

“[Cynthia Reynolds] had the chance to redeem herself. She could have taken full responsibility for her actions, apologized to the athletes for not providing a real education and helped UNC formulate procedures so that this would never happen again ”

Cornell Grad Re: “Cornell Staff Member Implicated in University of North Carolina Bogus Class Scandal,” News published October 25, 2014

I Love You

And You Can’t Stop Me

Initially, I worried about revisiting the well-trodden ground of empathy for the human race, but solace arrived in the form of a friend’s assurance that “ someone has to perpetuate the idea, or else it wouldn’t be much of a cliché ”

So I’ve decided to write this column, which means more to me than any other will Even the most melodramatic readers will probably roll their eyes at all the emotion contained within You’ve been warned Childhood, for me at least, was naivety, and naivety was bliss

The world hadn’t yet taught me to be concerned with who someone loved or what they looked like I acknowledged that some people were different, but I still just took differences at face value Now, seeing a child’s inquisitive and gregarious approach to new people delivers a rush of intense nostalgia Interactions with others as an almost-adult sometimes lack the candor of those between two kids and while I hope for a similar dynamic, we just don’t see the world like children anymore

Exposure to multiple perspectives defined my own childhood and subsequent way of thinking Had my mother not plucked me from my pred o m i n a n t l y black elementary school and tossed me into some kind of “ smart kid school” with every kind of child imaginable, I would have certainly followed a different path Still, for every new thing I learned about different people at the schools to which I would commute, my hometown neighborhood and family remained the cultural anchor of my identity

cent of home when things work out Unfortunately, paranoia and stereotypes prevent interactions between these two worlds and I often wonder: why are they so separate?

Lawrence Otis Graham thoroughly explores this duality in Member of the Club While attending Princeton in the 1980s, Graham saw many of his black peers choosing one community and forsaking or avoiding the other Not content with such absolutes, he “learned the importance of pleasing just about any person ” he encountered That was over three decades ago Internal struggles with cultural identity and widespread hesitation to have genuine dialogue persist in 2014 To claim otherwise would be to embrace a sad and debilitating falsity

Many of us were raised in largely homogenous environments, where mostly similar lifestyles and perspectives existed Media and education might have punctured our isolated bubbles but this indirectly acquired insight had an almost insur-

I am an ignorant member of Ho sapiens, and so are you Our m humanity and ignorance should enough motivation to learn something about each other

The regular conversations with them about race, ambition and life keep me grounded

Cornell has mirrored my past

On the one hand, being surrounded by all manner of humans elicits a jovial response from my soul (I warned you) On the other hand, addressing barriers to success with my fellow black students is a refreshing change of pace

Regarding the former, I won ’ t hesitate to befriend or talk to literally anyone who crosses my path Regarding the latter, getting people engaged in the community is a constant battle, but feels reminis-

natural tendencies Case in point: I am admittedly introverted and even a little misanthropic But the key for a reserved cynic like me has been receptiveness to positivity and awareness of others, causing me to cherish any opportunities for kindness that present themselves

Most people are not inherently malicious Our actions and dispositions are simply a product of how terribly misinformed we all are Spitefully condemning and dismissing anyone who is not like-minded only transforms people into the stubborn bigots they criticize I am an ignorant member of Homo sapiens, and so are you Our mutual humanity and ignorance should be enough motivation to learn something about each other

The power of a smile is absolutely astounding when forging a positive relationship Does it feel uncomfortable to smile at a stranger? Good Some of the most rewarding experiences begin with discomfort, so embrace it, damn it! New ideas, people and experiences are unavoidable at Cornell

mountable task: competing with the direct impact of our immediate environment Our peers and relatives weren ’ t usually discussing the unfamiliar ideas of others, so there was little pressure to seriously consider them ourselves We gradually forgot about fresh perspective, remaining comfortably oblivious

Acknowledging others does not come easily, especially when it comes in the form of unexpected friendliness Humans relish the comfort of habit, so we distrust those who serve as an affront to our expectations and ideas, naturally responding defensively Showing interest in someone else’s life without a personal investment or underlying motive sometimes seems forced for both parties Moreover, no one is a perfect machine of optimism 24/7, diving like Mario into new worlds with reckless abandon I don’t expect people to abandon their

Consider the countless staff, who possess rich narratives that materialize with just a little c o n v e r s a t i o n , but are probably accustomed to our minimal a c k n o w l e d g ement To wit: Anyone can add value and knowledge to your life, so long as you ’ re willing to learn and listen

Please keep in mind that what I’ve written here in this opinion column are, well, opinions I can only draw from my personal observations and how they have affected my appreciation for the scope of humans on campus I’m not a religious person, but I share their admirable conviction regarding my own belief in love of the human race I love you, those who disagree I love you too, those who question my sincerity And I love you, those who my words will never reach I love you all, and I wonder: Who can you love today?

Amiri Banks is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He may be reached at abanks@cornellsun com Honest A B appears alternate Mondays

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

You know that feeling when you ’ re listening to music and you wish that you knew how to modern dance? When you feel compelled to get up and sway around like an idiot or Maid Marion in the Disney version of Robin Hood or like a less cracked out version of that little Dance Moms girl from the “Chandelier” video and you chastise your mother in your head for not making you stick with those dance lessons as a kid? It is a similar feeling to that, “damn I wish I was Adele” feeling that overcomes you when you contemplate doing the singing into a hairbrush (but really your hand) move in the middle of the library The music is soulful It is pop, it is R&B, it is simultaneously bedroom music and heartbreak music and it is the best thing you ’ ve listened to all day

This is the feeling that has taken over for the past two days while binge-listening (is that a word?) to Jessie Ware’s Tough Love This is the singer-songwriter Mercury Prize winner ’ s sophomore album and it is just as impressive and addicting as her first venture, Devotion On Tough Love, Ware lets her hair down, literally and figuratively On the cover of Devotion her hair is painstakingly gathered in a perfect multi-tiered bun and she looks glamorous, à la Beyoncé, whereas for Tough Love she has her hair down and is hanging out in a white button down In an interview with NPR she calls the big earrings and hair a kind of armor These covers, though superficial, hit the nail on the head of what separates the two albums Where on Devotion Ware was eager to please, a freshman upstart, and favored additional production over more daring vocals, on Tough Love she lets her voice come to the forefront with some help from her producers

That more relaxed, confident Ware is what makes Tough Love really shine

Ware’s voice is entrancing It is impossible to deny that fact Her music is almost Adele-like in that it is powerful, her voice is just different enough to make her stand out, especially from that ever-dominating Disney crowd, and that you can feel the passion and truth seep out of every word she breathes

Unlike Adele, Ware’s production team keeps her music more on the hip indie side that on some tracks sounds something like a cross between the Once soundtrack and Daft Punk’s idea of ’70s electro-pop

Tough Love hits hard, early beginning with its catchy first single and title track Ware breathily croons about heartbreak: “When your heart becomes a million different pieces, you won ’ t be able to recognize this feeling, that’s called tough love ” With expert timing from her and producer BenZel, the synth peaks and fades at just the right moments to complement Ware, tug at your heart strings and make you wonder if you ’ ve ever felt this tough love feeling

The album doesn’t slow down from there It continues with another sway-worthy track, “You and I (Forever)” done with Miguel, yeah, that Miguel Though repetitive, as most pop songs are, it is hard to mind at all The lead up to the chorus is as close as indie R&B gets to a drop and it keeps you almost as close to the edge of your chair Other highlights include “Cruel,” the style of which almost sounds like a song from the early aughts at points in the best way, “Kind of Sometimes Maybe,” which is debatably boring or

great due to its simplicity and “Pieces,” which is prime for the movie soundtrack taking Possibly the biggest highlight of the album is “Say You Love Me ” This song was written with Ed Sheeran, and it sounds like it, from the slow chorus of “I don’t want to fall in love if you don’t want to try ” to the actual resounding chorus (you know, of people) that joins in somewhere around the three minute mark While this could have made for something cheesy, in Ware’s hands, or mouth, it just sounds earnest If anyone could pull of an Ed Sheeran song, other than Ed Sheeran, obviously, it would be this powerhouse of a lady The biggest miss, though lets be real, none of the songs are really bad, would be “Champagne Kisses,” due to no, nope, I take it back They’re all good Ware’s beaming confidence, messy hair, white button down and all, paired with consistent and awesome production by BenZei and more have met to create a damn great album There is heartbreak (even though Ware is in a longterm relationship), there is love, there is champagne This is one of those albums you just know is good because you can listen to it over and over and over again and not get bored Believe me, I’ve tried It is an album that doesn’t just stand out in its genre, but as a whole (Here’s looking at you, Zahos) So, if you ’ re looking for study music, for jamming out music, for crying music, or for some getting down in the sheets music, or lets say you just like music, try some Tough Love, and then alert your local CCC representative

Arielle Cruz is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at acruz@cornellsun com

U p h i l l , B o t h Wa y s , i n t h e N a m e o f G o o d J a z z

BY TROY SHERMAN Sun Staff Writer

Five o ’clock hits Friday evening for me like David King hits his drums: Startlingly, confusingly, but definitely and reassuringly I’ve just been stupefied by seminars, rocked around by a Latin test, disheartened by the quality (or lack thereof ) of the paper that I just submitted and generally crushed under the weight of a week throughout which I could’ve squeezed out a little bit more effort than I actually did My brain’s a-racin,’ and I need something that’ll remove me from myself a bit I can think of a number of disreputable routes down which I could go in such a pursuit, but right about now there’s one thing in particular that I’m pretty sure will be able to do the trick, and legally: jazz

So, on a bus to the outskirts of Ithaca, I with two of my similarly inclined, hep-cat comrades hop It drops us finally about two miles from our intended destination, the Hangar Theatre, which, after mile one of our pedestrian trek, seems like it must be fairly comfortably situated in Ithaca’s boondocks Finally we arrive, and wait outside for the opening of the doors at 7:00 Slowly, the kind of crowd that one would expect to see at a jazz concert starts congregating along with us: There are a fair amount of soul patches, a number of man-ponytails, a handful of older couples out for their weekly night on the town, some hip families hoping to turn their kids onto the avant-garde early and a few smalls hordes of sartorially recognizable hipster music nerds, killing the time before the doors open by talking about the musical intricacies of that album that you really have to hear, but I’m not too surprised that you haven’t (sadly, I fell fairly comfortably into this last group)

Eventually, 7:00 rolls around, the doors are opened, the seats are slowly filled and no more than 100 people are crowded, apprehensively waiting, around a small circular stage, upon which rest a conspicuously lonely drum set, piano and upright bass After a while, a portly, well-dressed man hobbles in front of everyone, exclaims that he’s so happy we all could join him, plugs for some upcoming concerts that this small theatre of which he s

so proud will be hosting and finally gets around to introducing the night’s act: The Bad Plus

And so, from the curtains in the back emerge three middle-aged men The well-dressed maestro who promptly hides behind the piano on the viewer ’ s left I recognize to be Ethan Iverson, the be-cardiganed cool-dad who assumes the bass in the center, Reid Anderson, and the flannel-clad beardo on the far-right who hunkers down behind the drums, David King; the Bad Plus Without saying a word, King begins to bang out a simple beat, which about half the crowd excitedly recognizes as the beginning of “Pound for Pound” (the opener of 2012’s Made Possible) Ethan joins in with a mellow little piano riff, and Reid eventually follows on the bass

At first, it looks like Iverson is the leader His sound is the first that you recognize, and he obviously has some amazing chops But then, as you start to get a little bored with Ethan’s technical mastery, you realize that something phenomenal is going on at the other end of the stage; you glance over, and King is banging some confounding rhythm that simultaneously cannot be comprehended, but draws you inexorably in And again, when your brain can ’ t take any more of King’s dazzling drum-slamming, you realize that Reid, in the center, isn’t just holding everything together with some simple bass licks; he’s jamming just as hard as his compatriots up on that stage So you ’ re drawn into his musicianship, until again you realize that Ethan is pouring his soul onto that ivory, and the process starts over I’ve gotten a sense that this was the case by listening to their recorded output, but seeing how these guys play off of each other in a live setting doesn’t just drive home that point; it redefines my notion of these guys as a band

wardly and endearingly for a little while about the band and its songs, before diving into five more equally enthralling tracks prior to a brief intermission All of these songs (a lot of which were relatively new, but a few of which were classic BP) showcase just how good these guys are at playing their instruments But, not only can they play, they can play together I’ll fall into a trance as a result of the amalgam of seemingly unrelated sounds they’re throwing at me, only to be shocked back into this realm of consciousness when I realize that they’re playing the same song

They follow “Pound for Pound” with “Wolf Out” solidifying early on that this is gonna be a recent-material heavy concert, which is no problem, seeing as Made Possible and Inevitable Western are two of the Bad Plus strongest albums which showcases that aforementioned instrumental dynamic even better After “Wolf Out,” Reid introduces the band and waxes awk-

The post intermission set is no less amazing; the standout track of the night, “Epistolary Echoes” in which the band seems to be mindlessly banging on their instruments, until you realize that they’re sticking to a melodic structure somewhere in the dense sonic mix comes about at this point, and is sandwiched by a number of tracks that just keep on showin’ me what the Bad Plus is all about: Jazz music that is at the same time experimental and difficult, but listenable and actually, truly enjoyable!

Troy Sherman is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at tsherman@cornellsun com

Beating the Highs and Lows: Sō Percussion at Bailey Hall

Percussion ensembles and their repertoires can be hard sells in the contemporary music market On the one hand, their emphasis on rhythm over, or in tandem with, melody makes them accessible to a broader audience than their classical allegiances might have us believe On the other, that very slipperiness renders them moving targets in a genre-driven industry The members of Sō Percussion, one of the leading quartets of its kind, bring such an eclectic mix of backgrounds, tastes, and talents to the table that any reliance on category would seem long dead That said, Friday evening’s concert at Bailey Hall charted a disorienting EKG graph of peaks and valleys that left behind more questions than answers

The program ’ s frame consisted of two perennial classics by composer Steve Reich His 1973 “Music for Pieces of Wood” a composition for five woodblock players that required a helping hand from Sō’ s Operations Manager, Yumi Tamashiro was captivating and clean Although not overtly about melody, its pitchtuned surfaces nevertheless overlapped in melodic ways, blending waves of rhythm into a seamless whole “Clapping Music,” composed the year before, was the concert ’ s encore Consisting of nothing but clapping hands, it brought the art of percussion to an even more primal level, using only the body and its discipline to enliven the space

Moving in from either end, however, brought us to the program ’ s longest pieces, both of which relied on gimmicks that outweighed their musical results Intriguingly, the score of Todd Lerew’s Flagging Entrainment of Ultradian Rhythms and the Consequences Thereof was mapped out like a choose-your-own-adventure novel, guiding performers to change paths based on their interactions (or lack thereof ) with one

another Conceptually robust, despite the title’s dubious use of the word “ultradian,” and not without its beauties (the recurrence of bowed vibraphones and glockenspiels was nothing short of haunting), by the end it was unclear as to what the exercise was meant to achieve In stark contrast to John Zorn’s influential game and file-card pieces of the 1970s and 80s, this one established a vague mood at best, in service of which beauty for its own sake felt ultimately arbitrary

Sitting somewhere between the Bowed Piano Ensemble pieces of Stephen Scott and the guitar symphonies of Glenn Branca, but approaching the depths of neither, was Bryce Dessner s Music for Wood and Strings ” An electric guitarist known for his work with The National, Dessner enriches a selective rank of rock musicians, such as Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, that have had successful careers as composers Yet while he shines in other projects (check out his brilliant, heartfelt “Aheym,” in collaboration with the Kronos Quartet), too many rough patches overwhelmed the light of this particular experiment The conceit of “Music for Wood and Strings” is a quartet of instruments, each a chromatically arrayed guitar neck laid flat and played like a dulcimer Built with the assistance of drummer Aron Sanchez, who has also designed instruments for the Blue Man Group, their properties were exhaustively explored by Dessner and the musicians in kind Despite the composer ’ s professed attempt to align “triadic chord inversions in complex rhythm patterns to create a kaleidoscopic effect of harmony,” the end effect was neither rhythmically complex nor kaleidoscopic After about the fifth missed opportunity for an ending, I found myself asking: Had this piece been played on standard instruments pianos, for example, or even plain old dulcimers, for that matter would it have sustained attention for 30 minutes?

All of which left us with the program ’ s two star turns As part of their ongoing commitment

to education, the members of Sō Percussion held brief residency at Cornell last spring, during which time they collaborated with student composers to yield new works premiered during Friday night s performance Tonia Ko and Corey Keating, both students at Cornell, D M A , presented their pieces via the ensemble’s meticulous, animated approach Ko’s “Real Voices and Imagined Clatter” was a multifaceted exploration of that juggernaut of the symphony orchestra: the timpani drum Although her piece also made ample use of gimmicks and extended techniques, none seemed extraneous but rather a means by which to bring out the inner voices of the liberated drums The strength of her piece was in the details: in the small gong that added a hint of gamelan, in the large gong struck only occasionally, in the delicate triangle and woodblocks clattering throughout The atmosphere was immediate, artful, and, for lack of a better word, mountainous Keating’s “Audio Geometry (Pythagorean Triple) for Percussion and Electronics” might also be convicted of pretentious titling if it did not practice what it preaches Scored for marim-

bas, bass drum, and live electronics, the latter courtesy of the composer on stage, it mapped a resonant and unearthly soundscape Distortions derived from rehearsals of the piece itself were recycled, warped, and fed through echo chambers in a sampling spiral What separated his and Ko’s pieces from the program ’ s subcutaneous selections was their willingness to be closed circuits Each said what it wanted to say and nothing more They were also the most musical, moving with organic care by way of a thinkingout-loud approach far more akin to jazz than to merely pedantic composing

Despite the concert ’ s low points, and as emphasized by its highs, it was refreshing to encounter unfamiliar music and unfamiliar instruments sandwiched between two evergreens in the field If anything, the evening’s diversity proved the bravery and exploratory spirit of four souls whose love for the beat reigns supreme

Tyron Grillo is a graduate student at Cornell University He can be reached at tgrillo@cornellsun com

A Coven of the Best Kind: Killing It at 60+

Everyone needs a role model Someone who appears to live life the way you want to be living it Some human-shaped glimmer of hope that there is a way to do life right, and that every fuck up you make isn’t an indicator that being who you want to be is impossible Someone did it, after all

In a Bob’s Burgers episode, the baseball one, Bob says that one of the players is his role model Then everyone proceeds to tell Bob that he can ’ t be his role

m o d e l because you can ’ t have a role model that is the same age as you I laughed a little, because it’s kind of true However now, at a ripe 21 years old, the age gap between me and some of the people I look up to is closing There’s a 22 year-old lady who ditched school to create some amazing medical science wonder-product that I can ’ t pronounce; there’s Malala; Pete Davidson, that new guy on Saturday Night Live is 20, Lena Dunham is 28, the Broad City women are 26 and 29, Aubrey Plaza is 29 and, well, you get it My not-yet-really-existent life is flashing before my eyes And yes, I do know how crazy that sounds

since it is also Halloween week, and the show is rife with badass older women, lets talk about the women of American Horror Story Life lessons to be learned: Age makes things better In the words of Billy Eichner (36), and away we go: Jessica Lange (65) (Constance, Sister Jude, Fiona, Elsa): This woman is the definition of badass Her characters have owned lines like, “Let me give you fair warning: I’ll always win against the patriarchal male,” “In this whole wide wicked world, the only thing you have to be afraid of, is me ” and have thrown a whole lot of shade

What else can you really ask for?

So this week is honoring some role model-level people who don’t wig me out this week as my housemates get jobs and run to the city for interviews and I drink beer and avoid schoolwork I’m talking over 50 years old, the real wise stuff And,

When she was in her twenties, Lange dropped out of college, went to France, studied mime, came back, studied acting and pretty much lived the ultimate bohemian life She has a tattoo on her hip to prove it She is an accomplished photographer, she is a mother of three, has won Oscars and Emmys and Golden Globes and almost everything you can think of for her work and is, nowadays, a very well respected actress She was recently chosen to be the face of Marc Jacobs However, until American Horror Story, Lange wasn ’ t a household name She only recently started getting recognized on the street That is bonkers She was pretty much the only woman in the ’70s version of King Kong, she was in Tootsie, Francis, Country, HBO’s Grey Gardens Lange is a badass, a strong woman, a talented woman and someone who does whatever she wants and thinks is best for her and her family

Angela Bassett (56): Bassett played a voodoo queen in season three of American Horror Story and plays a hermaphrodite with three breasts in season four In season three she was Lange’s biggest frenemy (which is hard to accomplish, you know, being on Jessica Lange’s level) When someone first told me she was 56 I didn’t believe them We had to pause the show and do a rapid Google search confirmation She was in How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Akeelah and the Bee and won a Golden Globe for her work in What’s Love Got to Do With It? She was almost cast in Halle Berry’s role in Monster’s Ball (the one that earned her an Oscar) and turned it down, because, you know, too badass Kathy Bates (66): What can you really say about Kathy Bates Her Twitter description reads: “My life in balance: Do no harm Take no shit ” She was in Misery, Fried Green Tomatoes, About Schmidt, Titanic and more and she is just plain awesome She is friends with Jessica Lange (somehow we always get back here) and overcame cancer and a double mastectomy You don’t fuck with Kathy Bates

Frances Conroy (60): Best known for her work on Six Feet Under, Conroy is also an accomplished theater actress who became friends with Arthur Miller in the ’90s (casual) Conroy, though never exactly the lead in AHS is always wily, always in the know and someone you definitely want on your side She almost wasn ’ t on AHS because of another show (Bad Mom) but it

didn t get picked up (thank heavens)

Patti Labelle (70): This is a bonus Labelle plays Dora, a maid, in AHS’ season four In the last episode she dared the psychotic son of the house to kill her (he didn’t), earning our instant respect Labelle is best known as a singer She is the one behind “Lady Marmalade” and “On My Own,” and she is on the list of Rolling Stones’ 100 Best Singers Ever She is referred to as the Godmother of Soul After Dora’s performance last week, I can ’ t wait to see what’s next

The number of women, especially older women on this show, just casually killing it every day (Kathy Bates’ Baltimore accent excluded), is like a coven of the best kind, of interesting, accomplished, smart, successful older women And lets be real if Kathy Bates and Ilana from Broad City got in a fight, Kathy Bates would win Arielle Cruz is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at acruz@cornellsun com Death Before Decaf appears alternate Mondays this semester

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Smith Mistakes Lead

To Jets Loss to Bills

EAST RUTHERFORD, N J (AP) Whether it was Geno Smith or Michael Vick, it really didn’t matter much on a mistake-filled day for the sloppy New York Jets

Kyle Orton tied a career high with four touchdown passes and the Buffalo Bills forced the Jets into six turnovers three each by Smith and Vick in a 43-23 rout Sunday that sent New York to its seventh straight loss

“We’re not a bad football team, ” Jets wide receiver Eric Decker said “We just do stupid stuff ”

That has become a disturbing theme for Rex Ryan’s Jets (1-7), who have dropped seven straight for the first time since 2005 in Herm Edwards’ final season as coach

“Let me tell you, ” Ryan said, “I’m getting sick and tired of the losing, that’s for sure ”

It doesn’t help when your starting quarterback gets off to the type of brutal start Smith had against the Bills He threw interceptions on three consecutive possessions in the first quarter and got a quick hook in favor of Vick, who was picked off once and lost two fumbles

New York announced that Smith had X-rays on his right shoulder after the game, but did not have results The injury was not believed to have affected Smith’s performance

“We didn’t execute, ” Smith said “And when I say ‘ we, ’ I mean myself because it was just atrocious the way I started out ”

Ryan didn’t immediately announce whether Smith or Vick would start next week at Kansas City That’s a change from the past, when Ryan has often said following games that Smith would be under center

“I have no idea,” Ryan said “We’ll look at that later ”

Smith was benched after the Bills (5-3) turned the last interception by Aaron Williams into a score one play later, on Lee Smith’s 1-yard touchdown catch with 4:36 left in the opening quarter

Geno Smith finished 2 of 8 for 5 yards and the three interceptions with a 0 0 passer rating

“He just seemed off,” Ryan said “He was zipping the ball all week ”

Vick jogged onto the field to loud cheers from the MetLife Stadium crowd, which had been booing Smith just moments earlier, and led the Jets on a 13-play, 76-yard scoring drive

Vick, 18 of 36 for 153 yards, was an early spark, leading the Jets on a scoring drive on his first possession But he also had two fumbles that led to field goals for Buffalo and his interception resulted in a touchdown

“You want to make something happen and that’s when things happen that aren ’ t in your favor,” Vick said “We’ve got to learn from that; I’ve got to learn from that It’s been a while ”

Orton tied a career high with his four TD passes, and won for the third time in four games since replacing EJ Manuel as the starting quarterback for the Bills Orton finished 10 of 17 for 238 yards, connecting with Robert Woods, Lee Smith, Scott Chandler and Sammy Watkins for scores

“He went out there, made his throws and threw for four touchdowns,” Bills coach Doug Marrone said “He knew exactly what he wanted to do When you have a veteran quarterback like that, he’s going to make the right plays ”

Watkins had three catches for 157 yards but was embarrassed when he was caught from behind by Jets wide receiver Saalim Hakim put in on defense while celebrating early on what appeared would be a long TD

Percy Harvin, acquired last weekend by the Jets from Seattle, caught three passes for 22 yards and had 28 yards rushing on four carries in his debut with New York

Wilson Lifts Seahawks Over Panthers

CHARLOTTE, N C (AP) Russell Wilson walked into the huddle with his team down a field goal and less than five minutes remaining He started laughing, sensing the familiarity of the situation

Then he looked around at his teammates and said, “We’ve been here two years in row let’s go do it ”

And the Seahawks did it

Wilson connected on a 23-yard touchdown pass to Luke Willson with 47 seconds left to cap a nineplay, 80-yard drive, lifting Seattle to a 13-9 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday

It’s the third straight year Wilson has brought the Seahawks (4-3) back from a second-half deficit to beat the Panthers on this same field In the previous two seasons, Wilson threw TD passes to Jermaine Kearse and Golden Tate to win tight defensive games

“Man, I’m telling you, it’s just the Achilles’ heel, man, ” Panthers cornerback Josh Norman said “They keep nagging us They end up making one more play than us, every single time ”

Carolina’s defense came into the game having allowed at least 37 points in four of its last five games But it held Wilson and the Seahawks to a pair of field goals before he took the field with 4:47 left on the clock

Wilson methodically marched the Seahawks down the field, going 4 of 4 for 53 yards and running twice for 11 yards He completed short, precise tosses to unheralded receivers Cooper Helfet, Kevin

Norwood and Paul Richardson before connecting with Wilson on a seam route for the winning touchdown

“We believed we were going to go down the field and make the plays and win the game, ” Wilson said “There was no doubt ” Wilson finished 20 of 32 for 199 yards and had one interception

“He truly is an extraordinary player in the fourth quarter, ” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said “He finds a way to make the play that we need to make ” The victory snapped Seattle’s two-game losing streak and Carroll hopes it eliminated any talk of the Seahawks lacking focus following the Percy Harvin trade

“If you think there are distractions, you are wrong, ” Carroll said It was another struggle for Cam Newton

Newton was 12 of 27 for 121 yards with an interception and a fumble for the Panthers (3-4-1) In three games against the Seahawks, Newton has only thrown for 437 yards and one touchdown while being sacked eight times It ended when Newton bounced a pass in front of running back Jonathan Stewart on fourth-and-25

“Sometimes with a team like this you get pressure, ” Newton said “Being pressured you have to be willing to take chances When you make plays you know you ’ re labeled a genius When you don’t (make plays) and a lot of times we didn’t today it looks bad It looks real bad ”

Brady Throws Five TDs in Patriots Win

FOXBOROUGH, Mass (AP)

Nearly every time Tom Brady dropped back, he hit his target

In one of the best per formances of his brilliant career, the New England Patriots quarterback threw five touchdown passes and completed 30 of 35 passes And four of the incompletions were drops

The Patriots stayed on their roll with their fourth straight win Sunday, 51-23 over the sputtering Chicago Bears So did Brady, who has thrown for 1,268 yards, 14 touchdowns and no interceptions in those games

“I love coaching Tom I’ve been fortunate to have him the whole career since he’s been here,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick said “He does a great job of executing the team game plan ”

He certainly did on Sunday with three touchdown passes to Rob Gronkowski and one each to Brandon LaFell and Tim Wright

And he did it against a Bears team trying to rebound from a tumultuous week that began with a 27-14 home loss to the Miami Dolphins Afterward, wide receiver Brandon Marshall was heard screaming in an emotional locker room Coach Marc Trestman and quar terback Jay Cutler downplayed the postgame scene during the week

Whatever happened, it didn’t help the Bears play better

After Sunday’s defeat, Marshall told reporters waiting to enter the locker room, “ put your ears closer to the door ” But no outbursts were heard

Brady was “meticulous,” Trestman said and the Patriots “did everything on offense beautifully ”

New England (6-2) scored on all five of its possessions in the first half and one of Chicago’s The Bears (3-5) fell behind 45-7 early in the second half and lost for the fourth time in five games

Brady passed for 354 yards with a completion percentage of 85 7, third best in his 227 games during the regular season and playoffs His passer rating of 148 4 was his eighth highest in his 15-year career

“There’s a lot of (defensive) looks I’ve seen over the years, ” he said, “ so it’s hard to really surprise me with certain things ”

Defensive end Rob Ninkovich scored with 55 seconds left in the first half on a 15-yard return of Cutler’s fumble, the Patriots third touchdown in 57 seconds

That stretch was “agonizing,” said Cutler “I think everyone ’ s surprised You don’t expect to get out and beat like that ”

Since losing to the Bears 46-10 in the Super Bowl ending the 1985 season, the Patriots are 7-1 against them

Chicago was 3-1 on the road and had hope after last weekend’s implosion So imagine how the coming week will be after the blowout

On their first five possessions, the Patriots scored on a 6-yard pass to Gronkowski, a 23-yard field goal by Stephen Gostkowski, and passes of 1 yard to Wright, 2 yards to Gronkowski and 9 yards to LaFell

The defense got into the act when Darrelle Revis intercepted Cutler’s desperation pass on the last play of the first half

“We’re a team on a mission,” said Revis, looking ahead to next Sunday’s home game against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos “This is going to be two great teams going out there ”

The Patriots started the second half with an 80-play drive capped by Brady’s 46-yard touchdown pass to Gronkowski

The tight end is “ a big, physical guy, ” Bears linebacker Sean McClellin said “He can run well He had great hands And when you put that with a quarterback like tom Brady, he’s going to be tough to defend for anyone ” Gronkowski had nine catches for 146 yards before leaving midway through the third quarter with dehydration, and LaFell had 11 receptions for 124 yards

The Patriots haven’t lost since a 41-14 rout at Kansas City

Red Drops Two Against Tough Boston College Squad

By JOON LEE Sun Staff Writer

Opening the season against No 3 Boston College was already a tall task for the No 5 Cornell women ’ s ice hockey team Doing so away from the comforts of Lynah Rink only magnified the difficulty of the weekend series against a red hot Eagles team, which came into the weekend series with four games already under its belt so far this season

The early season rust showed for the Big Red (0-2), who dropped both games in Chestnut Hill by a 6-2 tally The Eagles (50-1) peppered sophomore netminder Paula Voorheis with shots throughout the weekend series, putting 43 pucks on net in the first game and 38 in the second The Big Red struggled to generate any resemblance of consistent pressure, both offensively and defensively, all weekend Coach Doug Derraugh ‘91 said that the team displayed an overall rustiness

“Playing against a really good team like Boston College that has a few games under [their] belts, we were a little slow to react, ” Derraugh said “They were able to take advantage of those opportunities ” Eagles right wing Haley Skarupa lit up the Red defense all weekend, tallying five points on two goals and three assists over the three games The offensively dynamic Skarupa, who figures to be one of the best players in the country heading into her

junior season, took full advantage of a rusty Cornell defensive unit with a total of 14 shots on the weekend

The Red was able to hang with the Eagles throughout the first two games of Friday’s contest, trailing only 3-2 through the end of the second period, despite a shot differential of -15 in favor of the Eagles, who had 27 shots through two periods Senior forward Emily Fulton led the Cornell attack with four shots and two points, assisting on Cornell’s first goal from senior captain

Brianne Jenner

While Cornell struggled mightily on faceoffs in the opener, winning just 22 of 68 faceoffs (32 5 percent success), the team improved in the second game of the weekend, winning 21 of 46 faceoffs (45 6 percent success)

Jenner, who returns to Cornell after winning the Olympic gold medal with Team Canada last year, notched a goal on three shots on net and five shots on net with an assist in the second game Derraugh said Jenner’s return to Ithaca will be big for the team in multiple fashions

“Having Brianne Jenner return from the Olympics is huge for us both on and off the ice,” Derraugh said “She had an incredibly valuable experience playing for Team Canada and she is a huge presence for our team ”

Voorheis made the best out of a tough situation throughout the weekend in net

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Starting strong | Senior forward Emily Fulton got her season off to a good start, scoring two goals and recording an assist against the Eagles

of 43 shots on net (86 percent shots saved) in game one and 32 of 38 shots on net (84 2 percent shots saved) in game two Derraugh praised the goaltending of Voorheis, given the siege of shots on goal throughout the weekend

Other bright spots for the Red this weekend included Fulton, who notched her first two goals of the season, an assist and six shots on net in the two-game series, and sophomore forward Hanna Bunton, who notched a goal on eight shots during the

weekend

This is the first time since the 2009-10 season that Cornell has lost the first two games of its season, when the Red dropped two 4-1 games against Mercyhurst The Red will try to win its first game of the season when it takes on the Princeton Tigers at Lynah Rink for the team ’ s home opener on Halloween

Joon Lee can be reached at sports@cornellsun com

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Zagorski Sets Record for Single-Season Shutouts

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Senior Writer

Freshman defender Eric Nuss registered the first goal of his collegiate career to give the Cornell men ’ s soccer team an Ivy League victory over Brown on Saturday afternoon, keeping it in the running for an Ancient Eight title

“Eric has been a beast down the left flank for us all season, ” said senior defender and co-captain Devin Morgan “This goal should give him even more confidence to attack defenders for the remainder of the season ”

Nuss’ goal came in the 30th minute of the first half, after a ball from sophomore defender Ralph Lee Price IV found its way to sophomore forward Chris St Germain Germain proceeded to set up Nuss on the l e f t w i n g , w h o l a u n c h e d a t r a d e m a rk piledriver of a shot from just outside the 10-yard box

Cornell’s defense remained steadfast in the face of the barrage of Brown attacks, with the Bears hitting 16 shots as opposed to the Red’s seven However only five of the Brown shots were on target Senior defend-

er Peter Chodas, sophomore midfielder

Jack Ferguson and senior midfielder Conor Goepel were all contributed to the shots for the Red

The scoreline is Cornell’s 7th 1-0 victory of the season, with senior goalkeeper Zack Zagorski making five saves against Brown to record his ninth clean sheet of the season He has now launched himself into the history books, moving past Jim Ross ’76 into first place for single-season shutouts

“When you play defense as an entire team as opposed to exclusively a back four and holding mid[field], it puts us in great position to prevent quality chances on goal,” Morgan said “However, when teams do get shots on goal, having the best goalkeeper in the Ivy League certainly helps

The result alongside Princeton’s defeat of Harvard and Penn’s tie with Yale puts the Red back in Ivy League contention, with its record now standing at 22 Cornell now stands in fifth place with six points, right behind Harvard, Penn and Princeton, who all have seven points With the Red facing Princeton and Dartmouth in the coming weeks, Cornell has some

By SHANE LEWIS Sun Staff Writer

Cornell will remain winless after dropping its sixth straight game, falling to the Brown Bears this past Saturday, 42-16

A safety in the second quarter would bring the Red to within five, but that was as close as it got for the rest of the game

Brown (3-3, 1-2 Ivy) would score two touchdowns in the last four minutes of the first half to build a lead that would never be challenged again

With the loss, Cornell (06, 0-3 Ivy) is left alongside Columbia as the only winless teams in the Ivy League

The Red was unable to stop a high-powered Brown offense, giving up 406 total yards The run defense surrendered more than 100 yards to a team only averaging 87 5 rushing yards a game The secondary gave up more than 300 yards through the air and four touchdowns to Brown receivers

Even the Red special teams struggled, giving up

a kick return touchdown in the fourth quarter and allowing 11 yards per punt return

“We need to be more disciplined in our coverage lanes on our punt and kickoff teams, ” said head coach David Archer ’05 “We must try and win the field position battle ”

Brown quarterback

Marcus Fuller had a monster game, torching the Red defense for 306 yards and four touchdowns

Three of those touchdowns came in a span of eight minutes bridging between the second and third quarters The receiving tandem of Brian Strachan and Troy Doles had another huge week, combining for 156 yards and one touchdown each

The quarterback carousel continued for the Red, with three different signal callers receiving chances to lead the offense Freshman Jacob Jatis took the majority of the playing time but struggled He amassed only 18 passing yards and completed 25 percent of his passes Fellow freshman quarterback Kyle Gallagher faced equal troubles, throwing for only 14 yards

One bright spot for the Red was the emergence of sophomore quarterback Robert Somborn Somborn was handed the reins of the offense in the fourth quarter and produced Cornell’s only two

E-nuss said | Freshman defender Eric Nuss scored the first goal of his collegiate career on Saturday, and it would prove the difference in a 1-0 victory over Brown

control over its destiny

“It took an excellent team performance to beat a very physical Brown team on their field,” Morgan said “Fortunately, a couple results from other games have gone our

touchdown drives He amassed over 100 yards of passing in just about one quarter of work and had touchdown strikes of 12 and 51 yards

The recipient of those two touchdown passes, junior wide receiver Chris Lenz, was another bright spot He had 63 receiving yards on the day and showed explosive playmaking ability on a 51yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter

Junior running back Luke Hagy had a solid day on the ground, taking 14 carries for 63 yards Production from the rest of the corps was nonexistent though, as all other backs totaled for only 12 yards

“We need to focus on creating more yards after contact and try and make more than one defender tackle us, ” Archer said The Red will next take on the Princeton Tigers at Schoellkopf Field this coming weekend It is the beginning of a favorable stretch for Cornell, with three of their final four games being played at home Princeton (3-3, 21 Ivy) is coming off of a 49-7 drubbing at the hands of Harvard The Tigers thoroughly defeated Brown two weeks ago, and will be another challenge for the Red

Wway and we ' re back in the thick of the Ivy League race ”

Hamdan Al Yousefi can be reached at hyousefi@cornellsun com

100 million dollars? Buy a mansion? Start a business? Maybe pay for your Cornell

e d u c a t i o n ? ( H a , h a )

Whatever you choose, you would definitely be much better off in some way than you were before

However, when it comes to soccer, we ’ ve seen teams str uggle to properly invest such large sums of money

To t t e n h a m Ho t s p u r a n d

L i v e r p o o l h a v e f o u n d themselves in this position, after the 2012-2013 season and the 2013-2014 cam-

p a i g n , r e s p e c t i v e l y Fo r Tottenham, it was the sale o f G a r e t h B a l e t o R e a l Madrid, the most expen-

s i v e p l a y e r e v e r, w h i c h brought 124 million dollars to Spurs’ coffers The

L i v e r p u d l i a n s m a d e 1 2 0 m i l l i o n d o l l a r s o n L u i s Suarez when he was sold to FC Barcelona

Just to put these figures in perspective, the average Premier League team spent 65 million dollars on transf e r s l a s t s u m m e r T h e re f o re , t o m a k e 1 2 0

m i l l i o n d o l l a r s o n o n e p l a y e r a l l o w s t e a m s

o spend twice as much as an average team and still be close to making a profit

Upon the sale of these two stars, then, these two clubs have big decisions to make with the extra dough If the club decides to immediately reinvest in players, it can either bring in one or two big stars, or seven or eight decent players At first glance, the latter seems a decent idea: purchase players who can give you slight

Spurs owner Daniel Levy

v e n players in the summer after selling Bale

However, this idea didn’t work out as well as it looks on paper Of those seven players Tottenham brought in, only Christian Eriksen had a successful year The Dane was

constant offen-

from the left side and creating chances for his teammates Midfielder Paulinho had a

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