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Skorton Thanks Employees at Address

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun Staff Wr ter

In his last annual address to staff, President David Skorton stressed the importance of Cornell employees to the success of the University, answered questions from staff and received the Employee Assembly Staff Appreciation Award in Bailey Hall Wednesday The talk which was broadcast to each of Cornell’s campuses and sponsored by the Employee

Assembly began with Skorton thanking staff members for their integral role in allowing Cornell to “remain very true to its founding ideals ”

During his speech, Skorton metaphorically compared Cornell’s employees to a leg on a three-legged stool

“Cornell employees are an absolutely essential leg of this three legged stool that supports institutional excellence,” he said Skorton also stressed the importance of employee presence in shared governance, running of commencement weekends, and in the human concern staff members showed for others in the Cornell and Ithaca community

“Cornell employees play a very important role in this very important activity through the Employee Assembly, the University Assembly on which staff members also serve and through the elected member of the Cornell Board of Trustees,” he said

Coming from a public institution of higher education, Skorton said he had a “funny preconception” of Cornell that as a private institution, it would not have “the same kind of engaged shared governance and leadership ” However, he said he found that this was not the case upon his first attendance at an Employee Assembly meeting

Skorton addressed various initiatives for his employees, including more effective performance reviews, more recognition of

Likely Heroin Incidents Spark Investigation

By SOFIA HU Sun Senior Writer

Three apparent heroin overdoses that occurred in Ithaca over a period of four days have sparked an investigation by the Ithaca Police Department

The IPD is looking to see whether the same heroin source is causing the incidents and whether the heroin is laced with a foreign substance, according to police

On Saturday, Travis Vorhis, 23, died on the 100 block of Chestnut St , according to police Vorhis whose body was found at approximately 12:30 p m on Saturday is believed to have overdosed on heroin

In a separate incident, a woman was found unconscious in the bathroom of a commercial business in the 200 block of South Meadow St Monday afternoon The person was revived with naloxone and transported to a local hospital, according to IPD Chief Jamie Williamson

Naloxone which was first purchased over the summer by the Ithaca Fire Department is an opioid antagonist used to revive patients experiencing opioid overdoses, said Lt Tommy Basher, public information officer for the IFD in a press release The police department also trained its officers to use naloxone on Oct 6, according to Williamson

In a third incident on Tuesday morning, a subject died inside an apartment on the 100 block of West State St Police said they believe that her death is due to a heroin overdose

The Ithaca Police Department said it is waiting for the toxicology reports of the two deaths, which will determine whether a dr ug overdose caused the deaths

Though investigators are also looking into whether the overdose victims used the same heroin source and whether the heroin was laced with foreign

By ANDREW LORD Sun Staff Writer

Despite concerns over traffic flow and parking availability in downtown Ithaca, the City Planning and Development Board progressed with plans to construct a seven-story Hilton Hotel at a meeting Tuesday

Early plans for the site of the hotel at 320-324 East State St

presented before the board in May were for a Hampton Inn

However, developers have decided to work with Hilton Hotels and Resorts to build one of the nation’s first hotels in the company ’ s new Canopy line

Other hotels in the Canopy line will appear in major cities nationally and around the world such as London; Miami; Charlotte, North Carolina; and

Portland, Oregon

The company ’ s Oct 15 announcement highlights Canopy’s intentions to create a “localized” brand of hotels based on community culture

“No two Canopy hotels will be the same, and we know that’s what our guests want, ” according to the hotel’s website

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Man Who Robbed Bank In Zebra Print Dress Arrested

ROCHESTER, N H (AP) A man accused of wearing a zebra print dress while robbing a Ne w Hampshire bank has been arrested Foster’s Daily Democrat reports Bart Augustus was charged Tuesday with a felony count of robber y He already was being held in jail on a probation violation charge

Hampshire’s Rochester branch last Thursday They say he didn’t display a weapon as he handed the teller a note demanding money They say nobody was injured and he walked out with an undisclosed amount of cash

Large Flightless Bird Shuts Down Indiana Highway

PERU, Ind (AP) A large flightless bird forced the closing of a northern Indiana highway while police officers and motorists tried to chase it down

The 5-foot-tall bird called a rhea escaped from a farm Monday and ran onto U S 24 near Peru, about 80 miles nor th of Indianapolis Rheas are native to South America and similar to ostriches and emus

Corralling the bird was no easy task as it ran around a ramp between U S 24 and U S 31, state police 1st Sgt Bob Burgess told the Kokomo Tribune “ This thing would just all of a sudden take off like a jet,” he said “Ever ybody was a little bit skeptical about grabbing ahold of it because it could kick you and it had some pretty vicious talons ”

Horse Rescued From Pool At Suburban Phoenix Home

MESA, Ariz (AP) A horse in suburban Phoenix needed rescuing after it led itself to water and did more than just drink Mesa firefighters say the horse was wandering outside of its pen Saturday when the animal somehow fell into the backyard swimming pool and became stuck Mesa Fire Capt Forrest Smith says firefighters, with the assistance of a veterinarian, tranquilized the horse before pulling it out using several straps Smith says the horse was not injured

Nobel Prize-winning professor talks overlap between arts and science

By LYLLA YOUNES Sun Contributor

A writer, Holocaust survivor and a Nobel Prize winner in theoretical chemistry, Roald Hoffmann, the Frank H T Rhodes professor of humane letters, emeritus, said his journey to Cornell began on the other side of the globe

Hoffmann the son of a family of Holocaust survivors said he spent a year of his childhood hiding with his family from the Nazi occupation in a small Ukrainian village and that the Holocaust has had a lasting impact on his life

“I’m still scared of people in uniform even the doorman because of what it meant during the war, ” he said According to Hoffman, his interest in chemistry did not begin when he first arrived in the United States at the age of 11 Rather, he became immersed in the field during his undergraduate years at Columbia and graduate research at Harvard

theories about the life-cycle of chemical reactions

However, he said the work that he was awarded the prize for was completed earlier in his life, when he was in his late 20s

Though he said he recognizes the incredible honor

on humanities classes

As both a writer and a scientist, Hoffman said he is always trying to have work published

“[I am fascinated by the] mixture of rigor with uncertainty [and] the beauty of individual facts rather than overall principles,” he said He explained that immigrants such as himself are pushed into being “observers,” who try to penetrate an understanding of how the world works from the outside

“[It’s] a lot like science,” Hoffmann said “[You’re] trying to figure out what’s going on ”

Hoffmann won the Nobel Prize in 1981 while he was working at Cornell for his work in developing

and merits of the award, Hoffmann also discussed the difficulties associated with its acceptance namely, that many professionals look at a Prize-winner’s subsequent work more critically

“The only people for whom the Nobel Prize is an unalloyed plus is for your mother and your university,” Hoffmann said

Hoffmann who has also published 10 books of poetry and three plays said his interest in creative writing began at Columbia, where he was able to sit in

Cayuga’sWatchers Sees Large-Scale Growth

By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Staff Writer

A year after its official launch, Cayuga’s Watchers a student-run nonprofit dedicated to reducing the harms associated with high-risk drinking has seen large-scale growth and expansion across the Cornell community, according to Sarah Reitman ’15, president of the Watchers

Over the past year, the Watchers have trained nearly 600 students to respond to a variety of emergencies at Cornell social gatherings, according to Reitman

“[The Watchers’] success represents an entire community working together to keep the party going, safely,” she said Reitman added that the Watchers have been officially present at 40 events so far

The Watchers train Cornellians to attend social events as peer advocates who can intervene in high-risk situations, according to Reitman They have achieved several successes in the past year, she said

Cayuga’s Watchers first becomes involved in an event when a host reaches out to the organization, according to Hannah James ’15, director of internal operations She said they are then assigned to the event, where they anonymously interact with partygoers and remain alert for circumstances that may require intervention

“Watchers are required to remain sober for the event that they are working, and they are also trained to engage in bystander intervention techniques that are subtle but can be meaningful,” James said “In the event of an emergent sit-

uation, they are comfortable working with the hosts to take the necessary steps that will keep partygoers safe ”

Since the Watcher’s launch last October, James said that the organization has been working to expand its operations by ensuring all members undergo comprehensive training to promote safety without disrupting an event

“We also educate Watchers to be able to identify signs of a medical emergency and what to do if there is an emergency situation while they are working,” James said “We teach them using practical scenarios and make sure that they would be comfortable engaging with any individual at a social event ”

The overall response to the Watchers from the Cornell community has been overwhelmingly positive, according to Noah Liff ’15, director of external operations

“The strength of the program in its peer-topeer nature has resonated across the Cornell community, and has allowed us to effectively develop relationships across that network,” Liff said “We have seen support from individual fraternity and sorority members, alumni, administrators and countless other members of the Greek community ”

According to Reitman, this support has translated into quantifiable success

“Cayuga’s Watchers seeks to promote a new social norm on the Cornell campus based on responsible behavior and safeguarding other students,” she said

Rebecca Blair can be reached at rblair@cornellsun com

“I was exposed to arts and humanities in college at Columbia and it took seed Somehow I kept reading even though I was committed to chemistry,” he said “I didn’t try to write a poem ’till I was 40 It took me seven years to get published But the imperative to publish was from science ”

Hoffman added that his work in chemistry has also led him to publish work in philosophy journals, saying that the fields are interdisciplinary

“I am inherently reflective about the sciences, so I always think about why we do what we do in science,” he said “That has brought me into philosophy ”

Additionally, Hoffmann said he believes interdisciplinary work is important due to the overlap between the fields of art and science

“[The world is] separated in a number of ways, ” he said “We compartmentalize our lives The arts and sciences belong together ”

According to Hoffman, his motivation for writing and chemistry comes from his natural passion for the subjects

“I went along doing in science the next thing I wanted to do I was not trying to cure cancer I just did what I thought was interesting,” he said “I never asked myself what I’m going to do next I just did what came naturally ”

Skorton Praises Employees for Involvement in Campus Issues

Says sexual violence,

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safety,

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technology security among issues pertinent to Cornell community

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employee achievements and a new online training program on how to give and receive feedback

“I believe we have a better way for staff members to have their positions reviewed so that the positions descriptions actually and accurately reflect the work you do and compensate fairly,” Skorton said Additionally, he commended employees for their participation in furthering important issues on campus that include sexual violence, gorge safety and informa-

tion technology security, as well as for their support of the Cornellians Aiding and Responding to Employees Fund and the United Way of Tompkins County

While Skorton said he was “ ver y proud and happy” with the current state of the University, he acknowledged that between him leaving his post to become the next secretar y of the Smithsonian Institution next year, Provost Kent Fuchs’ recent selection as the next president of the University of Florida and the retirement of Susan Murphy ’73 Ph D ’94, vice president for student and academic ser vices, a time of change would come upon Cornell

“Change, though sometimes jarring and upsetting, offers the University an opportunity to do things differently and maybe to do different things,” Skorton said

In an answer to a staff member’s question, Skorton said he hoped that the staff would help with the continuity of leadership by giving President-Elect Elizabeth Garrett “ a chance to get settled into the community” and by being “straightforward and honest about what is going on ”

Skorton also tackled the topic of divestment from fossil fuels in response to another question and said that while he

Hotel Site Prompts Traf c Concerns

New Hilton will be located on 300 block of East State Street

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Scott Whitham ’90, principal at Whitham Planning and Design, said he expects a strong connection between the Canopy Hotel and the Ithaca community

“The idea of the brand is to be a neighborhood boutique hotel,” Whitham said “It will really be locally based so that service, food and drink in the hotel will all have a local flare ”

Whitham also discussed plans to reach out to “local artists” to help decorate the interior of the hotel in order to further foster its sense of community

However, the proposed site of the hotel which is to be built on two ground-level parking lots with several handicapped spaces prompted concerns about traffic and parking among members of the board

“If [the hotel] is taking away the only parking lot for people with possible mobility issues then that’s a problem,” said McKenzie Jones-Rounds, a member of the

planning and development board “I just want to be sensitive to the parties that are feeling concerned about losing the parking [spaces] ”

Whitham, however, assured Rounds that this would not be a problem as plans for the hotel continue to unfold

“As with any downtown project,” he said, “[the issue of parking] comes up We’ll certainly look into [it] ”

“The idea of the brand is to be a neighborhood boutique hotel ” S c o t t W h i t h a m ’ 9 0

Despite the concerns, members of the board said they were satisfied with the direction of the plans

“As a whole, I think the project is well designed,” said John Schroeder ’74, a member of the board and production manager for The Sun

Following discussion, the board updated the project

description for the hotel and passed a resolution urging the Ithaca Common Council to approve the sale of the Cityowned portion of one of the parking lots to the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency, which in turn will sell it to the developer

Conversation also centered around the potential construction of a 15,700 square-foot retail building located at the current site of the Wegmans Food Market parking lot on South Meadow Street

While the parcel is owned by Wegmans itself, the board advised that discussion regarding the retail occupant of the building was not a matter for the Planning Board to determine

The board also discussed several other development proposals, including renovations at Upson Hall on campus and the construction of a three-story apartment building at 114 Catherine St , proposed by developer Nick Lambrou in September

Andrew Lord can be reached at alord@cornellsun com

had been reticent to recommend divesting from fossil fuels to the Board of Trustees due to the barely balanced nature of the University finances, he urged employees to continue the discussion on divestment

Vice Chair of the Employee Assembly

Assembly Staff Appreciation Award to Skorton, who accepted the award to a standing ovation

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substances like fentanyl, “it is still too early to conclude this,” said IPD Chief Jamie Williamson in a press release

These incidents come on the heels of a surge in the number of heroin overdoses in the region According to the Upstate New York Poison Center, it was found that heroin overdoses in 12 upstate counties jumped 417 percent from 2009 to 2013

Sofia Hu can be reached at shu@cornellsun com

Two Deaths Possibly Result From Overdose PSU Trustees Vote Against Reopening Sandusky Report

STATE COLLEGE, Pa (AP) Penn State’s trustees on Tuesday voted against taking a fresh look at the 2012 university-commissioned report into how the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal was handled, disappointing many who have criticized the report as deeply flawed and unfairly damaging to the institution

The board voted 17-9 against a resolution backed by alumni-elected trustees that would have set up a group to comb through the report and seek answers from Louis Freeh, the former FBI director who led the team that produced it

Many alumni have been critical of the board’s handling of the aftermath of the scandal and particularly how the school treated late football coach Joe Paterno, prompting a successful trustee election effort

“There is no downside, none at all, if we review the report, ” said Bob Jubelirer, an alumni trustee and former state senator who joined the board this year “This is controversial it has damaged this university ”

California Agency: 18.5 Million Residents’ Info Exposed

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif (AP) Personal information about more than 18 5 million Californians was hacked, stolen or other wise exposed last year and as many as one-third of those people will become victims of fraud, California Attorney General Kamala Harris said Tuesday in a new report on data breaches in the nation’s biggest state

Retailers, banks, health care providers and other organizations reported 167 different breaches in the state during 2013 That’s six times more than the 2 5 million accounts hacked in 131 breaches in 2012, and represents nearly half of the state ’ s 38 million residents The alarming increase in malicious hacking and accidental leaks due to poor information security was mainly due to breaches at Target stores and Living Social, an online marketplace Even without those two incidents, the number of customer accounts exposed by hacking, lost and stolen hard drives and accidental data leaks, jumped 35 percent last year

As many as one third of people whose information is exposed in a data breach will subsequently suffer some kind of fraud, Harris adds in the report, citing estimates by Javelin Strategy and Research, a California firm that tracks financial industr y trends

More than half of the breaches reported in California involved malicious attempts by hackers or cyber-criminals who were determined to steal customer data, according to the report, which said “trans-national criminal organizations” appear to be responsible in many cases

“Increasingly, highly sophisticated criminal organizations and statesponsored entities located as far away as Russia, China and Eastern Europe are responsible for breaches,” Harris said The report cites one federal prosecution of an overseas hacker group It doesn’t provide any new details on a multi-state investigation, announced earlier this year, in which officials from California and elsewhere said they were looking into Target Corp ’ s response to its breach

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Engineer’s Sleepiness Caused Train Derailment

NEW YORK (AP) A sleepdeprived engineer nodded off at the controls of a commuter train just before taking a 30 mph curve at 82 mph, causing a derailment last year that killed four people and injured more than 70, federal regulators said Tuesday

William Rockefeller’s sleepiness was due to a combination of an undiagnosed disorder sleep apnea and a drastic shift in his work schedule, the National Transportation Safety Board said It said the railroad lacked a policy to screen engineers for sleep disorders, which also contributed to the Dec 1 crash And it said a system that would have applied the brakes automatically would have prevented the crash

The board also issued rulings on four other Metro-North accidents that occurred in New York and Connecticut in 2013 and

2014, repeatedly finding fault with the railroad while also noting that conditions have improved

“We truly take to heart all the issues that have been stated,”

Metro-Nor th President Joseph Giulietti said As an example, he said the railroad already has begun a test project on engineer sleep apnea that will be expanded

Asked what had happened to Metro-Nor th in recent years, Giulietti replied: “Our focus on on-time performance versus our focus on safety ”

U S Sen Chuck Schumer of New York said the report revealed “ a horror house of negligence resulting in injury, mayhem and death ”

“The last thing that should be on the mind of a commuter on Metro-North is whether they’re going to survive the commute, ” U S Sen Chris Murphy of Connecticut said

Health workers at the Bong County International Medical Corps treatment unit near Gbarnga, Liberia. Across Liberia, a focal point of the Ebola epidemic, health officials attempting to track the disease’s spread have noticed an unexpected pattern: There are a lot fewer people being treated for Ebola than expected

Missouri Prepares for 9th Execution of 2014

ST LOUIS (AP) Missouri officials were preparing on Tuesday to execute a man who wasn ’ t able to appeal his conviction in federal court because his attorneys missed a filing deadline

Mark Christeson was scheduled to die at 12:01

a m CDT Wednesday for the killing of a woman and her two children in 1998

Christeson had two appeals pending with the U S Supreme Court on Tuesday One challenges the state ’ s planned use of a made-to-order execution drug produced by an unidentified compounding pharmacy The other argues that he deserves the chance to appeal his case in federal courts, which is the norm for inmates sentenced to death

Christeson would be the ninth person executed by Missouri this year, which would equal the state record set in 1999 That could be exceeded next month, as Leon Taylor is scheduled for execution Nov 19 for killing a gas station attendant in suburban Kansas City 20 years ago

In addition to the court appeals, Gov Jay Nixon was weighing a clemency request

In Maries County, a south-central Missouri county with just 9,000 residents, there is little argument with the death sentence, prosecutor Terry Daley Schwartze said

“No matter how anybody feels about the death penalty, you can ’ t find a person around here who doesn’t feel it’s the right result for this case, ” Schwartze said “It’s so very awful ”

When he was 18, Christeson and his 17-year-old cousin, Jesse Carter, came up with a plan to run away from the home outside Vichy where they were living with a relative

On Feb 1, 1998, Christeson and Carter took shotguns and went to a home about a half-mile away where Susan Brouk, 36, lived with her 12year-old daughter, Adrian, and 9-year-old son, Kyle They planned to steal Brouk’s Ford Bronco, Schwartze said

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Philip Susser | An Ithaca State of Mind

Rememberlearning that the Boston Tea Party caused the American Revolution? Or that Babe Ruth caused an 86-year World Series drought for the Boston Red Sox? And how could you forget that World War II ended because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

History often times finds itself attributing intricate conflicts to relatively neat precipitating factors While wars may materialize in the immediate aftermath of a simple event, there are usually a series of undercurrents that bring a conflict to fruition It’s human nature to simplify our lives and the lives of others So when extreme strife between countries, industries, sports teams, rappers or roommates occurs, popular thought shackles itself to simple answers to simple questions But enough generalities Take the recent Israeli-Palestine conflict for example On June 12th this past summer, three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and murdered while hitchhiking near a suburb of Jerusalem Why these kids were hitchhiking in a conflict-ridden country whose every neighboring country wish to see their demise as badly as the Cornell Police wish to doll out noise violations beats me The three were abducted and killed Hamas, the military wing of Palestine, initially denied involvement in the murders, yet were accused, leading to a full-fledged military confrontation between Israel and Palestine in the ensuing months (Hamas later admitted to the killings)

Those who followed the conflict watched in awe as the brutality between the two countries escalated to such levels that the fatalities started to become just another number

hipsters and conformists, etc witness any Greek rush event and you’ll understand with clear asymmetries in information, resulting in contrived discussion The apathetic fan will assert his worthiness in discussing sports matters through a random statistic he overheard on ESPN that morning They will reluctantly proceed in a conversation without substance or meaning a ping-pong match of regurgitated information To cite Jeter once more, this was a retirement that highlighted the ability of bandwagon supporters to pedantically list the years of his five championships; they solidified his legacy by attributing his presence on those teams to the Yankees success (sorry for the blasphemy)

2) A future Jeopardy appearance on the horizon could justify this reservoir of facts “Israel-Palestine for 300 The 2014 Israel Palestinian war was caused by this event, ” to which the answer will be, “What is the murder of three teenagers in the West Bank?” If you don’t see yourself rubbing shoulders with Alex Trebek in the near future, then it might be time to evaluate this inclination to simplify (and hoard) the everyday

Where does this strong preference for accumulating knowledge in a simplistic manner come from?

The tendency to assign causality to important events is dangerous and limiting. It prevents us from digging to the root of releant matters; something that inhibits further inquiry

While I personally am not well versed in the intricacies of the Israel-Palestine conflict, and have little authority to hypothesize the true cause of this most recent war, it would be hard to believe that the simple precipitating force was the killing of the three boys Even if this event did trigger a chain of hostile rhetoric and violence between the countries, other conditions must have simultaneously been ideal for conflict to materialize Nevertheless, history and our collective memories will be written as such: “The 2014 Israeli-Palestine conflict was caused by the abduction and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank ”

The tendency to assign causality to important events is dangerous and limiting It prevents us from digging to the root of relevant matters; something that inhibits further inquiry There is a certain satisfaction in hoarding facts in one ’ s knowledge bank in a cause and effect type manner Here are two sources of justification for retaining this innate ability to simplify the world into a series of simple facts

1) It provides ammunition for pseudointellectual talk in giving one the ability to establish legitimacy There have been too many conversations between casual and diehard sports fans, foodies and calorie counters,

Maybe we were brought up to acquire information in this method Histor y lessons in middle and high school ultimately came down to knowing the facts Only in the rigor of advanced placement courses does one see the kind of synthesis of information that it outside the realm of fact-based learning The further removed we get from history and the more it becomes a series of facts the less we stand to learn from it

We could also just plainly be hardwired to remember stuff by using causality to simplify the world around us Social psychologists call it the attribution bias We like to attribute causality to things because it facilitates an easier understanding of complicated issues This could ultimately leads to an encyclopedia of facts in each of our brains; it makes it difficult to think about things in ways that are more complicated than simply remembering that, for example, Steve Jobs studied calligraphy at Reed College, which is why the Mac typeface is so unique Confucius once asserted, “Life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated ” Aside from the inherent charm to this quote, there is a possible counterargument We struggle to confront complexities because they force us to move outside of our predisposition for simplicity Intricacies will give undue headaches, heated argumentation and self-doubt But at the very least, they will spice things up

Philip Susser is a junior in the College of Human Ecology He can be reached at pss226@cornell edu An Ithaca State of Mind appears on alternate Wednesdays this semester

CORRECTIONS

An Oct 28 news story, “Cornell Seeks to Increase Female Hires, Retention,” stated that Yael Levitte, associate vice provost for faculty development, said that women serve in assistant and associate professorships at higher rates than men, when in fact, Levitte did not say this Instead, Levitte said that the proportion of female assistant and associate professors is higher when compared to the proportion of full female professors In addition, the story incorrectly stated that a policy enacted by Provost Kent Fuchs mandates that faculty meetings “ must take place at optimal meeting hours ” a In fact, the policy, in an attempt to protect faculty members' personal time, requires that meetings be held between 8:30 a m to 5 p m

An Oct 28 opinion column, “GLICK | The Ebola Election,” misidentified Martha Robertson ’75

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But I’m Not The Only One Comment of the day

“While I think the policy is an unconstitutional infringement on a candidate’s First Amendment rights, I have zero sympathy for this judge who, if his political philosophy is any indication, would likely vote to uphold such a law as long as its not applied to him!”

Teresa Kim | Her Meneutics

Iprotest first

To some, the culture of protest is a familiar one We see them on campus, sometimes barefooted This person may be you But it certainly isn’t me

Not to say that I haven’t dabbled in both traditional forms of protest (those budget boycotts though) and ever yday forms of

p r o t e s t ( f l e x i t a r i a n , a n y o n e ? )

But it’s easy to get enraged over issues And for me, it’s been just as easy to detach myself from these issues as it was to engage myself with them

The process of disengagement begins when I recognize that I can never truly live out the purist, Thoreau-like essence of protest that is, living and breathing the ver y issue you are protesting It’s especially difficult to keep tabs on the issue when it is an external one For college students, universities and their preo c c u p a t i o n w i t h

provide the per fect breeding ground of

d global citizens while a l s o l a c k i n g a n y i d e n t i f i a b l e attachment to these issues We can voraciously read news of disaster within the African subcontinent while we ’ re tucked safely away in Ithaca, finding temporar y solace in the joy of eating a hearty Ivy Room spinner

But we signed up for some d e g re

o f s e p a r a t i o n f ro m t h e world when we agreed to attend Cornell In fact, I find a lot of merit in being a par t of this breeding ground (although sometimes it can feel like a petri dish) But far too often, campus and this column space exhibit Ithacentrism and are not at all repre-

s e n t a t i v e o f o u r g e n e r a t i o n ’ s activism So let’s talk about our friends in Hong Kong

The desire of the people of Hong Kong to elect their own

l e a d e r s h a s n e ve r b e e n c l e a re r than now Although protest has always provided the youth with a voice they didn’t have at the ballot boxes since the ’60s, it has grown

into a passive form of expression in subsequent generations But Hong Kong knows protest Because of Hong Kong’s rocky democratic development, protest has become a way of life, embedded deep within their cultural identity Massive crowds piling up on the busy streets of Hong Kong are not uncommon to their political histor y Yet the current Hong Kong protests have a new poster boy, a collective poster boy: the student And the most popular student leader is a skinny 17-yearold named Joshua Wong, leading a group of high school firebrands called Scholarism

T h e i r c l a s s r o o m e x p e r i e n c e consists of tent-making, speaking through megaphones and holding umbrellas (household symbols of the working middle-class of Hong Kong) I asked my friend, John Yongsun Park ’16, a PAM major currently studying abroad at City University of Hong Kong, about

fined within an institution or the black space we call the theater I h a v e p r o b a b l y t h o

y ) about Jackie Chan’s bodily politics with respect to the commoditized space of Hong Kong than m o s t p e o p l e m y a g e Bu t a s imperative as it is to have a critical vein of thinking within an educational institution, it usually stops there It becomes more of a matter of creating a reser voir of facts and figures rather than actively responding to learned material by way of protest And by protest, I don t merely mean to reduce it to the tradition undertook by our sixties predecessors John described, “ The culture of protests, ” as “ not being much different from the culture of Hong Kong as a whole ” He continued to say, “Protesters conduct themselves highly, unders t a n d i n g t h a t t h i s p r o t e s t shouldn’t be merely following the tropes of a radical overthrow of gove r n

his experience He said: “Real, visceral learning takes place in Central and Admiralty in Downtown Hong Kong While roaming the streets on foot, I find myself at the core of this movement, learning much more in the moment than what any Hong Kong histor y course or textbook re a d i n g s c o u l d t e a c h m e T h e people of Hong Kong became teachers as they brought their frustrations towards the governm e n t In t h i s v e r y c l a s s r o o m , without a single lecturer or any prelims, I am pushed to think o u t s i d e t h e b o u n d a r i e s o f t h e classroom ”

But as imperative as it is to ha a critical vein of thinking withi an educational institution, it usually stops there. Teresa Kim is a senior in

I envy John My knowledge of Hong Kong is limited to what I’ve only seen through their cinema Although I couldn’t have asked for a better entr yway into Hong Kong’s histor y via the mar velous cinematic lens of Wong Kar-wai and my Asian Popular Cinemas course last semester, my thoughts and contemplations are still con-

seeks to reflect the

that I have witnessed personally in my Hong Kong friends and professors at my host school And I’ve had the privilege to witness this spirit of protest both on and off the streets ”

Okay John We get it Hong Kong is pretty great now (not that it’s a surprise) But there’s also something to be learned in the way these students conduct themselves both in and outside the classroom They’re not satisfied with merely garnering intellectual capital in the librar y and leaving as soon as the bell rings They t a k e t h e i r i n t e l l e c t u a l p e

with them to the streets And this is the persona that should stitch itself into both our passive and active duties

A huge thanks to John Yongsun Park ’16 for being the Christiane Amanpour to my column this week

SCIENCE

COURTESY OF MITCH VANBEEKUM / CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY

Feathered friends | A recent study from the Lab of Ornithology found that when song birds migrate north in the spring, they follow looped migration routes that match the new growth of plant and insect populations

L a b o f O . S t u d y S h o w s W h y B i r d s

D o N o t M i g r a t e ‘A s t h e C r o w F l i e s ’

Songbirds follow new plant growth in spring

By DOMINIC NEUGEBAUER Sun Contributor

The quickest way from point A to point B is “ as the crow flies ” Despite the saying, however, many migrator y songbirds do not fly in a straight line during their long journeys in the spring and fall

Recent research conducted by Frank La Sor te, a research associate at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, has found that a number of bird species in Nor th A m e r i c a t e n d t o f o l l o w c l o c k w i s e , looped migration routes

In 2013, La Sor te and his colleagues found that many birds follow different migration routes in the fall and in the spring, but they were only par tially able to explain why “ Du r i n g t h e f a l l , m i g r a t o r y b i rd s generally stick to higher elevations and head directly for Central and South America, taking fe w detours for food,” La Sor te said

With atmospheric data, they were able to conclude that many bird species native to the eastern United States were capitalizing on strong southerly tailw i n d s f o r t h e i r f l i g h t n o r t h i n t h e spring

According to La Sor te, however, it w a s n o t e n t i r e l y c l e a r w h y w e s t e r n

American species of birds were flying in looped migration routes They hypoth-

e s i z e d t h a t , l i k e geese and deer, perhaps western bird

s p e c i e s w e r e f o ll o w i n g a “ g r e e n w a v e ” o f n e w g r o w t h o f p l a n t s and insect populations

Bye bye birdie | (From top to bottom) the Black-throated Blue Warbler, Wood Thrush, Rufous Hummingbird and Lazuli Bunting were some of the 57 species of birds whose migration patterns were studied by Frank

along rivers and mountain ranges, leading native bird species to cross vast expanses of deser t during their migration

It is likely that this research would n o t h a ve b e e n p o s s i b l e w i t h o u t t h e crowd-sourced data from eBird, according to La Sor te The tendency to follow ecological productivity the amount of ne w plant growth has been documented in herbivores, but this is the first evidence of it occurring in insectivores

“ The reason why geese have been studied is because they are large-bodied and you can place transmitters on them however, many of the species we were obser ving weigh an ounce or less, making them more difficult to track,” La Sor te said

The findings from this study may improve conser vation effor ts as they i m p r ov e o u r u

birds use habitats across seasons When conser vationists know what birds need at a par ticular time of year, they can better target their effor ts

According to La Sor te, the migration systems in the west are not as well understood as they are in the east, where they have been studied fairly intensively

“ With the data we can look at the entire population across basins, forests and deser ts and we can get a ver y comp l

“Many of the species we were observing weigh an ounce or less, making them more difficult to track.”

To t e s t t h e i r t h e o r y, L a S o r t e a n d h i s a s s o c i a t e s used eBird an online application which uses crowd-sourced data gathered by birdwatchers to determine the time, date and location of par ticular bird species

According to La Sor te, the researcher team examined 31 species of eastern b i r d s , i n c l u d i n g t h e B l a c k - t h r o a t e d

Blue Warbler and Wood Rush, and 26 species of western birds, including the Rufous Hummingbird and the Lazuli Bunting

A f t e r a n a l y z i n g ov e r 1 7 m i l l i o n sightings from eBird and using satellites to measure the growth of vegetation, they discovered that birds on both sides of the United States had a strong tendency to follow the emergence of green vegetation in the spring

According to La Sor te, for eastern bird species living in the relatively continuous forests, this tight association with vegetation continues all summer and into fall

However, in the west, flora exists

local and regional questions that can be directly applied to conser vation ” Additionally, these findings may help us better understand the effects of climate change on the timing of bird migrations

According to La Sor te, if the birds are not timing their movements with the prevalence of tree resources, they are not going to be prepared for the breeding season

“Many migrator y birds are at risk with climate change because they have fairly complex lifecycles and are migrating back and for th over these large regions With climate change, seasonal patterns of ecological productivity are changing as well,” La Sor te said “By documenting these fairly impor tant and basic associations, we can begin to assess more directly the implications of climate change based on a richer biological understanding of how these species interact with the natural environment ” Dominic Neugebauer can be reached at djn59@cornell edu

Two Cents: Gap Years

Many people who pursue Ph D s in the sciences will take a “ gap year ” or several between their undergraduate and graduate degrees to gain more experience in their field pay off student loans or just decompress from the stress of undergraduate life This week Sun Science talked with graduate students about their experiences with and reasons for taking or not taking gap years before star ting graduate work Brittiany Nkounkou grad is a third-year Ph D student in the Depar tment of Computer Science Alise Muok grad is a third-year Ph D student in the Depar tment of Chemistr y Compiled by Kathleen Bitter, Sun Science Editor

Did you take a gap year? Why or why not?

“No, because I had no good reason to take any gap years I had no student loans to pay off, I was still in school mode and didn’t feel I needed a break Everything I’d learned through undergrad was still fresh in my mind, I was still close with those who wrote my recommendation letters, etc ” Nkounkou

“No, I didn’t take any gap years because I knew I wanted to go to graduate school I loved research as an undergraduate and knew that's what I wanted to do professionally You can ’ t really get a job as a research leader without a graduate degree so there was no question for me ” Muok

If you could go back and change your decision, would you?

“Nope! If anything I wish I could go back and start my interest in science sooner When I was an [undergraduate], I thought I wanted to do architecture I don’t regret it because [finding] what I’m passionate about was a really good experience, but I would have had the oppurtunity to gain a lot more experience in research if I started doing science earlier ”

Muok

“No I knew I wanted to go to grad school when I applied, and saw no reason to postpone it ” Nkounkou

“I recommend that people make the decision that works best for them it is per fectly fine to choose to take gap years or not ” Nkounkou

“I would say if you have any doubts about graduate school, then don’t do it! Someone in my incoming graduate class left the program and I remember her saying graduate school was something she debated before she applied ” Muok

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

“So fuck you fuckboys forever, I hope I said it politely / And that’s about the psyche of Jaime and Mikey,” Killer Mike not-sodelicately explains halfway into the opening track, “Jewels,” of Run the Jewels 2, the follow up to 2012’s surprise success Run the Jewels As evidenced by the aforementioned rhyme (and the dozens of similar quotes that follow) RTJ2 finds Killer Mike (Michael Render) and El-P (Jaime Meline) as aggressive and bombastic as ever Invigorated by the success and notoriety of their first album and countless festival shows, Run the Jewels is back with a vengeance, doubling down on the fuck off attitude and indelible, sophisticated production from El-P But beneath the vitriolic veneer shines an incredibly magnificent array of hip hop sensibility, with El-P’s wordplay and Mike’s staccato, shotgun syllables blending seamlessly into an anti-authoritative anthem Get ready, because as the duo are bragging, threatening and mocking, they are also rapping circles around your favorite rappers RTJ2 is not an album unified by an obvious theme or story Instead, it is an attitude: Arrogant only begins to describe these dudes That they are so likable when sneeringly offering “I'd lend a hand but they stuck in a fist and gun position” is a reflection of the gargantuan amounts of charisma both exhibit These are dudes that you could be excited, if not comfortable, having a beer (or toke) with Institutionally targeted sentiments do repeatedly appear, especially in Mike’s verses, but both rapper ’ s turn down their well known critical flows in place of head slamming aggression Subsequently if you want some politics, you can find them, but do not come to looking for conscious rap

Two years ago, shortly after the release of Taylor Swift’s fourth album, Red a mostly harmless, sickly-satisfying (this time we were looking for you in the cipher, Jake Gyllenhaal!), Joni Mitchell-meets-dubstep collection of well-produced but unimpressive songs the novelist Rick Moody penned a paragraph that rang truer to me than anything I had been told inside of a church, classroom or Sephora Help Counter: “Taylor Swift represents what makes me want to die about popular music She makes me want to die Taylor Swift makes music about as interesting as Olestra-based products, or Swiffers in multiple colors, or tiered Jell-O dessert products, or milk from China that has lead in it, or home cosmetic surgery, or rectal bleaching ” Calm down from that burn for a second

The “ new ” Taylor Swift, as so many publications are clamoring to characterize, is supposedly the “real” Taylor Swift As in, she’s done with country, she’s done with relationships (claiming in her Rolling Stone profile that she hasn’t been on one date since Harry Styles nearly 18 months ago) and she’s new to the big city and the pop music big leagues and a bob In sum, she’s made some changes to her life that I absolutely cannot bring myself to care about As excruciatingly obnoxious as her September profile in Rolling Stone was (notable moments include the revelation that Swift named her cat after Law and Order: SVU’ s Olivia Benson and the fact that she uses Kendrick Lamar’s “Backseat Freestyle” to calm herself down when she

The only notable exception is the ironically bouncy “Early,” which features a focused digression on police overreach and the effect it has on communities “Could it be that my medicine’s the evidence / For pigs to stop and frisk me when they rollin’ round on patrol?” Mike asks He proceeds to explain how he respected “the badge, only to be arrested and have his family assaulted, leading to a development of hatred for the police After a powerful hook from Boots (of Beyoncé fame), El-P reminds listeners that the manipulation of truth threatens everyone Ferguson is never explicitly mentioned, but the unsettling role of police and security relative to citizen’s rights and safety is squarely on display Apart from that though, the boys are almost purely dedicated on a fire and brimstone teardown of any would-be adversaries “Close Your Eyes” features a surprisingly effective Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine) hook and verse and is poundthe-pavement hard “Lie Cheat Steal” picks up similarly, with ElP detailing “I chose to go guano, y 'all know, kinda bat shit / The bright lights of fuckery stuck in me automatic / I’ll tea bag a piranha tank, heart barely beatin’ ” Not to be outdone, Mike explains, “And I’m a mixture of MJG and the Weathermen / A revolutionary bangin’ on my adversaries / And I love Dr King but violence might be necessary ” Like a modern day Wu-Tang, RTJ just cannot stop thinking of creative ways to threaten others What is interesting among the violence is the relationship with women Neither are shy about bragging about their sexual conquests, but they do it in such a way as to humanize their partners: “You want a whore with a white dress / I want a wife in a thong” romanticizes El-P on album closer “Angel Duster ”

Meanwhile, “Love Again” features some rather explicit lyrics, including a hook comprised mainly of “dick in her mouth all day ” Not to leave the conversation one-sided though, the guys invite Gangsta Boo (of Three 6 Mafia fame) to do her own verse She matches them detail for detail and promptly flips the hook to “clit in his mouth all day Probably not going to win over too many feminists, but a male rap duo making space for the sexual pleasures of a woman is a notable change of pace for the famously misogynistic genre

Of course, titling this tape RTJ2 invites the natural comparison: Is it better than the original? And honestly, I do not know It is certainly damn close Admittedly, none of the songs have grabbed me as much as “Sea Legs” or “A Christmas Fucking Miracle” did off of RTJ But I suspect that a few of the RTJ2 tracks will separate themselves in the coming months It is disappointing that the two did not challenge themselves more Any song off of RTJ2 could have comfortably been slotted on RTJ A Yeezus level revelation was not necessary, but RTJ does not need to be a one trick pony Unfortunately, the vast majority of the song to song differentiation ends up being the product of El-P’s production, which dilutes the product as banger after banger runs together Over 11 tracks (plus a couple bonus tracks), a breather would be nice

Generally though, Run the Jewels 2 is a delightful, pulverizing tour de force Hide your loved ones, Run the Jewels are free and moving in for the kill

Calvin Patten is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at cpatten@cornellsun com

“feels like a victim”), Swift hit truth when she pointed out that her love life has become something of a national pastime America worries about Taylor Swift’s love life the way your great aunt worries about yours with no real right or obligation and with a soft spot for the nice blonde boys who have “Kennedy money ” The lead single for 1989, “Shake it Off,” was, I’m sure you all know, not only the nastiest earsore to grind its way into your brain since “99 Bottles of Beer” but also a weird combination of white girl talky rap, culturally appropriated costuming, ludicrously terrible dancing and mashed-up Coke commercials (probably) The marketing of the album consisted of “scribbled-on” Instagramesque filtered polaroids of a hipper-than-ever Swift in her trademark red lipstick As far as I was concerned, as of last week, Moody’s infamous tongue-lashing (don’t worry, he was literally murdered by some soccer moms) was set to hold up

And it does, in places “Welcome to New York” is a godawful choice for an album opener, boasting bland, hackneyed impressions of the city in which, I kid you not, “the lights are so bright ” “How to Get the Girl” and “Clean” are two of the most exceptionally boring pop songs in recent memory and the hook for “Wildest Dream” is appropriated blatantly from Lana Del Rey’s far-superior“Without You ”

And though Swift’s fifth album sees her laying off the negativity when it comes to ex-flames (which I never took issue with anyway), there’s still room for her annual woman-hating track Man, if there’s one thing that’s indefensible about Taylor Swift it’s her propensity to call out other women for such absurd crimes as being “better known for the things that she does on the mattress, ” or wearing “short skirts” or even just being captains of sports teams “Bad Blood” is this album’s zinger, an unofficial sequel to the stupid pseudo-forgiveness offered to Kanye West in “Mean,” calling out none other than the only person in pop music who is perhaps more palatable and less interesting than Taylor Swift: Katy Perry Not to dedicate too

much space to their fairly public feud, but it culminated in Perry making a basically-not-veiled reference to Swift on Twitter, in which she referred to her as “Regina George in a sheepskin” and I lost all ability to focus on anything else for several hours

All this said, 1989 does feature some (SOME) surprisingly great music When the album was announced this summer, Swift explained that her first pop album was meant to be influenced by her earliest exposures to pop music Phil Collins, Annie Lennox, Madonna in her “Like a Prayer” era What’s more palpable is the influence of her new mainstream hipster friends mainly Tegan & Sara, who released a daring and absurdly fun ’80s-pop throwback album of their own, Heartthrob, in 2013, and Jack Antonoff (of fun and Bleachers and dating-Lena-Dunham fame) who co-wrote two of the best tracks on the album Antonoff lent his help on “Out of the Woods” and “I Wish You Would,” two of the synth-ier songs that manage to combine Swift s diaristic signature with expansive pop mantras

Blank Space” is Swift’s best song in years: It contains no subtleties, bragging “ got a long list of ex-lovers, they’ll tell you I’m insane” and “darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream,” and “Style” (whether or not it is about Harry Styles) (Kidding, every song on the album is about Harry Styles) is a close second, featuring Swift’s brashest admission of her Purity Sue shtick, “I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt ” This Love” is classic Taylor Swift (Hayley Williams’ favorite track!), a sweet ballad bursting with optimism that is as simultaneously nauseating and refreshing as red Kool Aid and, incidentally, the only song on the album that she wrote on her own

That’s kind of a bummer, considering that her insistence on writing most of her own music was one of the only things I could consistently respect about Swift, but it’s also a sign of growing up if Swift wants to make imaginative and interesting pop music, like she does with the help of Antonoff, she’s going to need to keep asking for help from people who are more talented than her 1989 puts Swift five albums in and only just starting to mature inexcusable, but we all know we ’ re going to excuse it anyway

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at arts-editor@cornellsun com

‘Grape’: Not That Kind of Rape Joke

Regular readers of this paper, or regular readers of this paper on Wednesdays, will know that last week, I saw the film Fury with my friend and fellow Arts columnist Zachary Zahos ’15 I was very pleased that he admitted in writing to being my friend, something he might regret in a few years when he’s up for a Supreme Court nomination or, more likely, a job with James Cameron that does not tolerate any friendships with vocal opponents of the film Avatar Zach, in his column, mentioned a scene in Fury that was somewhat unexpected, and gave the movie added depth and dimension It made me cry an action which did not cease until the conclusion of the film This is how Zahos described the scene: “About halfway through [Fury], the battlefield carnage halts for a 20minute interlude in an apartment that two soldiers, played by Pitt and Logan Lerman, have entered with the intent of raping the female occupants ” I would argue that, while the description is not wrong, it’s not 100 percent accurate either It’s less a portrayal of rape, than a much more complex and intricate exploration of what comedian Amy Schumer calls “Grape ”

home with in college, and you said, ‘No,’ and then he still did it, or maybe you woke up and it was someone you were dating ”

The sex in Fury was consensual-ish The cute German blonde girl led Logan Lerman into her bedroom and he was nice to her and he played the piano and she sang and it was all very cute and nice and he held her hand and made her feel safe

Except that her town had just been blown up and everyone she knew except her terrified cousin in the other room had just been killed and she was petrified and didn’t speak English and felt like she had no choice, because if she didn’t sleep with Lerman willingly, he or Pitt might just do it any-

way

So it wasn ’ t really consensual, but it also wasn ’ t exactly rape It was grape although definitely falling closer on the rape side of the spectrum than

In an interview last year with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, Schumer explained the concept She said, “Most women I know that I’m close to have had a sexual experience that they were really uncomfortable [with] If it wasn ’ t completely rape, it was something very similar to rape And so I say it’s not all black and white There’s a gray area of rape, and I call it ‘ grape ’ It’s the guy you went

Carrot Top Confessions Julia Moser

the every other sex scene in the average Brad Pitt flick

Fury’s depiction of grape sets it apart from the vast sea of films and television shows that aim to tackle the issue of rape Rape, we are used to seeing in movies and TV We are used to watching Detectives Benson and Stabler spend 42 minutes finding the man who tackled a sequin-clad daugh-

ter of someone important on her way back from a party in an alleyway after her drink had been roofied We are even somewhat used to films like Monster and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, in which female protagonists are brutally raped

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But that gray area of rape that is not black and white, where the perpetrator isn’t evil and probably someone familiar, and things are confusing and blurred, we are not used to seeing portrayed on television and in the movies, even though that is what most women experience in real life So I give Fury high praise for its realistic representation of a difficult issue

While dramas, like Fury, can challenge us and make us think, I am of the strong belief that comedies too can, and should, be real platforms of debate Comedy about race and gender inequality can hold a mirror up to society, provoke us to question and protest these inequalities So why can ’ t the same be true for rape, or grape?

For the second column in a row, I will now refer to Lena Dunham’s recent memoir, Not That Kind of Girl, which you all should read (and which I told my editors I would review and then never did) In it, Dunham reveals she was sexually assaulted in college She was graped And during a discussion in the Girls writers’ room, the story came up One of the writers in the room said, “I just don’t see rape being funny in any situation ” Dunham responded, “But that’s the thing no

one knows if it’s rape It’s, like a confusing situation that ” She trailed off, but the point was made Rape isn’t funny Grape isn’t funny, except that Amy Schumer proved it can be, by first making us laugh at the juxtaposition of a bunch of oblong purple fruits and a felony, and then letting the real and more serious message of the joke sink in So too did Louis C K when he couldn’t “ even rape well,” in the episode “Pamela: Part I” on the most recent season of Louie

Like any touchy subject, grape needs to be handled carefully in the media and especially in comedy But I don’t think that means it’s impossible to do or that we shouldn’t give it the old college try

Julia Moser is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jmoser@cornellsun com Carrot Top Confessions appears alternate Wednesdays this semester

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Royals Aim to Overcome De cit in Giants Series

KANSAS CITY, Mo (AP)

In L o re n zo C a i n ’ s v i e w, t h e

Kansas City Royals have a big a d va n t a g e w h e n i t c o m e s t o Game 6 of the World Series

“ We’re definitely not facing Bumgarner tomorrow, so that d e f i n i t e l y h e l p s , ” t h e A L Championship Series MVP said Monday

Jake Peavy starts for the Giants

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d Series 3-2 and one win from its third title in five years

Kansas City turns to a 23year-old rookie Yordano Ventura in a rematch of Game 2 starters

The 33-year-old Peavy is seeking his first World Series win - he didn’t get a decision for Boston in Game 3 last year - and is well aware he could get the victory in the clincher “ I c a n ’ t i m a g i n e a n y t h i n g being any sweeter than that,” he said “This is the start that you play your whole career wanting ” Kansas City is in the same position it was in in 1985, when the Royals sent Charlie Leibrandt to the mound against St Louis Kansas City won 2-1 that night on pinch-hitter Dane Iorg’s tworun single in the ninth after a blown call by first base umpire Don Denkinger, and the Royals we n t o n t o b l ow o u t t h e Cardinals 11-0 a day later behind Bret Saberhagen for their only title

In the 41 previous instances the World Series was 2-2 in the best-of-seven format, the Game 5 winner has taken the title 27

times But eight of the last 10 teams to come home trailing 3-2 swept Games 6 and 7

“We have a lot of confidence in Ventura We have confidence that we will win every time he takes the mound,” Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer said “We know we can do it We’re a confident group But we can ’ t do anything without winning Game 6 We’re excited to get back home, where we feed off the fans and that energy ”

Ventura, whose fastball averaged 98 mph this season, didn’t get a decision in the second game, allowing two runs and eight hits in 5 1-3 innings before Royals manager Ned Yost went to his hard-throwing HDH relief trio of Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis and Greg Holland in the 7-2 victory

“His confidence is just staggering,” Yost said “You walk in that c l u b h o u s e , a n d h e l o o k s yo u square in the eye with that glint that says: ‘I’m ready for this ’”

Peavy, 33, took the loss in Game 2 when he gave up four runs and six hits in five inningsplus

This is the first World Series in which four of the first five games were decided by five r uns or more The second all-wild card World Series has followed the pattern of the first in 2002 The Giants won the opener on the road, lost the next two games and won two in a row to take a 3-2 lead San Francisco opened a 5-0 lead in Game 6 at Anaheim but lost 6-5, and the Angels won Game 7 the following night

Free Agency Approaches

KANSAS CIT Y, Mo (AP) Giants star Pablo Sandoval dug into the batter’s box in Game 5 of the World Series, peering out at Royals ace James Shields standing on the mound By next month, both of them could be wearing different jerseys San Francisco was trying to wrap up its third championship in five years when it returned to Kansas City for Game 6 on Tuesday night But once the Fall Classic ends, the attention will shift in a matter of days to next season, and the free agency that looms for several players from both pennant winners

“It’s the business of baseball,” Royals outfielder Josh Willingham said Sandoval is the biggest name looming for San Francisco, but there’s also World Series star ters Jake Peavy and Ryan Vogelsong, reliever

Sergio Romo and outfielder Michael Morse

Shields is the most critical piece in limbo for Kansas City

Willingham and fellow outfielders Nori

Aoki and Raul Ibanez also face uncer tain futures Designated hitter Billy Butler has a pricey club option for next season, so he could be hitting free agency for the first time, too

“Ever yone wants to get to free agency, to have some control over where they go and their circumstances, ” Willingham said “A lot of people think it’s only the money The money is a big part, but there are other things, too, like playing in a place where you can win

I’m sure Shields and the other guys will factor those in ”

Many in this year ’ s World Series will have no shortage of suitors

Sandoval, the MVP of the 2012 Series, has driven his

stock up with another spectacular postseason, piling up eight hits and driving in four runs in the first five games against Kansas City The Giants would love to keep him hitting in AT&T Park for the next fe w years, but with few quality third basemen on the market, several big-budget teams such as the Boston Red Sox figure to drive up the bidding

Then again, the Giants tend to spend lavishly on their postseason heroes

After their 2012 title, outfielder Angel Pagan got $40 million over four years

Last offseason, Hunter Pence inked a five-year, $90 million deal, and two-time Cy Young Award winner-turned-reliever Tim Lincecum signed a two-year, $35 million deal

The Giants adore and perhaps need Sandoval as much as any of them

Red Closes Regular Season With Annual John Rief Memorial Meet

By JACQUELYNN JONES

Sun Contributor

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Young Players Could Be The Stars of Tomorrow

Who will get the top three spots next week?

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the helm of the Raptors management is Masai Ujiri, who has shown in the past how his unpredicted moves have worked out The only issue with Caboclo is that the Raptors are very saturated at his position Hard work in practice and some physical and mental maturation will get the young Brazilian more minutes on the court

5) Shabazz Napier, PG, Miami Heat

I do not have too much to say about Napier Maybe it is because my dislike of the Big-3 era Heat is still lingering, but the quick guard was certainly able to display some great scoring ability in the preseason Napier was a solid pick for a team reconfiguring (not rebuilding) after a stretch of glory He has good upside and a bright future in the league

4) Nerlens Noel, PF, Philadelphia 76ers

There is not too much love on the basketball court in the City of Brotherly Love The Sixers look really bad The roster looks like a random assortment of aging veterans and average youngsters looking for their path to NBA relevance The Sixers claim to be building around two young anchors: MCW and Noel I have not personally bought into

Carter-Williams’ long-term legitimacy despite the ridiculous numbers the point guard was able to put up last year On the other hand, Noel has a lot more potential of being a star in the NBA

Note that he was not selected in this year ’ s draft The Kentucky big man went sixth overall in the 2013 draft and sat out the season due to injury Noel is a stud in the power forward / center position He stands 6’11” (plus a sweet 2-3” flat-top haircut), has a huge wingspan and is not afraid to contend on defense down low Noel is one of the best blockers to come to the NBA in years, and he will be exciting to watch Nonetheless, on a team as bad as the Sixers, there is a limit to how much he can succeed right off the bat

Given a couple of years, Noel can be a star in the league Just think of Anthony Davis’ progress since his arrival in the NBA Noel has true talent, but even more will come with time That is all for this installment of my favorite rookies Note that this is not a list of the top contenders for the ROY award This is a list of exciting young players to look at this season, as they have a ton of potential to be the stars of tomorrow Next week, I will release the second and final part of this list Who will get the top three spots?

Men’s Rowing to Host Cayuga Invite

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Red Hopes to Extend Winning Streak

Thoroughbreds As the first chukker went on, the Red tradedgoals with the Thoroughbreds, closing the chukker with aonepoint lead Within the first few minutes of the second chukker, Winslow scored four goals to help the Red end the first with a 13-7 advantage During the third chukker, Winslow scored another five goals, which allowed Cornell to take the chukker, 7-1 Junior Claire Stieg replaced Wicker in the fourth chukker, and the Red

continued defending its lead The match ended with a final score of 28-10 in Cornell’s favor Winslow had a high scoring match: she tallied a total of 17 goals while Wicker and Eldredge followed each with five goal and one pony goal

Eldredge said that the Red’s teamwork improved after the second chukker and was a contributing factor in the squad’s win over the Thoroughbreds “Skidmore is always a joy to play and the game really helped our teamwork improve,” she said “They came out strong in the first

chukker and kept a close game, but once we found our teamwork we picked it up and ended with a win The Skidmore girls have always been very nice and we look forward to playing at Skidmore later this semester ” With undefeated seasons thus far, both teams are looking forward to their upcoming matches The men and women will both be playing against UVA in Charlottesville, Virginia next weekend

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Red Downs Skidmore, Remains Undefeated

By ELANI COHEN

Sun Staff Writer

Both the Cornell women ’ s and men ’ s polo teams toppled Skidmore College this past weekend at home The women ’ s squad crushed the Thoroughbreds, 28-10, while the men ’ s team had a tighter match, taking a 21-17 win The teams continue to defend their undefeated titles

Seniors Hakan Kararbey and Nick Stieg started the match for the Red, along with sophomore Ignacio Masias Masias had a strong showing, scoring four goals during the first, and the Red ended the chukker with a 5-4 advantage The second chukker began with a lot of back-andforth play with goals from both teams However, midway into the second, the Thoroughbreds had a six-goal scoring streak to take the chukker, 7-1 The teams went into the second half with an overall score of 11-6 in Skidmore’s favor The third chukker began with the replacement of Karabey and Stieg with senior Alex Langlois and freshman Kamran Pirasteh and a quick three goals The teams traded off a couple of goals until the Red scored five unanswered goals and took back its lead The Red continued its lead throughout the fourth chukker The match ended with a final score of 21-17

“Overall it was a very tough game We did not have a strong first half, but we managed to improve and turned it around,” Masias said “Although it wasn ’ t our greatest game, we showed instances of the level we are capable of playing ” Pirasteh tallied nine goals, followed by Masias with eight, Langlois with two and Karabey and Stieg each scoring once Stieg echoed Masias’ sentiments and credited Langois and Pirasteh for getting the Red back on track in the second half

“We managed to improve and turned it around ”

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“Unfortunately, we got off to a slow start in the first half of the game None of the starters were playing particularly well, so at half time, Alex Langlois and Kamran Pirasteh were subbed in,” he said “They played a fantastic second half to come from behind and win the game Hopefully the lackluster play this past weekend will be out of our systems as we head to UVA this Friday, which is always one of our toughest matchups ”

The women ’ s team earned a decisive win against the Thoroughbreds Sophomore Emma Eldredge as well as juniors Elena Wicker and Anna Winslow were starters for the Red The match started with a quick three points by the R O W I N G

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Red Dominates at Princeton Chase

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

All three Cornell rowing programs took to Lake Carnegie this past weekend to compete in the Princeton Chase, a three-mile race in Princeton, New Jersey

The men ’ s lightweight eight and the women ’ s varsity four boat dominated the competition and finished in first place

For the lightweight team, the Princeton Chase is valuable in allowing the Red to compare its boat’s speed against the competition, according to senior captain Chris Rogers

“The Princeton Chase is an unique opportunity for us to get a n i m m e d i a t e re a d o n t e a m speed against the rest of the league just eight weeks into our season, ” he said Using this race as a bench-

mark, the varsity eight boat put up some solid numbers on Lake Carnegie In the men ’ s varsity lightweight eights race, the Red put up a time that beat out second place finisher Yale by nearly five seconds Other Ivy League boats trailed far behind that time, with Harvard finishing in third place and Princeton in fourth The Tigers finished the

“The individual efforts and strong team dynamic have been super.”

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race over 10 seconds after the Red Also taking part in the varsity lightweight eights race was the Cornell B boat, which finished third amongst the B boats

and the Cornell C boat that finished second amongst its respective competitors

Rogers said that he is excited to see such high levels of teamwork so early in the season

“So far, the individual efforts and strong team dynamic have been super, so it’s awesome to see the team ’ s results come through in such a big way, ” he said

The women ’ s freshmen eight earned a third place finish in the novice race and the women ’ s varsity eight boat came in 12th place overall The second varsity eight was the sixth second varsity boat to cross the line, while the third varsity eight was the seventh third varsity boat to finish Following the varsity eights, the Red had a stellar showing in the

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NBA Rookies to Watch This Season and Why

This is the first part of a twopart series Part Two will appear in next Wednesday’s paper

Who are the most exciting and interesting rookies to watch this season?

The 2014-2015 NBA season started last night and there is already a lot of evidence that many rookies are on their way to illustrious careers in professional basketball Only one player can win the Rookie of the Year award each year, but that does not mean

that others are not going to play useful roles on their respective teams and show their potential in the future The following is the first part of my list of my seven favorite NBA rookies for this season

7) Marcus Smart, PG, Boston Celtics

since they seem to be stacked with defensive guards

6) Bruno Caboclo, SF, Toronto Raptors

This guy came out of nowhere on draft night The Raptors spent their 1st round draft pick on a guy that nobody seemed to know He was a random 19-yearold from Brazil However, his 6’9” stature and freakish 7’7” wingspan was enticing when paired with his reported scoring ability Proponents labeled him the Brazilian Kevin Durant, while critics were quick to point out when Andrea Bargnani was called the Italian Dirk Nowitzki This time it is different because at

Smart did not do a great job of showing his talent in the NBA preseason The rookie from Oklahoma State had trouble scoring efficiently, which was a bit of a concern for people that believed in him Nonetheless, the 20-year-old player showed off his ability to do the essential things Smart distributed the ball well and played hounding defense, using all of his 6’4”, 220 pound frame to body his matchups Many have now compared him to Tony Allen on the defensive end of the ball IPaired with Avery Bradley, Smart may be a part of the best defensive backcourt in the league As a Knicks fan, I do not exactly like hearing that considering rumors of a Rajon Rondo trade continue to circulate One of the better pieces that the Knicks can send to Boston would be Iman Shumpert, but the Celtics may be deterred from taking Shump