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The Costs of Sisterhood at C.U.

Formal recruitment violations result in nes for Greeks

By TYLER ALICEA and ANUSHKA MEHROTRA Sun Manag ng Editor and Sun News Editor

Chapter dues, new member fees, costs of apparel and spending for ‘Big-Little Week’ are among the apparent costs of sorority life at Cornell However, unknown to many who choose to “ go Greek” are hidden fees and fines imposed throughout the year from both the chapters themselves as well as the Cornell Panhellenic Council

The list of infractions for Cornell’s formal sorority recruitment which occurs at the beginning of the spring semester is extensive, including restrictions such as “ no photos containing men ” visible in the house, according to the list of formal recruitment infraction guidelines obtained by The Sun A combination of just four “major infractions” during recruitment can result in a $1,200 fine for the sorority from Panhel Mistreating a Rho Gamma a member of the Panhel community who has temporarily disaffiliated

Eddygate Evacuated After Foam Fills Seventh Floor

By RACHEL WEBER Sun Staff Writer

While dozens were left standing on Dr yden Road out in the cold after a false fire alarm went off at the Eddygate apar tment complex, the seventh floor of the building was coated with foam

The Ithaca Fire Depar tment received a call at approximately 1:45 a m Sunday that a fire

were on the scene in minutes, according to IFD Chief Tom Parsons ’82

Yet upon fur ther inspection of the site, firefighters discovered that the seventh floor was

covered in a film of foam discharged from a fire extinguisher, a

Responders also found a broken exit sign near the floor’s stairs and shattered glass on the floor

filled Collegetown Pizza, donning Halloween costumes and ending their night of debaucher y Yet outside of Eddygate, residents of the complex expressed their concerns as alarms sounded, including Jess Anson ’15, who described the event as a “really scar y moment ” “I heard a loud noise, which caught me completely by surprise, and I figured some dr unk

from her sorority for the purpose of guiding new members during formal recruitment results in a “minimum” $200 penalty for a particular chapter, according to the guidelines

Additionally, any reports of legacies potential new members with personal ties to a fraternity or sorority being mistreated by sisters or being dissuaded from joining the house automatically results in a $300 fine, according to the infraction guidelines

Sororities also use an online system known as ICS

Interactive Collegiate Solutions to rank potential new members during the recruitment process, according to Panhel

However, submitting these lists late “ on ICS and in person ” results in significant fines, according to the infraction guidelines

Submitting the list after the deadline automatically results in a $150 base fine for the house, according to the guidelines

Submitting the list just 90 minutes late results in a $390 total fine for chapters

Vying for Seat, Robertson ’75 Talks Jobs, Blasts Opponent

By NOAH RANKIN Sun City Editor

Martha Robertson ’75 the Democratic challenger against incumbent Tom Reed (R-N Y ) for the 23rd Congressional District seat says she aims to aid students by boosting

local job growth and working to regain lost research funds

Robertson, a member of the Tompkins County Legislature from 2002 to 2013, said in an inter view with The Sun that one of her one of her largest successes in the county was

job growth, a key focus of her campaign that she says applies especially to students in the area

“We’ve been able to create the lowest unemployment rate in New York State right in this community,” Robertson said “A lot of students I know fall in love with

“You shouldn’t have to graduate college with mountains and mountains of debt.”

the community and would love to be able to stay We really want to make that possible for the best and the brightest to be able to stay in this community and continue to enrich it ” Robertson criticized the voting history of her opponent Reed, saying he works against the interests of college students with his record regarding college debt

“You shouldn’t have to graduate college with

mountains and mountains of debt,” Robertson said “Reed has voted to make that harder for you He’s voted to increase the rates of Stafford loans He’s voted to cut Pell grants He’s even voted to make it so you have start paying back the interest on your loans when you ’ re in college That’s just unacceptable ” A c c o r d i n g to Robertson, the increased loans brings millions of dollars to the special interests she says funds the campaigns of certain politicians including Reed and limit the involvement of recent graduates in the economy “If [students are] spending half their paycheck directly just to pay loans back, then they’re not buying a car, they’re not buying a house; in some cases

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Cornell Center to Study Eating Habits Among Families

By MOLLY KARR Sun Contributor

Cornell will become an “obesity prevention hub” after receiving over $800,000 in federal money to study how lifestyle changes can help low-income families live healthier lives, the University announced in late October

Cornell’s Nor theast Regional Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Center of Excellence based in the Division of Nutritional Sciences was granted the t w o - y e a r, $ 8 5 6 , 2 5 0 a w a rd f r o m t h e Un i t e d St a t e s

Department of Agriculture on Oct 17 to research ways to address this problem, according to a USDA press release

Prof Carol Devine Ph D ’90, nutritional sciences, said low and middle-income families usually have “less time to devote to food,” which has been a big challenge that she and her team have found in their research

“ This has become an especially big challenge for lowincome range Americans because they have much less control over their work schedules, work less desirable hours and more job transitions,” Devine said “It is harder for them to manage a proper eating routine

Clint Wattenberg ’03, a specialty nutritionist for the Cornell Healthy Eating Program at Gannett, low-income families have less access to nutritional food

“Families and individuals of lower socioeconomic status tend to have less access to nutritious food, less access to nutrition education and fewer positive nutrition role models,” Wittenberg said

Wattenberg added that many other factors are linked to unhealthful eating behaviors

“In fact, many factors associated with low socioeconomic status such as chronic stress, less structured family systems, less structured mealtimes and easy access to low nutritious foods all are linked to unhealthy fueling habits,” Wattenberg said

According to Devine, the research that the grant will fund will study a variety of environments people are surrounded by and will also focus on factors that cause certain food choices

“Knowing what to do and what to eat is not nearly enough, because without a supportive food environment, any gains will be short-lived,” Wattenberg said Devine who is also a research team member for Cornell NutritionWorks, a University-sponsored website

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for nutrition professionals added that the grant is “innovative” in that it not only looks at changes in one ’ s behavior, but also one ’ s environment

“For example, food is ever ywhere, but the wrong types of its advertising [such as advertisements] for soft drinks and fast food chains occur [in] low income areas, ” she said

The members of the team who will conduct the research come from a wide variety of backgrounds and expertise, according to Devine Members are not only nutrition specialists, but also experts in the field of economics and communication

Devine added that this diversity alongside with

Cornell being a land-grant university with a rich histor y as a research group for USDA sponsored programs is why the University ser ves as an ideal place for an obesity prevention hub “ The time is now for obesity research, because the solution will not be a quick fix,” Devine said “I think we just have to look back Obesity is a public health issue just like smoking is it took 50 years for researchers to convince people to take [smoking hazards] seriously and achieve changes ”

Molly Karr can be reached at mk956@cornell edu

Calls for U.S. to Meet Islamic State ‘ on the Battle eld’

By CHRISTOPHER BYRNS Sun Contributor

Allen West, a former member of the House of Representatives

about issues in national security focusing on those related to the Islamic State, Iran and Russia at Cornell Thursday We s

believed that the Islamic State, also commonly known as ISIS, was “nothing more than the reincarnation of Al-Qaeda in Iraq” and called for the United States to meet the Islamic State “ on the battlefield” due to the organizat i o n

national security

“ If we d o n ’ t c o n t e n d w i t h them now, we will definitely have to contend with them later,” he said “And my fear, my concern, is that if we have to contend with them later, [they] will be even stronger ”

According to West, the Islamic State poses a threat because they are “ an enemy that knows how to leverage social media,” and t h ro u g h s o c i a l m e d i a , t h e y have expanded their organization from a regional to a global one

We s t a l s o s a i d t h a t t h e United States’ current rules of engagement give the enemy the advantage, since they limit f i g h t i n g u n t i l a n e n e m y “[shows] hostile intent ” West claimed that these rules are symptoms of broader detrimental policies

“One of the things that I think troubles us as Americans is that we don’t like the word winning we don’t like the word victor y, ” he said “And it is ver y odd to me because when we go to football games or hockey games, we cheer for our team to win Yet, what I see happening now, especially in the Middle East, we are not instituting the policies that enable us to be victorious ” West added that he did not want to see the countr y outsource fighting the Islamic State to Iran

because they are “ a ver y clear and present danger in the Middle East ” He added that any cooperation would require a relaxation of sanctions

“ Ir a n w i l l e x a c t i n c re d i b l e compensations by way of lifting sanctions,” he said “ That will allow them to pursue a nuclear device

”

West also discussed the growing threat that he said Russia poses to the United States, citing the recent fighting in Ukraine as

“If we don’t contend with them now, we will definitely have to contend with them later.”

A l l e n W e s t

evidence of such a threat

“ Vladimir Putin will slowly b u t s u re l y c o n t i n u e t o m a k e incursions, as long as he sees that there is a weakness in the United States,” he said

West compared Putin to Adolf Hitler, saying that Putin “ repres e n t s t h e e x a c t s a m e t y p e o f threat” that Hitler did to the world following World War I “ When you look at the situation of Germany coming out of World War I, the economy and the downtroddenness of the people, you see the exact same thing in Russia,” he said West discussed his three pillars

of security, which focus on of economic, energy and national security issues He added that the three pillars are inter woven and can only be achieved together “ We need to have those strategic policies to get this economy going,” he said “ We need to have strategic policies that get our energy going, but most importantly, we must go back to what a previous president by the name of Ro n a l d Re a g a n c a l l e d

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c e T h r o u g h St re n g t h ’ It i s n o t going out there and thinking you are the big dog, but [also] having a deterrent capability ” West encouraged members of the audience to “ engage ” in the world they live in and to “understand the dangers that are out there ” “ Yo u r f u t u re i s i n y o u r hands, and the things that you see playing out right now has grave concerns [and] grave ramifications if we don’t solve this ver y quickly,” he said “It starts with principled leadership that understands foreign policy and national security policy at the strategic level ” The event was hosted by the C o r n e l l Re p u b l i c a n s a n d c osponsored by the Department of Government, the International Affairs Review, the International Bu s i n e s s A s s o c i a t i o n , t h e University Program Board and the Freedom and Free Society

Christopher Byrns can be reached at ecb222@cornell edu

Greeks Face Fines During Year

FINES

Additionally, “disparaging” other chapters in t h e C o r n e l l Gre e k c o m m u n i t y a u t o m a t i c a l l y results in a $300 fine in addition to an “immediate conversation” with members of Panhel or Greek judicial board, according to the guidelines

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The checklist Rho Gammas use to evaluate skits during recr uitment is detailed, including guidelines such as “ not por traying non-Greeks as outsiders” through the use of terms such as “GDIs” “god damn independents ”

O t h e r “ u n a c c e p t a b l e ” t e r m i n o l o g y i n t h e recr uitment process outlined in the guidlines includes using the word “ r ush” in a negative conn o t a

babies” and any reference of “hierarchy or ranking” of sororities in the Greek system

Cornell sorority houses are also required to follow strict guidelines for the physical appearance of the house, other wise risking incurring several hundred dollars wor th of fines from Panhel More specifically, sorority houses are prohibited from having wreaths, welcome mats or even “ ne w porch furniture” during the recr uitment period, according to the list of guidelines “ The outside of your facility should look like it does year-round,” according to the guidelines “[ There should be] no decorations or any superfluous items outside of chapter facilities ”

Fines, which are not exclusive to sororities, are often used to enact policies, according to Zach Benfanti ’16, a member of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity

“I do know there are systems in place that enact such policies,” he said “Generally, the mandate will be made clear when a par ticular event is outlined, and the fines can be transacted any number of ways ”

Gavin Taves ’15, former president of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, said members of his fraternity can also incur fines for being late to

“Brothers do get fined for being late In our house, this process is handled by our vice president of finance and enforced by our chaplain and standards board,” he said “Repeat offenders, and those that pay their fines late, are subject to other more severe punishments that are handed out by the standards board ”

According to the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority house constitution obtained by The Sun, members can be fined for possessing alcohol or dr ugs within the house, with the “least severe ” action being a “$100 fine for each resident of a room in which alcohol or dr ugs are discovered ”

In a public Google Group for the Alpha Xi Delta sorority, members of the sorority express the impor tance of completing cer tain tasks in order to avoid fines

“ We really need 12 girls for Collegetown clean-up today at 11!! If we do not have 12 girls, not only will we get fined, but we will have to do it again next week, and ever y week following that for the rest of the semester until we have 12 girls!” one post states

In another post, sisters urge their fellow sorority members to attend mandator y events through the threat of fines

“Please note that failure to send an excuse for all or par t of the workshop, sending a late excuse or arriving late or leaving early will result in a fine,” states another post

Individual chapters, however, may choose whether or not to fine members dependent on regulations from their national sororities For instance, the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority “does not fine members under any circumstances, ” according to Corey Matthe ws ’16, president of the sorority

“ We rely on other incentive systems to maintain accountability for members,” she said

Aimee Cho contributed repor ting to this stor y

The Sun s news department can be reached at news@cornellsun com

Investigators Seek Answers After Crash

Investigators looking into what c a u s e d t h e

Galactic prototype spacecraft that killed one of two test pilots said a 5-mile path of debris across the California desert indicates the aircraft broke up in flight

“ When the wreckage is dispersed like that, it indicates the likelihood of inflight breakup,” National Transpor tation Safety

Christopher A Hart said late Saturday

Learning where aircraft parts fell will help investigators determine when and how the breakup occurred, he said

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spring, but the mogul said that while he remained committed to civilian space travel “ we are not going to push on blindly ”

In grim remarks at the Mojave Air and Space Port, where the craft known as SpaceShipTwo was under development, Branson gave no details of Friday’s accident and deferred to the NTSB, whose team began its first day of investigation Saturday

“ We are determined to find out what went wrong, ” he said, asserting that safety has always been the top priority of the prog r a m t h a t e n v i s i o n s t a k i n g wealthy tourists six at a time to

the edge of space for a brief experience of weightlessness and a view of Earth below “ Yesterday, we fell short,” he said “ We’ll now comprehensively assess the results of the crash and are determined to learn from this and move for ward ”

He also criticized early speculation about crash causes “ To be honest, I find it slightly irrespons i b l e t h a t p e o p l e w h o k n ow nothing about what they’re saying can be saying things before t h e Na t i o n a l Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Safety Board makes their comments ”

The pilot killed in the test flight was identified Saturday as Michael Tyner Alsbur y, 39, of nearby Tehachapi The sur viving pilot is Peter Siebold, 43, who parachuted to safety and was hospitalized

B o t h w o r k e d f o r S c a l e d

Composites, the company developing the spaceship for Virgin Galactic Scaled Composite said Alsbur y was the co-pilot for the t

s piloting SpaceShipTwo, “is alert and talking with his family and doctors,” the company said in a statement

Investigators found an undeployed parachute at the crash site, Hart said They do not yet know how Siebold got out of the aircraft because they have not had a chance to inter view him, he added

U.N.: World May Need To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Zero

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) Climate change is happening, it is almost entirely man ’ s fault and limiting its impacts may require reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero this century, the United Nation’s panel on climate science said Sunday

The fourth and final volume of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s giant climate assessment offered no surprises, nor was it expected to since it combined the findings of three reports released in the past 13 months

But it underlined the scope of the climate challenge in stark terms Emissions, mainly from the burning of fossil fuels, may need to drop to zero by the end of this century for the world to have a decent chance of keeping the temperature rise below a level that many consider dangerous

The IPCC did not say exactly what such a world would look like but it would likely require a massive shift to renewable sources to power homes, cars and industries combined with new technologies to suck greenhouse gases from the atmosphere

The report warned that failure to reduce emissions could lock the world on a trajectory with “irreversible” impacts on people and the environment Some impacts

already being observed included rising sea levels, a warmer and more acidic ocean, melting glaciers and Arctic sea ice and more frequent and intense heat waves

“Science has spoken There is no ambiguity in their message Leaders must act Time is not on our side,” U N Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at the report ’ s launch in Copenhagen

Amid its grim projections, the report said the tools are there to set the world on a low-emissions path and break the addiction to burning oil, coal and gas which pollute the atmosphere with heattrapping CO2 , the chief greenhouse gas

“All we need is the will to change, which we trust will be motivated by knowledge and an understanding of the science of climate change,” IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri said

The IPCC was set up in 1988 to assess global warming and its impacts The repor t released Sunday caps its latest assessment, a mega-review of 30,000 climate change studies that establishes with 95-percent cer tainty that most of the warming seen since the 1950s is man-made The IPCC’s best estimate is that just about all of it is man-made, but it can ’ t say that with the same degree of certainty

Robertson ’75: Reed’s Ideas Are ‘Radical’

they’re not even able to get married,” Rober tson said “It’s really changing people’s lives and those are the wrong priorities, to make these as budget cuts to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans like [Reed] ”

Another focus of Rober tson ’ s campaign is the institution of broadband Internet access for r ural areas, something she calls a “critical investment ”

“If you have high-speed Internet, you can live here and work anywhere,” Rober tson said “ There are so many oppor tunities if the broadband access is there It matters to students ever ywhere

f r o m f i r s t g r a d e o n u p , t o a c c e s s libraries from anywhere, to do their research It’s just key to so many things

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1930s It was the federal government that made that possible ”

“ Voters should pay attention to who’s on their side: It’s not Tom Reed,” Rober tson said “He’s voted to increase middle class taxes so he can give the wealthiest Americans a huge tax break He’s voted to ship jobs overseas, he’s voted to end Medicare guarantees, he’s voted to raise the cost of going to college He’s making life harder for the middle class ”

Rober tson said Reed’s stance against a federal minimum wage is especially dangerous, adding that nearly two-thirds of Americans making minimum wage are women

“[Reed’s] voted to say that women even in cases of race and incest should not have the right to make their own medical decisions.”

Rober tson said that she has already worked on this issue in Tompkins County, leading to a $2 2 million grant to build infrastr ucture for broadband access

“In our county, we ’ ve put together a task force under my leadership that has created a plan, done research, written a terrific repor t showing which technology would be best and showing where the gaps were, ” she said “One of our private internet providers then took that plan, put in a proposal to the state government for a grant ”

Another issue Rober tson said she is passionate about is environmental sustainability, though she says the transition to more sustainable energy “is going to take a long time ”

“ We’ve done a lot in Tompkins County,” she said “[Solar Tompkins] has helped people to sign up and buy solar systems as a sor t of discount and get a better price They’ve helped something like 300 families in the county get solar systems But local communities can only do so much We need cer tain things to happen at the federal, as well as the state level ”

Rober tson also said she thinks Reed’s voting record proves that leaving him in office would be “radical” for women ’ s and middle class workers’ rights

community should have the chance to

” Rober tson said “ That’s a radical idea that would be terrible for working people It would have ever y local community competing for a lower and lower wage and people would be destitute and have no choice but to take those even lower-wage jobs ”

d pushes a “breathtaking agenda” and that voters especially women should pay attention to his stances on medical rights

“He’s voted to say that women even in cases of rape and incest should not have the right to make their own medical decisions That’s a radical idea,” Rober tson said “He’s voted to say that employers should have a right to decide what kinds of bir th control if any their employees will get on their insurance even if employees pay for it That’s a radical idea ”

According to Rober tson, Reed’s stance toward reproductive rights is hypocritical in light of his platform suppor ting small government and has the potential for large-scale negative consequences

“[ The House of Representatives is] passing these laws if not for the Senate and the President this would be the law of the land,” Rober tson said “I was around before Roe v Wade I know people who got illegal abor tions people died It’s not impossible; we could go back there if Tom Reed and his friends have their way ”

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Eric Schulman | Schulman’s Schtick

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The Way We Protest Comm en t of the day

“This is the United States of America! So get used to people who have accents and actually want to preserve culture versus your idea of a homogenized state ”

Leticia Collado

Re: “MUÑOZ | Losing My Accento,” Opinion published October 30, 2014

Aditi Bhowmick | Abtruse Musings

So here’s the thing we live in a ver y diverse society with a broad range of choices and some people disagree with other people’s personal choices and start antagonizing This leads to microaggressions, victimizations, interest groups, activism and what n o t Be i t f e m i n i s t s r a l l y i n g against sexual assault, derision of LGBTQ rights or people p r o t e s t i n g r a c i a l d i s c r i m i n ation A part of this dialogue also consists of the silent bystander who does not participate not because he or she is afraid, but

s i m p l y b e c a u s e t h e y b e l i e v e silence to be the path of common sense

Ever y column I have ever written has always had a stimulus, and so does this one This past week, Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, joined the league of OUTstanding businessmen by publicly declaring h i s s e x u a l o r i e n t a t i o n Additionally, this past week, a resident of Ithaca was publicly reprimanded in the Commons for being gay

T h e m o s t s t a r t l i n g p a r t about the perp e t r a t o r w a s that he decided to make a fool of himself in broad day-

r o u n d i n g e v e r y c o n t r ov e r s i a l identity issue that the bystander chooses to “ stay out of it” and the pandemonium continues For instance, I happen to be a feminist and ver y few people are aware of that I am not preaching a way of life My point is that constantly flooding social network and all forms of media with opinions and rant simply creates a lot of noise and the purpose of the movement you suppor t eventually gets dissipated As a result, peop l e b e c o m e n u m b t o y o u r protests Maybe there is a caveat in the way we protest about certain issues The idea of activism is to isolate the aggressor and not people who are so to speak doing their own thing Civil society and social activism is an incredible instrument but varies in terms of marginal benefit depending on the issue at hand For instance, when it comes to something like divestm e n t a n d s u s t a i n a b i l i t y, yo u w a n t t o e x h i b i t s t r e n g t

numbers and volume of protest

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T h e “ v i c t i m ” re a c t e d i n t h e most level-headed manner and simply asked the offender to stop doing what he was doing and asked him to leave There is

However, some identity issues are a big deal and seem to blind ever y other aspect of one ’ s personality in the public domain because of the amount of positive and negative activism surrounding them This hinders s o m e p e o p l e f r o m l i v i n g decent, undisturbed lives for absolutely impertinent reasons Therefore, it is the responsibilit y o f i n t e r e s t g r o u p s a n d activists to reassess their way of p r o t e s t Ma y b e a n a p p r o a c h that focuses more on positive aspects like success stories and personalities each community is proud of, a more level-headed approach not engrossed with c o n s t a n t l y s h o u t i n g s l o g a n s from a platform is the need of the hour I understand that in instances of sexual assault, f o r e x a m p l e , i t i s n o t a s straightfor ward to ask the perpetrator to mind their own business However, I am limiting my argument mainly to social discrimination, microagg r e s s i o n a n d n o t n e c e s s a r i l y criminal offenses To be precise, my claim is that a number of social m ov e m e n t s and interest groups that a d v o c a t e i d e

n o t h i n g e x t r a o rd i n a r y a b o u t this response but it still struck m e a s p o w e r f u l Pe r h a p s because, for once, I do not read about cries of being victimized and so on The victim in this instance was the offender who clearly does not perceive the social cues obser ved by modern civilized society The truth is that it is not ver y difficult to respect each other with or without interest groups When it comes to identity issues, I think at times activism and protest m ov e m e n t s m i g h t e n d u p doing more harm than good There is such a tempest sur-

Howe ve r, w h e n i t c o m e s t o protesting for individual dignity, it is not really a public or collective interest, but a ver y p r i v a t e r e a l m C l a m o r o u s protests and activism in such i n s t a n c e s r e s u l t s i n s o c i e t y viewing a person only in terms of the part of their identity, which is controversial For instance, when I walk into a boardroom of chief executives as a woman of color, I w a n t p e o p l e t o n e i t h e r b e bewildered with admiration or offended, I simply want them to get over it Similarly, if I identify as a bisexual President of a countr y, I do not want to be subject to heated confabulation for 12 months, I want people to get over it and focus on other things as well, like maybe my merit and political agenda

o n presenting themselves as victims instead of sophisticated, level-headed members of society taking it upon themselves to remind certain sections of society to mind their own business Finally, it is time a bystander j o i n s t h e e f f o r t t o i s o l a t e offenders and not members of society who are at the receiving end of slurs Your silence simply adds to the haplessness of the noise Society will prosper and so will individuals if we all work hard and respect each other It really is not rocket science

Aditi Bhowmick is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She may be reached at abhowmick@cornellsun com Abstruse Musings appears alternate Mondays this semester Eric Schulman is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at eschulman@cornellsun com Schulman’s Schtick appears alternate Mondays this semester

Pride and Prejudice and Coal Mining

BY LETITIA CHAI Sun Staff Writer

“Lesbians and gays support the miners!” yell a string of young homosexual Londoners marching at a pride parade Across the street, a stoic woman holds up a sign that reads “Burn in hell” in pink typography A young mother hurries to shoo her child into the house before he can see any more than he has to “Disgusting, isn’t it?” she spits

Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus and now playing at Ithaca’s Cinemapolis, is a historical dramedy that follows the unlikely alliance between British gays and miners In 1984, the British Conservative Government, led by Margaret Thatcher, voiced their opposition against the coal mining industry and argued that coal mining was simply uneconomical Fueled by conservative support, she closed 20 coal pits, causing the loss of over 20,000 jobs Within a few days, half of England’s miners went on strike to protest Thatcher’s decision The government responded by (ironically) cutting off energy, leaving thousands without means for hot water or food

The mining community was desperate They needed money and they needed support However, they never expected the gays to step up and lend a helping hand Socially conservative miners were generally homophobic and had treated the gay community horribly In fact, no matter how desperate they were, they didn’t want help if it was coming from a gay or lesbian person Likewise, many gays found it baffling that members of their community wanted to help the miners However, after overcoming several obstacles, both parties end up benefitting from the coalition

The plot may read like that of any other feel-good movie, but Pride is different It doesn’t beg for the sympathy and tears of the audience; it earns it The story conveys the emotional consequences facing a seemingly insurmountable challenge, an experience both gays and miners can relate to

Pride begins with Mark Ashton (Ben Schnetzer, The Book Thief ), a young political activist who urges his gay friends to support the miners He argues that no one else but the gay community knows what it feels like to be beaten by police, jeered at by conservatives and attacked in publications

Despite his efforts to round up troops, only eight members join him But eight is more than enough to build a compelling

story Warchus’ theatrical directing paired with Stephen Beresford’s honest and witty Brit-com writing gives each gay and miner their own story

Take for example, Joe Copper (George MacKay), a timid and closeted college student who seeks the confidence to join the gay community He comes from a conservative family that makes crude jokes about AIDS (his brother-in-law calls it the Anally Injected Death Sentence”) and would never accept a homosexual into their household Consequently, Copper must juggle between two identities, one as an obedient, straight son and another as a gay photographer for Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM)

When his mother discovers her son has been skipping school to fraternize with gays, she breaks down in tears “It’s a hard life, Joe Do you want to have to hide? To keep secrets from everyone?” she asks as her son wipes tears from his swollen eyes

It is only through the support of LGSM that Copper finds the courage to stand up for himself When he returns home from a trip to Onllywn, a small mining village in South Wales, Copper storms into his home, grabs a backpack and walks out on his bigoted family In one of the closing scenes, he removes a pin that reads “I am (discreetly) gay ” for one that reads “21, gay and legal ”

If the emotional effect of the movie isn’t enough, Pride boasts a star studded cast including Bill Nighy of Love Actually, Andrew Scott of Saving Private Ryan and Sherlock, Dominic West of 300 and Imelda Staunton of the Harry Potter series (aka Dolores Umbridge)

The cast and team of Pride stop the story of LGSM from

becoming another hackneyed tale of overcoming challenges Instead, the movie retains a fun, almost musical-like atmosphere while simultaneously raising important questions about solidarity and acceptance It asks us to see beyond our prejudices and discern between what is right and what we have been told is right In effect, Pride transcends its historical backbone to emphasize the importance of fighting convention, inspiring confidence and forging camaraderie

At the beginning of the movie, Dai Donovan, a shy miner from Onllwyn, stands on stage at a gay club The audience boos him even before he can get a word out As he grips the mic-stand for support, he looks into the crowd and relays a humbling speech of thanks for all the money the gays have raised for his community

“When you ’ re in a battle against an enemy so much bigger, so much stronger than you, ” he says, “ to find out you have a friend you never knew existed, well, that’s the best feeling in the world ”

Letitia Chai is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at lchai@cornellsun com

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Staff Writer

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first and goal On the next play, the Red ran another pitch play, this time to junior running back Benjamin Herrera for the touchdown The score gave Cornell a 24-7 lead

Several possessions later, Pannullo hit sophomore defensive back Rob Hendricks in the back of the endzone to start the fourth quarter, extending the lead to a comfortable 24 points Pannullo would finish with 137 yards, completing 12-of-17 attempted passes He had his first game with no interceptions since Princeton (0-6) three weeks ago His performance is all the more impressive considering Mansfield ranks as the best defense against the pass in the Collegiate Sprint Football League Pannullo was efficient through the air but dominant on the ground He had a career-high 129 yards to finish as the game ’ s leading rusher After the Mounties cut the lead to 17 points early in the fourth quarter, Pannullo’s second touchdown put Mansfield away for good

Junior running back Benjamin Herrera was the second leading rusher, finishing the contest with 80 yards Nathanson added 48 yards on the ground In total, the Red rushed 54 times for 298 yards, good for a season high Pannullo credited strong performances from the veteran offensive line as key for the rushing success

“ The offensive line did an incredible job, and it was great to send the seniors out on a positive note, ” he said “The seniors gave

On the defensive side of the ball, Cornell also found success Cornell limited the Mounties to 2 9 yards per attempt for a total of 38 yards Mansfield entered the game as the third most productive offense in the CSFL in terms of both points scored and yards per game The Red was able to limit Mansfield to well below its offensive season averages After the opening drive touchdown, Cornell’s defense kept the Mounties quiet for eight consecutive drives

As was a problem all season, Cornell struggled to reign in Mansfield’s air attack Quarterback

Mike Maniscalco threw for 252 yards and all three of the Mounties’ scores Eddie Larcom was his favorite target, and he finished with 150 yards and two touchdowns

The victor y snapped a two game losing streak for the Red Cornell finishes the season ranked fifth in the CSFL and, with a young team, looks to build on this year ’ s success next season Pannullo said he is thankful for the leadership that older members of the team have brought to the squad throughout the season

“We are really going to miss those guys next year, ” he said “Those guys have set a great example for us moving forward, and Friday's win ended the season on a very positive note [to] lead us into next season ”

Se e i n g t h e o f f e n s e s u c c e e d l e f t b o t h A rc h e r a n d

Sh a p i ro h a p p y w i t h t h e m e e t i n g e a r l i e r i n t h e we e k T h a t o f f e n s i ve p ro g re s s , Sh a p i ro s a i d , w i l l c o n t i n u e t o t r a n s l a t e f o r t h e re s t o f t h e s e a s o n a n d f o r t h e f u t u re “ We k n e w we h a d a g re a t o f f e n s e c o m i n g i n t o i t Ye a h , we we re yo u n g , b u t we we re p l a y i n g w i t h i n j u r i e s a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h

Young Netminders Peform Well in First Season Tests for Red

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cussing his defensemen’s early performance, but praised the players for their play later in the game

“ They were atrocious in the first period turned pucks over, didn ’ t move pucks fast, got themselves in trouble but I thought after that they settled down,” he said “ With the horrendous start that we had, they rebounded, and as a coach that’s what you ’ re looking for You’re looking for them not to drop their heads and feel sorr y that they don’t have it tonight They actually took the opposite approach and rose to the occasion and played better in the second and third periods ”

Stewart put up more than half of his save total in the first period alone, stopping 12 of 13 shots and shutting down several Maverick opportunities, including a breakaway

“He’s a real battler; he doesn’t get intimidated,” said freshman forward Trevor Yates of his netminder classmate “First college start, he was playing really well in net, really competing hard ”

The Mavericks snuck their first goal behind Stewart with 1:59 left in the opening frame, as Maverick freshman for ward Aver y Peterson scored his first collegiate goal by sliding the puck between Stewart’s pads as the Red goalie was down in the butterfly position on the ice

Cornell struck back 71 seconds later, as Yates tallied his own first collegiate goal, jamming the puck home from the right side of the crease to knot the game at 1-1

“It’s a great feeling, especially a goal like that where the whole line was involved,” Yates said “ We’re all battling hard we win a bunch of battles and a couple of nice plays and it ends up in the back of the net ”

Cornell ended up with an extended two-man advantage early in t h e s

Omaha goalie Ryan Massa s t o n e w a l l e d s e v e r a l s o l i d chances as the Red controlled the puck around the offensive zone

With 4:40 left in the sec-

“Anytime you give up three goals in the course of a weekend, you’ve got to be happy with your goaltending ”

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o n d f r a m e , O m a h a p u t away its winning goal after the puck’s odd bounce off the glass set up an Omaha shot Maverick sophomore for ward Austin Ortega gathered the rebound for a wraparound, shoving the puck by Stewart’s right foot to grab a 2-1 lead for the away team

Despite peppering Massa for 10 more shots in the third period compared with Omaha’s four shots on Stewart in the frame, the Red was held off the board the remainder of the game

“Kudos to their kid, as far as goaltending I thought he had an outstanding weekend,” Schafer said of Massa’s performance

Despite the different outcomes of Friday and Saturday’s games, with the loss coming in the second game, Friday’s tie was a messier affair The Red took several penalties in the first half of the opening frame on Friday, including yielding a five-on-three opportunity for the Mavericks Sophomore goaltender Mitch Gillam stole a goal from the Mavericks in the two-man-down situation, making the most spectacular of his 38 saves on the night as he stretched to the side to deny the score

Gillam, who started Friday, and Stewart, who started Saturday, are expected to trade games for the start of the season Schafer said he was pleased with the performances of both netminders over the weekend

“Anytime you give up three goals in the course of the weekend, you ’ ve got to be happy with your goaltending,” he said “It was great to see both those guys having real strong weekends ”

The Red nabbed the initial lead in Friday’s game, taking a 1-0 advantage late in the first as sophomore for ward Matt Buckles powered a shot from the top of the left circle off the post and by Massa Omaha responded early in the second period, taking advantage of a Red turnover at the Omaha blue line to create an odd-man rush down the ice for a goal A scoreless third period and overtime left the game at the final 1-1 score

“ We were a lot more pleased than yesterday; I thought we stuck to our game plan a lot better today,” said senior captain John McCarron after Saturday’s game, comparing the loss to the tie “It’s unacceptable at home to lose in front of our unbelievable fans; we know that and we know we ’ ve got a huge week ahead of us to get prepared for next weekend ”

The Red heads into ECAC hockey next weekend, taking its lone road trip of the semester to see Princeton and Quinnipiac

“ We grew even on the weekend,” Schafer said, reflecting on his team ’ s 0-1-1 record “It’s really, really early for us, and it’s going to be a long process We judge ourselves on how we ’ re getting better, not on the results We’ll be a different team next weekend, and two weeks, and three weeks, and that’s how we’ll judge ourselves ”

Strong Comeback Comes Up Short Against Princeton

By DANIELLE LETOURNEAU Sun Staff Writer

Cornell women ’ s hockey fell short in its opening home games against Princeton and No 5 Quinnipiac this weekend

After ten minutes of play in the matchup with the Tigers on Friday, Cornell found itself trailing by one goal However, with twenty seconds left in the first period, junior for ward Jess Brown scored her first goal of the season during a power play to tie up the game

Despite out-shooting Princeton 11-4 in the first period, Cornell struggled to maintain its intensity in the second Princeton took advantage of the Red’s slow start and scored three goals in the opening 2:53 of the period to jump ahead to a 4-1 lead

Cornell took a timeout, pulled sophomore goalie Paula Vo o r h e i s , a n d p u t i n f re s h m a n n e t m i n d e r A m e l i a

Boughn Minutes later at 8:43, Cornell capitalized on a one-man advantage when freshman for ward Hannah Bunton whipped the puck through the net front screen

With sophomore defender Sydney Smith in the penalty box for hooking, Princeton further extended its lead with 2:42 left in the second period This was Princeton’s final goal of the night In the third, the game switched in Cornell’s favor Sophomore for ward Kaitlin Doering said she believes the team ’ s confidence and patience was a key factor in the turnaround

“I think we showed a lot more confidence in our own abilities and our teammates and played with more poise and patience,” she said “Being down three goals and then bringing the score back within one showed great character for the team and what we have in store for the future ”

Cornell shocked the Princeton team Within the first 31 seconds of play, senior for ward Emily Fulton scored her third goal of the season This goal livened up the

Cornell fanbase Later in the period, Doering dug a loose puck out of the corner and ripped it towards the net, just squeaking it past the Princeton goalie to bring the game to 5-4

Doering was impressed with the home performance of the Red’s underclassmen in the loss

“ We had two first collegiate goals for sophomore Brianna Veerman, and freshman Sarah Knee, and a great showing by our freshman goalie Amelia Boughn, who made some great saves for her first appearance at Lynah rink,” Doering said

On Saturday, Cornell was unable to break through Quinnipiac’s strong defense and was shutout, 3-0 All three goals were scored within the first period However, during the second and third periods Cornell created more goal opportunities

Voorheis also bounced back from the Princeton game to make 27 saves against Quinnipiac

The team has a two-week break before it resumes play against Brown and Yale Doering said she thinks this is the

perfect time for the team to come together and prepare for its upcoming games

“I think we need to take advantage of these upcoming weeks, separate from the competitive aspect of the game and refocus on all of our systems so that the entire team becomes one cohesive unit,” she said “Once we can trust that our teammates are going to do their job, we can all execute our own jobs on a superior level ”

The two losses opened some eyes and fired up the team for the rest of its long season, according to Doering

“It’s always a tough pill to swallow when you lose a game I think that the year is a constant progression towards the goals the team sets at the beginning of the year, so regardless of the outcome of the games we play, we are always looking to improve,” she said “ The losses just add extra incentive to continue working towards that common goal ”

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Senior Writer

Princeton’s Andre w Mills’ late goal on Saturday evening came as a hammer blow to the Cornell

s i d e , a l l b u t e n d i n g i t s Iv y League dreams The Red suffered hear tbreak when Mills got to the e n d o f t h e b a l l i n t h e 8 8 t h minute, guiding it past senior

goalkeeper and co-captain Zach Zagorski

The Tigers just edged past the Red in an enter taining game that s a w o n e o f t h e l e a g u e ’ s b e s t offensive sides face off with one o f t h e l e a g u e ’ s b e s t d e f e n s i v e back lines

The result leaves Cornell at No 6 in the league with six points With two games left to

p l a y D a r t m o u t h a n d

Columbia the Red still has a mathematical shot at the title Ho w e v e r Pe n n , H a r v a r d a n d Princeton would also have to drop points along the way

Both Cornell and Princeton went into the game with strong incentives for victor y a win would have propelled either side near the top of the table, with

t h e t a i l e n d o f t h e s e a s o n approaching

With both sides registering 14 shots throughout the course of the game, a stalemate was clearly not an option

S o p h o m o r e f o r w a r d

V i n c e n t B r u n e t t i worked a good o p p o r t u n i t y f o r h i m s e l f, f i r i n g l o w from the right side of the box The deflected shot looked like it might just creep in, before a quick change of direction from the Princeton goalkeeper pushed it away

Zagorski into the bottom right corner, putting the Tigers ahead before the break Cornell pressed for an equalizer but was made to wait till the 8 4 t h m i n u t e a f a m i l i a r trend this seas o n Tw o C o r n e l l c a pt a i n s s t e p p e d up to give the Red a fighting chance

Senior defender Peter Chodas

a n d s e n i o r m i d f i e l d e r C o n o r

Goepel connected well on several occasions to car ve out goal scoring oppor tunities Goepel the Red hero on several occasions already this season almost put

C o r n e l l a h e a d i n t h e 3 0 t h minute when his shot went just over the crossbar

The Red did manage to fr ustrate the Tigers in a ver y physical first half, preventing them from getting a shot on target until the 40th minute when sophomore midfielder Ralph Lee Price IV

f o u l e d Pr i n c e t o n ’ s C a m e r o n Por ter in the box, leading to a penalty kick

Por ter the league’s leading goalscorer made no mistakes, c a l m l y d r i v i n g t h e b a l l p a s t

C h o d a s once again displayed his proficiency in dead-ball situations, hitting a long ball from a free kick to the near post where the waiting defender and senior cocaptain Devin Morgan both rose to meet it Morgan hit the ball hard and low inside the near post, bringing the game level It was now the Tigers’ turn to crank up the pressure, hitting f o u r s h o t s

Princeton finally broke through in the 88th minute when a cross into the mass of players in the Cornell box caused some confusion As Chodas slid to clear the

Princeton’s Mills, creeping past

the bottom right corner

The Red takes on Dar tmouth next Saturday in the final home game of the season

Spor ts

Red Tops Mans eld in Final Game of Season

By ADAM BRONFIN Sun Staff Writer

With four minutes remaining in the first quarter of the sprint football team ’ s game against Mansfield, sophomore linebacker Christopher D’Ambrosio dove to catch a tipped ball off the hands of a Mansfield receiver The interception would give the Red the ball and the momentum

From that point on, Cornell would never look back in its

38-21 victory over Mansfield in its final game of the season

For the first 11 minutes of Friday’s game, it looked like Cornell (3-4) would fall victim to the mistakes that had plagued it all season The Mountaineers (1-6) scored off a 65-yard touchdown on the very first drive of the game, reminiscent of the big plays that doomed Cornell in last week’s 17-14 loss to Post (3-2) The Red also struggled on third down conversions

Cornell was able to put together a solid drive for its first

quarter that got the ball rolling for the Red in its win over Mansfield

Improved Offense Comes Up Just Short

For the first time this season, one did not expect the Cornell University football team ’ s offensive drives to end with a failed third down conversion For the first time this season, one did not expect to see a booming kick from sophomore punter Chris Fraser who has arguably been among the team ’ s most valuable players thus far in the season capping off an offensive drive

and head coach David Archer ’05, though, for the first time this season the offense consistently put together sustained offensive drives, marching down the field towards the end zone with a flurry of short passes and read-option plays while putting points up on the board frequently

possesion, but unfortunately it only came away with three points as the Red was stopped on Mansfield’s 21-yard line Junior kicker Michael Zazzara knocked in a 38-yard field goal to put Cornell on the board The Red failed to convert on a third down and long on its next possession and was forced to punt The game was shaping up to follow a similar script as the Red’s other losses this season

D’Ambrosio’s interception changed all of that Cornell got the ball back and went to work The Red’s rushing attack that has been brilliant at times throughout the season began to show off just how effective it could be

On the drive immediately following the interception, the Red ran on all four plays

Sophomore quarterback Rob Pannullo highlighted the drive by spinning away from several would-be tacklers to the six-yard line for a 12-yard gain On the next play, Pannullo found the endzone to give Cornell a 10-7 lead The Red would never trail again

After forcing a three and out several minutes later, Cornell had one of its most impressive drives of the season, marching 88 yards down the field for the score On the drive, the Red gained yards mainly on the ground, save for an 18-yard screen pass from Pannullo to senior wide receiver Alec Morris The drive was punctuated with 17 seconds left on the clock in the first half by sophomore Kevin Nathanson’s touchdown, a pitch to the right side for five yards

In the third quarter, Pannullo found a wide open junior wide receiver Trevor Marrero at the five yard line to set up a

While Cornell (0-7, 0-4 Ivy League) failed to register its first victory of the season, Saturday’s 38-27 loss to Princeton was about more than just the result of the scoreboard Rather, it affirmed that the Red could put points up on the scoreboard with its young personnel and without an NFL-quality quarterback such as Jeff Mathews ’14 under center

Most import a n t l y f o r t h e Re d

“A little confidence can go a long way and I think we did a lot in establishing our confidence offensively,” Archer said “ It h u r t s because we didn't get the win, but knowing that we were able to do some things offensively is only going to help us the next three Ivy League games ”

Led by sophomore quarterback Robert Somborn and senior wide receiver Lucas Shapiro, the Red put together consistent offensive drives, throwing together a solid mix of passing and run plays to keep the Tigers defense on their toes Somborn’s presence under center immediately legitimized the passing game on Sunday, an area of the offense where the team has struggled to establish any presence so far this year

There were brief flashe

Saturday night’s game a set of excellent shifts f o l l ow i n g Om a h a ’ s f i r s t goal that led to a quick tying tally, some terrific f i r s

freshman goalie Hayden Stewart but it wasn

t enough to take down the Red’s more game-experie n c e d o p p o n e n t a s Cornell faced a 2-1 loss in the second night of its

opening weekend 0-1-1, with Saturday’s loss following