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Sept 15 L 0-1 Seton Hall
Sept 18 W 1-0 at Binghamton
Sept 23 L 0-2 at Columbia
Sept 25 T 0-0, 2OT at CCSU
Sept. 30 L 0-5 Penn
Oct 8 T 0-0 at Harvard
Oct 10 L 0-1 at Colgate
Oct 15 W 2-1 Yale
Oct 22 L 0-1 at Brown
Oct 29 2:30 p m Princeton
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Sept 18 L 0-2 UNH
Sept 20 L 1-3 Syracuse
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Oct 16 L 0-3 Yale
Oct 23 L 0-1 at Brown
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Nov 12 4 p m at Columbia
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Sept 3 L 0-3 JMU
Sept. 3 W 3-1 Marist
Sept 9 L 0-3 at UMKC
Sept 9 L 0-3 Bradley
Sept. 10 W 3-1 Nebraska at Omaha
Sept 16 W 3-0 at Bucknell
Sept 17 W 3-1 Buffalo
Sept 17 L 1-3 Oakland
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Red rising | After back-to-back onewin seasons, the Red stands at 3-3 six games into the 2016 season, thanks in part to strong play from running back J D PicKell, No 8
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CAMERON POLLACK / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
DALTON BANKS: Poised in the Pocket
By ZACH SILVER Sun Assistant Sports Editor
It is first press conference with the media since being named the starting quarterback for Cornell football as a sophomore
And it shows Dalton Banks’ posture is timid, his responses are brief and he places himself noticeably far away from the camera It is conspicuously one of his first times being filmed for television Fast forward several weeks later after Banks has accounted for 16 touchdowns and 1,620 total yards to triple the team ' s win total last season in six starts He has a pair of Persol sunglasses slung around his neck, acting much more poised in his answers to the media In just six weeks, he has assumed the demeanor of a seasoned veteran who has led the Cornell program for multiple years
When asked, head coach David Archer ’05 has trouble explaining how his sophomore quarterback who got the nod to start over two upperclassmen with a combined 33 games of playing experience has been able to adapt so quickly to the collegiate environment
But at the end
of the day, he believes it all boils down to a “football junkie’s” desire to improve “You can see him kind of growing in leadership each and every day,” Archer said “I think that’s important You want your quarterback to act like that no matter what class he is It’s really nice to see him embrace that He really loves being a quarterback ”
Perhaps no moment of Banks’ young career highlights his decisionmaking and poise as well as his game-winning drive against Colgate that resulted in a lastsecond touchdown, completing the epic comeback to secure a 3-0 start “ I ' v e got an amazing team around me the receivers, the line everyone a r o u n d m e , ”
nine in the past four games against Colgate, Harvard, Sacred Heart and Brown
As frustrating as that record may be, Banks stresses how important it is to not let that get to him and keep his eyes focused on the big picture
“You got to have a short memory, ” Banks said of playing quarterback “You can ’ t be thinking about those kinds of things It happens throughout the game Sometimes you make a play, sometimes you make a [mistake] You gotta swallow it and go on and focus on the rest of the game ”
Getting the nod to lead the offense at such a young age was more eyebrow-raising, given that the receiving core Banks would be throwing to was made up of almost exclusively seniors Four out of Banks’ top five choices are seniors, including captains Matt Sullivan
“We all know we can lean on Dalton In the huddle, we are looking to him for some confidence That’s huge out of a quarterback.” Matt Sullivan
Banks said “We knew if we got the ball back, we were going to go down and punch it in Our guys made great plays and we were as happy as can be to finish out on top ” But as of late, some signs of Banks’ youth and inexperienced decisionmaking have come to light After not throwing an interception in his first 62 pass attempts, Banks has t h r o w n
and Ben Rogers
“We all know we can lean on Dalton,” Sullivan said “In the huddle we are looking to him for some confidence that’s huge out of a quarterback of any class but as a sophomore it’s amazing ”
Despite the age gap, Banks’ and his receivers said they feel that his transition to quarterback has come gone smoothly and said their relationship has blossomed without hesitation
“We don’t even acknowledge the age gap, they’re all my brothers,” the quarterback said “I feel like I can trust them with anything I can go out and rely on them to make a play whenever we need it ”
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Sprint Football ‘Never Stops Fighting’
By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor
It has not been an easy journey
Cornell sprint football has seen a 2016 season marred by tough opponents, injuries and a heartbreaking loss But with a couple games left on the calendar, the Red is set on turning this final stretch of the season around
One thing is clear with this group No matter whom they lose to or whom they defeat, this team is resilient Even when facing an Army (5-1) or Navy (5-1), Cornell (2-3) takes the same approach
ing that even in games that have not gone the Red’s way, the team has remained consistent in its effort
“ We have bat l d i h games where w behind early, but fighting until the l Ball said “Additio due to various inju tained, people hav to step up into and have perform well ”
Injuries have h the Red hard In week one against
“No matter the game or situation, we always fight hard a true testament to the guys we have fighting on our side.”
“We never quit,” said senior quar terback Rob Pannullo “No matter the game or situation, we always fight hard a true testament to the guys we have fighting on our side of the field ”
Junior running back Evan Ball agreed with his quarterback, say-
sprains, two radial fractures in the wrist, a broken finger and a MCL injury Six players went down in that game, a waterlogged 27-13
and I’ve been coaching for 45 years, ” said co-head coach Bart Guccia “And it wasn ’ t due to the field; the field was in fine condi-
Rob Pannullo
Navy, senior runni back Ke Nathanson suffere injur y and has recently re Nathanson totale 800 all-purpose ya Cornell’s bye w to the squad’s fin was key in overcoming some lin gering injuries But facing Post after the bye week, Cornell suffered an unprecedented amount of injuries, including two high ankle
Cornell victory
“ We suffered some injuries [against Army] that I’ve never seen as a coach happen in one game,
i ” glut of injuries and ns, the Red was able second win of the oming off this vicCornell is looking rd to this second in a different light, ording to Ball
“We are looking t the second half of he season as a new season, ” Ball said
“The first half didn ' t go exactly as we would have liked, but we are putting that behind us ”
But as Ball and the rest of the Red have seen this seaon, the wins do not me automatically
“Our biggest chale is keeping everyealthy,” he added als are to go [undem here on out and beat the other Ivy he league, UPenn ” currently leads the Collegiate Sprint Football League and has defeated Navy and defending champion Army
“Right now we have one win down and a tough game ahead of
us, but a [3-0 end to the season] is what we are trying to achieve,” Guccia said
As the season ’ s end rapidly approaches, Cornell will need to clean up the mistakes which have put the team down early in games at times This squad knows exactly what to do out on the field and is a smart team, with “ one of the highest GPAs of all the athletic teams, ” according to Guccia Yet in spite of this, the Red has struggled in executing its plans
“On offense, we ’ ve been just one block or one read away from scoring touchdowns and on defense we ’ ve been in the right position a lot of times but haven’t been able to make a play on the ball,” Pannullo said Ball added that Cornell has faltered in its execution
“ We practice heavily during the week, preparing specifically for how to attack each team, ” he said Ball added that the offense has str uggled to conver t on third downs, which is key in finding a rhythm but also is critical in keeping the Red defense off the field
Amidst the tough defeats to Navy and Army and a heartbreaking four th quar ter loss to Chestnut Hill, Cornell has been able to rebound and play quality football
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Gunslinger | First-year starting quarterback Dalton Banks currently ranks first in the league in passing yards per game and touchdowns
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Stepping up | Sophomore Connor
Ostrander filled in for senior Rob Pannullo at quarterback when the team played Army.
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‘At What Cost’ Group Critiques
By ANNA DELWICHE Sun Staff Writer
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s u p p o r t w i t h o u t t e l l i n g g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s t h e i m p l i c at i o n s o f f o r m i n g a u n i o n At W h a t C o s t ? T h a t ’ s w h a t we ’ re t r y i n g t o d o , ” s a i d Ma rk
“We feel that there are a lot of students that don’t have the information that they need to be educated
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r i g o r a f t e r t h e Na t i o n a l L a b o r Re l a t i o n s B o a rd r u l e d i n Au g u s t t h a t g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s c a n b e c o n s i d e re d e m p l oy -
Alum Gifts $3M for New Noyes Lodge Welcome Center
By YUN SOO KIM Sun News Editor
Martin Tang ’70, trustee emeritus, and his family have donated $3 million to the University to name the Martin Y Tang Welcome Center and renovate Noyes Lodge on North campus, adjacent to Beebe Lake
The contribution was made in response to a $3 million challenge grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies a charity foundation created by Charles F Feeney ’56, which has donated close to $1 billion to the University in the last four decades, according to the University
This donation, made by Tang and his sisters, Nadine Tang and Leslie Tang Schilling, in tandem with Atlantic Philanthropies’ completes the $6 million fundraising necessary for the project
The gift will allow for the renovation and repurposing of the existing space in Noyes Lodge The Language Resource Center, which is currently in located in Noyes Lodge, will be relocation to Stimson Hall, leaving room for the new building will house a welcome center and display an exhibit featuring Cornell’s history,
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First Openly Gay NFL Player to Speak at C.U.
Michael Sam, the first National Football League player to come out as gay, will deliver a free lecture in Statler Auditorium on Nov 14, the Cornell University Pr
announced Thursday Sa
when he told his teammates that he was gay in 2013, after finishing his career as a college athlete He was drafted by the St Louis Rams in 2014, and is currently a free agent
“Since his announcement, through scrutiny,
become an icon and pioneer for the LGBT community,” CUPB said in a press release
Sam grew up in Texas in what CUPB called a “childhood overrun with adversity, challenges and pain ” He was offered a scholarship to play for the University of Missouri, where he was named a first-team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, Sporting News, the American Football Coaches Association and the Football Writers Association of America
Since the 2014 season, Sam has been named GQ Magazine’s Men of the Year, was a finalist for Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year and the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYs, according to CUPB
“After a string of successful comedy acts this year, CUPB wanted to end the year with a free lecture with a relevant message for the entire Cornell population,” said CUPB Executive Chairperson Gabe Diamond ’18
Free tickets will be available to students on Nov 1 and to the general public on Nov 2 at the Willard Straight Hall Resource Center, Big Red Barn and LGBT Resource Center Compiled by Rebecca Blair
Students Discuss Role of Feminism in Election
By REBECCA EVEN Sun Staff Wr ter
Women’s advocacy groups at Cornell are working to facilitate a discussion of consent and sexual assault in the wake of Republican presid e n t i a l n o m i n e e Do n a l d Trump’s leaked 2005 tape, in which he discusses kissing and groping without their consent In the weeks since, a t h e s l e w o f w o m e n h a ve
c o m e f o r w a rd t o a c c u s e
Trump of sexual assault
Pro f K a t h l e e n Pe r r y Long, director of the feminist, gender, and sexuality studies program, said that the election has instigated a discussion of sexual assault on the national level has
forced some to confront the fact that many Americans accept sexual violence as an intrinsic part of the country ’ s culture
“ T h e i s s u e o f s e x u a l assault has been brought into the open in this election, allowing us to understand h ow n o r m a l i ze d c e r t a i n behaviors have become, and how in some circles they do not even register as unaccepta b l e , ” s h e s a i d “ T h i s i s something we already knew, b u t we n ow k n ow m o re clearly how urgent the work of educating people about sexual assault has become ” Jenna Zitomer ’18, vice president of programming
Price of unity | The “At What Cost” group (logo at left) addresses the financial complexities of forming a graduate students union as proposed by the Cornell Graduate Students United (seen at right)
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IFC Emphasizes Diversity of Fall Recruitment
By RACHEL WHALEN Sun Staff Writer
This year, fraternities took a new approach to recruitment The Interfraternity Council devised a plan to promote diversity and combat “negative stereotypes about the fraternity community,” according to Sam Turer ’18, IFC vice president for recruitment
Turer said that this year ’ s fall recruitment saw a 20 percent increase over last year, making it more successful than any season since the 1980s This is the first time in over 30 years that all of Cornell's 36 fraternities participate d in fall recruitment
Turer emphasized the significance of recruitment, especially from a diversity perspective
“Additional brothe rs especially those from underrepresented communities and diverse backgrounds that do not typically consider joining a fraternity make all of our chapters stronger, ” Turer said
For Stuart Jackson, a professional recruiter for Kappa Delta Rho, the key to finding the “perfect fit” for a new recruit also involves considering group diversity
“KDR was the first chapter to accept a minority member of all the IFC fraternities here at Cornell,” Jackson said “One of our members also passed a new provision that allows any brother who’s been initiated but then identifies as a woman to still be accepted as a brother ”
The approximately four week recruitment process allows potential recruits to learn about different organizations in a Meet the Greeks event and eventually become acquainted with current members of the chapter, according to Jackson
Although Greek organizations are often in the spotlight because of hazing accusations, both Turer and Jackson spoke to Cornell’s activism in reducing hazing incidents on campus
“For the past five years, Cornell has led a national movement in eradicating all forms of hazing,” said Turer “As leaders of the Interfraternity Council, we empower
Let’s party | The Interfraternity Council adopted a new approach to recruitment this fall, which resulted in the highest number of new members the organization has seen in years
our student-led Greek Judicial Board to utilize the full extent of its judicial power to investigate, and more importantly, educate all students about the dangers of hazing and the benefits of a healthy new member education process ”
Citing recent charges against Cayuga’s Waiters an a capella group that was recently suspended for hazing Jackson claimed that the lack of regulations, like the ones imposed by the IFC, can make non-Greek organizations more susceptible to hazing
“No one is overseeing them They are not under the microscope, like other social Greek organizations,” he said, adding that in its 103-year histor y, KDR has been cited for hazing
Turer also spoke to the benefits of Greek life, saying that Cornell’s fraternity community is “ one of the
Women’s Groups: Trump Tape Damages Discussion of Consent
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student group Consent Ed, said that she believes the election has negatively impacted productive discussion of consent
“Donald Trump creates this misconception that men can be entitled to a n y t h i n g t h e y w a n t , i n c l u d i n g a woman ’ s body,” she said “It can have a subconscious effect on the way people think ”
T h e Wo m e n ’ s Re s o u rc e C e n t e r Executive Board, which wrote a letter to the editor in The Sun last week endorsing Hillar y Clinton and condemning Donald Trump, said the board felt duty-bound to speak out after enduring months of Trump’s rhetoric
“Our letter was not about the campaign This entire election [is] not just about a campaign anymore It’s about what it means to be human, and who we want to represent us in that,” the letter said “It is our duty to speak up when people are being treated unfairly, and that is just what we are doing now We are not touching on policy or which party we lean toward We are talking about an individual who is disgusting to other humans and this, unfortunately, cannot be separated from his platform ”
Zitomer stressed that a Trump presidency would be harmful to women and lead to setbacks in women ’ s rights
“[Trump] basically supported and bragged about sexual assault, and I have no doubt that he’ll do it as president of the United States,” she said “I think that the way he speaks about women will affect the way men think about women and the way women think about themselves ”
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strongest, most diverse and progressive in the nation “ We commit hundreds of hours of community ser vice and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for local, national, and global causes ever y year, ” he added
Turer also spoke of his personal experience in overcoming uncertainties about Greek life to discover its “infinite benefits ”
“My perception of the Greek community was skewed by misconceptions perpetuated by false stereotypes presented in the media,” he said “My time ser ving on the Interfraternity Council executive board has been spent discussing the unexpected, unique benefits of going Greek with all those who are interested or had the same misconceptions that I had ”
Whalen can be reached at rwhalen@cornellsun com
Experts Debate Death Penalty
By SHRUTI JUNEJA Sun Contributor
for the rights of women and minorities if Trump is elected and said she was disappointed that it took many people so long to denounce Trump
“It’s not an option at this point [to support Clinton] It’s a necessity,” she said “It was disappointing to see the national outcr y [over Trump’s conversation with Billy Bush], because in the whole feminist movement and reproductive freedom movement, the idea of white women being the people who need to be protected over minority groups and people of color who he’s already offended so greatly is problematic ”
However, Maisel said she hopes the Trump-Bush conversation and the sexual assault allegations against Trump will help men to realize that Trump’s rhetoric and actions are potentially
d a m a g i n g t o w o m e n a n d m o t i va t e them to vote
“ There’s this tension, because it’s obviously problematic to characterize women in terms of their relation to men, but at the same time, if it’s getting someone to the booth, then that’s also really positive,” she said
Zitomer said she is hopes a Clinton presidency will prove that women are just as capable of running the countr y as men
“ The idea of women in a place of power is finally going to be viewed as l e g i t i m a t e It’s a b s u rd , b e c a u s e i t ’ s accepted in many other countries,” she said “ There are so many female powers in the world and yet the United States is so hesitant to accept a female leader
Once a female leader of [Clinton’s] caliber is placed in the Oval office, I think female leadership will be accepted ”
Long agreed, adding that powerful women are often viewed differently than their male counterparts
Experts from the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide addressed the death penalty as an ethically controversial issue and predicted that it will gradually fall out of use going forward
On Tuesday, the center brought a panel of experts to Myron Taylor Hall, where they facilitated a discussion on the domestic and international implications of the movement against the death penalty
The use of capital punishment in the criminal justice system is severely flawed, because it can be difficult to fairly discern who deserves the death penalty, argued Denny LeBoeuf, the current director of the American Civil Liberty Union’s John Adams Project
“To believe in the death penalty, you have to believe two things,” LeBoeuf said “You must believe that there is a category of murderers who, by virtue [of ] their character and the crime they have committed, have no right to life ”
Due to these moral concerns, the death penalty is less socially acceptable today than it has been in the past, according to Delphine Lourtau, the executive director of the Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide
“There is a strong and very clear global trend not only towards outright toward abolition of the death penalty, but also towards a decreased reliance on capital punishment as a regular feature of criminal justice,” Lourtau said “The second big takeaway point is that increasingly the death penalty is only applied by a small minority of states ”
Lourtau explained that China performs more executions than the rest of the world combined and said Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United States “together represent over 90 percent of the remaining executions ”
Even before it was prohibited, the death penalty was “applied very rarely,” he said the last militar y execution occurred in 1961
“Mexico is absolutely opposed to the imposition of the death penalty in any circumstance, ” Uribe said
Looking forward, Sheri Lynn Johnson, the assistant director of the Cornell Law School’s Death Penalty Project, predicted that complete abolition of the practice in the United States will take time
“There are people now who are saying that the Supreme Court is going to strike it down, and I’m not optimistic that’s going to happen anytime soon, ” Johnson said “What I do think we are going to see and have been seeing is abolition or maybe not abolition, but continued decrease in the willingness of most states, actually all states, to use the death penalty ”
Other panelists concurred that the road towards successful elimination of the death penalty looks promising Lourtau pointed out that the United States is the only country in North, Central, or South America that has performed an execution in the past seven years
International pressure will also contribute to a move away from the use of capital punishment in the United States, according to LeBoeuf
“The death penalty is increasingly seen as a human rights issue, not a criminal justice issue,” LeBoeuf said
The Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide the first of its kind in the United States was established in 2011 to coordinate efforts to end practice of the death penalty through research and renewed awareness, according to the center ’ s official website
Pl a n n e d Pa re n t h o o d Ge n e r a t i o n Action, said that PPGA is concerned
See FEMINISM page 4
Victor M Uribe, a minister from the Mexican Foreign Ser vice, also shared insights on capital punishment in Mexico, a country which banned the practice in 2005
“Cornell is really an ideal place to ideal place to house this center because it has a unique concentration of faculty that have spent decades defending people facing the death penalty,” said Sandra Babcock, the center ’ s founder and faculty director
Shruti Junejacan be reached at sj453@cornell edu
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Alumnus Gift to Fund New Welcome Center
GIFT
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the new building will house a welcome center and display an exhibit featuring Cornell’s history, mission, and values
JMZ Architects and Planners, PC, will design the welcome center and be in charge of the project, which is scheduled to open in the summer of 2018, according to the University
Interim president Hunter Rawlings indicated that the gift will aim to better serve the numerous visitors to Cornell’s Ithaca campus every year
“Cornell has long needed a welcome center to serve the tens of thousands of people who visit the Ithaca campus each year, ”
Rawlings said “I can ’ t think of a better name to have on this building than that of Martin Tang, an exemplary Cornell citizen ”
Tang’s role as an alumnus has been extensive The donor was the longest-ser ving international trustee a position he occupied since 1994 and was a leader in rebuffing the Cornell Club of Hong Kong, according to the University
Tang also spearheaded the creation of “the Martin Y Tang International Scholarship Challenge to encourage others to establish endowed scholarships” for his “Cornell Now” campaign commitment which ended in 2015, the release said
In the past, Tang has provided financial support for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Engineering, Cornell Library, Milstein Hall, Student and Campus Life, and many other areas throughout the University
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Women Fight Back Against Trump
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“This campaign has made more evident the discomfort that many feel, women as well as men, with the prospect of women seeking power, ” she said “I am hoping that this election will result in a more serious and sustained discussion of the status of women in our society ”
The WRC Executive Board concurred, writing that “there is a pressure for Secretary Clinton to present herself as likable Donald Trump can say any racist, sexist, and hateful comment that he would like, and is rewarded and applauded for such behavior Secretary Clinton, on the other hand, is constantly having to perform ”
To educate people in the face of problematic rhetoric about sexual assault, the Women’s Resource Center is sponsoring Sexual Assault Awareness Week and hosting Hump Day lunches every Wednesday to “discuss issues pertaining to sexuality ”
Zitomer said Consent Ed will
continue to work toward its objectives by giving presentations around campus about sexual assault prevention and bystander intervention PPGA sponsored an event with Consent Ed last week and hopes to continue education efforts by working with other groups on campus to promote discussion of consent and sexual assault
However, all groups say it is important to acknowledge how the campus conversation fits into national themes Zitomer said the growing popularity of the term “ nasty woman ” Trump’s reference to Clinton during the third debate is a way for women to own being criticized for vocally standing up for their beliefs
“Feminists sometimes are fearful of being outright and offensive because no one wants to be construed as a bitch,” she said “But at the end of the day, it’s something to rally behind We’re the ones that are standing up for what’s right ”
Rebecca Even can be reached at reven@cornellsun com
New Group to Address C o s t o f G r a d U n i o n
“ We have a lot of unanswered questions and we feel that there are a lot of students that don’t have the information that they
n e e d t o b e e d u c a t e d v o t e r s , ”
Wiles said
Obstalecki became involved with At What Cost after a member of the American Federation of Teachers the trade union that is affiliated with CGSU visited him at this office
“First off, he did not introduce himself as a union staff member,” Obstalecki said of the visit “ These are people going around that are actually paid by the union that are not necessarily introducing themselves as such ”
T h e s e t y p e s o f o n e - o n - o n e meetings have become common for graduate students, after graduate students’ personal information was subpoenaed to CGSU through an agreement with the University, according to CGSU’s website
After asking Obstalecki questions such as, “Do you want more rights? Do you want larger raises? And do you want better
b e n e f i t s ? , ” t h e A F T m e m b e r encouraged Obstalecki to sign a card stipulating his support for CGSU
“All they say is that by signing this card, you ’ re going to get all these things,” Obstalecki said “ Re a l l y w h a t t h e y ’ re d o i n g i s going around making promises
a n d a s k i n g p e o p l e , “ Do y o u agree?", “If so, Sign this card ” At What Cost is working to e n s u re t h a t g r a d u a t e s t u d
u n d e r s t a n d w h a t t h e s e c a rd s mean Once 30 percent of eligi-
b l e v o t e r s s i g n t h e s e c a rd s , CGSU can hold a vote for unionization, according to Obstalecki However, Obstalecki said he was not informed of this provision when he was approached
Wiles added that the group is tr ying to educate graduate students on the purpose of the cards to “make sure that ever yone has the information that they need and want to make the best decision that they can ”
Without signing the card and
t h e re b y b e c o m i n g a m e m b e r, g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s a re b a r re d from attending CGSU meetings Because of this limitation, nonmembers can struggle to understand the group ’ s objectives and plan for negotiations, according to Obstalecki
“I don’t understand how an organization that wants to represent all the graduate students can deny access to a meeting like this,” Obstalecki said “ To me that’s not right ” In response to this concern, C G S U m e m b e r B e n j a m i n
C o h e n g r a d e x p l a i n e d t h a t b e c a u s e o n l y m e m b e r s a re allowed to vote, the meetings must be exclusively for members
“Our meetings are designed p r i m a r i l y f o r d i s c u s s i n g a n d potentially deciding on union decisions,” Cohen said “In order to vote on these issues, you need to be a member of the union We want ever yone to be a member of the union ”
At What Cost has intentional-
l y f r a m e d i t s o r g a n i z a t i o n t o
combat the issues of obscurity t h e y i d e n t i f y w i t h i n C G S U , according to Wiles “ We’re tr ying to have the most open, publicly accessible information Anyone at all can go to our website and see ever ything on our website,” Wiles said “It’s an easy way for people to learn information without having to seek it out or have a one-on-one meeting with another person ” By actively reaching out to students in person and through p re s e n t a t i o n s t o d e p a r t m e n t s , Cohen said that CSGU is “ tr ying to encourage transparency and encourage student participation ”
A t
What Cost aims to address is the lack of clarity about the cost of local union dues On its website, CGSU has released a projection of expected dues to be paid to New York State United Teachers and the AFT
“ We don’t know how much they would be charging us and more importantly, we don’t know what that money is going to be used for,” Wiles said “ We don’t know who is going to decide how that money is used ”
According to Cohen, the reason a number has not been given f o r l o c a l d u e s i s b e c a u s e t h e amount has not been decided
“ The due structure, including our local dues, is part of the contract that we bargain,” Cohen said “ The people that are currently in CGSU don’t get to make that decision unilaterally ”
At What Cost members say they are concerned that CGSU has not provided either a convincing argument for why graduate students need a union or a clear outline of their objectives
“ There really is nothing on paper It’s all just verbal promises and lofty statements from what I ’ v e e x p e r i e n c e d , ” O b s t a l e c k i said
Cohen explained that CGSU’s lack of a formal outline is due to a desire to incorporate member feedback as the groups receives it
“ While we can reference the c o n t r a c t s o f o t h e r u n i o n i z e d graduate students as a guide, we want to be sure that whatever contract we agree upon reflects the needs of graduate students across a wide variety of fields,”
Cohen said
Wi l e s s a i d s h e b e l i e ve s a n organization that represents the entire graduate and student body such as the Graduate and Professional Studen t Ass embly could better convey opinions and concerns to the administration, rather than the bargaining unit of CGSU
On the issue of unionization,
G P S A h a s a s s u m e d a n e u t r a l stance
“ T h e Gr a d u a t e a n d
Professional Student Assembly represents all graduate students at C o r n e l l Un i v e r s i t y, i n c l u d i n g those that have taken a pro-union and those that have taken an a n t i - u n i o n s t
Rogers, president “As a result, the GPSA has taken a neutral s t a n c e , f o c u s i n g i n s t e a d o n preparing to motivate students to vote if CGSU moves for ward ”
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By SASHA CHANKO Sun Contributor
BBest of West
crispy, bright spring rolls and smooth,
Hans Bethe House
y no means do I consider my palate more sophisticated than that of the average metrosexual Upper West Sider, but I guarantee t
between that which is pleasing and that which is, well, not With this assurance, I hope you can place your trust in my judgment, and accept my conclusions regarding the West Campus dining halls
In the following article, I will first give brief descriptions of each dining hall’s setup, both in terms of seating and in terms of food station placement I hope to create for you, my readership, an image that will transport you to each location and allow you to practically taste the foods I will highlight By the concluding sentence, I expect your mouths to be salivating and your stomachs rumbling, eager to jump out of your procrastinator y funk and head to West Campus for a snack to satisfy the senses and stimulate the mind
Alice Cook House
Walking to the front entrance of Alice Cook’s Main House, you will notice an i m m a c u
floor-to-ceiling windows through which you can see the dining hall Once you make your way into the dining hall itself, the flags hanging from the ceiling catch your eye, evoking thoughts of international culture and brightening the room with color The room is somewhat irregularly shaped, with a raised platform toward the back and with tables, set up both in long lines and in squares, scattered throughout
The buffet area is intuitively designed; it leads you in a circle, starting with hot dishes, then salad, then more hot dishes, then to a specialty station or pizza station
The desserts sit in the middle, the drinks on the side Toward the right side of the dining hall, separated from the other food, lies the coveted ice cream and cereal
Cook dining hall’s best meal is its Asian inspired night, when the chef ser ves up
sauce, your glutamate sensors will definitely pick up the umami Free up your Thursday nights for this international sensation
Carl Becker House
Similar to Cook, walking into Becker, you will see rows of tables on your right and food stations to your left Again, there
which the full autumn glamour of the Ithaca valley can be seen Light seems to effortlessly flow into the large room, creating a warm and comfortable eating environment And with more seating than
This dining room lacks some of the brightness and unique charm that others offer But what it lacks in décor, it makes up for in size and food quality Rows of long tables abound without over whelming your senses
Instead, your senses will be overcome by the food My favorite meal here is, as I’m going to call it, ‘Murica night Fried potatoes? Got ‘ em Fried onions? Got ‘ em Fried chicken wings? Got ‘ em Fried chicken tenders? Got ‘ em Fried mozzarella sticks? Got ‘ em The food is salty, sweet gone This classic dinner will truly make you wonder why America has an obesity problem However, I find it an irresistible treat
Cook, Becker usually bustles with energy and excitement
The buffet area is designed like Cook’s, with only slight modifications At the center, there are usually yogurts, fruits and some desserts, while the majority of baked sweets and fruits are housed near the entrance The ice cream is once again separated from the rest, a sure sign that Cornell is hoping its students cut down a bit, don’t you think? Yet, there is still an easy circular path to take, and seats are not hard to come by
My favorite dish here is the smoked salmon omelet from Becker’s weekend omelet bar The fish’s smokiness when paired with some nice cheese and ripe tomatoes, gives me the jumpstart I need for a productive weekend
that is a must-eat if you are okay with gaining a few pounds in one sitting
Flora Rose House
I must give this dining hall kudos for its design It incorporates cement, adding a modern twist to the room ’ s aesthetic, which is furthered by lighted disks that mitigate the darkness that the concrete would other wise create Moreover, the buffet area is brightly lit and mostly white, a beacon of hope for those of you with two prelims tomorrow, in addition to an essay and two projects due next week Standing at the entrance and looking outward, the walls appear to slope downward, the windows increasing in size as your eye moves toward the opposite side a set of floor-
to-ceiling windows This shapely architecture creates interest for the eyes, setting this room apart from the other, more conventionally styled dining halls Again, the buffet leads you around in a circle, letting you pick up whatever suits your taste buds, often in spite of your stomach’s warnings This happened to me one night, when Rose had its Greek night They had lamb Lamb! Together with pita, o l
inspired foods, I ate with fer vor, temporarily forgetting the stresses of Cornell life I hope for your sake you also get a chance to have this soothing experience
William Keeton House
Lastly comes Keeton, the often forgotten West Campus House, placed in the shadow of Noyes Community Center and hidden behind the behemoth that is the Hans Bethe House Number one in décor, this dining hall blew away the competition in holiday spirit: pumpkins and zombies and cobwebs showed me that this dining hall cared about how I feel when I sit down to eat Weirdly, however, the dining hall feels much like a high school cafeteria The multicolored tiles fill the room with awkwardly juvenile color coordination, and the low ceilings create the illusion of a vast plane of seating The room feels dark and somewhat cramped, while the buffet is slightly discombobulating: ever ything is ordered differently from how it is in the other dining halls
But they ser ve iced coffee at night, affording me the chance to have dinner with a lovely glass of my own concoction o
Keeton-style iced caffeinated roasted bean juice Moreover, Keeton offers a mean beef gyro, that you’d think would dr y out quickly, but actually retains its juiciness quite effectively Delish
Conclusion
Just go to one of them you’ll be happier than you would be on North!
Sasha Chanko is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at stc83@cornell edu
By VIRIDIANA GARCIA Sun Contributor
Ithink it’s safe to say that before starting college, most of us had the preconception that we were going to get by on ramen noodles However, ramen noodles do not make the best breakfast food and most ramen flavors contain animal products, ruling them out as an option to vegans
Cornell’s wonderful dining halls definitely have plenty of vegan options, but after spending the summer on West Campus, I think that breakfast is the hardest meal for vegans to find options, since most breakfast foods involve cheese, milk or eggs
Now, after being a vegan for two years, I have found many ways to take the simplest of foods and combine them in order to make something “fun” that my friends would not even know is vegan
One of the handiest instant breakfast foods vegan college students will ever meet is oatmeal It’s usually sold anywhere from Bear Necessities to Target in boxes of
about eight packets However, oatmeal can get tiring, even if it is flavored
This specific recipe only involves oatmeal, water, nuts and fruits Fruits, nuts and sugar are optional depending on what type of oats are used
Oatmeal is usually cooked using either milk or water, and using water can result in a bland taste, but milk is not vegan Although there are plant-based milk options, such as almond, coconut or soy, not all of them work when heated, causing foods to burn and stick when heated Because of this, the best choice is to avoid anything other than water, especially since the toppings can easily add flavor back
Start off by preheating your oven to 300°F Boil one cup of water, then add half a cup of oats and a pinch of salt Turn the heat down and simmer and cook for five minutes, making sure that the oatmeal does not stick Once the oats have cooked, remove them
from the heat and let them sit for about two minutes
If you know that you will not have time to boil the water and oatmeal, simply microwave the same amounts of both ingredients for about two minutes If the oatmeal does not seem to be cooked after two minutes, let it cool for a few seconds before microwaving it again for 30 seconds Letting it cool will ensure that it doesn’t spill
Transfer the oatmeal to a ramekin or any other oven-safe dish At this point, if you would like to add berries, fruits, nuts or anything else, do so I have found that walnuts, cranberries or dried strawberries taste best on oatmeal
If you did not choose to use presweetened or flavored oatmeal, now is the times to sweeten it Maple syrup and brown sugar works, but agave syrup, honey or just sugar will work fine as well Once the oatmeal has been sweetened, put your ramekin in the oven to broil for about five min-
utes, watching it carefully to make sure the oatmeal does not burn
This specific step is what makes the recipe unique After five minutes, check that it has not burned and that it is fully cooked and remove it from the oven
Once the oatmeal is done, it should have a darker brown color
Putting it in the oven accents sweet flavors, causing toppings such as dried cranberries or strawberries to taste sweeter Additionally, the oatmeal will no longer have a watery, mushy consistency, but rather a firmer one Using a plant-based milk such as almond, coconut or soy would causes foods to burn and stick when heated in an oven, so the best choice is to avoid anything other than water, especially since the toppings can easily add flavor back
Viridiana Garcia is a freshman in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at vg235@cornell edu
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o o d H e r o , b u t t h e S c r i p t ’s a R e a c h ( e r )
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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is exactly what I expected it to be That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but watching this movie with the wrong expectations could be rough I’d place this in the realm of the first three Transformers movies (Age of Extinction was just garbage) not strictly good films, but fun if you ’ re willing to turn off your brain a little
The Jack Reacher films are based on Lee Child’s popular long-running novel series of the same name Never Go Back is largely based on the plot of the eighteenth novel in the series, with which it shares its title The original film was written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie who also wrote The Usual Suspects and Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow, both of which were were stellar The 2012 work on its own was a solid movie, complimented by a charismatic performance from Tom Cruise, who returns to reprise his role in the new film
The emotional lives of girls are mainly myth and diagnoses and constellations and made-for-TV movies and bathroom stall graffiti, at this point Girls’ pain is held at gunpoint by competing narratives of attractive, elegant frailty, performative victimization, attention-addicted poseuring and wound-dwelling melodrama When a girl speaks about the way she feels, we quietly select from a near-infinite archive of stories tell us who that girl is and why she feels like that, blurring her story to match the one we ’ ve picked which is why you ’ ve probably heard a woman explain something she felt to you, clarifying, “but it’s not like that ”
The hyper-representation of female pain in our culture has rendered it a moot point We can ’ t just be ourselves; we have to choose from IMDB’s Top 70 “Memorable Female Characters ” We can ’ t really just be ourselves, we can only be Anna Karenina or Sylvia Plath or Bella or Hillary Clinton or Jo or Katniss or Mimí or Precious or Lisbeth or Alaska or Scarlett or Sula or Carrie or Daisy or Elizabeth
Never Go Back was directed by Edward Zwick, who is notably not Christopher McQuarrie though the latter was given producer credit Though there were no clear missteps on Zwick’s part, this movie lacked the sequences and set pieces to stun audiences With the level of production we ’ ve come to expect in cinema these days, that’s an issue
The real issues here lie in the writing Though I maintain that Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders (the female lead) and Patrick Heusinger ( Jack’s primary antagonist) turn in commendable performances, the situations and lines that they are fed are a serious weakness My sister, who dozed off through much of the exposition, had as many questions about the story as I did It isn’t that the film has massive plot holes, but on repeated occasion the script failed to justify the characters ’ motivations and actions I found myself asking ‘why’ more than I would’ve liked Additionally, much of the characterization and dialogue falls victim to repeated cliché Danika Yarosh’s character, Samantha, is especially guilty of this Her teenage char-
acter fits the authority-rejecting millennial stereotype to an eye-rolling degree These issues compound into moments where a viewer will find themselves taken out of the action
Now I’m not here just to trash the film here There are certain aspects which certainly deserve positive consideration! Unlike the Jason Bournes and Marvel Heroes that are so popular these days, Jack isn’t a god In fact, our protagonist is repeatedly called on his shit Jack’s whole schtick is being a lone wolf, a wanderer wary of outsiders In Never Go Back, two women enter Jack’s life and he is forced to rely on both of them In these interactions, Reacher is made to admit his own shortcomings In one notable scene, Jack insists that he alone must confront the group ’ s adversary and is subsequently called out for his bullish, borderline-misogynist tendencies by Smulders’ character Jack’s subtly shown weakness makes his character more relatable to the average viewer He isn’t perfect, and neither are his choices There are also ver y strong action sequences strewn throughout the film The
fighting in this movie feels more realistic and visceral than many films of recent years In most action movies I can usually point out one or two scenes where I thought: ‘Really? He’s not dead?’ Of course, because it is an action movie, Jack survives events that no real human could ever dream of living through, but the ridiculousness of his longevity is toned down a bit In the everpresent mano e mano fist fight near the end of the movie, the protagonist and antagonist seem to be genuinely affected by each other’s blows Again, these relatable deficiencies in the main characters of the film makes the entire experience more believable In conclusion, a weak plot and flimsy dialogue are steps backward from the relatively strong first entr y in the series
However, the complexity of Jack’s character is refreshing and makes the movie an enjoyable watch if you ’ re bored on a weekday afternoon
Nick Smith is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at nks53@cornell edu
feeling like we don’t deserve to feel good, feeling weird, feeling ugly, feeling angry, feeling shame, feeling stupid, feeling scared we ’ re the oldest clichés in the book
Living in a world that’s post-female pain, a girl’s problems are perpetually suspect to being real; to being interesting; to being worth talking about Female pain can be interesting today, but only if mediated: translated correctly and expressed appropriately;
cooly, stylized, ironically, jadedly It can be interesting, but we have to make sure no one might think we ’ re like that So, women who want to speak about their pain, both everyday and cataclysmic, outside of mythology and pathology, face a challenge
They are illustrators and graphic designers and cartoonists and photographers and photo-shoppers, snapchatters and fabric artists
Some are professional and commercially successful artists, wellknown in the art, photography and fashion worlds; others are amateurs who operate exclusively on social media They make drawings and paintings and collages and videos and memes and screenshots and selfies and comic strips and embroidery and Photoshop masterpieces
Female pain is played out Us girls over here with this nebulous sadness and broken hearts feeling terrible about ourselves in the corner, under the bleachers, in class, in our beds, with the headphones in, getting our periods or not getting them, feeling bad, feeling like we deserve to feel bad, feeling good,
Fortunately, a whole bunch of women with the radical belief that female pain is still news are rejecting mythology and pathology, disclaimers and translation, and making sweet, sweet art about their feelings on Instagram Contrary to conventional wisdom about the superficial alienation of social media where vapid girls show off their lattes and new boots and workout sweat Instagram, for me, has become a space of powerful affective catharsis and validation and self-sensitizing and emotional learning and humor and joy and release
This is because of the cadre of what I am calling sadgirl instagrammers that I fill up my feed with: members of a thriving social media artistic subculture of feminist artists, making art explicitly, unapologetically and voluminously about women ’ s emotional and affective lives
I am talking about accounts like @jooleeloren, @bigsiss666, @filthyratbag, @lauracallaghanillustration, @audreywollen, @pollynor, @lianafink, @thunderpuss, @birdbonez, @fridawannerberger, @slimesistren, @bloatedandalone4evr1993 and so, so, so, so many more I don’t want to reduce the complex and diverse politics and alignments of these artists or collapse them into a fantasized, homogenous community Without collapsing or simplifying these artists and the diversity of their work, I want to argue for this drawn connection between these artists, about a certain kind of feminist sensibility, interested in making room for new stories and conversations about women I want to argue that these artists exist in their visibility on Instagram, are in conversation with each other, and are all participating in a particular conversation that is happening on social media, among other public subcultures
This community of artists insist upon the interestingness of female life and on the expansiveness and strangeness of femininity: reclaiming those busted boring stories of female pain with which we are nauseatingly familiar They represent ways of claiming female and feminist identities, without the repudiation of the affects and emotions brought into being by sexism and patriarchy, which is innate in the girl power politics of mainstream feminism They refuse quick fixes to female pain and trauma and shame, like body positivity or girl power or legal or political recourses, instead insisting on keeping pain and trauma unrelentingly in view, making no promises about when it will all be better, and everyone will be empowered and happy and safe
These artists are collectively and individually taking on the project of making room for the nuances and idiosyncrasies of women ’ s
emotional and social and sexual and political lives in the face of the hyper-representation and petrification and idealization and romanticization of female pain and trauma They create images of women masturbating, crying, vomiting, having sex, cuddling with their demons, peeling their skin off to reveal new selves, drinking, smoking, loving other women, hating other women, furious at and in love with their own bodies, wondering about death and self-destruction, being gluttonous and dirty and lazy and indulgent, experimenting with and feeling confused and angry about feminism and politics and the world and a million more things that being a woman can look and feel like I think what these artists all share is that they find femininity so emphatically interesting, that they debase our society’s disgust with femininity They sometimes even manage to debase my own disgust for my femininity; their art helps me to find myself interesting and complicated, and worth talking about, even when I feel dumb and vapid and dramatic and crazy
They are taking female pain and traumas out of therapeutic and pathological and mythological contexts, and making beautiful, cultural sense of what it means to be a woman today, in this world And for that, I’m fucking grateful
Jael Goldfine is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jgoldfine@cornellsun com Objectivity Bites appears alternate Thursdays this semester
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Blades of glory | In the Red’s two exhbition wins, Cornell outscored its opponents 11-2 The team hopes to continue its hot start as the regular season begins this weekend.
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By ACHINDRA KRISHNA Sun Staff Writer
With six games left in the seas o n , C o r n e l l v o l l e y b a l l h a s matched ever y loss with a win for an overall record of 9-9, already surpassing last year ’ s win total
The team has seen an upward trend in performance in the Ivy League as well, notching three wins, one more than last season ’ s total
Head coach Trudy Vande Berg started her second season as the head coach of the team this fall Working with one of the younger rosters in the league last year, Vande Berg was able to match the previous year ’ s record of 6-18
Having some experience under the belts of the players has definitely proved beneficial, as evidenced by the team ’ s record thus far Junior Kit McCarty said she agreed with this idea
“Our team is different this year because we are now coming together to be an experienced, hardworking and talented team that has the potential to be the best in the Ivy League,” McCarty said
This year, the team matched last year ’ s start with a 2-0 record, something that was only achieved in 2007 before last year The Red carried this momentum into the i n - c o n f e re n c e p o r t i o n o f i t s schedule, facing particularly competitive Ivy League foes So far over 60 percent of league games have gone to a fifth set
In fifth set losses against Ivy League teams, the team h a s a ve r a g e d a point differential of j u s t t h re e p o i n t s , a testament
t o h ow competitive and close the t e a m
opponents this year
One particular loss stung more
Dartmouth on Oct 14, according to Vande Berg
“Dartmouth was tough,” the head coach said “ We know that we didn’t execute when we neede d t o a n d j u s t couldn’t get ourselves out of our slump ” The win jolted the Red back to its winning ways and currently, the team is riding a two-game success streak, with the last two wins in league games against Har vard and then Columbia This last win ser ved as redemption after the team lost to Columbia 2-3 to kick off the Ivy season on Sept 24
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steal a win on the road
“ There was so much focus and determination to win from ever yone on the team, ” McCarty said “ We haven’t beat Har vard since 2011, so it was so much fun to beat them on their home court ” Vande Berg added that it can be challenging to get over the
styles as well as personalities
“Off the court we are the closest team I’ve ever been a part of,” McCarty said “Even though we already spend a ton of time in the gym together, we typically spend most of our time outside of volleyball hanging out together ” With three weekends left in
The rest of the games left in t h e s e
y opponents, meaning that ever y game from here on out counts Just two of those games will be played in front of the Red’s supportive home crowd, so the team will need to rely on each other in order to get things done on the road
Vande Berg was clear about what the goal is for the remainder o f t h e s e a s o n : m a k
number of wins is greater than the number of losses
“We are now coming together to be an experienced, hardworking and talented team that has the potential to be the best in the Ivy League.”
hump in the season, but said the Har vard game was a good indicator that the team has successfully pushed through
“I think we got that monkey off our back versus Har vard last weekend but we know that we have to keep working hard to get better ever y day,” she said
match slip away the first time was a great feeling,” Vande Burg said Ev e n s e t t i n g r i v a l r y a s i d e , Har vard was a particularly sweet win The team managed to overcome a 2-10 deficit in the fifth set to
As the season has matured, team chemistr y has been another important aspect contributing
t o t h e t e a m ’ s s u c c e s s , b e c a u
n have learned each
the season, the team is perfectly even in all contests: home (4-4), away (3-3), and neutral (2-2)
The Red is hoping to grab a win at Yale this Friday to extend the squad’s winning streak and move to above 500 for the season
“ O u r t e a m i s f i n
y i n a rhythm and we will continue to get better and better,” McCarty said
Asked which game will be the most important in the coming weeks, Vande Berg simply said the next one on the schedule, Yale “ Ev e r y
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Iv y League is a battle,” Vande Berg said “ Yale at their place is next, that’s the one we are focused on ” Cornell plays the Bulldogs and Br
IVY CHAMPIONSHIPS AWAIT X.C. TEAMS THIS WEEKEND
Wo m e n H o p e t o C o n t i n u e
By CHARLES COTTON Sun Staff Writer
When the days get shorter and the weather begins to turn, it is time to kick off the women ’ s cross country championship season The team just completed its regular season this past Sunday Now, all eyes turn first to the Ivy Championships this weekend followed by NCAA Regionals and NCAA Nationals, if the team qualifies
The women ’ s regular season was a very successful one, and head coach Artie Smith ’96 said he was impressed by the team ’ s growth throughout the year
“I’m very pleased with the regular season, ” he said “We’ve seen tremendous improvement from meet to meet Not only are people running faster, but they are competing at a higher and higher level and closing out their races better and better ”
The season consisted of just five meets, but the women used each one to grow individually and as a group in preparation for the key meets to close out the year
The Red began the season at the Spiked Shoe Invitational at Penn State, where it finished fourth out of nine teams, competing against a field which included several nationally-ranked opponents
A week later, at the Yellowjacket Invitational in Rochester, Cornell won the whole event, besting a field of 26
Two weeks later, the women finished eighth out of 45 teams at the Paul Short Run at Lehigh, ahead of several Ivy League schools and other tough competition In its return to State College, the Red was then able to finish in sixth out of 19 yet another impressive showing
The women concluded the regular season with the John Reif Memorial Run the lone home meet of the year where, in spite of resting its top 12 runners, the Red still managed to sweep second through 10th
Smith has had only positive things to say about the season up to this point
“I've been very pleased with our performances so far,” the head coach said “We're clearly moving in the right direction The group has been fearless about putting themselves in contention, and that attitude and approach will pay big dividends in the championship portion of the season ”
Particularly strong for the Red have been sophomore Gracie Todd, junior Jackie Katzman and senior captain Taylor Spillane Smith praised the trio’s consistency and competitiveness, referring to Spillane in particular as a “fantastic, positive leader,” and Katzman as one of the team ’ s breakout stars
“We have such a deep group, and so many people have made a positive impact,” Smith said “I've been particularly pleased with the consistency and competitiveness of sophomore Gracie Todd ”
Now the Red will need all of its top runners to find that next gear with the championship run beginning this weekend The team travels to Princeton for Ivy Heps all day Saturday If all goes well, Cornell will send a group to regionals on Nov 11 and nationals on Nov 19
Smith said he knows that these key meets are coming at the best possible time, and said he hopes the team ’ s momentum keeps building into mid-November
“We’ve got great momentum heading into the championship portion of the season, ” Smith said “It has been great see the assertiveness and confidence of our group in big meets We are going to continue to build on those attributes in the weeks to come ”
The head coach also said he feels confident that, if his runners can in fact find that top gear, they will be competitive in any race they run including Ivy Championships
“This is a good league,” he said “Every women ' s team has appeared in the national poll at some point this season, but we do feel strongly that we will be in position to be one of those teams contending for the Heps title ”
Last year, the Red finished in sixth place in the Ivy League Stronger and better than before, the women know they can do better And based on this year ’ s results, all signs indicate that the team could improve on last season ’ s finish
By CHARLES COTTON Sun Staff Writer
After running in its lone home meet of the season the John Reif Memorial Run the Cornell men ’ s cross country team completed the regular season portion of its schedule The team, led by head coach Zeb Lang ’03, will now turn its attention to championship season Ivy Heps, NCAA Regionals and, perhaps the NCAA Championships
The men centered this season with particularly high expectations Last year, the team nearly won regionals and sent two individuals to nationals Incidentally, both of these runners, Ben Rainero ‘16 and Brian Eimstad ‘16, have now graduated The quest to replace them has been tough, and Lang said he feels the men of the team have yet to meet their full
potential
“After a great 2015 season, our expectations were higher this year, ” Lang said “We still feel that we are yet to run as well as we are capable of running ”
Although the season lasts for over two months, the Red has competed in just five events over four weekends thus far The somewhat uneventful regular season can lead to very different results from meet to meet
The Red performed quite well in the seasonopener the Spiked Shoe Invitational at Penn State The team finished in second out of a competitive 11-team field, and all five of the Red’s scoring runners finished in the overall top 20
Several weeks later, Cornell took ninth place out of 38 at the Lehighhosted Paul Short Run Again, the results did not meet the head coach’s expectations The Red’s 225 points put the squad ahead of a solid Harvard team but behind other Ivy League foes Penn, Columbia and Dartmouth
Two weeks later, the Red hoped to rebound on its return to State College for the Penn State National, but the team managed just a 15th place finish out of the tournament ’ s 16 teams
That same weekend, many of Cornell’s top runners instead made the trip to
Indiana to run in the PreNational Invitational where the men fared better 28th place in a highly competitive 40team field
The team rounded out the regular season on a sloppy home track this past Sunday at the John Reif Memorial Run The Red’s top 12 sat out in preparation for Ivy Championships this coming weekend, but Lang said he still took several positives from the event
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Aiming for the top | With the most important events of the season approaching fast, the women of the cross country team are aiming to carry their strong regular season performance over into the postseason
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Putting it all together | First-year head coach John Smith said he “inherited a program that was in disarray ” Smith has worked to revamp the team’s culture and guide the Red back to a winning season
SMITH USHERS IN NEW ERA OF MEN’S SOCCER
By ANNIE TAYLOR Sun Staff Writer
Before taking charge of the Cornell men ’ s soccer team, new head coach John Smith said he knew that developing the program was going to be a challenge
“I inherited a program that was in disarray,” he said “There were different factions within the team, guys not particularly liking each other, guys falling out of love with the sport ”
Fo r a c o a c h t h a t p l a c e s a t re m e n d o u s amount of emphasis on the power of positive psychology, such a diagnosis could not be much worse But, in taking on his new role, Smith said he gave every player a “blank slate ”
“My main aim was to get them to enjoy playing again and get them to believe that this is what they wanted to be doing,” Smith said emphatically
This season has proved to be a test of willpower for the players as well as for Smith himself So far, the team has only won one game and generally has played a high volume of difficult opponents in a short period of time The Red has faced Syracuse, American University, UVA and UConn who are all known as consistent powerhouses
Freshman George Pedlow, one of the leading scorers for the Red this season, emphasizes that while the team ’ s record of 1-11-2 is frustrating, it fails to reflect how hard they have worked and the ways in which they have overcome adversity
“Although we haven’t won a game this season, we ’ ve played some really hard teams and actually come out really strong against some top teams like Syracuse we scored first, we were up at halftime,” Pedlow said before the team ’ s fir win against Colgate
For a team going through such a difficult transition, the focus is on the process of training and developing an identity as a team, rather than the end result
“Currently I’m having to deal with things in a completely different way, ” Smith explained “[I] set smaller goals ” The coach has repeatedly emphasized that there are thousands of individual wins a coach can find in any game Any success that a player or team has is something to build on, and he has seen countless wins this season that show the depth of passion on the team
“I think everybody’s pretty much bought in,” Smith said “They love training They recognize they’re being coached and I think that’s been fun for them ”
“I think I’d be the first to recognize not every training session is a bed of roses, but they’ve enjoyed it, they’ve bought in,” he continued “It’s not yet translated into [many] wins, but a lot of that comes into other factors ”
This sentiment is echoed by his players Freshman forward Brady Dickens describes how even in his first-year, the change from last year has been substantial
“Talking to the upperclassmen, they’ve all just said the whole way that the coach goes about soccer [is different],” Dickens said “Everything from practice to film sessions to motivational speeches, it’s just been such a step up this year ”
His classmate midfielder Christophe Gerlach agrees that Smith has changed the dynamic of practices and said there is a noticeable gap in his life when he is not with the team
“It’s a new thing that we ’ re actually looking forward to going to practices,” Gerlach said “We’re not looking forward to the days off and we ’ re all enjoying the soccer a lot ”
This kind of feedback shows how truly suc e s s f u l Sm i t h h a s
n , despite having run the program for less than a year
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Red Looks to Finish Season on High Note
By SHAN DHALIWAL Sun Assistant Sports Editor
Last year, the women ’ s soccer team finished with a 9-4-4 record It was the first time since 2002 that the team had finished with a winning record Head coach Patrick Farmer assumed his position in 2012, and since then the women ’ s team has picked up increasingly more wins with each successive season (one win in 2012, seven wins in 2013 and eight wins in 2014 all led up to the nine-win 2015 campaign
In this way, Farmer has instilled a positive trajectory in the program that keeps his players focused on
i m p r o v i n g their play with hopes to finish with a winning record
D e s p i t e the team ’ s c u r r e n t mediocre Ivy League record that puts the Red in a tie for fifth with Princeton and Yale, the Red (4-8-2, 1-3-1) still has games against Princeton and Dartmouth over the next two weeks
While winning the league and improving on last year ’ s win total is now mathematically impossible, finishing off the season with two wins could certainly propel the team into the top half of the Ivy standings
“To be honest, I thought [our record] would be over 500, but if they come back and get a couple more wins they should feel really happy about themselves,” Farmer said
The last time the Red won the Ivy League was in 1991, and the last time the Red finished in the top half of the league was in 1995, when the squad tied for second For this reason, finishing in the top half of the league would be a truly special feat
Farmer said he is disappointed about not being able to continue the streak of winning seasons but knows, despite the fewer wins this year, that his team has definitely improved since 2015
“We played the hardest non-conference schedule for the Ivy League, so I thought they did a really good job, even though some of the results weren ’ t what we would hope for,” Farmer said
Continuing to improve the school’s program largely depends on the team ’ s ability to recruit, develop and acclimate strong freshman classes into the program, he said The team ’ s upperclassmen play a major role in this acclimation process
“As a junior, I really try and talk to the freshmen as much as possible on and off the field, both about soccer and life in general because I know that when I was a freshman, it meant a lot when the upperclassmen reached out to me, ” said junior forward Tess Pullano
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Can I kick it? | The Red hopes to finish its season with two more wins, setting the stage for an improved 2017 campaign
‘IT HAS BEEN ATEAM EFFORT ALLTHE WAY’
RED EYES STRONG FINISH TO SEASON
Cornell’s field hockey team is looking to finish off its last three games of the season strong.
So far, the Red has posted an 8-7 record including a 2-3 Ivy League record. The team is currently ranked 39th in the NCAA Division I standings and fourth in the Ivy League, two places lower than where the women finished off last year’s season.
It may not have been the season Cornell expected, but the women are learning from their mistakes and continuing to move forward, according to junior co-captain Sam McILwrick.
“The season has been challenging,” McILwrick said.
“We haven’t gotten the results we’ve wanted but I’m also really proud of the team.”
Head coach Donna Hornibrook said she agrees, commenting that the year has been a bit of a roller coaster.
“[The season] has been mixed,” said Hornibrook.
“There has been some really positive things and good periods of play where we show the quality we want to bring. But sometimes that wasn’t there.”
By SARAH PETERS Sun Staff Writer
ward Krysten Mayers is leading in both number of assists and shots-on-goal.
With two Ivy League games left, the women are looking to improve their
able for a group so young.
Junior goalkeeper Kelly Johnson said that, despite the back-and-forth results, the team’s effort has been present in each game this season.
“We are always fighting no matter if we are winning or losing so I think this season has been going pretty well,” Johnson said.
Cornell currently averages 2.81 goals per game and has a shot-on-goal percentage of 65 percent. The team’s leading player in goals and points is junior forward Katie Carlson. Junior for-
practice with hopes offinishing above .500 in the conference.
“Process dictates outcome” Hornibrook said, “so how the [rest of the] season goes will be dictated during our process and how we practice and prepare.” Johnson mentioned that the practices from the defensive unit have been consistently strong. According to the junior, the defense has been consistently acting as one strong unit and the quality of play the freshman players have demonstrated is remark-
“They’re incredible workers and contributors, on and off the field,” Johnson said. “A thing that most impresses me is that they’re not scared to get into a game and play against really experienced
McILwrick, one of the veterans on the team, similarly praised the freshmen’s poise, despite their relative inexperience.
“[Midfielder] Mad dy Conk lin and [back] Rose Gorski have played major minutes,” McILwrick said. “Rose is very composed at the back and Maddy is such a work horse.”
In additionto the newcomers, Hornibrook mentioned McILwrick and senior midfielder Katy Weeks as standout players this season.
“Sam has had an outstanding season,” Hornibrook said. “She joined the attack more than previous years and it has improved our overall game. And Katy is a workhorse. There is no doubt about it.”
McILwrick has three goals and four assists so far this year. In 2014, she was named to the all-Ivy second team. Weeks was twice named second team all-Ivy before earning first team honors last year.
Despite the handful of strong players, Hornibrook remarked that the team has not been driven by individuals.
“We have had different kids step up at
different moments throughout the season,” Hornibrook said, “but it has been a team effort all the way.”
That teamwork was on display in the squad’s 2-1 victory over Yale. Looking back on the season so far, the Bulldogs game was the most enjoyable, according to both Johnson and McILwrick.
“[It] was the most fluid,” McILwrick said. “Our ball movement and awareness was some of the best we’ve seen so far.”
Johnson praised the team effort and perseverance it took to secure that win.
“It was the first game this season that we came back to win after the other team scored first,” Johnson said. “Everyone from me to the forwards to our subs had to contribute to help the entirety of our team win.”
For Hornibrook, the most consistent quality level of play from the Red came in the game against Vermont in which Cornell won, 4-1.
With just two games remaining for the season, Hornibrook said she hopes the Red finishes strong, setting the stage for an improved 2017 campaign.
“The girls are focused and ready to play these last games with everything they have,” Hornibrook said.
Cornell will take on Princeton and Dartmouth to finish off the season.
FIELD HOCKEY PLAYERS TO WATCH
Carlson currently leads the team in goals and second in assists. The junior has had two two-goal games this season and ranks eighth in the league in points scored.
A year removed from her allIvy sophomore year, McILwrick has continued to impress. She has started in all of the Red’s games this season and is a key facet of the defense.
Averaging 1.81 goals against per game, the junior is one of the best goalkeepers in the conference. She is currently the winningest goalie in school history.
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Dominant defense | The field hockey team has shut out its opponent three times this season. Junior goalkeepr Kelly Johnson called the defense one of team’s strengths.
