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KIRSHNER ’18 CONCEDES,SHINAGAWA ’05 LOSES

Independent Anna Kelles takes second district seat; Kirshner misses victory by small margin

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun News Editor

Democrats Elie Kirshner ’18 and Nate Shinagawa ’05 both failed to secure seats on the Tompkins County Legislature Tuesday, according to unofficial returns

Kirshner, who was running to represent the fourth district, secured 91 ballots to 118 ballots cast for write-in can-

Independent candidate Anna Kelles by a margin of 340 votes to 474

Write-in candidate Rich John ’81 mounted a campaign against Kirshner also seeking to represent the fourth district, which includes the Collegetown and the Commons

neighborhoods, two weeks after the Democratic party endorsed Kirshner, arguing that a more experienced candidate was needed

Shinagawa had represented the fourth district in the legislature for 10 years and announced his resignation from that seat on Sept 16 Shinagawa recently switched his residency to Fall Creek, where he has owned property since 2011, and ran to represent the second district, which encompasses the Fall Creek neighborhood

“It’s been an honor ser ving on the Legislature,” Shinagawa wrote in a statement congratulating Kelles on his Facebook page “Unfortunately I lost my campaign I’m looking forward to working with my opponent, Anna Kelles, who is now going to be my representative!”

as the director of Green Resource Hub She cited her advocacy

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09

Secures Second Term

By PAULINA GLASS Sun Assistant News Ed tor

Svante Myrick ’09 was reelected to a second four-year term as mayor of the City of Ithaca Tuesday, beating write-in candidate Phoebe Brown by a margin of 1,779 votes to 228

Brown launched a write-in campaign against Myrick in October, even as she acknowledged the unlikeliness of winning Currently a community outreach liaison for the Cayuga Medical Center’s Center for Healthy Living, Brown said she ini-

Ithaca Police Begin Wearing Body Cameras

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun News Editor

Ithaca Police Department officers began wearing body cameras Monday afternoon, according to the police department

All patrol officers will be required to wear body cameras and every officer expected to be engaged in “law enforcement operations” which includes but are not limited to traffic stops, arrests, searches, physical or verbal confrontations and execution of warrants will now be required to record their activities through their body-worn cameras, according to the new policy issued by Ithaca Police Chief

John Barber

“The use of cameras is intended to assist officers in the performance of their duties, increase transparency

and accountability of IPD operations and gather evidence for use in the prosecution of crimes,” the policy reads

Officers will be required to activate recording on their body-worn cameras at the beginning of each “law enforcement operation,” however, officers may not record between operations, according to the policy

“The use of cameras is intended to increase transparency and accountability ”

Officers are also not required to disclose when they are recording through their body cameras, but are expected to complete recordings once they begin until the “law enforcement operation” is completed or a supervisor permits the end of the record-

ing Officers may stop recordings at their discretion in interview situations where a victim’s privacy may be at risk, a witness cooperating with the police fears for his or her safety or an informant in an investigative case is confidential

Except under certain exception, IPD will keep videos saved from recordings on the body cameras for six

months after the recording date before they are automatically deleted The recordings will be kept as property of the City of Ithaca during this time

See BODY CAMERAS page 4

tiated the campaign to foster dialogue

In a social media post W e d n e s d a y night, Myrick expressed joy over his reelection

“With 89 percent of the vote I’ve been reelected Mayor of the City of Ithaca,” Myrick said “Thank you

uncontested and won their seats Tuesday on the City of Ithaca Common Council

The Common Council which consists of two re

city’s five wards manages the city’s finances and properties

In an uncontested race, Stephen Smith was re-elected as alderperson for the

Common Council Smith is also the assistant director at

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elected to the alderperson

third ward on the Common Council Gearhart, currently the assistant provost for online learning and extended studies at Ithaca College, will represent eastern Ithaca neighborhoods

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Company Launches Bernie Sanders Underwear

Employees of a Vermont company have launched a side business selling under wear featuring a black-andwhite drawing of the face of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders

NECN reports that the under wear, which features the message “Feel the Bern,” is available for men and women and costs $15 plus shipping and handling The three workers with KSE Partners, a strategic communications and government affairs firm, say they created Bernie's Briefs as a fun side business

The Vermont senator has said recently on late-night TV and talk shows that he prefers briefs over boxers

The startup ’ s founders called Sanders’ passion for serious issues admirable One founder says the political process has benefited from his campaign

Ten percent of the proceeds will go toward the Yellow Ribbon Fund, which supports injured ser vice members

97-Year-Old Receives Diploma

A 97-year-old woman has received an honorary diploma from a Michigan high school, eight decades after she was forced to drop out to help her family

Margaret Thome Bekema finally was able to don a mortarboard and fulfill her lifelong goal in front of her

friends and family on Thursday School administrators from Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids presented her with the diploma at the Yorkshire and Stonebridge Manor senior community in Walker

Bekema would have graduated with the Class of 1936, but she left during her junior year to care for her three younger siblings because her mother was ill with cancer

She said leaving school at age 17 broke her heart and she's thankful for the recognition

Big Rig Spills Pizza Dough

A big rig loaded with more than 22 tons of pizza dough and flour has crashed in northern Arizona and spilled a large portion of its cargo

Arizona Department of Public Safety says the semi rolled on its side about 4 a m Thursday along a stretch of U S 89 near Page, Arizona

The truck was filled with 44,500 pounds of pizza dough and flour, with each bag of dough weighing 50 pounds each

DPS officials say the rig struck a guardrail and bounced left, rolling onto its side

They say speed and fatigue may have contributed to the crash

No one was injured but DPS says the driver was cited with failure to control the vehicle

Prof. Maria Antonia Garcés studies life, work of Cervantes

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Sun Staff Writer

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“I am delighted that the world can see what we in the department all see: a truly excellent architecture program ”

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09

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work on a proposal for the Old Tompkins County Library as a key turning point in her journey towards running Kirshner is an Ithaca native who has pointed to his experiences interning at City Hall and working as a field director for Myrick’s reelection campaign in defense against questions about his youth He conceded defeat in a speech Tuesday evening, according to The Ithaca Journal

“I’m disappointed I won ’ t be able to serve, but I’m really proud of the campaign, and I’ve never been more proud to be a Democrat and to live in Ithaca,” Kirshner said, according to The Journal’s

report

John acknowledged that the results were unofficial as of Wednesday evening and would not be determined until after the write-in ballots were officially looked over John has practiced law in Ithaca for 29 years after having worked as a city prosecutor, municipal attorney and general councilman and chief compliance officer for Intertech, an international testing laboratory The Tompkins County Legislature oversees and enacts county-wide legislation Residents elected new representatives for the fourth and second districts Tuesday

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09, who presented his 2016 city budget recommendation last month, allocated an increase of $120,000 for strategic investments within the police department in his recommendation Part of this increase is intended to go to the purchase of body cameras

The IPD has already partnered with the Tompkins County Sheriff ’ s Office in April in an effort to equip officers with

body-worn cameras The initiative was first introduced by Myrick in August 2014

Myrick said that he was “pleased” with the new policy, in the release, and said that the cameras would help increase accountability between the IPD and the local community

The body cameras that IPD officers began wearing Tuesday are produced by Taser International

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Driver’s Medical History Eyed In Halloween Crash

NEW YORK (AP) Police on Monday were still tr ying to

motorist to jump a curb and hit trick-or-treaters on Halloween, killing three, and if the man should face charges

Investigators were focusing on the medical histor y of the 52-year-old driver in the crash that killed a 10-year-old girl, her grandfather and a third per-

seizures in the past, Bratton added

As the investigation continued, mourners remembered the victims

“I had a lot of dreams for Nyanna I had so many plans for her,” Natalia Perez said the day after her daughter, Nyanna Aquil, was pronounced dead at a hospital Nyanna’s 3-year-old sister also was hospitalized Pe

Louis Perez, suffered severe head trauma and died at the scene

Saturday night when the car jumped a curb in the Bronx, leaving behind mangled bodies

neighbors ran to help A

Kristian Leka, also was killed

His 9-year-old sister and a 21-

injured but not critically

A preliminar y investigation showed the car was not speeding at the time of the crash, and no drugs or alcohol were found in the driver’s system, police said

NEW YORK (AP) The company behind the hugely successful “Call of Duty” has struck a $5 9 billion deal to buy the makers of the highly addictive “Candy Crush” and take advantage of the way video games are moving out of living rooms and onto smartphones and tablets

Activision Blizzard’s purchase of King Digital Entertainment, announced Tuesday, will create one of the world's biggest entertainment networks, with more than a half-billion monthly active users in 196 countries, by Activision’s count

The move is expected to help Activision get its home-console games onto players’ mobile devices, a market with seemingly huge potential

The company said it expects mobile gaming to generate more than $36 billion in revenue by the end of 2015 and grow more than 50 percent by 2019

The deal is also bound to help Activision attract more women as customers

Activision’s fortunes tend to hinge on its latest “Call of Duty” game Launched in 2003, the violent, first-person shooter games generated $11 billion in sales through the end of the 2014 fiscal year

Activision also makes the “ World of Warcraft” and “Skylanders” games

While those kinds of games don’t traditionally appeal to

women, Activision CEO Robert Kotick told CNBC on Tuesday that about 60 percent of King’s audience is female

“Attracting women to gaming is a really important part of our strategy, ” he said

“Candy Crush” has proved one of the most addictive mobile games, so much so that a British lawmaker was admonished after being caught playing it during a parliamentary hearing

But it is declining in popularity, and King has struggled to follow up on its success The company ’ s revenue fell 18 percent to $490 million in the second quarter

Jefferies analysts Brian Pitz and Brian Fitzgerald said replicating the success of Candy Crush is a daunting task

“We expect a heavy dose of skepticism from investors especially given the large deal size,” the analysts said in a research note

The acquisition isn’t without risk, for while mobile games have proved popular with ever yone from toddlers to senior citizens, they are also tough to make money off of, as companies such as King and its rival Zynga Inc have found

While Activision stock has tripled over the past three years, its revenue has fallen from $3 6 billion in fiscal 2012 to $2 8 billion in 2014 King’s stock hasn't made much headway since the company went public in March 2014

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“This article brought up some really important points, but there’s no reason to be criticizing mental health week or even to mention it at all, let alone have it as part of the title Mental health week was important and totally unrelated to the issues at hand ”

Charles Kowalczyk

Re: “GUEST ROOM | The Crazy Thing About Mental Health Week’,” Opinion published November 3, 2015

Sarah Zumba | Zumba Works It Out

The Hierarchy Of Studies

“Oh, cool! Do you wanna be a teacher?” is one of the questions that I am personally tired of hearing I am asked this by other students, people I’m first meeting and even at the dentist’s office Once I make it known that I’m an English major, this is more often than not the response I receive from whomever I’m speaking with, and from discussions with other English majors, I know I’m not alone This is one example that demonstrates a grander issue regarding the way cer tain studies are typically viewed

If you study something in the STEM field or economics, you may not have had your major questioned like those of us in the humanities That’s because there’s a difference in the general level of respect afforded to these fields of studies If you ’ re in STEM, you ’ re often considered to be studying something valuable and practical What you ’ re studying is “real,” and will ultimately contribute to the bettering of society; so of course, when someone states that their majoring in biology, the result is awe and praise I continuously have first-hand experience with this, as my oldest brother is a surgeon He’s met with “ wows ” while I’m met with “interestings ”

realm of abstract creativity Just because I can ’ t compute a definite correct answer to an essay prompt doesn’t mean that my creation isn’t real Writing is an art that takes practice It is not as simple as stringing random words together within the parameters of sentence structure It takes time and effort to be able to write well I’m continuously working on this skill

On the other hand, questioning the value of what a person is studying can be taken in different ways The two most prevalent contributions to the overall “value” of a field of study are the amount of prestige it has within society and the potential for financial gain A common

choice is then viewed in a positive light, as opposed to someone studying something without the promise of wealth I am aware that whatever I end up doing probably will not allow me to buy a penthouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, but that doesn’t mean what I do won ’ t be as important as someone in the STEM field Actually, the fact that studies are labeled as valuable and money is considered an aspect of that only demonstrates how we function in a capitalist society We become what our study or job is

We’re all more than what we study, which is something I, at times, str uggle to remember when meeting another computer

If you study something in the STEM field or economics, you may not have had your major questioned like those of us in the humanities That’s because there’s a difference in the general level of respect afforded to [STEM students]

assumption is that the humanities aren ’ t going to make a difference in the world We’re not considered innovators, we ’ re not researching cures to diseases, so what are we really providing the world that is necessary?

What I’m studying is considered impractical, unless I want to be a teacher or a lawyer, which is not something I’m considering whatsoever Several people have even asked me if I think my major is fake or valuable Both words have completely different connotations, but they are connected By asking if the work I do within my major is fake, I’m being asked if I’m actually working towards something that’s real and not just working within a

The humanities and arts are necessary because they teach us about people In novels, you ’ re experiencing something from another person ’ s perspective In history, you ’ re learning from past mistakes and social issues In anthropology, you learn about societies that may be different from your own The list goes on, but the outcome is that we gain knowledge about the world outside our own experience

People may encourage you to study what you love, but it’s only especially true if what you love leads to wealth If your study is known to lead to jobs that result in a large amount of money, then you are being practical That

science major I’m sure I could try to be a doctor, and if I somehow didn’t fail out, I would end up being a terrible one That’s not what I’m meant to be, nor is it what I’m passionate about Someone has to be a writer as much as someone has to be a dentist Maybe we ’ re not advancing technology, but we ’ re still helping shape humanity in our own way that is just as significant Humanities help teach what we ’ re all working to improve I’m not saying one is better than the other, as I have a great respect for everyone in STEM, business, etc We shouldn’t have to compete with one another over who is more important; we all deserve the same amount of respect when it comes to our majors

Sarah Zumba is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at sez29@cornell edu Zumba Works it Out appears alternate Wednesdays this semester

SCIENCE

Cor nell Team Looks at Automotive Dangers Faced by Local Amphibians

By SARAH CROWE Sun Staff Wr ter

On the night of the first warm spring rain, local salamanders emerge from the thawed forest ground to migrate Because of passing cars, however, many of them are killed before reaching their destination Cornell students Catherine Li ’18, Caroline Wollman ’18 and Abigail Shilvock ’17 are working with Todd Bittner, director of natural areas for Cornell Plantations, to protect salamanders and other amphibians from human intrusions in the Plantations and its related reserves

The three students are members of Biology Service Leaders, a group on campus that organizes teams of stu-

dents that want to relate their science education with giving back to their community, according to Li

“We were looking for a way to transform our education into service Biology Service Leaders adds something more to that, because you have to develop your own project,” Li said

The students chose a project centered at Ringwood Ponds in Dryden, one of Cornell Plantations’ 24 off-campus reserves The site includes over a dozen ephemeral ponds, which are filled with water for only part of the year and are vital for amphibian reproduction because of the absence of fish predators

vert While the culvert does not stop all of the salamanders from crossing the road, it provides a safe route to the ponds for some

Last April, a wildfire that Bittner says was presumably started by humans burned five acres of forest at Ringwood and obliterated large sections of the fence One of the student’s project goals is to fix the fence in time for the next salamander migration They also intend to install a light inside the culvert, because the amphibians usually migrate by moonlight

“Ringwood Ponds is arguably Tompkins County’s most important amphibian site,” Bittner said

Among the amphibians living at the site are several species of salamanders, including the Jefferson salamander and four-toed salamander These two species are included on the New York State Department of Conservation Wildlife Action Plan, a list that identifies species that are at risk of becoming endangered Salamanders spend their winters burrowed into forest soils, but when the ground first thaws in the spring, they migrate to ephemeral ponds to reproduce This creates a problem at Ringwood, which is bisected by a busy road that the salamanders have to cross twice a year According to Bittner, passing cars kill hundreds of salamanders during each migration

“Every time [the salamanders] cross, there’s going to be a percentage that are killed, and they’re not all that abundant to begin with ”

“It’s just not good for their population because every time they cross, there’s going to be a percentage that are killed, and they’re not all that abundant to begin with,” Shilvock said

According to Bittner, a system has been in place since the early 2000s to help guide the salamanders and other amphibians underneath the road rather than over it The system consists of a long, curved fence that leads the salamanders to an underground tunnel called a cul-

These students in Bittner’s group are not the only Cornellians who work to preserve these salamander species at Ringwood

“Some people are really dedicated to this issue, like the Herpetological Society, they actually go out there during the migration and pick salaman-

ders off the road and put them on the other side,” Li said “And they do that several nights in a row ”

While actively assisting the salamander migrations is helpful, the students say that the most important thing that members of the community can do is to simply be aware of the problem

“If you know you ’ re living or driving in an area where this migration is happening, especially in the springtime when it’s starting to warm up, just be cognizant of it or possibly take a different way home,” Wollman said

Although the migrations are dangerous for the salamanders, they are the only times people get a chance to see them The salamanders are nocturnal and spend most of their time under rocks or leaves on forest floors

“The migrations provide a great opportunity to get to see some of the interesting species of our region that otherwise you wouldn’t ever get to see, ” Bittner said

Cornucopia is a biweekly podcast that covers research stories unfolding across campus Join hosts Addison Huneycutt ’18 and Ali Jenkins ’18 as they dig into the juiciest discoveries they can find In each episode, you’ll meet a researcher, chat with Addison and Ali and hear some corny jokes Check out the science section of The Cornell Daily Sun for biweekly updates about the latest episodes Queries relating to Cornucopia may be sent to cornucopiapodcast cornell-@gmail com

Addison and Ali sat down with Prof Emin Gün Sirer, computer science, to discuss crytocurrency Specifically, they t a l k e d a b o u t Bi t c o i n , w h i c h Si re r described as “ a collaboratively designed currency system ” The three discussed the stigma that Bitcoin carries, acknowledging that many people do not understand the Bitcoin system and do not completely trust it

In order to explain how Bitcoin works, Sirer simplified the process and employed

Sudoku puzzles to describe the underlying structure of Bitcoin Sirer stated that

Bitcoin’s codes use computer programs to solve complex puzzles, which are somewhat like Sudoku puzzles

The puzzles contain all the financial transactions within the Bitcoin system and lock the financial history into place He explained that the structure, which is built upon puzzles, is what gives Bitcoin its security

Professor Sirer talked about his own research in the field In the early 2000s, he “built a virtual currency system way before Bitcoin came along ” Later, when Bitcoin gained popularity, he decided to have a closer look for any weaknesses in the system Sirer eventually exposed a possible cheat for Bitcoin miners: “It’s

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“We can build systems that keep track of who has how much money at any one time without necessarily being beholden to a bank. That is the main insight behind Bitcoin ”

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Bitcoin

The structure of Bitcoin has other pros

and cons, according to Sirer On the plus side, “Bitcoin is uninflatable because the rate at which it is created is fixed ” However, Bitcoin is also not managed, which leads to drastic fluctuations in its worth as demand varies

“As a result, the Bitcoin price has been going up and down,” he said “So maybe two weeks ago it was $240; it’s $300 now It’s a big fluctuation ” With its weaknesses and shortcomings, many people question the use of Bitcoin Sirer does not expect Bitcoin to become widely used; he expects it to become relegated to aniche for ver y specific p u r p o s e s Ho w e v e r, t h e u n d e r l y i n g structure consisting of miners, puzzles, and ledgers is already gaining popularity in the financial industr y The self-securing nature of this system might just be the future of banking security

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The Death of Grantland And Sports Journalism

DENSON Continued from page 16

losophy, as it was truly devoted to tackling serious subjects without taking itself seriously In a world of steel-eyed death and men who are fighting to be warm, as Dylan might say, Grantland provided shelter from the storm

ESPN fired Grantland’s founder, Bill Simmons, in May over a contract dispute But amidst a contentious breakup, ESPN decided to shutdown Simmons’ brainchild Seeming like a feud between ESPN and Simmons, the website got caught in the crossfire Calling NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a “fucking liar” and questioning his “testicular fortitude” a few months ago didn’t help Simmons’ position at ESPN Perhaps the niche-market Grantland catered to just wasn ’ t enough to finance its esoteric staff

But with its exodus comes the diaspora of its writers Simmons is off to HBO Writer Wesley Morris is now with The New York Times New York Magazine picked up Rembert Browne and dozens of other writers dispersed across the United States

In a perfect world, Simmons would have been given ownership of Grantland It would still be alive today, operating out of Los Angeles with no affiliation with media conglomerate, evil empire ESPN What is most troubling is that with no real competitors in journalism, what happens to Grantland’s readers? It’s a website that we fell in love with, only to be taken away from us like an out-ofthe-blue breakup

We certainly are tangled up in blue, but not even Bob Dylan can make this heartbreaking saga feel less painful This is about the sadness of not knowing how good it all was until it’s gone This is about the sadness of realizing that something so unique, so beautiful, was taken away from you and all that’s left is grief, anger and heartbreak Why do they call it heartbreak when your entire body hurts?

By far not the best writer on Grantland, Simmons’ strength came from his ability to write like he is talking to you His articles were pretty much written dialogue

of his famous podcast The nasally, Boston sport fanatic wouldn’t have it any other way

I’m grateful that Simmons shared his passion with the entire world He helped create the world of creative sports journalism that was once under-appreciated and hidden under a rock, emulated by thousands of followers, such as myself Grantland was just too good to be true too intelligent, witty and quirky to be mainstream enough for ESPN to support it

With ESPN’s racially motivated The Undefeated alive and well, this is the only forum I can think of similar to ESPN Dubbed the “black Grantland,” The Undefeated uses similar unorthodox sports journalistic methods to uncover and explain racially involved stories in the United States Catering to an even more niche market than Grantland did, The Undefeated’s future looks short This leads most media outlets, and myself, to conjecture that the suspension of Grantland is more motivated out of spite towards Simmons than for actual financial reasons

Whether it was an in-depth analysis of the TV show Portlandia’s relationship between hipster bashing and sports or a piece comparing James Harden to Batman villain Bane, Grantland offered the most unique outlook for ESPN When the pieces have been shattered broken, we ask the question, now what? “If nothing really matters much, it’s doom alone that counts, ” wrote a melancholy Bob Dylan

Similar websites will be born, die, be revived and resurrected, but Grantland did it all first It was the first outlet to weave sports and culture with subjective insight and intelligence All sports writers should strive to find the equilibrium between creative and informative writing offered by Grantland In the meantime, listen to the best break-up album of all time, Blood on the Tracks, and wallow in sadness while mourning the death of Grantland

Ben Denson is a senior in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations He can be contacted at bdenson@cornellsun com The B D Report appears every Wednesday this semester

Red Earns Win Against Brown

VOLLEYBALL

Continued from page 16

Cornell lost the first set to Brown, 23-25, but changed directions and took the second set, 2522 The third set belonged to the Bears, who won, 25-11 The fourth set was another close one,

“Losing to Yale was really hard because we were so close and if a few balls fell a different way, we would have won.”

M a c e y W i l s o n

but Cornell pulled ahead by three with momentum from McCarty, who had three kills on the match at a crucial time, giving the Red a

push The tie-breaking fifth set went to Cornell and ended on two kills by Sganderlla, who once again led the team in kills, this time with 22 She also added another 18 digs

Junior Macey Wilson attributes the win on Saturday to the determination to win the Red felt after losing to Yale

“Losing to Yale was really hard because we were so close and if a few balls fell a different way, we would have won, ” she said “That really motivated us to work harder and beat Brown We really want to come into the second round and beat teams that no one expected us to beat ”

Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at omattyasovszky@cornellsun com

Women Take Home Three

By ELANI COHEN Sun Staff Writer

a m e m b e r o f t h e Re d’s s a b e r s q u a d , h a d a s u c c e s s f u l p e rf o r m a n c e i n t h e Te m p l e Op e n D ’ C o s t a e a r n e d a b ro n ze m e d a l i n w o m e n ’ s s a b e r a n d w a s a l s o n a m e d o n e o f t h e t o p - 1 0 a t h l e t e s a t t h e t o u r n a m e n t “ O ve r a l l , we h a d l o t s o f g re a t re s u l t s , ” s a i d f re s h m a n Em m a Wi l k i n s o n “ It w a s a g o

“Overall, we had lots of great results It was a good warm up for the rest of our season.”

Cohen

ecohen@cornellsun com

Loses to No. 1 Princeton, Prepares to Take On Dartmouth

By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

In the final moments of the first half, with No 20 Princeton (9-6, 6-0 IVY ) leading Cornell (10-6, 4-2 IVY ) by one goal, the Red tried to equalize Cornell got a penalty corner and looked to senior captain Marisa Siergiej to tie the score

On a nicely executed play, the team got the ball to Marisa Siergiej who put a

Princeton went on to beat Cornell, 4-0

“I felt like we moved the ball fairly well in the beginning, but we made some decisions in critical moments that were not the best,” Hornibrook said

The Cornell defense looked solid for a lot of the match Princeton’s offense has dominated opponents at times this year, but the Cornell defense was able to hold the Princeton offense to just four goals In the second half, Cornell sent more players for ward and had an attacking mentality to tr y to even the g a m e , w h i c h l e d t o s

“Gersoff made a diving save to deny Marisa and then came across to make another great save against Katie ”

D o n n a H o r n i b r o o k

t r e m e n d o u s s h o t o n n e t Ho w e v e r, Princeton goalie Anya Gersoff delivered a n o u t s t r e t c h e d s a v e t o d e n y Ma r i s a Siergiej Moments later, Gersoff made another brilliant save on senior for ward Katie Garrity Princeton would make it 20 before halftime, a deficit that allowed the Tigers to tighten up its defense in the second half

“[Gersoff ] made a diving save to deny Marisa and then came across to make another great save against Katie,” said head coach Donna Hornibrook

Gersoff was able to shut down the o f t e n e x p l o s i v e C o r n e l l o f f e n s e , a s

m e holes in the defense

“ We’d r a t h e r g o d o w n swinging We had to expose our defense to create some o p p o r t u n i t i e s o f f e n s i v e l y, ”

Hornibrook said

Pr i n c e t o n ’ s d e f e n s e a l s o looked solid in the match

“ They did a really good job of making t h e i r t a c k l e s o u t s i d e t h e c i r c l e , ” Hornibrook said

A major deciding factor in the match was Princeton’s ability to create chances and get quality shots on net Princeton

o u t s h o t C o r n e l l , 1 4 - 8 No n e t h e l e s s , sophomore goalie Kelly Johnson had a nice game in net for the Red Johnson kept Cornell in the match with four saves

The Red gathered seven penalty corners in the match and got quality looks from most of the corners Ultimately, Cornell’s inability to capitalize on those

chances led to the defeat Freshman standout Isabel Siergiej also continued her impressive 2015 season, leading the Red with three total shots, two of which were on goal Other strong per formances came from junior for ward Katy Weeks and sophomore back and midfielder Sam McIlwick Princeton now moves into sole possession of first place in the Ivy League and will look to capture the Ivy League title this weekend Cornell drops to third in

the Ivy League standings, behind both Princeton and Penn (13-2, 5-1 Ivy) Cornell’s next match will be against Dar tmouth (7-9, 2-4 Ivy) on Saturday

This will be the last match of Cornell’s 2015 season The Red will look to make improvements offensively to have success against Dar tmouth

Bridson

Coming back | Senior captain Marisa Siergiej had a

game against Princeton However, the Tigers’ goalie Anya Gersoff was there to save

Men Drop Game to Virginia, Win Next Match Against UConn

Women win both matches against Virginia and Connecticut, earn third win on season for 3-1 record

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El d re d g e a l s o s a i d h e n e ve r c o u l d h a ve p re d i c t e d t h a t t h e Re d w o u l d g o o n a 1 5 - 1 r u n i n t h e l a s t t w o c h u k k e r s C o r n e l l c a m e a w a y w i t h a 2 0 - 9 v i c t o r y a f t e r t r a i l i n g 8 - 5 a t t h e g a m e ’ s h a l f w a y p o i n t T h e m e n ’ s t e a m h a d o n l y o n e g a m e t o c o n t e n d w i t h L e d by j u n i o r Ig n a c i o Ma s i a s , w h o t a l l i e d n i n e g o a l s i n t h e c o nt e s t , C o r n e l l c a r r i e d a 1 0 - 6 l e a d i n t o t h e f o u r t h c h u k k e r Ma s i a s a t t r i b u t e d t h e l e a d t o s t ro n g c o m m u n i c a t i o n “ Ry a n Sa u l i s p l a y i n g re a l l y w e l l [ t h i s s e a s o n ] , ” El d re d g e s a i d “ Hi m a n d I g n a c i o a r e f e e d i n g o f f o f o n e a n o t h e r ” Howe ve r, a f a t i g u e d h o r s e a n d a f e w u n l u c k y b o u n c e s l e t a g a m e Ma s i a s a n d El d re d g e f e l t t h e Re d c o u l d h a ve w o n s l i p a w a y “ It’s n o t a n e xc u s e , ” Ma s i a s s a i d o f t h e u n l u c k y b o u n c e s “ It w a s a ve r y c l o s e g a m e ” El d re d g e e x p l a i n e d t h a t t h e h o r s e s a re a t h l e t e s j u s t l i k e t h e r i d e r s H e s a i d t h a t c o n t e n d i n g w i t h a t i re d h o r s e “ s w u n g t h e b a l a n c e ” “ We l e t i t g e t a w a y f ro m u s , ” h e s a i d E l d r e d g e s a i d h e w a s i m p r e s s e d w i t h h o w t h e w o m e n u s e d a s u b p a r g a m e a g a i n s t M a r y l a n d t o r e f o c u s t h e i r p l a y “ I w a s h o p i n g i t w o u l d b e a w a k e - u p c a l l a n d i t w a s , ” h e s a i d El d re d g e s a i d t h e m e n c a m e a w a y f ro m t h e

Bollt can be reached at kbollt@cornellsun com

Volleyball Drops Match to Yale

Women earn win against Brown in ve matches the next day

By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY

Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell volleyball team had a chance to face the New England duo of Brown University and Yale University again this weekend This time around, the Bears and the Bulldogs came to the Red’s home turf in Newman Arena

“Yale and Brown are the most opposite teams in the Ivy league so preparation for both matches was very different,” said head coach Trudy Vande Berg “Yale is physical and we needed to match that and we did for the first four sets Brown is a scrappy team and they aren ’ t as physical but they are great volleyball players ” Yale, currently in third place in the Ivy League standings, came into the match with a 5-3 conference record Cornell, after winning its first Ivy game the weekend before, entered the match with a 1-7 conference record With the momentum from its win, Cornell started the match off on the right foot, winning the first set, 25-22

apiece Yale led the home team in hitting errors, making mistakes on 26 versus Cornell’s 24 However, it was the service game and defensive stops that pushed Yale over the edge on the win The Bulldogs aced seven serves and kept up the heat the entire match Three Yale players put up more than 20 digs, which meant that even though Cornell’s hitters were playing at the top of their games, their hits were not enough to get past a Bulldog defensive line of Kate Swanson, Kelly Johnson and Karlee Fuller

Though they were stymied in the end by the Bulldogs tough defenders, the Cornell front row gave a record-setting performance Freshman hitter Carla Sganderlla had a career night, notching 20 kills and adding 18 digs on the defensive side

“We all were taken back by the loss against Yale because it’s the second time we were so close to winning.”

“We all were taken back by the loss against Yale because it's the second time we were so close to winning, but fell short,” Sganderlla said “We all knew that we were going to take that feeling of losing and flip it around to try to win against Brown Having gone 0-3 against Brown the first time, we weren ' t going to let that happen again ”

Throughout that first set, both teams were giving it their all Each team held the lead at various points and it was truly a back-and-forth game However, the Bulldogs found their footing and in the next two sets, were able to claw their way to a match advantage with two scores of 25-23 The fourth set went to the Red on a nail-biter in extra points Cornell took it, 27-25, and forced it to a fifth-set tiebreaker Despite Cornell’s momentum from that last exciting set, the Bulldogs took the final set, 15-8 Cornell and Yale were tied for kills, slamming down 58

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Without any sort of warning, without any compassion towards its fastidious literary following and with heartless disregard, ESPN has shut down Grantland Readers mourned its death, sadly realizing that with Grantland gone, so goes the world of creative sports journalism

It is a sad day for all journalism

The sports-culture online magazine reached the apex of athletics and everyday pop-culture Carefully weaving the ins and outs of society’s hopes, fears and aspirations with commonplace sports reporting, Grantland was an oasis in a desert of mundane journalism It was one of the few places in the never-ending literary strata where intelligentsia spoke on the primal nature of sports

Using unorthodox research, analytics and reporting, its writers provided a forum of refuge for a generation raised on cookie-cutter journalistic method Grantland dipped into politics, popculture, literary criticism and even phi-

The next day, Brown came to Newman After losing to the Bears earlier in the season, 0-3, the Cornell team was looking to get another win in the Ivy League

“We know Brown is the type of team to be really scrappy and continue to send the ball back over, which was something we had to do as well,” Sganderlla said

According to Coach Vande Berg, the difference in this game would have to be composure

“We needed to keep our composure until the end and we did, with the exception of the third set, ” she said “Maddy

and Carla did a great job staying aggressive throughout the entire match and I think Kit McCarty came in the fourth set and was really a momentum changer for us ”

Men, Women See Wins Against Connecticut

By KEITH BOLLT Sun Staff Wr ter

Cornell polo head coach

David Eldredge guided his rid-

ers to mixed results this week-

end but sees good signs in his team ’ s play

“I am quite happy with where they are, ” Eldredge said of his women ’ s team, continuing that the men “[Will] be just

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fine

In the Red polo action last weekend, the Cornell women (3-1) walked away with two victories on the road, winning ,137, against Virginia Polo Club on Friday and 20-9 against UConn Polo Club on Sunday The Cornell men suffered a road loss, dropping a close 13-12 match to Virginia on Friday

Coming off a loss the weekend before, the women worked on their game in preparation for the two teams who senior rider Anna Winslow called Cornell’s biggest rivals

“We were pushed a lot harder in practice,” she said “[We had] one of the best practices all year Thursday ” Eldredge pointed out that Virginia was missing its best player due to injury As a result, Virginia used the game as an opportunity to evaluate less experienced talent on their star ’ s steed Still, Eldredge believes the Red played a very good, if not flawless, game

“ We were not efficient around the goal,” he said “We were the stronger team We controlled a lot of the play ” Winslow agrees that the Red played well as a unit against Virginia

“ We got our teamwork together,” she said

After winning in Charlottesville, the women ’ s team took a roundabout journey to Connecticut Winslow said the team travelled 20 hours over the weekend and had several 6 a m mornings Unsurprisingly, the women started out slowly against UConn as a result

“We were not efficient around the goal. We were the stronger team. ... We controlled a lot of the play ”

“You come out a little flat,” Eldredge said “The travel takes a little out of you ” Eldredge said the slow start could also have attributed to the matchup of horses, known as balancing the string He admitted he knows the UConn horses from years past

“They try to balance the string”, Eldredge said “I felt the string was unbalanced in the first half ”

Cornell trailed after the second chukker by three goals Eldredge discussed the flat start with his players

“At halftime we spoke about it and we came out with much