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Citing sexual attacks, students urge shuttle expansion

“[Expanding the shuttle service] is something our community has been asking for for some time.”

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Giorgos Kaminis, the mayor of Athens, Greece, faces a city struggling to

recover from an economic mess that left unemployment at about 25 percent and at more than 50 per-

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C o u n c i l a p p r ov e d a n a m e n d e d v e r s i o n o f Mayor Svante Myrick’s ’09 budget Wednesday, c l o s i n g t h e c i t y ’ s impending $3 million deficit through a mixture of spending cuts and revenue increases

The budget, passed by an 8 to 2 vote, had m e t o p p o s i t i o n f r o m members of the Ithaca

Po l i c e D e p a r t m e n t , who decried a reduction to the size of its staff

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Cornell to the city budget as a solution

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q u e s t i o n e d t h e decision to reduce the city’s police force, and voted against the budget

Hall

Targeted Killings and the Duty to Capture 12:15 - 1:30 p m , G08 Uris Hall

Brazilian Food Festival at Okenshield’s 4:30 p m , Okenshield’s, Willard Straight Hall

Book Reading: Song of the Vikings 4:30 p m , Rare and Manuscript Collections, Room 2B48, Kroch Library

Tomorrow

Moosewood Tasting and Book Signing

- 2 p m , Cornell Store

Vishaan Chakrabarti Lecture: A Country of Cities 12:20 - 2 p m , Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium, Milstein Hall

Religious America, Secular Europe? Reflections on the Transatlantic “God Gap” 4 p m , 1st Floor Lecture Room, McGraw Hall

Veteran’s Day Ceremony

5:30 - 6:15 p m , Sage Chapel

After Hours for Students Only 9 p m - 1 a m , Johnson Museum of Art

CORNELL DAILY SUN VIDEOS S

Youth Flock to Polls for Obama; Turnout Nearly as Strong as 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) Tuesday’s presidential election results showed the American voting public has not only become more permanently diverse in its makeup, but also in its mindset

Obama bet, and won, on the assumption that the electorate would retain much of the age, ethnic and racial diversity he brought out in 2008 But across the countr y, voters affirmed changes in social policy that show a culture changing along with it

The trend is troublesome for Republicans, who nominated in Mitt Romney a candidate who was more socially moderate than his rivals for the GOP nod and who tried in the campaign’s closing days to reach out to the broader electorate

“ The countr y is changing and the people our party appeals to is a static group, ” GOP strategist Mike Murphy said

Younger voters and minorities came to the polls at levels not far off from the historic coalition Obama assembled in 2008

Voters also altered the course of U S social policy, voting in Maine and Mar yland to approve same-sex marriage, while Washington state and Colorado voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana

In the heartland, where the conser vative Christian tradition still runs deep, Minnesota voters defeated a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage In Iowa, where opponents of gay marriage ousted three state Supreme Court justices two years ago, a fourth judge beat back a similar attempt Tuesday and Republicans intent on pursuing a constitutional ban failed to gain the single seat they needed

On social issues, exit polls conducted Tuesday for The Associated Press found a public more apt to take the liberal position For example, roughly 60 percent of voters said abortion should be legal in all or most cases, the highest share since the mid-1990s

The reality caught off guard Republicans, who banked on an electorate more monolithic and more conser vative than four years ago And it foreshadowed changes over the next generation that could put long-held Republican states onto the political battleground maps of the future

“Clearly, when you look at African-American and Latino voters, they went over whelmingly for the president,” said John Stineman, a Republican strategist from Iowa “And that’s certainly a gap that’s going to require a lot of attention from Republicans ”

The exit polls showed that voters mirrored the makeup of the electorate four years ago, when Obama shattered minority voting barriers and drove

young voters to the polls unlike any candidate in generations

White voters made up 72 percent of the electorate less than four years ago while black voters remained at 13 percent and Hispanics increased from 9 percent to 10 percent

That flew in the face of GOP assumptions that the fierce economic headwinds of the past three years and the passing of the novelty of the first AfricanAmerican president would trim Obama’s support from black voters, perhaps enough to make the difference in a close election

However, Obama carried Virginia, the heart of the Old South, in part by having increased his record support from black voters there in 2008, which reached 18 percent, to more than 20 percent, according to Obama campaign internal tracking polls

It was also reflected in turnout that matched his 2008 totals in places like Cleveland, which helped Obama carr y Ohio solidly despite Romney’s all-out effort there in the campaign’s final weeks

“Republicans have been saying for months” that Obama’s black support would slip, Democratic pollster Paul Maslin said “And what happens? When African-Americans had the chance to affirm him, they came out in droves ”

Obama won in 2008 by carr ying several long-held Re p

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Carolina, the fact that Obama held Virginia points to a long-term demographic shift that sur vived the pressures of the poor economy

Obama carried ever y contested state except North Carolina by aggressively registering first-time voters He matched his share of the youth vote from 2008, and nearly matched his support from seniors

In a sign these changes are more glacial than seismic, Obama, who announced his support for gay marriage in May, lost North Carolina, where voters there over whelmingly voted against allowing gay marriage the same month

There also were signs divisions between opponents had deepened

Voters were more ideologically polarized than in 2008 or 2004 The share of moderates dipped slightly to 41 percent, while 25 percent called themselves liberal, the highest share saying so in recent sur veys of voters as they leave their polling places Thirty-five percent called themselves conser vative, about the same as the previous two presidential contests

The majority of faculty and staff at Princeton University who contributed to the 2012 presidential campaigns donated to President Barack Obama’s campaign, according to The Daily Princetonian Total donations to Obama exceeded $169,000, while donations to Gov Mitt Romney totaled $1,901, The Princetonian reported

The Columbia Spectator reported that among the Ivy League schools this year, Penn University spent the most on lobbying in Washington on issues related to higher education, spending $382,513 Dartmouth College spent nothing, and the remaining Ivies fell in the middle, according to The Spectator Cornell spent $100,000 this year, The Specator reported

Compiled by Sylvia Rusnak

Alumni Affairs Sees Promotions After Leaders Leave C.U.

By NIKKI LEE Sun Staff Writer

Two top leaders in Cornell’s Alumni Affairs and Development division will leave the University this month, prompting a flurry of r a p i d p ro m o t i o n s w i t h i n t h e department, according to Charles Phlegar, vice president of the department

C h r i s Ma r s h a l l , s e n i o r v i c e president for alumni affairs, and Patricia Watson ’83, senior vice president of alumni affairs, will depart for other job offers this month, leading to the addition of three new members to the senior leadership team Jon Denison, C l a u d e Jo h n s o n a n d Je re m y Weaver will join a team of five other top department staffers by Nov 15

Marshall will leave to assume a vice presidency position at consulting firm Grenzebach, Glier and Associates For Marshall, his decision to leave what he called his “dream job” at Cornell was prompted by the needs of his family

After four and a half years of driving several hours back and forth each weekend to visit his children from a previous mar-

riage, Marshall said he decided that “it was time to put family first” and to “consolidate” his personal life

Watson will depart for Brown

Un i ve r s i t y, w h e re s h e w i l l b e senior vice president for university advancement beginning Dec

1 Watson said she will w o rk c l o s e l y w i t h Brown’s president and a d m i n i s t r a t i o n t o “raise private support for academic priorities and to engage Brown’s a l u m n i a n d p a re n t s throughout the world ” Watson, who studied design and environmental analysis at

and important responsibilities ”

Over her eight years working at Cornell, Watson hired or promoted nearly 70 people who will work with the Cornell staff to “ carry the program forward,” she said

Ma r s h a l l , t o o , c i t e d h i r i n g nearly 40 people and getting to know hundreds more during his time at the University

C o r n e l l , s p e n t t w o decades after graduation working as a prof e s s i o n a l d a n c e r, c h o re o g r a p h e r a n d i n s t r u c t o r Sh e l a t e r earned her masters in public administration f r o m Sy r a c u s e Un iversity before returning to work at Cornell in 2004

Of her work at the University, Watson said hiring and promoting staff within the department was one of her “ most meaningful

Ac c o rd i n g t o Phlegar, Watson’s and Marshall’s adept hiring have created a succession plan to ease the loss of the two senior leaders

“As much as I hate to see Pat and Chris leave, I truly believe o u r n e w s t r u c t u re m a k e s u s s t ro n g e r immediately,” Phlegar said Marshall added that Phlegar “has done a masterful job of moving the puzzle pieces around” to make up for the double loss

The three depar tment staff members newly promoted to the senior leadership team expressed

enthusiasm over their promotions and eagerness to begin work this month

Denison, who will join the senior leadership team as associate vice president for colleges and units, said he is excited to continue working with “ a gifted development staff, as evidenced by the record-setting year ending June 30 ” In part due to the generosity of alumni donors, Cornell had its best fundraising year on record, rais ing $ 7 7 7 8 million in the 2011-12 fiscal year, compared to $ 3 0 8 2 m i l l i o n i n 2 0 1 0 - 1 1 , Phlegar told The Sun last month

As the new associate vice president for alumni affairs and development for the Northeast corridor, Johnson said he hopes that his vision to “build strong cohes i ve C o r n e l l c o m m u n i t i e s throughout the northeastern part of the United States will come to fruition ”

Weaver, the new associate vice president for major gifts, said she will work to “continue to build upon the already strong foundation of donors to the University” by identifying and cultivating the “ next generation of philanthropic leaders ” Weaver added that she believes

Phlegar’s decision to fill the vacancies left by Marshall and Watson with existing members of the Alumni Affairs and Development division demonstrates a trust in the department’s staff

“That all of the moves came f ro m w i t h i n t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n shows the breadth of our team, ” she said

Despite their excitement for their new jobs and their pride in seeing staffers in the Cornell department move up the ranks both Marshall and Watson said

University was a difficult one

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w o n d e r f u l friends that I rely on day to day and a place that I have lived since 1976,” Watson said “Yet, as I have encouraged others to steer their careers and to be open to opportunities, I am following my ow

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increase local political responsibility and decrease the role of the federal government in day-to-day life

Kaminis also said an absence of tangible policy changes is a source of tension in Athens He said he understands the frustration on the streets and sees more direct policy-making as central to quelling riots in the city

“Inability for national politicians to deliver [translates] into public frustration and disillusion [with] politics,” Kaminis said “Democracy is a fragile thing: It demands respect for the [electorate] and their concerns If they are treated with disdain, if they feel their rights have been hijacked in this case, by national institutions if they feel austerity is not shared equally, we should not be surprised if their allegiances break down and they try something else, something that promises them a greater say ”

event with the Cornell Institute for European Studies’ Mediterranean Initiative, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and the Department of Government

“Among anyone I’ve heard speak in the past, he was the most frank, the most clear and straightfor ward in terms of just explaining the situation now and how he got there,” Orfanos said “He is someone who has really had experience in dealing with this; he really lives this day to day ”

Zander Abranowicz ’14 echoed Orfanos’ praise but questioned the timing of Kaminis’ visit since Athens is currently dealing with a new wave of riots and strikes

“I think at first when I heard he was coming, I was wondering why he was going to be in Ithaca and not Athens, where there have been strikes,” Abranowicz said “But I guess I was curious to hear from a mayor of a city that is facing problems [on] so many different levels ”

“For many Greek-Americans, it was a rare opportunity to get this ... exposure.”

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Economic development was also a central topic in Kaminis’ speech, as he mentioned the creation of a new stadium for the Panathinaikos Soccer Club and the construction of new roads as keys to urban growth in Greece

Kaminis said his country also faces the challenge of incorporating an increasing population of undocumented immigrants into the social fabric of the nation He said he has met with mayors across Europe to tackle racism

“The problems we are trying to confront right now racism, xenophobia are more or less European problems We can propose to do something; everyone together, ” Kaminis said

Members of the Greek-American community on campus who attended the speech responded positively to what they said was Kaminis’ honesty about the issues facing Greece

Alex Or fanos ’13, president of the Hellenic Student Association, praised what he called Kaminis’ transparency and unique perspective The HSA co-sponsored the

For Katerina Athanasiou ’13, vice president of the HSA and a senior editor at The Sun, Kaminis’ visit held personal significance “I know that my family and other families are really feeling the brunt of what is happening in Greece Having him come during a time of such crisis was interesting because on the one hand, I wondered what he was doing leaving Athens in a time of such dire need on the other hand, I appreciate that he came so that he could share with us what is happening,” Athanasiou said “It is a really scary time for Greece and you can see it in the unemployment, so it was really interesting to have the insider perspective ”

Orfanos also touched on the significance of the event for the Greek community on campus in terms of understanding the experiences faced by families back home

“We feel very removed from what is going on, but we do have this sense that there are so many problems and there is not much we can do from where we are Students are very interested in knowing what’s going on, ” Orfanos said “For many Greek-Americans, it was a rare opportunity to get this kind of exposure as an organization I would say this is a premier event for us for the year ”

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New Storm Bears Down On

Sandy-Battered NYC, N.J.

NEW YORK (AP) A nor ’ easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and wet snow, plunging homes right back into darkness, stopping commuter trains again, and inflicting another round of misery on thousands of people still reeling from Superstorm Sandy’s blow more than a week ago

Under ordinary circumstances, a storm of this sort wouldn’t be a big deal, but large swaths of the landscape were still an open wound, with the electrical system highly fragile and many of Sandy’s victims still mucking out their homes and cars and shivering in the deepening cold

Exactly as authorities feared, the nor ’ easter brought down tree limbs and electrical wires, and utilities in New York and New Jersey reported that some customers who lost power because of Sandy lost it all over again as a result of the nor ’ easter

“I know everyone ’ s patience is wearing thin,” said John Miksad, senior vice president of electric operations at Consolidated Edison, the chief utility in New York City

As the nor ’ easter closed in, thousands of people in low-lying neighborhoods staggered by the superstorm just over a week ago were urged to clear out Authorities warned that rain and 60 mph gusts in the evening and overnight could swamp homes all over again, topple trees wrenched loose by Sandy, and erase some of the hard-won progress made in restoring power to millions of customers

“I am waiting for the locusts and pestilence next, ” New Jersey Gov Chris Christie said “We may take a setback in the next 24 hours ”

Ahead of the storm, public works crews in New Jersey built up dunes to protect the stripped and battered coast, and new evacuations were ordered in a number of communities already emptied by Sandy New shelters opened

In New York City, police went to low-lying neighborhoods with loudspeakers, urging residents to leave But Mayor Michael Bloomberg didn’t issue mandatory evacuations, and many people stayed behind, some because they feared looting, others because they figured whatever happens

couldn’t be any worse than what they have gone through already

“We’re petrified,” said James Alexander, a resident of the hard-hit Rockaways section of Queens “It’s like a sequel to a horror movie ”

All construction in New York City was halted a precaution that needed no explanation after a crane collapsed last week in Sandy’s high winds and dangled menacingly over the streets of Manhattan Parks were closed because of the danger of falling trees Drivers were advised to stay off the road after 5 p m

Airlines canceled at least 1,300 U S flights in and out of the New York metropolitan area, causing a new round of disruptions that rippled across the country

The city manager in Long Beach, N Y , urged the roughly 21,000 people who ignored previous mandatory evacuation orders in the badly damaged barrier-island city to get out

Forecasters said the nor ’ easter would bring moderate coastal flooding, with storm surges of about 3 feet possible Wednesday into Thursday far less than the 8 to 14 feet Sandy hurled at the region The storm ’ s winds were expected to be well below Sandy’s, which gusted to 90 mph

By evening, the storm had created a slushy mess in the streets in the metropolitan area Eight-foot waves crashed on the beaches in New Jersey The Long Island Rail Road, one of the nation’s biggest commuter train systems, suspended all service again after struggling over the past several days to get up and running in Sandy’s wake

The early-afternoon high tide came and went without any reports of serious flooding in New York City, the mayor said The next high tide was early Thursday But forecasters said the moment of maximum flood danger may have passed

Con Ed said the nor ’ easter knocked out power to at least 11,000 homes and businesses, some of whom had just gotten it back The Long Island Power Authority said by evening that the number of customers in the dark had risen from 150,000 to nearly 187,000

N.Y. Man Who Lost Leg In Crucifix Mishap Sues Church

ALBANY, N Y (AP) David Jimenez was so elated over his wife’s recovery from cancer that he offered to clean the large crucifix outside the Hudson Valley church where he spent many hours praying for her to beat the disease On Memorial Day 2010, he was scrubbing grime off the cross when the 600-pound marble statuary toppled over, crushing his right leg

The then-43-year-old immigrant from Mexico was flown to Westchester Medical Center, where doctors had to amputate his injured leg He’s suing the Roman Catholic church where he was hurt, and early next year his $3 million lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial

“He attributed her recovery to his devotion to the cross and Christ hearing his prayers, ” Jimenez’s lawyer, Kevin Kitson of White Plains, told The Associated Press

Kitson said he filed the lawsuit in March 2011 after the church denied it was liable for the accident that resulted in six-figure medical bills for Jimenez The bills were paid by charitable foundations, Kitson said

The lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial in state Supreme Court in Orange County in January, Kitson said

The attorney described David and Delia Jimenez as devout Catholics who immigrated to the United States from Mexico nearly 20 years ago They have three children, ages 3, 13 and 17, Kitson said

During delivery jobs for a bakery and a pizzeria, David would pull into the parking lot at St Patrick’s Church in the city of Newburgh to pray before the outdoor crucifix for his wife, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2008 When she was deemed cancer-free two years later, the grateful David received permission from church officials to remove trash from the area around the crucifix, and to clean the crucifix itself, Kitson said

On May 30, 2010, Jimenez was standing on the crucifix’s base, using rags and soapy water to clean Christ’s face While holding onto the cross beam for balance, the whole crucifix snapped off at its base, sending Jimenez crashing to the ground, Kitson said Pieces of the crucifix broke off, but the bulk of it landed on Jimenez’s right leg, crushing it

Kitson said only a single screw was holding the heavy crucifix to its base

“There was no anchoring system, just that one screw, ” he said

The church raised more than $7,000 for Jimenez and his family, but Kitson said his client has been unable to work since the accident

Frank Raia of Rikin Radler, the New York law firm representing the church, wouldn’t discuss specifics of the case The church is part of the Archdiocese of New York, which isn’t named as a defendant in the lawsuit, Raia said

Pot Votes in Two States Challenge U.S. Drug War

DENVER (AP) First came marijuana as medicine Now comes legal pot for the people

Those who have argued for decades that legalizing and taxing weed would be better than a costly, failed U S drug war have their chance to prove it, as Colorado and Washington became the first states to allow pot for recreational use

While the measures earned support from broad swaths of the electorate in both states Tuesday, they are likely to face resistance from federal drug warriors As of Wednesday, authorities did not say whether they would challenge the new laws

Pot advocates say a fight is exactly what they want

“I think we are at a tipping point on marijuana policy,” said Brian Vicente, co-author of Colorado’s marijuana measure “We are going to see whether marijuana prohibition survives, or whether we should try a new and more sensible approach ”

Soon after the measures passed, cheering people poured out of bars in Denver, the tangy scent of pot filling the air, and others in Seattle lit up in celebration

Authorities in Colorado, however, urged caution “Federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug, so don’t break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly,” said Democratic Gov John Hickenlooper, who opposed the measure

As the initial celebration dies down and the process to implement the laws progresses over the next year, other states and countries will be watching to see if the measures can both help reduce money going to drug cartels and raise it for governments

Governments in Latin America where drugs are produced for the U S market were largely quiet about the measures, but the main adviser to Mexico’s president-elect said the new laws will force the U S and his country to reassess how they fight cross-border pot smuggling

Analysts said that there would likely be an impact on cartels in Mexico that send pot to the U S , but differed on how soon and how much

Both measures call for the drug to be heavily taxed, with the profits headed to state coffers Colorado would devote the potential tax revenue first to school construction, while Washington’s sends pot taxes to an array of health programs

Estimates vary widely on how much they would raise Colorado officials anticipate somewhere between $5 million and $22 million a year Washington analysts estimated legal pot could produce nearly $2 billion over five years

Both state estimates came with big caveats: The current illegal marijuana market is hard to gauge and any revenue would be contingent upon federal authorities allowing commercial pot sales in the first place, something that is very much still in question

Both measures remove criminal penalties for adults over 21 possessing small amounts of the drug the boldest rejection of pot prohibition laws passed across the country in the 1930s

Pot has come a long way since In the 1960s, it was a counterculture fixture In 1971, President Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs Twenty-five years later, California approved medical marijuana Now, 17 states and Washington, D C , allow it

Meanwhile, many more cities either took pot possession crimes off the books or directed officers to make marijuana arrests a low priority

On Tuesday night, broad sections of the electorate in Colorado and Washington backed the measures, some because they thought the drug war had failed and others because they viewed potential revenue as a boon for their states in lean times A similar measure in Oregon failed

“People think little old ladies with glaucoma should be able to use marijuana This is different This is a step further than anything we have seen to date,” said Sam Kamin, a University of Denver law professor who has studied the history of pot prohibition

Army Doc Details Injuries From Afghan Massacre

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash

(AP) A U S agent who investigated the massacre of 16 civilians in southern Afghanistan last March recounted the volatile reaction from local villagers Wednesday and said it was three weeks before American forces could visit the crime scenes less than a mile from a remote base

By that time, bodies had been buried and blood stains had been scraped from the walls, Special Agent Matthew Hoffman of the Army’s

Wednesday

Other stains remained, on walls and floors Investigators recovered shell casings consistent with the weapons Staff Sgt Robert Bales reportedly carried and a piece of fabric similar to the blanket prosecutors say he wore as a cape during the killing spree Hoffman testified during the third day of a preliminar y hearing for Bales, who is accused of slipping away from his remote post in the middle of the night to commit the killings The hearing will help determine whether his case advances to a court martial on counts of premeditated murder

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There are a lot of ways to spice up your sex life Some people use chocolate under wear and candy bras Some people go to exotic locations Some use real spices None of these are bad If anything, they are quite a good way of getting out of repetitive sex I, however, am a great supporter of the people that hearken back to days of yore when in order to drown out the sounds of the cattle lowing, they turned on the radio and humped along with FDR’s fireside chat

Now, I understand that most of you don t have giant wooden radio sets that can aid you in foreplay and thus understandably have no access to new music To assist you, I have listed some of my favorite songs to help the mood along

THE BASICS:

Obviously, you can tweak the ordering to suit your specific situation, but the following can be used to make a night go from, “Ok, so, looks like I m going to give you an awkward hug goodbye” to Do you want bacon with your eggs?”

“Electric Feel” by MGMT

Start the denouement with this to either keep the energy going or to pick it up if it's starting to lag Don't forget that the w h o l e p o i n t i s t o show the guy / girl your electric feel (or electric eel, if you

have one)

“Heaven’s On Fire” by The Radio Dept

Sometimes the mood isn’t clear yet this’ll make it clear that “Yes, I want to sleep with you ” Just ignore the “reach for a piano wire” line, unless, you know, you ’ re into that

“Let’s Get It On” by Mar vin Gaye

The Radio Dept will move the conversation to the bedroom, so it’s time to pop this baby on and get the night going

“Paradise By the Dashboard Lights” by Meat Loaf

Now, not ever yone hits a home run with Mar vin, so you might need to quick switch to another tactic It has a great lead and gives your partner a chance to give a final no What’s better than orgasmic build up and consent?

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Moulin Rouge

For the post-coital cuddling As a compilation of all the best love songs, you’ll be able to find some line that your partner knows and it’ll seal the deal I highly suggest memorizing the entire duet just to be on the safe side

PUSH THE ENVELOPE:

If you re already comfortable with your partner, it might be time to tr y mixing it

up Throw in one of these two to give the night a new thrill

“Scar y Monsters and Nice Sprites” by Skrillex

You and your partner have about 40 seconds to foreplay it up so that you ’ re both yelling “YES OH MY GOD” in time to the bass drop For an extra chal-

lenge, tr y coming on as many drops as possible

“I Would Do Anything For Love” by Meat Loaf

Take a moment to tr y something out you wouldn’t normally think to do for the seven minutes of this song: Bring in a dwarf, put on the snorkel gear, dress up as Bill and Hillar y Clinton the possibilities are endless!

GET OUT OF THERE FAST:

Some men and women you might tr y to get with may already have a playlist Here

are two songs that come up often that should be avoided at all cost Trust me on this one

“Fireflies” by Owl City

If this song comes up, get out of there Now If you ’ re thinking to yourself, “ Wait, what’s wrong with that?” then there’s nothing I can say to save

you Godspeed and good luck

“I’ll Make a Man Out of You” by that dude from Mulan

If you ’ re hearing this as a guy it is at best emasculating and at worst you ' re not so subtly being told you lack the ability to fight the Huns As a woman, it’s a harsh way of finding out you ’ re not the preferred gender for nighttime fun

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Dining Guide

By JACOB LIFTON Sun Staff Writer

Tapas on Tap: Just a Taste Hits the Spot

There’s usually a weird emotional attachment between a customer and the dish he or she orders; in the moment, a full entrée is a pretty big commitment, beginning at the waiter’s notepad and lasting to the bitter (or hopefully delicious) end So naturally, as customers, we often feel the need to convince ourselves that we went with the best possible option, that our choice was not in vain, even if that chicken parm our buddy got has been staring daggers at us from across the table the entire time (hey, it’s your own fault for picking the eggplant casserole) This all makes for an oddly competitive environment at most dinner tables, where everyone is vying for Top Pick (“No no, you HAVE to try mine ”) The beauty of tapas is that they rather elegantly solve this problem And few tapas are prepared quite as elegantly as those at Just a Taste, a trendy tapas and wine bar that is surely one of Ithaca’s best and most unique eateries

Tucked away in a cozy nook of Ithaca’s premier dining district downtown, Just a Taste offers up a chic, candlelit interior, with walls lined with fancy wine bottles (most of them available by the glass) and sells local artwork (who says yummy food and postmodernexpressionism don’t go hand in hand?) As the Ithaca cold reigned outside, I found myself incredibly warm and comfortable, enveloped in dampened lighting and the good cheer of other people who were also warm and comfortable

The place boasts a cuisine to match its eclectic decor, with a daunting variety of menu options ranging from house-made focaccia

with olive oil to succulent chicken wings to a platter of clams steamed in white wine with garlic The frequently changing menu ensures a different experience with each visit

Moreover, and perhaps most importantly, unlike in most entréeoriented restaurants, you and your group are wonderfully unrestrained in what you order, and very fair pricing (between $3-$10 per tapa) means that you can order a lot

My friends and I certainly took this to heart; the dishes we ordered slowly trickled out one by one all through the evening, creating an unending chain of new tastes and textures, and as we passed each one around the table, spooning scoops onto our smaller plates, we marveled collectively at the delicate and attractive presentation of each dish

Throughout the course of the meal, I don’t believe there was a single dish that was not universally lauded by the group (although there were certainly some stand-outs)

The fried polenta that was served with the house-made linguisa sausage melted so beautifully in my mouth that I teared up; the panfried scallops in pepperonata were encased in a beautiful crust that gently flaked at the touch of a fork, and the garlic braised greens with tomatoes, walnuts, Stilton cheese and sherry vinegar, an establishment favorite, was simply sans pareil Even the chicken wings, a seemingly simple and straightforward item, presented complex tangs of curry and spices The flavors were varied, and often surprising, inciting communal yummy sounds around the table In fact, the chicken liver-apricot mousse that came with the charcuterie meat platter was so tasty that after dinner, my friend searched frantically around Wegmans for something

that even remotely resembled it (alas, naught a daub), a detail that accentuates the utter uniqueness of this dining experience

Our evening came to a sweet, buttery close with an order of warm banana-nut-bourbon bread pudding with caramel sauce and a shortcake with a fruity compote, both of which were smothered in a thick whipped cream The shortcake was great, although a tad dry; however, after one small bite of the bread pudding, everyone at our table stared at each other in disbelief of the sheer magnitude of its lusciousness

See, whereas an entrée is like a marriage, tapas are like a series of one-night stands: they offer mixed results without the harrowing pressure to finish what one ’ s started Also, by inherently implying that everyone is going to try every dish, they successfully eliminate the need to shove your own food down other people’s throats just for some self-validation, allowing the focus of the night to lie solely on the food, the conversation, and the people you ’ re with As a student, or any person for that matter, it is very easy to become trapped in one ’ s own hermetic din-

ing bubble; it’s easy to forget that Ithaca is a town with a large supply of wonderful, inventive restaurants that are constantly challenging the notion of traditional dining Just a Taste reinforced both my love of food and my love for Ithaca The food here is eaten together, discussed together and enjoyed together I enjoyed every minute of my time at Just a Taste Simply put, this restaurant is good Really, really good

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

reviving the dead

The Sun chats with Alloy Orchestra

SUN: Taking that question a step further: Is your role to reinforce the original filmmaker’s vision or add your own? Or both?

up to a feature presentation, there’s really a lot of work to score the whole show

Alloy Orchestra composes soundtracks for silent films The three-piece ensemble not only studies art history but touches it, adds to it, improves it Alloy Orchestra returns to campus this weekend to accompany three silent classics, starting tomorrow with Metropolis and continuing Saturday with The Overcoat and Not Just for Kids The Sun corresponded with Alloy director Ken Winokur over email to talk influences, inspiration and working with dead directors

THE SUN: Could you summarize the Alloy Orchestra’s “mission statement ” in one sentence?

KEN WINOKUR: To bring the best films of the silent era to modern audiences with an exciting new musical score

SUN: Your score for Dziga Vertov’s Man With a Movie Camera is all sorts of epic That film has received more attention this year, jumping to number eight on the influential Sight and Sound poll How does it feel to be a critical part behind one of the greatest films of all time?

K W : Although it is a little surprising to see a Soviet avant-garde documentary rise to the top of everyone ’ s favorite films, it’s really not that surprising The film is fantastic It’s wonderful to watch audiences get totally wrapped up in the film It is a privilege to be able to work with this masterpiece

K W : It’s always our intent to reinforce the director’s vision, or at least what we perceive as his vision Of course, there’s no way to know what they would have said about our scores We don’t, on the other hand, restrict ourselves to musical styles of the silent era We feel that modern audi-

SUN: Is there more stress or freedom in composing scores to films made by people long deceased?

K W : It’s much easier to work with dead directors We get to do whatever we want It’s more like making fine art, than making commercial art In my experience, directors just mess up a good composer ’ s work

SUN: The Cinematic Orchestra, a British indie group, also composed a popular score for the same movie It’s far less grand than your arrangement and a tad solemn at times Is your version of Man With a Movie Camera a different movie when compared to The Cinematic Orchestra’s version?

K W : I have only hears a few clips of The Cinematic Orchestra’s music on YouTube, so it’s impossible for me to really gauge its effect I have liked what I’ve heard Before we wrote our score, Alloy [read] some newly discovered notes that Vertov had written for the composer of the premiere performance They are in the form of a storyboard (sequential list of scenes with descriptions) and not as music We also had two Vertov experts on hand while we worked to help guide us through the process (Paolo Cherchi Usai of the George Eastman House and Yuri Tsivian of the University of Chicago) They were really helpful in interpreting the notes and giving us background about Vertov’s many theories and ideas on filmmaking I don’t think the Cinematic Orchestra used those notes (at least if they did, they didn’t do the musical overture that is supposed to precede the film)

ences, who have heard so much since these films were made, are more sophisticated and interested in many styles

SUN: How does the Alloy Orchestra approach its work? It’s a broad question, yes, but is there a difference in preparation between Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and Charlie Chaplin’s Easy Street?

K.W.: The process is the same for all films We watch the films silently I make up a storyboard with all the scenes We transfer the film to our computer, put up a few mics and then go through the film scene by scene We improvise simple musical ideas for a particular scene, and when we have something we like, we record it We go through the whole film that way When we get to the end, we start over again at the beginning listening to our themes If they’re satisfactory, we'll start to expand on the simple ideas making them more complex, adding sound effects, figuring out transitions, etc The whole process takes a couple months for a feature

The short comedies are actually harder The scenes are usually very short, so there is more need for a larger number of themes And since they’re always shown in groups adding

SUN: Silent film music must require a thorough mastery of the history, theory and creation behind both film and music What kind of education did you and the rest of the Orchestra need to get where you are today?

K W : Musically, the three of us have very diverse backgrounds We’ve all done our tour of duty in rock bands, but we also have studied classical composing (Roger), African and Latin music (me), old time country music (Terry), some jazz and lots of performance art When we started doing silent film accompaniment, it became immediately obvious that somebody in the group needed to know the history of the medium I made it my job I watched every film I could, read every book and cultivated friendships with others working with silent films This fit well with previous professional experiences I was a media producer/photographer /journalist and teacher

SUN: What contemporary film soundtrack composers do you most admire?

K W : Danny Elfman, Franz Waxman, Bernard Herrmann

SUN: The physical medium of film is disappearing, yet classic movie labels like Criterion, Kino and Milestone continue to restore and release once-forgotten films Is this an exciting or sad time for film buffs?

K.W.: Exciting! There is so much more access to older films than there ever was Following the end of the silent era, these films were forgotten (and destroyed) When VHS came out, the films began to be known again Now that we have really good restorations on Blu-ray and even DVD, it’s possible to watch many of the great films from the silent era

SUN: Why should we still watch silent movies?

K W : You shouldn’t Only I should have the pleasure of knowing Silent Films

Zachar y Zahos is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at arts-and-entertainmenteditor@cornellsun com

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You came at the right time,” another guest said to me, as I looked up, bleary-eyed, from the coffee dispenser (my inconspicuous lifeline at that San Francisco hostel) The Giants had swept the World Series, and fans were expected to pack the streets for the team ’ s victory parade If you came late you had to climb a tree to get a good view A day later her words proved true, as my friends and I were engulfed by waves of orange and black I felt criminal wearing purple

I was caught in a historic moment, by accident Two of them, to be precise: I was still wandering around San Francisco because my flight back to Ithaca had been cancelled, on account of Hurricane Sandy, the “ super storm ” that has certainly earned its moniker That morning our rental car had been towed away, and we had to navigate our way through the buoyant parade spectators to get our car back

It’s been a long week

There’s a lot I don’t know what to make of Millions

o f h o u s e h o l d s i n Ne w York and New Jersey have lost power and communi-

c a t i o n s e r v i c e s T h e

Democrats’ Reagan I won ’ t venture into further comment, since political enthusiasts of all stripes have been out in full force for weeks But change is in the air (even if it is no longer electric), and plans are already on the drawing board

It was a strange feeling, confronting a steady stream of news reports and comprehending that I was a far-from-detached witness to these events Of course, being stranded in California is hardly a bad thing Mostly I tried, with limited success, to catch up on homework in an overcrowded hostel room With far greater success, since my hostel was a 15-minute trek away from Chinatown, I ate a lot of Chinese food at Zagat-rated establishments (one of these had, plastered prominently by the door, the requisite pictures of the restaurant staff smiling with President Obama)

o n s l a u g h t o f w i n d a n d rain might make over 20,000 New Yorkers homeless Hurricane Sandy has become nearly synonymous with “wake-up call” in recent press How to prepare for the next incarnation of Sandy has dominated conversations for instance, what kind of storm barriers to use, and the extent to which the chosen mitigation measures will suffice

$2 billion in campaign spending later, Barack Obama narrowly ended Mitt Romney’s six-year bid for president Already, commentators are hailing Obama as the

But more importantly, any complaints I had seemed trite in the light of Sandy All I could summon, in response to the chaos on the hostel television screen, were vague feelings or suspiciously contrived platitudes

While waiting at the San Francisco airport, I chanced upon Anthony Lane’s excellent review of Cloud Atlas in The New Yorker Lane observes that there is something “grindingly circular” in a film that has expended such “spectacular” energy to “ connect people across time and space, ” only to

conclude with the startling news that we are all connected ” This left me wondering if it wasn ’ t also “grindingly circular” to explain away a disaster by saying “it was meant to be ” So I was immensely relieved when Kent Annan, writing for The Huffington Post, pointed out the sincere but silly things we say after a disaster Such an act of God naturally compels people to, well, construe it as an act of God But to say that “ at least [the victims] are in a better place now ” is to dismiss suffering, and the value that God placed on this life To say “ we might not understand, but it was part of God’s plan,” is to suggest that the master plan is flawed The common assertion of faith, Annan notes, is that God overcomes evil with good, not that this chaos is a part of a meticulous plan

The events of the past week have also raised another question: when is the right time to be political? I’ve been a little annoyed hearing political strategists discuss how President Barack Obama’s handling of the storm makes him look good hugging New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and having media attention diverted away from jobs and the economy and Mitt Romney bad As Max Taibbi recounts in Rolling Stone: the fearless editorialists of The Wall Street Journal took a swipe at The New York Times for stockpiling “tendentious ideologcal arguments, ” just as people are “stocking up on food, water and batteries ” The Times’ alleged crime? Overtly politiciz-

ing Hurricane Sandy, particularly with the headline A Big Storm Requires Big Government After jostling for Larabar samples during Octoberfest at Harvard Square over fall break, I drifted to a church, before which a large crowd had gathered There, a man in a green kilt was juggling knives while riding a tall unicycle Now this feat was arresting But I was distracted A small group had stumbled out of the church, dazed by the raucous spectators Upon seeing the crowd, one quick-thinking Elizabeth Warren supporter held up a senatorial campaign sign, and kept it prominently raised for the duration of the show (I guess the move worked) She was free riding on the street performance, and I felt queasy watching

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And what’s your favorite restaurant?

Moe’s I love Moe’s

Why?

I am a die-hard burrito guy and I love their burritos there Dustin got a chicken quesadilla there a couple months ago so I have kind of converted to those these days Their chipotle ranch sauce there is borderline unbelievable

And it was actually chicken?

[laughs] I think so I love the atmosphere in there, too They have unlimited free chips and salsa that are really good Erik Axell and I have special drink there where we mix diet coke, cherry coke and a real lemon and it’s unbelievable They just have a really great vibe there and I just love going there Kyushu and the Ale House are close seconds, with great food at both those places as well

Do you do Moe’s Mondays?

I like to go to Moe’s whenever There’s no specific day, but I go multiple times a week

7 Do you like any video games?

NHL A bunch of guys on the team are big gamers but we pretty much just have

one game we play at a time Right now we play a lot of NHL, so we’ll play multiple games every night after practice or on weekends when we ’ re not playing real hockey

Everyone’s alright but I’m pretty good at it

How would you say you rank?

I’d probably say that I’m the best on the team I heard that Braden Birch is the best

Braden Birch is not the best That is a false rumor that is being circulated by himself

Dustin said that you rank third

Dustin and Erik both think that they’re really good too, but they’re third and fourth on the team respectively

Have you competed against anyone not on the hockey team?

We’ll play against some of the lacrosse guys, but they’re not quite at our level Some of the squash guys like to play against us as well, but they should probably just start playing against the lax guys

8 What type of movies do you enjoy?

I’m a big crime guy; I love crime movies, especially Blow and The Shawshank Redemption

What about romantic comedies?

[laughs] Nope, I don’t like romantic comedies, well maybe a little bit I may

watch them once in a while but

How about The Notebook? I was told that you watched that a lot over the past few months

I think it’s just a great love story, to be honest It just gets me every time, warms up my heart

9. Do you have any difficulty waking up in the morning?

Yeah, I have lots of trouble In high school my mom used to come in my room and wake me up like three separate times and I would always just say, ‘five minutes please’ and then fall back asleep She’d have to come back into my room repeatedly and eventually would have to get mad at me so I would get out of bed When I got to university, I began to sleep in however late I wanted, and it was kind of awesome I finally figured out halfway through my junior year how to get up I have to put my cell phone, which I use as my alarm, on the other side of the room by my door It’s legitimately the only way I can get to class on time, because it forces me to get out of my bed Otherwise I honestly think I could sleep forever

Have you ever had any of the other guys try to wake you up?

Erik wakes me up whenever we have a

team event or something to get to in the morning He’ll wake up and bang on my door, yelling ‘Omar, it’s time to get up!’ in a silly voice and he’ll keep yelling in a silly voice at me until I am awake He’s been an awesome friend to me and definitely takes care of me

10. What is your craziest experience at Cornell?

I would say that it was probably being a part of Red Hot Hockey at Madison Square Garden It has been an unbelievable privilege to be a part of those games since I've arrived at Cornell I don't think I'll ever be able to forget looking up in the stands during the national anthem and seeing the building sold out and filled with fans dressed in red everywhere surrounding you, it gives me the shivers just thinking about it Just being in that building is crazy, and when you see the Cup banners and see the jerseys of Ranger Hall of famers and think about all the history that's happened in there you kind of begin to understand how fortunate you are to be a part of those games

Marrero Attributes Inf lux of Strong Players to Team’s Newfound Success

move past the Ivy showing and is mentally and physically prepared to head to Oregon with the hopes of solid team bonding and positive performances in the pool

Non-Conference S chedule P reps

like as a coach that mentality has been built [this season] We have really gone into the water as a single block ” T h e Re d re p re s e n t s Bi n g h a m t o n , C o l g a t e , C o l u m

a , Hamilton, NYU, Rensselear, Syracuse and the Militar y Academy as the New York Division champion, when it heads to Nationals this weekend

“It is a really big step for our program We have really been building towards this We came in my freshman year and we had a few experienced players, but hadn’t been able to put together the type of season to be in contention for a championship Over my four years here, I have noticed improvement as a team, ” Marrero said “Each year, we have gotten an influx of stronger players and just our overall depth is much better than what it was To be in a position now where we haven’t been in 12 years is awesome ”

The team begins the tournament facing off against the Mi s s o u r i Va l l e y Di v i s i o n C h a m p i o n L i n d e n w

d University at 12:30 p m on Nov 9 at Oregon State

In 2010 and 2011, the team lost in the NY Division finals against Columbia putting Cornell in second place at the end of both seasons However, this season was different as the Red defeated the Lions, earning the right to represent New York at the national level

“One of the reasons we were able to beat Columbia was that we kept things simple and didn’t try to get too fancy,” Marrero said

Two weekends ago, the men ’ s team competed for the third time in the Ivy League tournament, which was hosted this year by Yale The Cornell club team matched up with other

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Dartmouth The team returned to the hill with a 1-2 record from the tournament, despite missing two starters and not being used to the narrow Yale pool, which limited offensive opportunities for the Red However, the team was able to take down Yale in that matchup and had some solid plays against Penn in the last game of the tournament for a successful weekend performance overall However, the Red seems ready to

“I am expecting [Nationals] to be a completely different level I am expecting it to be a lot more talent on display [and] a lot more awe-inspiring,” Schlichting said “I am definitely looking forward to seeing some really good water polo ”

Cornell’s women ’ s water polo team also had strong performances last season in the spring Highlights of the season were winning the NY Division and advancing to Nationals as well “[Nationals] was the climax of a four year experience playing water polo at Cornell It was my senior year, my birthday weekend and I was co-captain so it was everything thrown together into an incredible amount of excitement,” said coach Diana Foster ’11 “Especially after junior year getting destroyed by a lot of teams at Nationals it was awesome to come back and see how much we had grown as a team together and be able to win a game ”

In the National run last year, the women defeated Syracuse in the division finals to take home the title for the second consecutive year And in addition to the division title, the Red won a game at Nationals for the first time in the program ’ s history

“It was really amazing There were a lot of new players that even got a chance to play in [the winning game] so that was great, ” said senior Heidi Roush “Our team had a lot of seniors so I think that it was a great experience for them all coming through the program together It was one of the most amazing things that they could have wished for ”

The team heads into the spring with high hopes that the new members of the team can help the Red come out victorious once again

“This year, since we lost a lot of seniors [it] is a huge rebuilding year This semester we have been focusing on making sure that we are really strong on the basics of passing and shooting We have a lot of new girls this year, as compared to the last couple of years, ” Roush said

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“[The scrimmages] were good for us, ” Smith said “We were able to see different players in different positions

With three freshmen on the roster this season, the scrimmages were also a good opportunity to see what the underclassmen have to offer

“[The] young players got some significant minutes and we worked on new things on the offensive and defensive ends,” Smith said

Although the game on Friday will mark the Red’s first road trip this season, Smith is pleased by the close proximity between the schools

“[It’s a] day trip and it’s a nice short drive,” she said “We’re just excited to be able to get started ”

Beyond a win in the first game, Smith’s goal for the season is to be in a competitive position for the Ivy League championship when March rolls around She looks to the Red’s non-conference schedule to help prepare the team to be in that position

“We want to play teams that run We want to play teams that walk the ball up the court We want to play teams that are taller and faster We want to play teams that play zone and press, ” she said “Most importantly, we want to get better every day ”

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Ten Questions Columnist Reena Gilani caught up with men ’ s hockey senior Omar Kanji to discuss his obsession with Moes’ burritos, his secret passion for romantic comedies and his prowess in NHL video games

1 How did you get started with hockey?

Growing up in Toronto, hockey is the biggest sport around and it was always on television I’m a big Toronto Maple Leafs fan and when I was a little guy I remember sitting in the family room and watching them play all the time Because I liked the sport so much, my parents got me lessons to learn how to skate and that eventually led to playing hockey On youth hockey teams back home, e ve r yo n e t a k e s t u r n s p l a y i n g i n n e t throughout the season When my turn came I kind of fell in love with the position and all of the equipment, especially the masks and the big leg pads From t h a t p o i n t o n I k n e w I w a n t e d t o become a goaltender

Were you ever involved in any other sports?

I played competitive soccer growing up my whole life I also played tennis and a little bit of golf But as I got older I decided to take hockey more seriously I continued to play prep school soccer all the way until I graduated high school, but now, I just play hockey

So you said you were from Toronto, but where are you actually from?

Believe it or not, I get this question a

l o t My p a r e n t s a r e a c t u a l l y f r o m

Tanzania, in East Africa

Why don’t the guys on the team believe that?

Based on my appearance they think I’m Indian and won ’ t believe anything

else, but I’m actually, technically speaking, a Canadian African

Going back to the topic of your parents, is it true that your mom acts in movies?

Ye a h , s h e ’ s a c t u a l l y a b i g - t i m e

Bollywood actress that’s starred in a couple of big movies I’m just kidding She works in downtown Toronto and she’s the mother to me and my little brother She’s an unbelievable woman and definitely one of my role models in life

Where did that rumor start?

I’m going to take a stab in the dark here and say that it was a member of my class I can ’ t really be certain but apparently my mother resembles an Indian actress and some of the boys love to joke around about it

2. Can you tell me about the best chicken sandwich of your life?

I guess I should preface this by saying that I can ’ t eat pork in my religion and it i s a s i n So o n e d a y w e w e r e a t

R P C C after practice for dinner and the boys and I were all star ving We all got our food separately and I got a big plate of what I thought was chicken stirfr y We got to the table and we started eating it and I was like, ‘ wow, this chicken ’ s unbelievable’ [senior] Erik Axell, [junior] Dustin Mowrey and [senior] Braden Birch were sitting across from me and they just looked at me, and then broke down and started uncontrollably laughing Like laughing to the point where they couldn’t breathe I had no clue what was going and started to feel really flustered They then all got up and star ted high-fiving each other, going nuts, cheering and pointing at me All I remember hearing was them saying ‘it’s pork!’ And then I had this sinking feeling in my stomach Once the rest of the table figured out what was going on,

their faces lit up with joy and they joined in on the celebration It was just a disaster that night, and I wanted to cr y

Do you accidentally eat pork a lot?

No comment

3 What does it mean to be ‘yoked’?

So I don’t know where it came from, but we have this term that describes how strong a person is or how jacked they look The term for that is called ‘yoked’ If a guy on the team is pretty strong, he’s considered yoked If a guy like [junior] Andy Iles isn’t ver y strong and you see him without his shirt on, you’ll be like ‘oh my god Andy, you ’ re not yoked at all, please mix in a push up and throw a shirt on ’

What is the pinch test? I’m guessing that’s a good indicator of how yoked someone is

You have to pinch under 10 percent body fat on our team and if you don’t meet that you have to do conditioning workouts until you do, and then you can play It’s set so you give yourself the best opportunity to play well

Have you ever failed it?

No, never

4 Why do you only wear a white vneck and a ‘cut’? And what is a ‘cut’?

A ‘ cut ’ is like this North Face vest that I’m wearing right now So the boys and I like Sons of Anarchy on TV and we have this big silly thing going where we pretend we ’ re part of a motorcycle club All of the guys on the show wear their cuts around ever ywhere and never really take them off Dustin likes to think of himself as president of the club, [sophomore] Kevin Cole likes to consider himself as Jax, then Braden, Axe and I are all f o u n d i n g m e m b e r s [ So p h o m o r e ]

Joakim Ryan is currently a prospect and

he looks exactly like Gemma Teller on the show We all go around wearing our cuts around campus and we pretend we ’ re members of the club and we’ll also c h o o s e w h o g e t s t o j o i n t h e c l u b

[Sophomore] Maddy Dias freaks out ever y time we talk about it because he really wants to join but we won ’ t let him

Why won’t you let him?

He just hasn’t displayed the proper attributes that a club member displays

5 I hear that you like to grow out your finger and toenails like an animal would Can you comment on this?

Yeah, I can comment on it I like to usethem as self-defense mechanisms

Do you get into a lot of fights?

[laughs] No, but I guess sometimes I just forget to cut my nails Look at that [shows hand], they’re all cut but I forgot to cut that one nail So Axe and Birchie will check up on my nails all the time and they’ll do length checks and make s u re

Sometimes they do get a little long It’s because I don’t have my mom or dad around reminding me to cut them like I do at home

6 What is your favorite drink?

Diet coke I’m a big diet coke drinker I probably drink two or three diet cokes a day I don’t know why, but I just love diet coke

Ha s n’t a n y o n e e v e r t o l d y o u i t’s unhealthy?

Well I don’t think it’s unhealthy

There are zero calories in there, zero carbs

It can ruin your teeth

I mean yeah, but that’s why they have

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After Strong Showing at Heps, Red Heads to NCAA Regional

By JUAN CARLOS TOLEDO Sun Staff Writer

After strong finishes by both the men ’ s and women ’ s cross country teams at the Heps finals, the Red is headed to Hamonnasset, Conn for the NCAA Northeast Regional meet At this point in the season, coaches are restricted to fielding a squad of only seven runners for the NCAA regional meet

According to women ’ s cross country coach Artie Smith ’96, selecting the team he wanted to field was both easy and difficult

“On the one hand it’s easy, but it’s also tough,” he said “It’s easy because there are certain athletes I know can run well, but it’s tough because we have such a deep team Part of the reason we ’ ve been so good this year is because we ’ ve had great depth ”

Men’s cross country coach Zeb Lang ’03 said that he based his selection on individual performances up to this point

“I selected our team based on performance up to date,” he said “It’s my best seven to date that I’ll be taking to the NCAA Regional championships ”

While he’s happy that his team won the Heps, Smith spoke about how his team ’ s goal was to remain competitive all season, even beyond the Heps

“I would say that with this group, the reason they were successful at the Heps is because they have aspirations of being successful above the Heps,” he said “They’ve had the goal the whole season of being successful at the national level,

S quad Opens Up Against Colgate

The women ’ s basketball team will kick off the 2012-13 season this Friday when the squad travels to Hamilton, New York to battle the Colgate Raiders

Preseason polls suggest that Colgate and Cornell will be at the bottom of their respective

conferences The Raiders are slated to finish seventh of eight in the Patriot league while the Red is predicted to finish sixth of eight in the Ivy League

Cornell head coach Dayna Smith, however, is critical of the preseason polling process

“We’re not really much into polls,” she said “The people who vote don’t really know much about the league ”

Smith claims that after doubling its win total from the 2010-2011 season and returning four starters who combined for over 30 points per game last year, the team is a force to be reckoned with in the Ivy League

Cornell has won five of its last six matchups against Colgate and is currently 17-15 since its first game against the Raiders in 1978 This season, Colgate is led by Jhazmine Lynch, the 200910 Patriot League Rookie of the Year, as well as three sophomores Mariah Jones, Missy Repoli, and Kelly Reid

“[They] match up pretty evenly [with us] as far as height and athleticism,” Smith said “[They are] a tough, scrappy team ”

Cornell’s roster this season includes two Ivy League Honorable Mentions in senior forward

DiMagno Fitzpatrick and DiMagno combined for over 20 points per game last year, and DiMagno led the team in rebounds per game with 7 3

The Red trains year round, conditioning throughout the summer in order to prepare the players both mentally and physically Official practice began October 1 and the squad played two home scrimmages to ready itself for the season

T h e C o r n e l l m e n ’ s w a t e r p o l o team won the New York Division of the C l u b Wa t e r Po l o A s s o c i a t i o n a n d i s headed to Nationals in Oregon this weekend, Nov 9-10, to face off against club teams from all over the country “I am extremely proud of our team Since freshman year, Ty l e r [ Ma r re ro ] , Ma r i o [ Ma r

and I think their focus has been consistent and straightforward all season ”

Lang echoed those sentiments, and went on to describe how his team has performed according to his expectations up to this point in the season, a team he characterizes as being ver y resilient

“These guys have exceeded my expectations,” he said “Every time we ’ ve had adversity or a bump in the road, they’ve responded We’ve had younger guys step to the forefront and raise their game to another level ”

As one of the top teams in the Northeast Region, the women ’ s team is expected to fare we l l

Northeast Smith feels that his team doesn’t have to do anything out of the ordinar y to compete well

“They don’t need to do anything different or anything special,” he said “If they continue to put in the effort and be competitive, they’ll be doing what they need to do ”

While the men ’ s team is not as highly regarded as the women are, Lang is still very optimistic about his team ’ s potential

“I’m very optimistic,” he said “We’re currently ranked 6th in the Northeast after the conference meet We’re hoping to compete as well as we can against the teams in the Northeast ” According to Lang, anything can happen

“Who knows, we may have a surprise,” he said

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