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S. A .Votes in Favor of Funding Grocery Store
By CHRISTOPHER BRYNS Sun Staff Writer
After a lengthy debate at Thursday’s meeting, the Student Assembly voted in favor of developing and funding the proposed student run grocer y store in Anabel Taylor Hall
The resolution which passed by a vote of 14 in favor, nine against, and two abstentions calls for the S A Financial Aid Review Committee to allocate $320,000 from the Students
Helping Students Grant Endowment to fund the store
The allocation will cover renovation costs, a subsidy fund to help students purchase groceries and the star t-up costs of the grocer y Thursday’s vote marks the latest step in what has become a year-long attempt to open the store Emma Johnston ’16, S A e xe c u t i v e v i c e p re s i d
n t , a n d Matthew Stefanko ’16, S A vice presi-
Democrats Defeated in Elections, Blame Lack of Primary
By MAXWELL DOPSCH Sun Staff Writer
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e n c o m p a s s e s C o l l e g e t ow n a n d t h e C o m m o n s , Jo h n e x p re s s e d e xc i t e m e n t f o r t h e t a s k a h e a d o f h i m “ I h a ve a l o t t o l e a r n , ” Jo h n s a i d “ T h e re i s a
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By MAXWELL DOPSCH Sun Staff Writer
D e m o c r a t i c a
candidates Elie Kirshner ’18
that ultimately bled over into the overall campaign ” Kirshner and Shinagawa were chosen as the Democratic candidates via the Tompkins
The reality is that ever
By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Assistant News Editor
One month after declaring a mistrial in
7 , County Court Judge James Piampiano
shocked observers Thursday by dismissing all charges against the former Cornell student
Tan was tried last month for allegedly fatally shooting his father in Februar y However, after eight days of deliberations, the jurors were dismissed without a verdict The case was expected to be retried early next year
T h o s e e x p e c t a t i o n s we re s h a t t e re d Thursday, when all parties returned to court for what was supposed to be a series of routine pre-trial proceedings There, in response to the defense’s motion for dismissal, Piampiano told both sides that he thought the prosecution had failed to meet
its burden in the first trial, prompting what The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported was visible celebration from Tan supporters in the gallery
Piampiano justified his decision in part by saying that the prosecution had failed to even place the murder weapon a 12gauge shotgun in Tan’s hands During the ruling, Assistant District Attorney William Gargan, the prosecutor who tried the case against Tan, loudly interrupted the judge and resisted initial orders to keep quiet, according to The Democrat and Chronicle Gargan later called the ruling the “ most shocking” he had ever witnessed
After the proceedings ended, Gargan suggested that the judge must have “amnesia” to have ignored what he claimed was clear evidence of Tan’s guilt, including statements
Making moves | The Student Assembly votes in favor of developing and funding the proposed Anabel’s Grocery at a Thursday meeting
CAMERON POLLACK / SUN
The Corne¬ Daily Sun
S. A .Votes in Favor of Funding Grocery Store
By CHRISTOPHER BRYNS Sun Staff Writer
After a lengthy debate at Thursday’s meeting, the Student Assembly voted in favor of developing and funding the proposed student run grocer y store in Anabel Taylor Hall
The resolution which passed by a vote of 14 in favor, nine against, and two abstentions calls for the S A Financial Aid Review Committee to allocate $320,000 from the Students
Helping Students Grant Endowment to fund the store
The allocation will cover renovation costs, a subsidy fund to help students purchase groceries and the star t-up costs of the grocer y Thursday’s vote marks the latest step in what has become a year-long attempt to open the store Emma Johnston ’16, S A e xe c u t i v e v i c e p re s i d
n t , a n d Matthew Stefanko ’16, S A vice presi-
Democrats Defeated in Elections, Blame Lack of Primary
By MAXWELL DOPSCH Sun Staff Writer
t e t o t a l s On T h u r s d a y e ve n i n g , h e
s a i d h e a t t e n d e d t h e o f f i c i a l b a l l o t - c o u n t i n g a n d c o n f i r m e d t h a t h e h a d re c e i ve d a m a j o r i t y o f t h e vo t e s i n Tu e s d a y ’ s e l e c t i o n
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e n c o m p a s s e s C o l l e g e t ow n a n d t h e C o m m o n s , Jo h n e x p re s s e d e xc i t e m e n t f o r t h e t a s k a h e a d o f h i m “ I h a ve a l o t t o l e a r n , ” Jo h n s a i d “ T h e re i s a
b u d g e t vo t e n e x t we e k , a n d I n e e d t o d o a l o t o f re a d i n g ”
Sp e a k i n g a b
t i e s T h
c u r re n t p ro p o s a l a i m s t o c u t t h e c o m m u n i t y
a n d h
t o d e f i n
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r m a n a g em e n t c a n p l a y i n re d u c i n g e n e r g y d e m a n d Jo h n a l s o e x p re s s e d a d e s i re t o f o c u s t o w o rk
By MAXWELL DOPSCH Sun Staff Writer
D e m o c r a t i c a
candidates Elie Kirshner ’18
that ultimately bled over into the overall campaign ” Kirshner and Shinagawa were chosen as the Democratic candidates via the Tompkins
The reality is that ever
By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Assistant News Editor
One month after declaring a mistrial in
7 , County Court Judge James Piampiano
shocked observers Thursday by dismissing all charges against the former Cornell student
Tan was tried last month for allegedly fatally shooting his father in Februar y However, after eight days of deliberations, the jurors were dismissed without a verdict The case was expected to be retried early next year
T h o s e e x p e c t a t i o n s we re s h a t t e re d Thursday, when all parties returned to court for what was supposed to be a series of routine pre-trial proceedings There, in response to the defense’s motion for dismissal, Piampiano told both sides that he thought the prosecution had failed to meet
its burden in the first trial, prompting what The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported was visible celebration from Tan supporters in the gallery
Piampiano justified his decision in part by saying that the prosecution had failed to even place the murder weapon a 12gauge shotgun in Tan’s hands During the ruling, Assistant District Attorney William Gargan, the prosecutor who tried the case against Tan, loudly interrupted the judge and resisted initial orders to keep quiet, according to The Democrat and Chronicle Gargan later called the ruling the “ most shocking” he had ever witnessed
After the proceedings ended, Gargan suggested that the judge must have “amnesia” to have ignored what he claimed was clear evidence of Tan’s guilt, including statements
Making moves | The Student Assembly votes in favor of developing and funding the proposed Anabel’s Grocery at a Thursday meeting
CAMERON POLLACK / SUN
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Cornell Dining Launches New Web Application
Students will have easier access to dining hours, meal plan management, daily menus
By RUBY YU Sun Staff Writer
Cornell Dining launched a ne w mobile-friendly web application called “Cornell Dining Now,” which provides real-time information about Cornell’s on-campus eateries, at the end of last month
The application, which Gar y Marcoccia, marketing and communications manager of University campus life, said has been been in the works since “roughly July,” will give users easier access to the 29 on-campus eateries through functions that include clear displays of hours of operation, meal plans management and updated menus
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“Cornell Dining Now is not only a good resource for finding out menus and times, but we can also post notifications globally,” Marcoccia said “ We post about things from special events themed for dining units, such as the celebration of Diwali, to hiring notices at the different establishments ”
Since its release, over 10,000 users have accessed Cornell Dining Now, and the application currently averages anywhere from 900 to 1,200 active users a day, according to Marcoccia Cornell Dining has mostly received positive feedback, Marcoccia added, although
he said there is always room for improvement “Our primar y objective was to bring about a better dining experience all around, and that star ts with providing ease of access to menus and dining options on campus, ” said Gail Finan, director of Cornell Dining, in the release “Cornell Dining Now is intuitive, easy to use and it helps us continue raising the bar for dining ser vices ”
While Cornell Dining Now was designed to be mobile-friendly, Marcoccia said that it is fully responsive on any device Users can access the application through the Cornell Dining website or by bookmarking it on their device’s home page
Ruby Yu can be reached at ryu@cornellsun com
Professor Explains Rising Food Prices
By SNEHA KABARIA Sun Contributor
Prof Harry de Gorter, applied economics and management, spoke to about 50 students and community members about the correlation between prices of agricultural commodities and biofuel in the most recent of Mann Library’s Chat in the Stacks book talks Thursday
At the talk, de Gorter discussed his new book The Economics of Biofuel Policies, which offers a new explanation for the recent rise of agriculture commodities He said the book discusses the rising price of goods like corn and soybeans, and attributes the changes to increased fuel prices
De Gorter also said the specific time period these crop prices started to increase can be pinpointed In 2008, in what The Economist described as a silent tsunami the prices skyrocketed The world was not ready for the price increase, and did not have the policies to anticipate it, according to de Gorter
“What we argue in the book was that there was an earthquake that was not heard around the world and this sparked the increase in our prices, a boom, a boom, a boom, and no bust,” de Gorter said
Prices typically rise and drop in a continuous cycle, de Gorter explained However, in the past couple years, the prices of agricultural commodities have risen, but there has been no subsequent fall He said real corn prices are 75 percent higher in 2014 than 2005, while wheat is 40 percent higher and rice is 30 percent higher
De Gorter said the reason for the rise in prices was that crop prices were locked to fuel prices due to certain provisions of biofuel policy Essentially, biofuel policies limit flexibility in how much agricultural commodity prices can be changed, according to de Gorter
“One implication is that if corn is dependent on prices of gasoline and ethanol and crude oil, there is little that can be done about the agriculture prices since they are tied to the energy prices,” he said
In terms of prices, corn is linked to ethanol, ethanol to gasoline and gasoline to crude oil Furthermore, corn has a “floor price,” which has changed in recent times When the price of corn rises, it drags up fuel prices with it, according to de Gorter
“[The floor price] went up and away and now we have even higher prices for gas and ethanol,” de Gorter said
de Gorter said he and his co-authors
developed formulas that predicted the prices of crops like corn or soybeans based on the concurrent prices of biofuels such as ethanol
When de Gorter overlayed the predicted prices a graph at the actual corn prices, the two lines showed overlap Similarly, the equation for the soybean predicted prices based on oil prices
De Gorter explained that 80 percent of corn price increases between 2006 and 2010 would have occurred regardless of external factors, due to a new price floor for corn dependent on ethanol prices
He also said the silent earthquake he described did indeed take place, and emphasized that there is a “ new ballgame price linkages [are] occurring ”
“That is the reality,” de Gorter said “This is what people dealing with food security have to have in their hip pocket ”
Corn prices are never going to be as low as they once were because of biofuel theory, de Gorter said He added that biofuel prices are predicted to be $141 a barrel by 2040
De Gorter said traditional explanations for the change in the prices of agricultural commodities must be abandoned when analyzing food crop prices, because they are locked to oil prices
De Gorter said someone had asked him
“Are you saying that rice prices went up because of biofuel policy?” and he replied, “I guess I am ”
Sneha Kabaria can be reached at srk97@cornell edu
Travel Website Flourishes With Cornellian Contributions
By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Contributor
“One World, Two Feet” an online community of international bloggers and photographers founded by Erika Zambello ’12 has gained significant traction since its launch early last month in part through the contributions of numerous Cornellians
The website was originally created to be a space for “explorers” to share their own travel stories and to inspire others to explore the world in unique ways, according to Zambello
“I have always liked to read travel articles and I have been contributing to a website called ‘Ten Thousand Birds,’ which has many bloggers showcasing their daily travels, instead of having one person share his or her experience,” Zambello said “I’ve noticed that not many travel websites are doing that, so I took this model and expanded it to include exploration and travel more generally ”
Focused on a broad range of explorers and topics, One World, Two Feet aims to inspire people to not only travel domestically and internationally, but also to explore locally and within their own neighborhoods, according to Zambello
“There’s something for everyone, ” Zambello said “By following different explorers, you can find someone who fits your interests, whether you love cities, rural areas, biking, cooking, you name it ” In particular, because of the diverse range of contributors many of whom are Cornellians One World, Two Feet has progressively gained more contributors and viewers
“We are averaging over 100 views per day, which is significant for a website that has just launched,” Zambello said “We are still increasing in both Facebook and Instagram followers ”
In an effort to expand One World, Two Feet, Zambello reached out to numerous Cornell alumni passionate about traveling to contribute to the project Rebecca Lee ’12, who was approached to become a contributing writer and photographer, currently lives and teaches in Florianópolis, Brazil and said she jumped at the chance to contribute to the website
“Erika reached out to me when the project was just getting started,” Lee said “Never one to turn down an opportunity to talk about my travels, I sent in a few writing samples and photos and joined the
team It’s been great to have an opportunity to publish and share my posts, pictures, and experiences in general ”
However, Nikkita Mehta ’12, who currently contributes a blog post once a month, said she was initially hesitant to take part in the project, but added that she has since learned a lot from the experience
Myanmar and Singapore, has also been contributing photos and writing to One World, Two Feet, while maintaining his own travel blog
When Rufo originally embarked on his trip, he did not have much a plan for his travels
Because of this, he said he discovered more about himself by taking himself out of his daily routines and learning to live with less Through his writing on his own blog and on One World, Two Feet, he hopes to inspire others to embark on their own journeys
of organizations as a process of narrowing down what I wanted for myself ” Through the One World, Two Feet platform, Weigel said she was able to share her journey and things she had learned through writing
“I’ve always disliked writing, so at first I was hesitant about even agreeing to do anything beyond submitting pictures,” Mehta said “One World, Two Feet, has been a medium for me to get more comfortable with my writing in addition to sharing with others different places I go ”
Cesar Rufo ’09, who recently returned from a five month backpacking trip through Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Cambodia,
“I really do believe that traveling is one thing that truly makes you richer as a person, ” Rufo said “You can accumulate all material things in life that you want but when you look back 20 years from now, you ’ re going to think about the experiences you ’ ve had and the people that you ’ ve met ”
Alicia Weigel ’12, another One World, Two Feet contributor, recently traveled through Africa for six months and documented her journey through the website
“I decided to go to Africa because I knew that I wanted to change career paths,” Weigel said “I went to visit my friends while volunteering with different types
“It’s a group of people that are writing about these things in life that are all about the journey and not the destination,” Weigel said “It’s a cool community of writers and photographers that are really emphasizing the journey Even if you do have a full time job, you can gain happiness from the little things you can find and learn from around the world
” Seeking to disseminate content as widely as possible, Zambello added that One World, Two Feet is always looking for new content contributors and stories that might appeal to different people
“We want to keep increasing our viewership and become a well visited site,” Zambello said “Our goal is to help people become more effective explorers by showcasing different exploration stories from around the world that fit a variety of interests ”
A little corny | Prof Harry de Gorter talks about the reason for rising corn prices at a book talk at Mann Library Thursday CAMERON POLLACK
S.A. Votes to Fund Grocery Store
Anabel’s Grocery will seek committee approval next Friday
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dent for finance the co-founders of the store and co-sponsors of the resolution said they hope that the store, known as Anabel’s Grocery, will address the issue of food insecurity on campus
However, the sponsors still face additional hurdles before they can begin renovations They still need approval from the Campus Coordinating Committee and will present to them next Friday, according to Johnston
“While this vote is really important, these aren ’ t the only people who will decide whether or not we’ll have the store on campus, ”
Johnston said
Johnston said the store ’ s proponents have been working with members of the committee to prepare for the upcoming meeting, ensuring that they are able to address the concerns they have heard in the past in case they rise again at the meeting
that is coming out of the Student Assembly I hope to see more things like this ”
Students filled the room for the debate, and many expressed concerns about the proposal Some were against taking money out of the Students Helping Students fund which is currently used to assist students with various emergency needs to fund a business proposal, and other brought up the possible intrusion into the religious space in Anabel Taylor Hall
Responding to criticism during the debate, Stefanko said that the renovation costs for the building “ max out at $140,000” and added that the student grocery has the potential to impact a larger number of students than the fund currently helps
“I think that through all the iterations we’ve seen a lot of growth in the business model and the way that it has been presented.”
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“ You are talking about a solution that has the potential to benefit thousands of students on this campus, and sacrificing potentially two to three internship stipends that are going to students within a particular college,” Stefanko said
Democrats See Big Losses in ’15 Races
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for Democratic Party voters, who wished for a greater voice in selecting their candidates
“ We need to have reforms across the board,” Shinagawa said “This law applies to the state and national levels as well ” Shinagawa, who served for 10 years as the previous representative for the fourth district on the legislature, recently resigned and moved his residence to the Fall Creek neighborhood Because of his mid-term resignation, a special election was held for the fourth district with a committee selection instead of primary
county legislature is a part time job,” Shinagawa said “I’ll be continuing with my full-time employment as vice president for hospital operations at Rober t Packer Hospital I think I’ll be taking a break in politics for a while ”
Kirshner said that he will be refocusing his life on his studies in government and psychology at Cornell
“I need to catch up on a little sleep and I need to apologize to my Spanish [teaching assistant].”
“[The new administration is] trying to make it as transparent as possible, what we need in order to get this passed by the Committee,” Johnston said “We think we are doing our best to address all the concerns that they have brought up ”
S A President Juliana Batista ’16 expressed her satisfaction with the passage of the resolution and praised the work that the sponsors put into the proposal
“I think that the grocery store has been a long time coming and I think that through all the iterations we ’ ve seen a lot of growth in the business model and the way that it has been presented,” Batista said “I’m particularly impressed, and I think that this is a really tangible and concrete initiative
Among the students who spoke, Rob Hendricks ’17, co-director of the grocery store, spoke about his own experiences with food insecurity and the ways he and others food insecure students would benefit from the initiative
“I’ve been particularly working on the store for over six months now and over the past two months I have become food insecure myself,” Hendricks said “When I look at this grocery store, and I see the work that’s been put in and the hours that I’ve put in myself, I look at a store that’s a solution to my food insecurity ”
Chris Byrns can be reached at cbyrns@cornellsun com
K i r s h n e r , who ran to r e p l a c e Shinagawa, emphasized that the different election format infused a negative tone into his campaign
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This format is currently under review, according to Kirshner
“I think it’s good that the Legislature is looking at the special election guidelines I think that’s very positive ” Kirshner said
While both Kirshner and Shinagawa lost while running for the Democratic Party, Shinagawa emphasized that he does not consider this a blow to the party
“I want to point out that the De
“Mayor [Svante] Myrick ’09 won reelection by 89 percent of the votes ” According to the unofficial returns posted on the Tompkins County website, Democrats secured the highest vote totals in a majority of the county elections in which they ran
Looking for ward, Kirshner and Shinagawa said they will aim to serve the community outside of the County Legislature
“People often forget that the
“I need to catch up on a little sleep and I need to apologize to my Spanish [teaching assistant],” Kirshner said “All I know is to be positively engaged with the community That’s really all I want for the future ” Both candidates expressed gratitude for the suppor t that they received during their campaigns
“People have this idea that there is this Democratic machine,” Shinagawa said “There is no Democratic machine This was a grassroots effort ” Kirshner also expressed pride in being part of the Democratic Party in the recent elections, stating that the party members he worked with were tremendously supportive
“I can ’ t even name the number of people I’ve met that have amazed me with their tremendous integrity, dedication and passion, people like Brian and Ellen King,” Kirshner added
Shinagawa reported that he ended his political campaign on a particularly cordial note by going to Anna Kelles’ victory party after she defeated him in the second district election
“I completely support Anna,” Shinagawa said “I’m looking forward to working with her in the future ”
Mexwell Dopsch can be reached at mdopsch@cornellsun com
Of cer Sought to Kill Before Staging Suicide
FOX LAKE, Ill (AP) Months before an Illinois police officer staged his suicide to make it seem like he died in the line of duty, subjecting his community to an expensive and fruitless manhunt, he apparently sought a hit man to kill a village administrator he feared would expose him as a thief, a detective told The Associated Press on Thursday
Det Chris Covelli said Lt Charles Joseph Gliniewicz sent a text in April asking a woman to set up a meeting with a “high ranking gang member to put a hit on the village manager ”
Gliniewicz sent another message in May saying he had thought of “planting things,” which made more sense after investigators found small packages of cocaine in Gliniewicz’s desk after he died, Covelli said
The drugs were “ not linked to any case that we could find,” raising the possibility that the lieutenant sought to frame the manager, Anne Marrin, as a drug criminal before she could expose him as an embezzler, the detective said
“ We never found any explanation why those drugs were in his desk at the police station,” Covelli said Investigators also interviewed the gang member, and found no evidence the gang member and Gliniewicz ever talked, Covelli said
Gliniewicz sent the texts after Marrin, the village’s first professional administrator, began auditing Fox Lake’s finances, including the Police Explorers program that authorities now say the lieutenant had been stealing from for seven years
Marrin told reporters Thursday that she believed all of her dealings with Gliniewicz were cordial and never had any sense that he was angr y with her She said she didn’t learn about the plots against her until after Gliniewicz’s death
“It’s ver y unsettling My concern is my family It’s quite unbelievable and almost surreal,” she said, adding that police have assured her that she is safe
Often called “G I Joe,” Gliniewicz was a respected figure in the bedroom community of 10,000 people 50 miles north of Chicago His death on Sept 1, moments after he radioed that he was chasing three suspicious men, prompted an intense manhunt involving hundreds of officers, and raised fears of cop-killers on the loose
Two months later, authorities announced that he in fact killed himself to cover his crimes Now authorities are also investigating his wife, Melodie, and son D J , an official said Thursday
Melodie Gliniewicz helped her husband run the Fox Lake Police Explorer Post, which put young people interested in law enforcement careers through sophisticated training exercises In a newspaper inter view weeks ago, D J Gliniewicz, an Army soldier in his 20s, angrily dismissed suggestions that his father took his own life
The official, who was briefed on the investigation, spoke with the AP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly
A second official who was briefed on the investigation told the AP that Melodie and D J Gliniewicz were recipients of a separate set of incriminating text messages from the lieutenant that investigators released Wednesday when they announced the staged suicide
The official also spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly
The official said Melodie Gliniewicz was the person identified as “Individual #1” in the messages released Wednesday, who at one point suggests in a message that she and Joseph Gliniewicz may “need to hide the funds some how ”
The official said D J Gliniewicz was “Individual #2,” whom the officer appears to scold for spending money on personal items At one point, the officer warns that person that not repaying money to an unspecified account means that person “will be visiting me in JAIL!!” In another message, the officer tells Individual #2 that he has thought through many scenarios involving Marrin, “from planting things to the volo bog,” a remote swamp in the area
Authorities have refused to officially identify anyone beyond the lieutenant who is suspected in any crimes They also declined to identify the woman Gliniewicz texted about the gang-hit in April, other than to say she is not in law enforcement
The officer’s wife and four children issued a brief statement Wednesday through their lawyers, saying they were grieving It did not mention suicide or thefts The attorneys, Henr y Tonigan and Andrew Kelleher, didn’t respond to voicemail and email messages sent Thursday
As the probe into Gliniewicz’s death stretched on, suspicion grew that he had killed himself, but investigators publicly treated it as a homicide investigation until announcing Wednesday that he shot himself The lieutenant fired first at his cellphone and ballistics vest, then inserted his handgun inside the vest and fired at his heart According to the results of the investigation, he then fell forward as he was dying, scraping his face, which could have been an intentional effort to create the appearance of a struggle
Lake County Major Crimes Task Force Commander George Filenko, who led the investigation, said the 30-year police veteran clearly intended to mislead investigators and had the kind of intimate knowledge of crime scenes needed to pull it off
Recovered text messages and other records show Gliniewicz spent the money on mortgage payments, travel expenses, gym memberships, adult websites, withdrawing cash and making loans, Filenko said
Speaking up
Tan ’17 Charges Dismissed
Former Cornell student not guilty in father’s murder
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made by both Tan and his mother Gargan said he stands “by ever y decision” he made in tr ying the case and “ was more than willi n g t o h a v e h a n d c u f f s placed on ” him at one point during the proceedings, The Democrat and Chronicle reported Tan was a Cornell student until his arrest in Februar y After Thursday’s decision, his lawyers said he is likely to return to the Hill, according to The Democrat and Chronicle However, the University was not immediately able to comment Thursday concerning whether Tan will be readmitted
“He’s been living a nightmare for over a year with this case going on Certainly at this point in time he can move on with the rest of his life.”
J a m e s N o b l e s
The defense team told The Democrat and Chronicle they were not surprised with Piampiano’s ruling, saying that the weakness of the prosecution’s c a s e m a d e d i s m i s s a l seem like a valid possibility after the mistrial “He’s been living a nightmare for over a y e a r w i t h t h i s c a s e going on, ” said James Nobles, one of Tan’s d e f e n s e l a w y e r
s point in time he can move on with the rest of his life ”
Rebecca Blair can be reached at rblair@cornellsun com
Student Who Stabbed Four Acted Alone
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
A freshman student who stabbed four people at a California university meant to do even more harm, but he acted alone and had no connections to terrorist
Thursday
Faisal Mohammad, 18, burst into his class at the University of California, Merced, and attacked a fellow student with a hunting knife Wednesday morning He stabbed three others, including a
police shot him dead as he fled across campus
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said Investigators also found a list of items Mohammad planned to pack in his backpack before the attacks
“ Hi s i n t e n t i o n w a s t o d o more damage,” school spokeswoman Lorena Anderson said “But there is absolutely no reason to believe that this was anything more than an angr y young man acting alone ” Anderson said it’s unclear if Mohammad targeted anyone in par ticular in the class required of all university freshmen All four victims are expected to survive
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Supporters attend a rally for Myanmar’s military-led ruling party, which has been trying to win votes with a Buddhist nationalist message, in Zalon Township, Myanmar, on Wednesday
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Rudolf Efremov | Barely Legal
The Constitutional Right to Remain Forgotten and Ignored
To think that the United States of America has not achieved full democratic status because of its Constitution as interpreted by its federal cour ts should be absurd It should be an unrealistic work of a science fiction writer, a failed paper by an undergraduate or a ludicrous ar ticle by a conspiracy theorist
Yet, if you live in the District of Columbia or in the U S territories (Guam, Puer to Rico, the U S Virgin Islands, the Nor thern Mariana Islands or American Samoa), even if you are an American citizen, you don’t have the right to vote One should note that the people in American Samoa are not even citizens they are “nationals,” as if just withholding the right to vote from them isn’t degrading enough In 2016, from these six territories comprising of roughly five million people, only the residents of D C can vote for President Citizens in the District of Columbia acquired that right in 1973
One should note that the people in American Samoa are not even citizens they are “nationals,” as if just withholding the right to vote from them isn’t degrading enough.
People residing in these territories cannot vote for a representative in t h e S e n a t e S o m e c a n v o t e f o r a d e l e g a
i n t h e Ho u s e o f Representatives, but those delegates have no vote in Congress In order to insure that the USA does not become a fully developed democracy, local government is super vised by Congress on any subject or matter Incidentally, that is why the residents of Washington D C have license plates bearing the saying “ Taxation Without Representation” they can almost literally do nothing more than express political vie ws through bumper stickers and hope for the best
Why is this an issue? I mean, besides the fact that the United States Supreme Cour t said in Wesberr y v Sanders that without the right to vote, “[o]ther rights, even the most basic, are illusor y ” Besides the fact that Congress or the President can pass acts that are legally binding upon the citizens in those territories, the right to vote is the ability to express your consent to be governed
When you go to war, you might want to be able to have a say in it
The people in the United States territories cannot even elect their commander-in-chief Despite this, a high percentage responded to their countr y ’ s call to arms and are now Afghanistan veterans
Another consequence of residents’ inability to vote is that Congress passes experimental legislation in the District of Columbia Don’t know if something will work? Tr y it out in D C ! Fur thermore, even if local government in these territories decides something, it has to wait at least a dispropor tionate amount of time before Congress validates it
Why has this issue not been resolved? Because politicians have refused potential resolutions This issue is more than a centur y old, and propositions have been abundant D C proposed to become a state It was refused Then it proposed to integrate into other states That was refused, too A 2009 D C proposition in Congress was promptly sent to a commission where it was promptly abandoned Some presidents have even raised the issue, but Congress blocked them
Why haven’t the cour ts done anything about it? The legislature’s inability to provide basic human rights to U S citizens is not something ne w The reason is that generally, under the Constitution, if you ’ re not a state, you can ’ t have a member in Congress and you can ’ t vote for President The District of Columbia is specifically excluded from voting for Congress by the Constitution In fact, its residents can vote for President only because of the XXIII Amendment passed in 1961
The argument for United States territories has the same issue, but for a different reason Historically, it is founded on racist decisions in 1901-1905, written by Justice Henr y Billings Brown, the creator of the “ separate but equal” doctrine The decisions mention the words “alien races ” However, such discrimination is not isolated to the past: In June 2015, The District of Columbia Cour t of Appeals used those racist cases that have shamed the reputation of the Supreme Cour t in order to refuse citizenship to American Samoans The Cour t of Appeals went as far as to claim that such discrimination does not violate the XIV Amendment (“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States”)
But even if we assume that the Constitution prohibits the United States territories and D C from voting today, amendments are possible So far, the inaction of the United States government has openly perpetuated a violation of the most fundamental right provided by the most impor tant legal text in the United States What’s more, despite extensive coverage, the 2016 elections have not covered the fact that a significant por tion of law-abiding adults cannot vote How can the fact that in some places the USA is not a democracy not be on the first page of ever y ne wspaper ever y day?
Comm en t of the day
I“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
Ethan Berkowitz | Views From the 14853
t ’ s a moment many of us have been waiting for Ever since The Walt Disney Company announced a new trilogy, starting with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, fan excitement has been mounting, reaching a fever pitch last month when the full trailer was released Now, we are almost one month away from Star Wars gracing the big screen yet again Without a doubt, people of all generations will don their best Jedi and Stormtrooper attire and take to the big screen to bask in J J Abram’s newest addition to the epic saga However, there is one super fan who will likely not be in attendance on opening night His name is Daniel Fleetwood, and it’s becoming more and more likely that he will die before the movie is released
Daniel has been a huge fan of Star Wars ever since he was 8, when his dad shared the original films with him Since then, he has watched the movies countless times, written fan faction and says he even dreams about the movies Daniel learned last July that he has Spindle Cell Sarcoma, a form of cancer in soft tissue such as muscles, nerves, fat, deep skin and more Cases of Sarcomas are rare, accounting for only 72 percent of new cancer cases in the United States this year In Daniel’s case, despite going through surger y and chemotherapy, and even a trial study, he was told in September that he had roughly two months left to live, and has since focused his little time left on enjoying the company of his wife, Ashley Daniel’s dying wish is to see the new Star Wars film before it’s too late Ashley, hoping to turn this miracle into reality, has since embarked on a journey to give her husband this one final joy She started spreading the word about her husband’s wishes to see the new film, and it has since gained substantial traction on social media #ForceForDaniel has been a calling card for tens of thousands of people across the world who wants to see Daniel get his dying wish Additionally, actors Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) and John Boyega (Finn) have all stepped up to show their support With fans and Luke Skywalker on board, this seems like a slam dunk Disney magical
moment So why hasn’t it happened yet? There are likely several factors in the mix First and foremost, the movie is probably not yet complete According to Episode 7 producer Kathleen Kennedy, the movie will be ready approximately three weeks from October 19, which means it will be completed roughly early next week And these three weeks are mostly, if not exclusively, for post-production-related adjustments such sound mixing, editing, visual special effects and score developing To be fair, Star Wars, a science fiction space opera, is reasonably one of the few films where the story itself would not suffice on its own, and the post-production is absolutely integral to delivering the full experience, equipped with lightsaber sounds and John William’s thunderous score Another, perhaps bigger, factor for Disney to consider is the
in on this drummed up curiosity at the box office
Releasing the film early, even for a single individual, presents a considerable amount of financial risk for Disney, who used extensive protocols during production to prevent plot leaks Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) spoke of the protocol for reading scripts: Scripts were printed on black paper with dark red ink, in order to eliminate the threat of photocopying However, Daniel’s request is not unprecedented In fact, J J Abrams, the director of the other major “Star” series, Star Trek, made arrangements to see Star Trek: Into Darkness, five months before it’s release Daniel can sign binding legal contracts to ensure the integrity of the films release is kept intact Yes, the cynical side of the world can look at the fact that not even legal agreements can physically stop Daniel from spoiling the
Without a doubt, people of all generations will don their best Jedi and Stormtrooper attire and take to the big screen to bask in J.J. Abram’s newest addition to the epic saga However, there is one super fan who will likely not be in attendance on opening night
economic factor The production budget for The Force Awakens is estimated to be $200 million, not including tens of millions of dollars likely spent on marketing This does not include the $4 billion Disney spent to acquire the rights to make the films in the first place by purchasing LucasArts Suffice to say, Disney has a sizeable sum invested in the successful continuation of this storied franchise With that being said, Disney has been keeping specifics of the movie close to their chest in the months leading up to the release Since releasing a teaser last November, many questions have mounted pertaining to the plot of the new movie Based on the record-breaking views for the theatrical trailer which released last October, and the record shattering pre-sales for opening night tickets, it is clear that people are as excited about having their big questions answered as they are about seeing the film Disney is clearly hoping to cash
film, but to that I say, have a shred of faith
I remember the first time I saw a Star Wars in movie theaters It was Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith I saw it with my brother and my dad It was the day my grandma died To this day, I think I still underestimate the importance of seeing it in terms of how much joy it brought to my dad, my brother and myself on a day full of grief Movies can have this transformative power to provide safe haven, offering an escape from our daily lives, even just for a brief amount of time For Daniel, who has gone through more than his fair share of hardship since his diagnosis, Star Wars already is one of the few joys in his life Let us hope he gets to have his dream realized by seeing Episode 7 May the force be with Daniel
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
50YEARS AGO TODAY
BY SCOTT MARSHALL Sun Contributor
Bruce Dancis ’69, a 17-year-old freshman at Cornell, was beside himself: Bob Dylan was coming to town The 24-year-old singer-songwriter would be playing Barton Hall on Nov 6, 1965 The now-retired longtime journalist didn’t know it at the time, but he was one year away from making history with an antiVietnam War protest
Dancis, who didn’t finish at Cornell and served a 19-month federal prison sentence for his trouble managed to procure a Cornell University Press contract for his memoir of last year, Resister: A Story of Protest and Prison during the Vietnam War
A nominal member of the Cornell Folk Music Society, Dancis helped usher at the Dylan concer t at Bar ton in exchange for some fantastic seats near the stage One moment, when the singer was between songs, Dancis recalls a shout from the crowd: “We want the real Dylan!” to which the singer quipped, “You got him ” This moment transpired just three months after Dylan had plugged in at the Newport Folk Festival, and it may be the same moment reported slightly differently by Charlie Nash, who reviewed the concert for The Sun on Nov 8, 1965: “‘We want Dylan!’ [Dylan:] ‘O K you can have him ’”
Nash, writing of Dylan’s then-recent transition from folk to rock, assessed the season: “That Dylan died with the release of Another Side [Dylan’s 1964 album] THIS one is more HONEST, more NATURAL, more PERSONAL Songs of love and other absurdities A NEW KIND OF PROTEST ”
example of how Dylan attracted an audience at Barton and beyond
Dylan’s late biographer Robert Shelton informed readers of a late 1965 piece in The New York Times Magazine that revealed the results of an informal survey of English majors at three Ivy League colleges Dylan was their favorite contemporary writer
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Turback, author of the recent book Finger Lakes Uncorked: Day Trips and Weekend Getaways in Upstate New York Wine Country, remembers Dylan’s 1960s legacy: “In an unconventional singing voice, the Dylan of that era said things that needed to be said, things that made us think, question, and act He was an agitator and troublemaker, and we loved him for it ” Robert Mark Alter ’67, a psychotherapist and author of Sex with a Married Woman: A Man’s Guide to Loving His Wife, also found himself at Barton on that November 1965 evening:
“I went with a girl from Texas named Carol, she wore cowboy boots, and Barton Hall was packed I was a junior I was too high from the excitement of seeing Dylan to remember anything else ” Alter, who’s authored four books, considers Dylan to be a genius and the best songwriter who’s ever lived He’s not bashful about this asser tion: “I use many quotes from many Dylan songs in all my books.”
Not long before Dylan arrived at Barton Hall in 1965, the cover of Esquire featured a collage of four men ’ s faces: Bob Dylan, Malcolm X, Fidel Castro and John F Kennedy Their faces intersected, seemingly in the crosshairs of a rifle’s line of sight The caption above the provocative artwork read: “4 of the 28 Who Count Most with the College Rebels ” When Dylan played Barton, Kennedy’s assassination was less than two years old; eight months earlier, Malcolm X had been assassinated The Vietnam War was up and rred less cal like “Ballad includet list at on r
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Today marks the release of The Cutting Edge, the latest installment in Dylan’s authorized bootleg series The C D s feature the songs from the same era as when he stepped into Barton Hall as a 24-year old Tonight, a 74-year-old Bob Dylan, in the middle of his fall European tour, plays a theatre in Amsterdam
Scott Marshall teaches public speaking and lives with his wife Amy in Toccoa, Georgia He has written articles and interviews on Bob Dylan for The Bridge and Isis two Dylan magazines based in England He is the author of Restless Pilgrim: The Spiritual Journey of Bob Dylan He can be reached at sandtree@windstream net
An autistic muppet joined the Sesame Street crew last month Julia, a redhaired, green-eyed four-year-old muppet appears in an online book, We’re Amazing 1,2,3!, alongside Elmo and Abby Cadabby Already, viewers have lauded and criticized Julia on multiple fronts: her gender, her mannerisms and the fact that she is not the narrator of her own story In his latest New York Times column, Arthur C Brooks writes, “One of the great intellectual and moral epiphanies of our time is the realization that human diversity is a blessing ” Julia’s introduction and resulting conversations reflect another epiphany: that accurate representation of human diversity in (pop) culture is a moral necessity Furthermore, accuracy is of the utmost importance; media representations can promote stereotypes just as easily as important stories
The diversity of autistic persons helps to show the difficulty of constructing a single character that is supposed to represent a group The Autism Society refers to autism as “ a ‘ spectrum condition’ that affects individuals and to varying degrees,” and people even debate the term “ spectrum ” In a Nov 4 Atlantic article, Rose Eveleth relates a mantra amongst autism exper ts: “ once you ’ ve met one person with autism, you ’ ve met one person with autism ” But creators do not simply shrug and abandon n o n - n e
y p ical characters, nor should they Eveleth argues that the portrayal of autistic persons in fact influences “policy decisions and research choices that affect those people ” Sesame Street’ s portrayal of Julia matters greatly, especially in the smallest, seemingly least-important details
individual Each approach brings with it advantages and drawbacks Introducing a character who simply represents the majority of autistic persons with regards to certain characteristics (gender, mannerisms, etc ) is simplistic and reduces autistic people to an amalgam of traits Conversely, Resmovits notes that viewers questioned why Julia is a girl muppet when “five times as many boys as girls are diagnosed with autism ”
The choice, Resmovits reveals, did not result from a coin toss “We’re trying to eliminate misconceptions,” Sesame Street’ s executive Vice President Sherrie Westin explained in Resmovits’ piece, “And a lot of people think that only boys have autism ” Westin’s argument also speaks to representation’s interplay of individuals and groups that occurs in representation If the average viewer believes, incorrectly, that there are no autistic girls, what better way to correct them than with an autistic girl muppet?
Sesame Street, however, did not just create content on autism for neurotypical vie wers Rather, the website autism sesamestreet org contains materials designed for all viewers, whether autistic or not, and “daily routine cards” that are designed to provide daily strategies for autistic children
Accordingly, writers quickly described their thoughts about Julia and other Sesame Street materials about autism last month Joy Resmovits zeroed in on the difficulty of deciding whether a character should seem like the majority of persons in their group, or should be crafted first-and-foremost as an
Yet, in an Oct 23 post on her blog E is for Erin, Erin Human notes that, stylistically, Sesame Street’s materials seem to barely cater to many autistic viewers For example, Human writes that in the story book “it’s clearly the neurotypical person as the default narrator, just as it is in ALL of the material on Sesame Street ” Furthermore, Human also notes, “the book is told entirely from Elmo’s point of view, as he explains the things that Julia does and feels ” It is worth asking how We Are Amazing 1,2,3! can be said to treat autism and autistic audiences Does it seek to portray autistic characters in which autistic readers can see themselves? Does it seek to, in some sense, “explain”
autism to neurotypical readers? Does it appropriately do both at once? Human argues, “There’s too much that’s bad tipping the scales towards ableism and stigma” in the website, and implores Sesame Street to allow Julia to narrate her own story rather than “Let autistic kids see their reflection in her ” Interestingly, in an Oct 27 article for
The Ne w York Times’ parenting blog Motherlode, Jennie Bard notes that her autistic son did not even need an autistic character named as such to identify with one muppet In “The Other Autistic Muppet,” Bard notes that, following Julia’s introduction, her fourteen year-old son reported that he already believed that Fozzie Bear was autistic Bard notes a number of Fozzie’s characteristics that caused her son to see Fozzie as autistic his connection to his hat and favorite phrase (“waka waka!”), his tendency to “monologue and perseverate, ” his interpretation of “figurative language as literal” before discussing what she calls the “Fozzie Conundrum ” On one hand, Bard argues, viewers do not need any diagnosis to “explain away [Fozzie’s] eccentricities ” Yet, she also asks, “Would knowing Fozzie had autism have made it easier for his parents and friends to understand his behaviors as he grew into himself?” concluding, “Also maybe ” In essence, creators seek a balance between allowing people to tell their stories and express important parts of their identities without reducing them to only those parts
Hard and fast rules for how to best represent previously excluded characters do not exist Perhaps our culture’s representation of human diversity in culture should be characterized as an epiphany, like how Brooks treats the importance of diversity, but as a process Whenever shows, movies and other media reach out into important, but complex, territories, they require us to be attentive and compassionate viewers who ask: For whom was this made? Who’s story is being told and how? Am I noticing specifics or stereotypes?
Shay Collins is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at smc377@cornell edu Morning Bowl of Surreal appears alternate Fridays this semester
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What does not concern Schafer is the ranking of the teams coming to Ithaca this weekend
“I don’t even know where they are ranked,” Schafer said about Quinnipiac “Our guys just now that Quinnipiac is a good hockey team from what we ’ ve seen on video Princeton is a much improved hockey team, so we ’ ve talked about this a great deal throughout the fall and going into the season is that every game, every season, it doesn’t matter ”
The Red, however, faces the task of playing one of the top teams in the country without one of their captains Senior John Knisley, Schafer announced, will be out until “after Christmas” after undergoing surgery for an undisclosed injury suffered during the team ’ s season opener against
Niagara In addition, sophomore goaltender Hayden Stewart, who was poised to split playing time with junior Mitch Gillam, is out indefinitely as he fights mononucleosis
So as the team moves forward without two key contributors, Schafer said that his team has a lot to improve
“I think the pace of the game, the details of the system from what we ’ re doing in our defensive zone, what we ’ re doing in the neutral zone, the power play, the penalty kill, there isn’t a thing that we ’ re not working on, ” Schafer said “It takes a long, long time to establish habits and habits in all different zones ”
The Bobcats come in with a strong offensive unit, with forward Travis St Denis and Sam Anas both tied for 24th among all players in NCAA hockey with eight points St Denis ranks fourth in the country in goals scored with six
The Bobcats also bring in goalie Michael Garteig, who is ranked eighth in the country in save percentage As a team, Quinnipiac is tied for fifth with 4 5 goals per game and ranked fifth in team defense with 1 33 goals allowed per game
“Traditionally, [Quinnipiac] plays hard, we play hard and they’ve had the better of us the last couple of years, ” Schafer said “Last year, it wasn ’ t a lack of the games being close They’ve capitalized on their chances and we haven’t and Princeton, it’s the second year for Ron Fogarty and their staff there and they’re a much improved hockey team and they understand what he wants a lot more, it goes back to it Two good hockey teams ”
Joon Lee can be reached at joonlee@cornellsun com
Football Team Looks for First Win at Dartmouth
Among qualifying quarterbacks in the Ivy League, Somborn ranks last in completion percentage at 54 6 and has the third most interceptions in the conference
“Robert and Jake would be the first to tell you that their play has been inconsistent,” Archer said “It’s not what their expectations are, but we ’ re going to use both of them like we have all year and just coach them up and keep doing what they do well We moved the football well at Princeton We just didn’t score We’ve got to make sure we put all of the pieces together ”
Somborn and Jatis prepare to face off against a strong Dartmouth defensive core on Friday The Green ranks as the secondbest unit in the Ivy League, allowing just 10 points per game this year, on top of 283 7
yards per game The Green is also tied for first in interceptions and fumble recoveries in the conference Archer said Dartmouth will bring an aggressive rush against the Red
“The thing they do really well is destroy blocks, whether it’s their defensive line, their linebackers, their corners and safeties on the perimeter,” Archer said “We’ve got to make sure we keep our hands inside and we ’ ve got to cut block and we ’ ve got to create as many double teams at the point of attack as we can and that’s what we ’ re going to try to do ”
through growing pains in order to get to a place where it can win year after year During Tim Murphy’s first seven years at Harvard, now an annual powerhouse, the Crimson went 38-37 Building a foundation for a program that “has tradition, just not a winning tradition” as Archer stated will take time, something athletic director Andy Noel has not wavered on giving to the Cornell grad
“Nobody is more frustrated than me, ranked behind me is the staff, ranked behind is the kids.”
The absence of anything in the win column, however, frustrates Archer The program, in Archer’s eyes, is going to have to go
“Nobody is more frustrated than me, ranked behind me is the staff, ranked behind is the kids There is a lot of people that care about Cornell football, none more so than the ones in Schoellkopf Hall,” Archer said
“We’re working not only for Friday, but for the last three games of the season, but like I’ve said all along, we ’ re looking to build a winning program ”
And as the team ’ s 0-7 record looks directly at the Red in the face, all Archer and company can do is ignore it and look towards the future of the program and continue to lay down the foundation of what they hope can be a winning program in the Ivy League
“You just live in the moment of what you can do is practice, whatever you can control, and that literally takes care of itself because the feelings you have, the disappointment, the anger, you can make that go away with taking care of business this upcoming week,” Archer said “That’s what you focus on ”
Joon Lee can be reached at joonlee@cornellsun com
The Impact of Injuries on Athletes Beyond the Field
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Red Welcomes Tigers, Bobcats To Lynah Rink
By JOON LEE Sun Assistant Sports Editor
Scoring goals certainly did not evade the Cornell men ’ s hockey team over the course of the group ’ s first regular season games last week, tallying seven against the Purple Eagles But as the team prepares to kick off their ECAC schedule against Princeton and Quinnipiac this weekend, the Red faces a much tougher competition this weekend
The Tigers come into Lynah Rink with a 1-1 record, coming off a victory against Maine The Red won both games against the Tigers, who went 4-23-3 in 2014-15, last season Cornell will face one of its toughest challenges in the early parts of the season on Saturday when the No 4 Bobcats arrive on the hill on Saturday
Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 has some history with the Bobcats; the Red head coach called Quinnipiac head coach Rand Peckhold a “fucking classless asshole” after Bobcats center Matthew Peca hit Cole Bardreau ’15, who suffered a near career-ending broken neck in 2013, from behind The ECAC suspended Schafer for one game for the incident
The conference games will provide the first real test in
Spor ts
Coming in hot | The Red got off to a strong start to the new season, sweeping the weekend home-and-home series against Niagara while scoring seven goals The team will face off against Quinnipiac and Princeton this weekend
finding out whether or not the team ’ s offensive outburst during the first weekend of the season can carry over for the remainder of the season
“There was poise with the puck offensively coming into the zone and I was pleased with our net presence, being around the front of the net and I think of all of the goals that we scored the previous weekend, guys were stopping
Gridders Square Off Against Dartmouth on National Television
By JOON LEE Sun Assistant Sports Editor
The season certainly has not gone the way that head coach David Archer ’05 hoped going
i n t o t h e ye a r, w i t h t h e t h re e games left in the season and the Cornell football team still winless That journey for the team ’ s first victory of the season faces one of the team ’ s toughest challenges
w h e n t h e Re d t r a ve l t o Dartmouth to face the Green and star quarterback Dalyn Williams
T h e Gre e n ( 6 - 1 , 3 - 1 Iv y League) boasts one of the most impressive offensive attacks in the Ivy League, averaging over 435 y a rd s p e r g a m e t h i s s e a s o n
Williams leads all Ivy League quarterbacks in touchdown passes with 14 scores and ranks second in the conference in completion percentage at 64 6 percent If the Red (0-7, 0-4 Ivy League) wants to stand a chance in Hanover on Friday, the team will need to make a strong, concerted to minimize the havoc Williams creates on the field
“You’ve got to make him confused because he’s a special talent and then over these last four years, he’s grown into the best offensive player in our league,” Archer said “He has my vote and I haven’t even played him yet this year Just by what he’s doing on tape, he’s the guy You’ve got to try
to get into his head and confuse him and if you can do that, and you saw Columbia, who has a pretty good defense this year, play really well against him That’s the recipe ” In the context of the rest of the conference, Cornell has the second least productive offensive unit The Red has totaled 2,407 yards of total offense, ahead of o n l y C o l u m b i a T h e re a s o n behind much of Cornell’s even offensive play starts at the quar-
t e r b a c k p o s i t i o n , w i t h j u n i o r Robert Somborn, who has been
c o m p l e m e n t e d by s o p h o m o re Jake Jatis
at the net, staying at the net, ” Schafer said “I’m happy with that and the offensive habits that the guys are executing right now and on any given night, things can go in, things can not go in, but your offensive habits can remain the same ”
On Injuries in Sports
Devastation The word is tossed around a lot in the world of sports
That devastating loss, performance, career Things go badly and take a turn for the worse all of the time Athletes can ’ t always perform at the level
t h e y a re c a p a b l e o f, c a n ’ t s t re t c h t h e m s e l v e s i n e v e r y
d i re c t i o n c o n s t a n t l y
Other wise, they’d break And sometimes t h e y d o , regardless Injuries
a re i n t e rt w i n e d with ever y s p o r t Sp o r t s c a n p u t m a s s i v e amounts of stress on the body and ultimately we often cannot predict how it will impact ever y individual or prevent all problems Even if it seems like an athlete can play through t h e p a i n , t h e c o n s e q u e n c e s may be too severe and it just might not be possible It can s o m e t i m e s be easier to h a n d l e t h e p h y s i c a l p a i n t h a n f a c e t h e m e n t a l s i d e o f i t T h e pain of sitting out, of watching from afar can domin a t e a l l o t h e r s e n s a t i o n s Athletes cannot easily separate themselves from their games Sports play an integral part of their identities, are the foundation for their self-esteem, and are a way to release and
cope with stress
Dr Matthew Krouner, a psychologist, said that sport b e c o m e s a n a t h l e t e ’ s “ a l lencompassing identity it’s how you relate to other people, it’s how you use your body, it’s your mental stimulation ” When you remove this chunk of activity from the equation, they are left with emptiness, question marks, a void that seems impossible to fill adequately with anything else
Athletes require impeccable strength to accomplish their daily feats Injuries stop the flow of the same caliber of e xe
strength diminishes For many injured athletes, their world is
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