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In 2012, 3,000 more people went to local soup kitchen Loaves & Fishes than they did in the year before. Kitchen organizers thanked the community for its support. | Page 3
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pension, according to Aditya Ramesh ’14, an Acacia brother. and MANU RATHORE “None of the allegations against us were for Sun Senior Writer hazing. We don’t want people to get the wrong impression. I am not sure [about the reason for the The Acacia, Pi Kappa Phi and Tau Epsilon Phi suspension],” he said. “We are scheduled to meet [Travis Apgar, associate fraternities have been placed on interim suspen- “None of the allegations against dean of students] tomorrow and that will clear up sion after the University us were for hazing.” things.” received reports alleging Aditya Ramesh ’14 University administrathat “dangerous behavior” tors were not available for — including hazing and high-risk drinking — occurred at the chapters, comment Thursday evening. The allegations came through reports from Cornell said Thursday. In an interview Thursday, Chris Sanders ’13, Cornell Police and individuals using Cornell’s hazpresident of the Interfraternity Council, clarified ing website, which allows students to report hazing that there were no hazing allegations against incidents online. Students can also submit reports Acacia or Pi Kappa Phi. See SUSPENSION page 4 Acacia was uncertain of the reason for its susBY AKANE OTANI
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After seeing two consecutive years of double-digit growth, Cornell’s endowment return took a nosedive in the 2011-12 fiscal year, just breaking even with a 0.14 percent gain, the University reported Wednesday. Citing economic volatility, the University said that, as of June 30, the value of its endowment had dipped from $5.35 billion in fiscal year 2010-11 to $5.23 billion in 2011-12. The endowment shrunk because the University spent more of it than it earned from investments and philanthropic gifts over the same period. The results dealt a blow to the University’s hopes that its endowment was climbing back up to its
pre-recession high of $5.8 billion. Cornell, however, was not the only school to see a steep fall in its endowment returns over the last fiscal year. Nationwide, colleges reported, on average, a negative 0.3 percent return in their endowment in the 2011-12 fiscal year — a drop from a 19.2 percent return in the 2010-11 fiscal year, according to preliminary data released by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. The University’s modest gain in 2012 will cut a slice out of the revenues Cornell typically earns from the endowment. According to the University, payouts from the endowment represent about 11 percent of Cornell’s total annual
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Accident | A worker at the construction site for Gates Hall was hospitalized Thursday but alert and conscious, according to police. The worker reportedly fell four stories.
Melinda Gates Hall –– fell from one of the upper levels of the site, according to Joe Schwartz, public information officer for the University. Eckert, 43, was climbing a ladder to access a higher level of the construction site when the bottom of the ladder “kicked out” and collapsed from underneath him, according to Schwartz. Eckert then fell, landing on a concrete surface. Eckert was conscious at the scene, according to Schwartz. “Police said he was alert … and talking to them,” Schwartz said. Eckert was transported to the State University of New York Upstate
Medical Center in Syracuse, N.Y. for treatment. Schwartz did not have information about Eckert’s condition. Schwartz said that, after the accident, police closed traffic for about 30 minutes on Hoy Road, where the construction of Gates Hall –– a $60 million building for the Department of Computing and Information Sciences –– is ongoing. Construction was halted for about an hour while Eckert was removed from the scene and placed in an ambulance, Schwartz said. Kerry Close can be reached at kclose@cornellsun.com.
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News, “Cornell Reacts to President Obama’s Victory,” Wednesday Speaking about the significance of President Barack Obama being reelected “It means that all things are possible for us, if someone can look up to [Obama] to emulate not only his tradition as president, but also his academic success and career success. We can all emulate him — black, white, anyone. He’s not just a role model for black people.” Shannon Cohall ’14, Ujamaa resident
Campus Energy Resources Roundtable 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., B10 Sage Hall Internationalism Made Easy 1:45 - 3 p.m., 336 Plant Science Building Moosewood Tasting and Book Signing Noon - 2 p.m., The Cornell Store Veterans Day Ceremony 5:30 - 6:15 p.m., Sage Chapel After Hours for Students Only 9 p.m. - 1 a.m., Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
News, “Students to Cornell: Late-Night Van Service Should Be Year-Round” Speaking about the need for the University to expand its Blue Light User Extension shuttle program “The urgency and the need for a shuttle immediately, and the desire to create a petition, arose from the diminishing sense of safety that many students were feeling on campus as a result of the increased crime alerts being sent out to the community.” Ashley Harrington ’13, advisory board member of the Women’s Resource Center
Tomorrow C.U. Swimming v.s. Harvard, Dartmouth 9:30 p.m, Teagle Hall Linguistics Department Open House 10 a.m. - Noon, 107 Morill Hall C.U. Men’s Basketball v.s. Western Michigan Noon, Newman Arena
Sports, “Ten Questions With Omar Kanji” Speaking about the varsity men’s hockey team’s “pinch test” “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.” Omar Kanji ’13
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Lending a hand | Community members help prepare food in the kitchen of Loaves & Fishes, a non-profit organization that serves free meals to people.
In 2012,Thousands More Seek Free Meals at Ithaca Soup Kitchen By KRITIKA OBEROI Sun Staff Writer
Echoing Culver’s sentiments, Ron Poley, advocacy coordinator at Loaves & Fishes, said he thinks the increase in people requesting meals is a “sign of the times.” Aloja Airewele, who works with Loaves & Fishes, said that the economic downturn has also hurt seniors who are on a fixed income. Many elderly people now come to Loaves & Fishes and other food pantries for their meals, he said. Others are being forced to hold multiple jobs while leaving their children in child care facilities, adding to their stress.
butions from the Ithaca community have helped Loaves & Fishes cope with the rise in food prices and demand for the organization’s services. He commended the community for its “effusive response” to the organization’s call for help. The organization is largely volunteer-driven, with 20 to 30 people working daily in the kitchen and 10 advocates helping individual guests with tasks like finding housing or employment. “It’s very common for us to help our guests obtain public assistance,” Culver said. Loaves & Fishes also provides limited emergency funds, meal coupons and basic nonperishable foods in crisis situations. To many, though, Loaves & Fishes is more than just a charity. Long time volunteer, Buck Johnson, said that “it’s not just a typical soup kitchen.” He added that Loaves & Fishes is “a community where anybody can come and eat and [get] away from the stigma.” The kitchen is also a “safe house” where people can come to find solace and company, Poley said. For those who are lonely, Loaves & Fishes can also become what Aloja described as an “asylum.” “A lot of our guests are completely alone ... Loaves & Fishes becomes their community, and when they need help, they turn to us,” Culver said. “Even if someone doesn’t actually need a free meal, we still want [them] to come.”
The demand for free meals at a non-profit soup kitchen in Ithaca has surged in the last year, according to representatives of the organization. Now in its 29th year, Loaves & Fishes provides free meals and more to those in need without discrimination, according to its mission statement. The organization seeks to meet the needs of homeless, unemployed and underemployed Ithacans. In part because of the economic downturn, Loaves & Fishes saw 3,000 more people visit their Cayuga Street location for free “A lot of our guests are meals this year than in completely alone ... Loaves & 2011, representatives of Fishes becomes their the organization said. More than 37,000 community, and when they meals were served by need help, they turn to us.” Loaves & Fishes during the last year, according to Christina Culver Rev. Christina Culver, executive director of Loaves & Fishes. The number “The pantries empty out of people seeking free meals much [more] quickly and you from the organization has can see the long lines of peocontinued to increase since ple coming for lunch,” he 2010 and “represents a huge said. jump” relative to past years, Many staff members Culver said. stressed that the rising “It has arguably the busiest demand for Loaves & Fishes’ kitchen in Ithaca,” said services does not look like it Woonsung Kang, a local vol- will stop growing anytime unteer. soon. Culver said the increase in “There’s a tremendous meal requests is partly a result need, and that doesn’t seem to of unemployment and cuts in be going away,” Culver said. the budgets of social service In response to the increase agencies in the City of Ithaca, in demand for its services, which she said have caused Loaves & Fishes has been some residents’ economic working to keep the commuconditions to worsen. nity informed about the ser“People are just having a vices it offers, Airewele said. hard time finding jobs, and The non-profit, however, there’s a fair amount of people is facing the “ongoing chalwho have physical or mental lenge” of keeping up with the health challenges which make rise in food prices, Culver it difficult for them to hold a said. Kritika Oberoi can be reached at steady job,” she said. Airewele said that contri- ko273@cornell.edu. After a brutal campaign cycle that included malarkey from all parties, Barack Obama was reelected president Tuesday. How did you react to the news of Obama’s victory? “I opened a spa next to Fox News’
The Cornell Outing Club was evicted Thursday from Japes Lodge because of unsafe roofing conditions, leaving the group and its thousands of dollars of gear without a home, according to its organizers. The club, a student-run group that helps set up outdoor activities for people, had occupied the lodge on North Campus since 1958, according to Brendan Brown ’15, president of the club. The University told the club via email early September that they would need to leave the lodge by Nov. 15, before the snow season begins, according to club leaders. Club members are currently looking for locations to store all of their gear, which Brown valued at “tens of thousands” of dollars. He also said the club has contacted various student organizations and an exhaustive list of University building managers in an attempt to find space for the club’s gear. Jim Gibbs, director of maintenance management for the University, said he “is concerned about the structural capacity of the roof” and whether or not it will be able to withstand the weight of the snow this winter. He also cited other issues, such as foundation walls leaking, as reasons for the University forcing the club to move out of the lodge. Brown said that, while he knew the 90-year-old building had problems, he did not realize that the club would have to be evicted until he received the email. “We knew there was going to be work, but we didn’t understand the extent [of the damages],” he said. Although the University has not fully assessed the costs to repair the building, Gibbs said that he is certain the necessary repairs will not fall within the University’s budget. Currently, there are no plans to repair the building’s roof. “I don’t think that this lodge will ever be used again,” Brown said. Several groups and people around the University have expressed their support for the Cornell Outing Club and tried to help it find a new home.
Susan Murphy ’73, Ph.D ’94, vice president for student and academic services, recently signed a request from the COC to help the club find space for their gear, according to Brown. In addition, on Oct. 18, the Student Assembly unanimously passed a resolution urging the University to allocate a new space for the club. According to Roneal Desai ’13, vice president of finance for the S.A., the resolution was “a call to action for the SAFC to act in some way.” If the COC is unable to get all of their gear out of Japes prior to the deadline, it is unlikely that the organization would be let back in. On Thursday, the locks to the building will be changed, and, according to Brown, facilities management will be very reluctant to reopen the doors. In spite of the obstacles, both the University and the COC are working hard to find a new home for the club. There are currently no permanent storage solutions for the club. The club is splitting up its gear and storing it in various locations around campus, according to Mary Kate Connelly ’15, secretary of the club. “We’re really hoping the splitting up of our gear doesn’t prove to be a detriment to the function of the outing club,” Connelly said. Both Brown and Connelly described the club’s location on Beebe Lake as “vital.” Part of the Outing Club’s goals are to promote the use of the lake, rather than the gorges, for recreational activities, according to Brown. That goal echoes that of the University’s gorge safety steering group, which, in a report, recommended that the University promote the recreational use of Japes Lodge and the surrounding area to draw people away from the gorges. But as of now, there are currently no official plans to redevelop the area, according to Gibbs. Brown said he hopes that the Outing Club can earmark the space so that any future plans for the area can involve the club. Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun.com.
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Eviction day | The Cornell Outing Club moved its gear out of Japes Lodge, pictured above, Thursday after being asked by the University to vacate the building.
headquarters.” — The Opportunist ’15 “Obama won? Again? I’ve been playing Halo 4 for three days straight ... ” — The Gamer ’13
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anonymously, although the website states that “officials may find it difficult to complete their investigation without knowing the source of the report.” The allegations came through reports from Cornell Police and individuals using Cornell’s hazing website, which allows students to report hazing incidents online. Students can also submit reports anonymously, although the website states that “officials may find it difficult to complete their investigation without knowing the source of the report.” As the alleged incidents are investigated, all chapter activities will be suspended, according to the University. The investigation may include the Office of Fraternities, Sororities and Independent Living; the Office of the Judicial Administrator; Cornell Police; and the Ithaca Police Department. In a press release Thursday, Susan Murphy ’73 Ph.D. ’94, vice president for student and academic services, said that the University must take action to prevent behavior that endangers community
members. “The University has no tolerance for behavior that places the health of any member of the Cornell community at risk,” Murphy said. “We also must address organizations that repeatedly disregard the rules and expectations. It is the University's responsibility to hold the organizations accountable for such actions when they do not hold themselves accountable.” Student leaders in the Interfraternity Council backed the University’s decision to suspend the chapters, the University said. “This behavior will not be tolerated if we expect to sustain our system. It is in our best interest to take immediate and appropriate action on both an administrative and student level,” Sanders said in a press release. “Our overarching goal is transparency as we continue with the judicial process. From here on out, the IFC Executive Board will move forward with an unprecedented level of openness to reinforce the fact that individual chapters’ actions have implications for the entire council.” The Sun’s news department can be reached at news@cornellsun.com.
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spent the last week living in Catherwood Library. I’m not bragging, I’m not trying to get your sympathy, and I certainly don’t want to compare library horror stories. The chances are that you would beat me, especially if you are an engineer like many of my friends. But this isn’t about studying, this is about you. These are gloomy times on the Cornell campus, sandwiched between prelims, papers and the distant Thanksgiving holiday. The
people who hate your guts. Others might just not appreciate how unique you are. These people might make you feel like you are not good enough, but that cannot be further from the truth. A wise man (my grandfather) once told me that if everyone likes you, then you are doing something wrong. You are sacrificing what makes you special in favor of being accepted by the masses. I believe that if everyone likes you, then no one can love you. A friend recently told me that,
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weather certainly doesn’t help either. Walking around campus, I feel the gloom in the air surrounding everyone. In the past week, I have had more philosophical conversations with both friends and strangers than I could have imagined, and they all come back to the same sense of uncertainty. First it is about school and classes, then about social issues and finally about our own selves. I can’t do anything about your classes, nor would you want my help, but I might be able to brighten your day a little bit. Remember just this one thing: You are loved. People in this world genuinely love you because of who you are. They love everything that makes you unique, whether it is your outspoken personality, your crooked smile, your body structure, the color of your hair, your nerdy jokes or whatever you are self conscious about. These are your true friends who accept everything about you, both the good and not as good, but still love you. These people know you the best and they STILL accept you. Sure, you might drive them crazy every once in awhile, but you always make up and continue being friends. At the end of the day, if I asked your friends to describe you, I would probably hear something like “kind, loving, caring, smart, fun, understanding, intuitive,” and many more adjectives than I can name. These people know how great you really are. I will not lie to you, there will be
“Those who mind don’t matter and those that matter don’t mind.” Some people attribute a variation of this quote to Dr. Seuss, others to one of FDR’s advisors. Either way, I don’t think I have ever heard anything more accurate. Worrying about those who dislike you is a waste of time. Rather, focus your energy on building the friendships and relationships you already have. Your friends have every reason to dislike your annoying habits, yet they love you more than you know. Who else is there to hold your hair back or give you a hug on a bad day? Who is willing to come over late at night to help you finish your project? Who can you always count on to lend you a dollar for some chips? Your friends. And they would not be there if they did not love you. If my thoughts meant anything to you, call up an important girl in your life right now and tell her that you love her. Then call up an important boy in your life and tell him that you love him. You might want to call your parents as well. Please don’t send texts. The next time that you see a friend, express your love and let him or her know how great he or she is. You are in fact loved; remind others that they are loved as well!
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CORRECTION A news story Thursday, “After Obama’s Victory, Profs Debate Future of America,” incorrectly quoted Prof. Richard Booth, city and regional planning, as saying Booth predicted an unsuccessful second term for Obama marked by policy failures. In fact, he did not say this. Due to an editing error, a news story Thursday, “Petition: Van Service Must Be Year Round,” incorrectly referred to the Women’s Resource Center as the Women’s Research Center. The headline of a news story Wednesday, “At Least Five C.U. Alumni Win Congressional Races,” was incorrect. In fact, only four Cornell alumni won congressional races.
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n the spring, I mentioned that fall of second year is rumored to be one of the hardest parts of vet school (at least in terms of the non-clinical portion). I haven’t written much about it yet because it isn’t really something that people have polarizing opinions about. The block of classes that we’re currently in, known as “Block IV” and entitled “Host, Agent, and Defense” is generally accepted to be hard because there’s a lot of material to memorize and very little time to do it in. I’ve never had to study this much in my life (everytime I talk to my mom on the phone, she asks if I have a test tomorrow ...) and I still don’t study the “recommended amount,” which is four hours every weekday night and eight hours every day on the weekend — the school day itself is from around 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. All of this being said, I don’t actually have any complaints (besides the whiney ones) because I don’t think that there is a lot that could be done to change the system itself, and here’s why. Block IV encompasses microbiology, mycology, virology and immunology. We also take parasitology at the same time, which isn’t technically a part of Block IV but most of the time feels like it is. The point of the course is to learn about all of the pathogens that could potentially infect a host and how the host defends itself against it. For example, we would learn what bacteria causes tetanus, how it causes the disease, what species it infects, how the animals respond to the disease and how to treat it. Multiply that by over 200 different pathogens and counting (okay, I’m actually not counting … that would be overwhelming) and you’ve got the gist of Block IV. The fact of the matter is, we need to learn all of these and we need to learn them at this point in our careers. We know enough to be able to understand how everything works, and even if we don’t retain everything, being at least aware of all of the different pathogens by the time we reach our clinical years is crucial. So it all boils down to what kind of learner you are, which we’re expected to know about ourselves by now. Personally, I remember words on pages (more if I’ve written them, but also when I’ve just read them sev-
eral times) but don’t get a lot out of listening to things. I go to lecture anyways because I feel guilty not going and, sometimes, they tell us little tricks to help us remember things. The only way I’ve ever learned things like this without just sitting down and memorizing them is when I see cases in real life. If I were to see a horse with tetanus when I learned about it, I would probably be able to tell you almost everything relevant about it a year from now. It generally has to be a real case though — a living animal with a personal story — so just pictures usually aren’t helpful. Ironically, the one way Block IV tries to let us experience working with the diseases ourselves is in tutor group, and this is the one thing that I would modify about the course. It’s generally useful for immunology, but immunology is also the easiest to study on its own because it’s a lot more understanding than memorizing. In tutor group (which takes up to around six hours over the course of the week), we’re presented with a case and try to figure out the pathogen. In doing so, we’ll talk about all of the possible differential diagnoses and go into detail about, at most, three to four of them. When we’re learning 30 different pathogens a week, three or four doesn’t really make a big dent. I think that tutor group would be more useful as a group that met maybe once a week to go through differential lists for certain symptoms and not bother about going into all of the detail (because there isn’t enough time) or dealing with the management / testing procedures that come along with a case (because a lot of these seem to be common sense). However, just because I don’t think tutor group is dramatically helpful in the whole scheme of things doesn’t mean that everyone else feels the same
way. People who study best in groups and by talking about things out loud probably love tutor group, and you can’t ask the curriculum to please everyone all at once. Also, even if I’m skeptical about the value of tutor group to my learning, I do still like the tutor group experience — it’s a nice change of pace to interact with people instead of sitting in a lecture hall. Block IV also has a lab component where we learn the
Nikhita Parandekar Hoof in Mouth practical aspects of pathogens — basically what happens to our samples in the real world when we send them away to a lab to get tested. I think most of us have done a lot of the things already in our undergraduate microbiology classes, but it’s fun to be able to handle some of the diseases that we learn about, it doesn’t usually take a lot of time and helps to solidify some type of concept / disease process / pathogen along the way. So that’s Block IV. Hard? Yes, in terms of volume. Evil? Sometimes. Interesting? Intellectually, yes. Block IV is all about finding a way to stick a lot of material into your brain at least semi-permanently, but it’s not an impossible task. Talk to me before the final though, and I’ll probably take that back. Nikhita Parandekar graduated from Cornell in 2011 and is a second-year veterinary student in the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine. She may be reached at nparandekar@cornellsun.com. Hoof in Mouth appears alternate Fridays this semester.
One Small Gene Mutation Leads To One Giant Leap for Alzheimer’s Research A
s the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, Alzheimer’s affects approximately five million adults and is estimated to cost the country $200 billion this year in terms of direct medical fees and other costs associated with caregivers and therapies. Since the first records of the disease by Alois Alzheimer in 1906, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has become increasingly prevalent in our worldwide population, and sci-
decline, an inevitable symptom of AD. The mechanism of protein accumulation is important to understand for researchers to determine the cause of buildup. Beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaque fragments are a result of a cleavage reaction of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), a membrane protein that is found in neuronal synapses. Through posttranslational modifications, APP can be separated into many different sections based on
Debbie Tseng What’s Up, Doc? entists have been struggling for decades in efforts to figure out the causation of the disease and, most importantly, how to treat it. Having worked in laboratories that dedicate their work to studying neurodegenerative diseases, I’ve realized that there is an immense amount of technology, effort and time that has been put into finding just one more small piece to this puzzle — even a breakthrough in discovering the involvement of a protein in a disease, or how a specific mutation can contribute to its exacerbation, is an encouragement in the scientific field. There are two essential cortical biomarkers of AD — plaques, which are formed of beta-amyloid protein deposits, and tangles, comprised of the tau protein that builds up inside of cells. Current therapies have been targeting the aggregation of these proteins in hopes of detangling the deposits, as plaques and tangles contribute to massive cell and nerve death that lead to rapid cognitive
proteases and their specific cleavage sites (Fig. 1). Normally, the α-secretase protease cleaves APP in the non-amyloidogenic pathway and the protein is rendered functional for other cellular tasks. However, when βsecretase comes across APP and severs the protein at another site, it leaves open the sequence correlated to γ-secretase, the third enzyme that can come in and cleave APP. The result of these two cleavages is Aβ. Concerted efforts have been made to block the β- and γ-secretase cleavage sites, and pharmaceutical companies are currently testing drugs for their efficacy in slowing down the rate of AD progression. However, researchers have questioned this direction, citing that these trials have been inconclusive or failed to control Aβ formation. What is particularly fascinating about this pathway is that perhaps our genetics unknowingly held part of the answer all along. In a recent finding published in Nature by a research team from DeCode
Genetics based in Iceland, a rare gene mutation on APP was found to be protective against AD. This is the first mutation of its kind to be neuroprotective, as many other mutations of APP have exacerbated the AD phenotype. Whole genome sequencing of approximately 1800 Icelanders resulted in the discovery of this variant and researchers proved that it decreased the formation of Aβ and protein aggregation by 40 percent. The single point mutation was present in slightly less than one percent of the Icelanders and statistical analysis shows that carriers of the variant were about twice as likely to reach the age of 85 than non-carriers. In addition, cognitive function of carriers in the age range of Figure 1. The Proteolysis of APP. Frank M. LaFerla. 80-100 was vastly improved Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 862-872 (November 2002) in comparison to their counterparts. As exciting as this finding is, we must needed for a therapeutic benefit. There will always be caveats and excepkeep in mind that only a small subset of Icelanders carries the protective variant and tions to any scientific discovery, but the that the study should be extended to other overall enthusiasm for this new insight has populations for a broader analysis. Whole been greatly encouraging to the research genome sequencing is also a relatively expen- community. With the increase of resources, sive effort that is not just a simple blood test technology and dedication to biomedical at the doctor’s office, and you would need to research in the past decade, I am positive conduct a specific test at a laboratory or that we will be able to step forward in our genetics company to tell if you have the advancements to understand and develop mutation. Another interesting fact is that therapies for those affected by neurodegencarriers of the gene mutation also reap its erative diseases. protective advantages — though this scientific discovery has proven that researchers are on the right track for targeting APP and pre- Debbie Tseng is a second year Ph.D. candidate at Weill venting Aβ formation in gene therapies, per- Cornell Medical College. She may be reached at haps preventing APP cleavage entirely is dgt2001@med.cornell.edu. What’s Up, Doc? appears unnecessary and only a partial reduction is alternate Fridays this semester.
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flight. There is an ostensible realism to the crash — the erratic descent takes agonizingly long and handheld cameras zoom in on panicked passengers and dolly backwards through The trailer for Robert Zemeckis’ new film Flight is about the aisle. Memorable though this sequence perfect, so, naturally, it is a total lie. The two and a half minute may be, the rest of the film stays grounded. A spot promises sex, courtroom drama, a screen-filling John fridge stocked with liquor replaces a plummetGoodman and an upside down 747 skimming just meters off ing fuselage as our object of fear. Given that he drank liters of liquor not only the ground, all jacked to The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter,” the omnipresent movie rock song, if there is any. the night before but during the fateful flight Flight has all these moments, yes, but the spectacle is a Trojan itself, Whip has a nagging feeling that he may be a bit responsible. His only scars are a cut over the horse for an unabashed, male-centered melodrama. “Melodrama” is considered a pejorative term today, which eye and a limp leg, while his religious co-pilot is fair. It has become secondhand for “manipulative” and (Brian Geraghty) will likely never walk again. “exaggerated,” adjectives that can describe even the classics Silently repentant, Whip retreats to his family’s from the genre’s heyday in the 1950s. Hawkeyed critics like lake house and dumps all of his booze into the Dave Kehr praise them for their subtle contradictions in mise- sink. Even in a brisk montage, it takes a couple en-scene (props, scenery, lighting). Take Douglas Sirk’s of minutes to dispose it all. With the stress of Imitation of Life: As a neglected black mother dies in her bed, investigations, guilt of lives lost and long-standa dated photo of her shamed, light-skinned daughter leans on ing family issues flaring up, Whip retreats back her night table, beaming into space. Sirk is in on the joke, and to the bottle, his tonic and poison. While Flight may not always be subtle, hopes you are, too. The best melodramas are both sappy and ironic — it just takes effort to notice the latter’s undertones in Denzel channels the flabby screenplay with remarkable control. Whip lies to everyone, the midst of all the crying, shouting, etc. So, in 2012, we have Flight. Save for its digital cinematog- including himself, without pause, and it’s in his COURTESY OF raphy and black leading man, this film could have been made eyes where his subconscious betrays him. His PARAMOUNT gaze lingers too long, PICTURES over half a century with glints of the unacago. You can say it has Flight knowledged struggle ragand point to Billy Directed by Robert Zemeckis ing inside. Denzel works on another Wilder’s The Lost level here, slipping into his character’s Weekend. Both study Featuring Denzel Washington mental state to the degree that I think the physical, mental our CIA should pull a Team America and and familial consequences of alcoholism and do so with a heavy hand. Your recruit him as a spy. Expect to see his name on the shortlist for enjoyment (or at least appreciation) of the film balances on next year’s Academy Awards. Don Cheadle and Bruce Greenwood (sporting a Sully whether or not you recognize that hand and its duplicity. Put simply, Flight veers into histrionics here and there, like when Sullenberger stache) flank Whip as a criminal lawyer and airairline pilot Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington) stumbles line union rep, respectively. Cheadle either rolls his eyes at a around his lake house with an inordinate number of empty passive aggressive simmer or lets loose at a raging boil, making vodka and beer bottles strewn about. Our gut may force a for an unusually predictable performance. Greenwood’s charlaugh, but are we deriding the performance or the emasculat- acter is all about staying cool, which he does until he can no ing effects of substance abuse? Oh, the drama of melodrama! longer tolerate the self-destructive actions of his old friend, As tempting as all this social commentary may be, you may Whip. A jolly John Goodman also joins the cast as Harling notice I am dancing around the fundamental question of a Mays, Whip’s drug dealer and body man. The film steps into review: Is it good? Time for a diplomatic answer: It depends. a moral quandary when, as Whip lies on the bathroom floor The macho thriller promised by the trailer is sidelined for an blacked out from boozing the night before, Harling saves the effective domestic drama. Married adults with families will day by administering him a few lines of coke. The scene is connect; teenagers and unchained college students, not so played for laughs and, for all the hidden meanings in melomuch. Flight features a masterful opening crash sequence, dramas, I see no acquitting explanation here. The female characters in Flight, as Julia Moser ’15 vented where pilot Whip saves nearly all of the passengers aboard his
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on The Sun’s video review online, are static and borderline exploitative. The opening minutes cut from the critical plane crash to the misadventures of Nicole (Kelly Reilly), a drug addict. She visits a porno set to score some merchandise from her dealer, who pressures her to “act” with him. She does not (*spoiler*), but it’s an unnecessary set piece in which to introduce the female lead. As it turns out, Nicole isn’t even a lead, or at least not provided any insightful lines or actions. Her lengthy introduction ruptures the suspense of the opening, and for no thematic benefit. With just Denzel under the spotlight, Flight builds to a satisfying close, despite how predictable it may be. Denzel and Zemeckis endow Flight with all its memorable qualities — they manipulate the typical melodramatic tropes to contemplate sin, mortality and redemption. John Gatins’ screenplay does not seem to bother with women, and the two hour, 20 minute runtime will prove painful for those expecting another plane crash. Why anyone would hope to see another plane crash beats me; the title’s a metaphor, get over it. Zachary Zahos is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com.
Broken Cameras and Steady Hearts There are few things more important than our families and our homes. But what would we do if our loved ones, our houses and our livelihoods were threatened? Five Broken Cameras, directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, depicts a community’s struggle to hold on to the little they have and the fierce love and loyalty that leads to sacrifice and, ultimately, victory. Emad Burnat, a Palestinian farmer, was one of many people whose life drastically changed after the Second Intifada in 2000, a Palestinian uprising against the Israelis that led to the death of nearly 1,100 Israelis and 5,500 Palestinians, according to B’Tselem, an Israeli non-governmental organization. This violence led to an upswing in conservative Israeli sentiment and contributed to Ariel Sharon’s election in February 2001. The campaign of suicide bombings that followed led to the building of what the Israelis call the “separation fence” in 2002. It is amid this political turmoil that Burnat’s fourth and last son, Gibreel, is born. A present to Burnat on Gibreel’s birth is a camera, which first functions as a tool to preserve his son’s childhood. But it quickly becomes a powerful political tool when Bil’in, the village where the Burnats reside, learns that the separation fence will
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cut their vineyards in half, the vineyards that not only constitute the community’s livelihood, but also serve to bring the community together. And so Bil’in’s struggles begin. The first peaceful protest near the wall ends quickly, as Israeli soldiers throw grenades filled with tear gas at men, women and children who have no weapons of their own. One of Burnat’s brothers is jailed and many are injured. It is important to note that the protesters never resort to violence; while it is difficult not to hear the anger and grief in their voices as they chant their slogans, not one of the villagers carries a weapon or hurts an Israeli soldier during any point in time. On the other hand, the soldier’s reactions slowly become more and more horrifying, as they move from tear gas Cornell to rubber buland from Cinema lets rubber bullets to live ammunition that takes the lives of three protesters, including an 11-year-old boy, in the neighboring town of Nil’in. The soldiers make midnight raids, rousing many of the non-violent protesters from their beds and escorting them to prison. The imprisonments happen intermittently, so as to give
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the villagers as much fear as possible; no one knows whether the next person taken will be a friend or a family member. At one point, Burnat himself is taken in. When we see him a month later, he is not the same man; he becomes thin, his face hollowed and his eyes bloodshot from exhaustion, his posture utterly defeated. And yet, when he is released, he again takes up his camera. Perhaps one would cynically expect such atrocious and inhumane behavior from soldiers, but the truly disconcerting parts of the film were the scenes which depicted violence between the settlers and the villagers. While, technically, settlers are not allowed to build houses outside the land designated for Israeli citizens, many settlers establish trailer homes on Palestinian land, trailers that are eventually turned into permanent residences considered illegal by Israeli and international law. When the villagers organize a sit-in on the site where a new trailer is to be situated, the settler responds by punching one of the protesters in the face. When the villager does not strike back, he hits him again and again until the villager is lying on the ground, his face covered in blood, sobbing in pain. Images like those are difficult to forget, but the most provocative part of the movie was the effect of this violence on the children, particularly Gibreel. Burnat’s subtlety renders these scenes with his son much
more powerful and touching. The simplicity of the language of the movie allows the audience the space it needs to emotionally react with the film. When Burnat films some of Gibreel’s first words, he does not intrude with direct political commentary; and yet, one cannot help but feel sad at the idea that any toddler’s vocabulary should consist of the words “the wall,” “cartridge” or “army.” Gibreel’s innocent questions when his friend is killed are painfully poignant. When he asks his father, “Why did they kill my Phil?” Burnat cannot provide an answer, precisely because there is no logical answer as to why an armed soldier should murder a peaceful protester. However, one cannot leave Five Broken Cameras without feeling somewhat hopeful. In the end, the separation fence is removed. Yes, many of the olive trees have been burned by the settlers and will have to be replanted. Yes, Burnat has been incarcerated, shot at and lost one of his closest friends. Yes, Gibreel has seen more violence and hatred in his five years than most people see in a lifetime. But he still smiles and laughs. The family still celebrates his birthday. And most importantly, his father is well and alive and still filming. Lubabah Chowdhury is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at lrc57@cornell.edu.
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s you might have heard, a few days ago, like a bolt out ter time for his stewardship to end than now. In shifting the reins from Lucas to Disney, however, of the blue, the news that Disney had acquired Lucasfilm for a tidy $4 billion sent shockwaves across the franchise faces a massive potential upheaval in the the world of entertainment. In the entertainment industry, it’s way it produces stories in its so-called Expanded shaping up to be the biggest news of the year, at least in terms Universe, the realm of books, games and comics. of market capitalization. The corporate bigwigs, and indeed Hitherto, the Star Wars universe has been one continuGeorge Lucas himself, were exuberant about the development, ous, internally consistent mythopoeia. An internal calling it a necessary and positive next step for the Star Wars agency within Lucasfilm, headed by the so-called Keeper franchise. Part of the deal involved Disney cranking out new of the Holocron, Leland Chee, has worked hard to Star Wars films at the rate of one every few years, starting with ensure that every story in the Star Wars Universe is conthe fabled sequel trilogy, that most elusive of phantoms, the sistent with every other story. Their attention to detail holy grail that fans had simultaneously yearned for and dread- borders on the obsessive: elaborate “retcons,” or revisions ed in equal measure ever since they watched the Ewoks dancing of errant story material, are written by the continuity on Endor. Fans, after the initial open-jawed, catatonic shock at hawks at Lucasfilm and inserted into any in-universe text hearing the news that more movies were coming out, were split. to establish its legitimacy. These retcons often go to great On one hand, some expressed doubt that Disney, with its kid- lengths and employ some pretty twisted logic to work. Stories die-brand reputation, was the right company to shepherd the that are too contradictory to be rehabilitated in this fashion are franchise into its bright new future. Other fans were rapturous relegated to a lower, less legitimate level of validity in the hierat the prospect of Star Wars being wrested from the palsied cre- archy of what constitutes the accepted continuity. This was in the early days of the so-called Expanded Universe ative control of Lucas, who had, in their opinion, ruined the prequels with his inability to write convincing dialogue, and his of the Star Wars galaxy, however, and more recent works are incessant alterations — or desecrations — of the original trilo- planned out in advance and tend to be much more coherent with gy. In between, moderates welcomed the news as a potentially the greater narrative. In this way, the books and games have pretpositive development, but stressed the need for proper steward- ty much staked out a vast swathe of narrative history that stretchship and maintenance of the integrity of the Star Wars mythos. es back tens of thousands of years before the movies, during the time that the mystic power of the Force I belong to this latter camp. I was discovered, to hundreds of years after believe that the Disney acquisition the movies. The approach has its disadis good news for the franchise in vantages; it tends to punctuate the timeterms of seeing new material. The line with “crises of the week” type stories, fact that directors other than Lucas and frankly, gives the universe a tinge of will helm these productions can hopelessness at the cyclical nature of vioonly be a positive development. In lence. On the other hand, this grand, Armchair fact, history has borne this out: long-running experiment in collaborative The best received Star Wars film to Aesthetics storytelling has produced a mythos that is date, The Empire Strikes Back, was much richer, deeper and more variegated directed not by Lucas, but by his mentor and friend, Irvin Kershner. The Star Wars franchise has than the typical science fiction or fantasy franchise. The Disney acquisition threatens this mythopoeia. By takalso shown itself to be resilient to creative outsourcing, with authors and game designers creating hundreds of unique stories ing the franchise in a “bold new direction” and writing three and products for fan consumption, many of which were criti- sequel movies based on original material, there is the very real cally acclaimed. Star Wars was a creation of George Lucas, and chance that Star Wars might be heading the way of Marvel, for that, he deserves the thanks of his fans. But there is no bet- another Disney-owned property: the reboot. If the promised
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episodes VII, VIII and IX are produced, and they do not take place in the current continuity but instead form a separate and distinct one, the one element of Star Wars that has made it such a wonderful creative sandbox will be ruptured. It will create two competing narratives, much like the Marvel universe has several competing narratives. Star Wars has never embraced the hokey concept of alternate universes and time travel in a way the Marvel franchises, or even Star Trek, has. Rumor has it that Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and possibly Carrie Fisher are agreeable to return for the sequels. If true, it would be interesting, and not a little frightening, to see how the movies would develop. Would their appearances evoke the same magic of the originals? Would they become mockeries of the roles they once carried with such youthful aplomb? And most importantly, would they be true to the tapestry of the narrative that the Star Wars mythopoeia has already created? Obsessing over the details of mythopoeia almost reminds me of the lengths to which religious scholars would argue over the canonicity of various components of their respective holy texts. Truly, the desire for a guiding narrative governs our lives; the geek’s protectiveness of his or her chosen mythos and the impulse of the religious in upholding their version of doctrinal orthodoxy, gushes, I believe, much from the same fount. Colin Chan is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be contacted at cchan@cornellsun.com. Armchair Aesthetics appears once a month this semester.
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SPORTS
New Leaders Put to Test Against Western Michigan
According to Asafo-Adjei, the Red looks to play to its strengths, like cashing in on easy buckets. “This year, we’re definitely going to try Despite seeing the graduation of their two top scorers and captains from last year and get more layups in transition,” the point — Chris Wroblewski ’12 and Drew Ferry guard said. “We have guys who can shoot ’12 — the men’s basketball team is poised to the three… but our focus is on getting easy be even better this year and challenge for an buckets and getting out on the break a little Ivy League Championship. The Red plays more this year.” One key newcomer this year will be its season opener against Western Michigan senior forward Errick Peck, who missed the at Newman Arena Saturday at noon. With two familiar faces gone from the entire 2011-2012 season due to an injured bench, the team is hoping to fill the leader- knee. He has worked his way back from the injury and the team is confident that he will ship and production void. “It’s going to be on everybody [to replace play up to the high standard he set as a them],” said senior point guard Miles Asafo- sophomore, when he was the third leading Adjei. “We have six seniors, including scorer on the team (11.0 points per game). "[Peck] was a big loss for us last year. He’s myself, so we have some good leadership in had to work back from a knee injury; it’s place.” “Those two guys provided stuff that you been difficult for him,” Courtney said. can’t really replace,” added head coach Bill “Right now, he’s probably better than when he was a sophomore. He’s gotten Courtney. “Wroblewski’s poise is himself in terrific shape and the biggest thing we’ll miss, but shoots, rebounds and defends we’ll also miss Ferry, Wroblewski Cornell better than when he left.” and [Max] Groebe’s shooting abilPeck echoed Courtney’s sentiity, so we will need guys to fill that ments about his current condivoid.” tioning. The past two years, the Red vs. “I think I’m a better player was a team that revolved around compared to my sophomore year the 3-point shot, but that should from a mental standpoint,” the change this year, with the graduaforward said. “From a physical tion of Cornell’s three top shooters standpoint, every day I feel from last year. The Red plans on speeding the game up and getting Western Michigan stronger and I feel better, but am I 100 percent? Maybe, maybe easier baskets on the break. Today, noon not, but at the end of the day, I’m ‘We’ll be a lot different this Newman Arena going to go out there and let my year; we won’t shoot as many results speak for themselves.” threes, we’ll drive to the basketAnother reason for optimism ball, get fouled and post up more is the depth of the team. Many often,” Courtney said. “You base what you do offensively on your personnel. players have returned from summer showing We were a 3-point shooting team in the last improvements, so Courtney said that he few years, but now we’re more athletic, more expects to be able to use a very deep rotaphysical and a lot quicker. We’ll really try to tion. “The returning players have done a great make the game go faster, get after it defensively…and hopefully towards the end of job improving their skills and bodies in the games, we’ll be able to wear our opponents weight room and through conditioning,” he said. “We will have nobody who plays 35 down.” By ALBERT LIAO
Sun Staff Writer
TINA CHOU / SUN FILE PHOTO
Welcome back | Senior Errick Peck returns to the line-up, after spending last year sidelined by a knee injury.
minutes a game like last year. We’ll really spread playing-time out; guys will be asked to play as hard as they can on the floor and rest on the bench. There’s no resting on the floor — that’s our motto. It will be exciting — in both a bad and a good way at times — but it will definitely be exciting and we’ll have some very, very high-tempo, highoctane games.” The Red’s first test will be Saturday against West Michigan, a very smart team with a formidable frontcourt. “[Western Michigan] is a really solid team; they run a lot of motion-type offense and have several guys who can shoot the basketball.” Courtney said. “They have two inside guys who are very good. Shayne Whittington is a very good low post scorer who can shot jump shots and freshman Darius Paul… is 6-8, athletic and he’ll present us with issues, especially with his offensive rebounds.” Beating Western Michigan will be a tall
order for the Red to fill, as the Broncos will force Cornell to bring its highest level of competition to the court. “[The Broncos] are a smart team who will make you beat them and won’t beat themselves. We’ll have to play at a high level in order to beat them,” Courtney said. “We’re going to make the tempo the way we want it and make it a game that’s high scoring and high possessions.” With the season opener at home this year, Courtney said that he hopes the student body will come and cheer on the team in full force. “I hope everyone comes out — especially the students — because when we have the students here, we have such a tremendous home-court advantage; it’s worth at least five points.” Courtney said. “We hope we see everybody out there, we’ll make it fun.” Albert Liao can be reached at aliao@cornellsun.com.
Experiences Help Red Squad Strives for Full Effort, Improvement Learn, Push Forward FOOTBALL
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M. HOCKEY
Continued from page 16
This marks the team’s first full weekend on the road, as last week the Red only played away for one night at Colgate, before returning back to Lynah Rink. “I think it’s always good to get on the road and play,” Schafer said. “You learn a lot about yourself. We learned a lot about ourselves over at Colgate where we didn’t play exceptionally well. They really had us on our heels and in that game we found a way to win and I think that’s a value. Talent is that you can’t be perfect any day and you have to learn how to be successful.” Cornell’s undefeated streak was at risk this past weekend — Colgate took a 2-0 lead in the Saturday match-up, but the Red was able to come back and tie the game at two-all. “It says a lot about what a good team we have … It was nice to see that we could pull that off at the end of the third there and it was huge for our confidence,” said junior forward Dustin Mowrey. “Now we know we can do that, but we want to stay out of those situations of course.” According to Iles, although the players were disappointed to tie, this was a valuable learning experience for the team.
“On one hand it’s a little disappointing because we set out at the start of the weekend to get four points,” he said. “But we learned to come from behind this weekend, and that’s important. ... Now we know we can do that and we fought hard in that third period and so it was definitely a positive takeaway from it.” Schafer discussed how he is using the game time experiences in practice to help the team grow. “We addressed a lot of issues that we thought were missing in our game, from face off, intensity, to work ethic,” he said. “As far as going back to retrieve pucks to the importance of not just the center winning face-offs, but our wingers and defensemen having jumped before the puck hit the ice. ... [It’s] about discipline.” Each week, the Red is using its experiences to help improve its game and attempt to continue on its undefeated path. “We’ve been working on executing, getting out of the zone better,” Mowrey said. “Colgate kind of taught us a lesson where they fore-check really hard and they gave us some trouble, so we’ve been working on our break out and what not.” Dani Abada can be reached at dabada@cornellsun.com.
2010 with a last-minute 20-17 win on Robert K. Kraft Field. The Red, eliminated from Ivy title contention, hopes to finish this season in a similar fashion. “We have a two-game season now and we’re trying to finish off strong,” said freshman running back Luke Hagy, who has posted 703 total yards of offense and five touchdowns. “We’d love to win the last two conference games and we’re looking to come out and just play the best football that we’ve played all year.” With Mathews and a bundle of playmakers, an offensive eruption is possible at any moment. Despite throwing three interceptions, Mathews became the most prolific passer in Cornell history against the Green and he stands 104 yards shy of Columbia’s John Witkowski ’84 for second alltime in the Ivies. The last-placed Lions defense does not figure to offer much resistance to the 2011 Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year this time either, though the squad has forced 17 turnovers and registered 21 sacks on the year. Mathews and company must keep their eye out for linebacker Zach Olinger. The junior has recorded 76 tackles (5.5 for loss) and two interceptions this season, including 14 stops on Saturday versus the Crimson. It did not
seem to matter as Harvard scored 28 points in the first six minutes of the second quarter on its way to an embarrassing shutout of the Lions. First-year Columbia head coach and former Red skipper Pete Mangurian must also deal with an inept offense that averages league lows of 13.1 points and 300 yards per game. Mangurian, who compiled a 1614 overall record at Cornell from 1998-2000, has seen former allIvy quarterback Sean Brackett struggle in his senior season. Brackett led the Ancient Eight in passing efficiency two years ago en route to first-team all-Ivy honors, but in 2012 he has completed only 52 percent of his passes for 1,508 yards with five touchdowns and eight interceptions. “Many of the guys on our staff talk about [Brackett] quite a bit — we have a lot of respect for him,” said Cornell third-year head coach Kent Austin. “He’s very, very competitive, he makes plays, he’s a leader and he plays the game the way the game’s supposed to be played.” Another weapon for Columbia is junior running back Marcorus Garrett, who has racked up 714 rushing yards and six total scores through eight games. The visitors this weekend are not overlooking the Lions in part because of the abilities of Brackett and Garrett, whose production the Red defense must
limit, Buehler said. “[Brackett] is a real good player and a real dangerous threat,” the linebacker said. “He’s a big part of their offense and they also have a really good tailback. So stopping them is part of our game plan and we think we can do that.” Cornell, though, has had trouble stopping opponents since September. The Red’s top 11 tacklers are all underclassmen, indicating a bright future for the defense, but Buehler said the standards remain the same regardless of players’ experience. “Our defense is young this year, but we don’t use that as an excuse,” he said. “[The freshmen and sophomores] are good players and when we put them in there, we have full confidence in their ability. They’ve been doing great this year and they’ll keep it up.” Tomorrow presents a prime opportunity for the Red to improve upon its 3-20 road mark in Ivy games since 2006. For now, however, full effort and improvement are more important than records and statistics. “We have an opportunity to line up and play two more Ivy League opponents and to build on the success that we’ve had,” Austin said.
Quintin Schwab can be reached at qschwab@cornellsun.com.
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SPORTS
Cornell Closes Out Regular Season at Columbia By LAUREN RITTER
Rinow, the team has been practicing on turf during the past week, so that it can play competitively on Saturday night. At the beginning of the season, the men’s “Columbia is going to be on turf, so this soccer team set one major goal for itself — to whole week we have been training on turf so win the Ivy League Championship. that we can adapt from a grass field to a turf Experiencing one of its best seasons in pro- field because the pace is quicker, the ball gram history, the No. 14 Red is well on its bounces differently,” he said. way to achieving that goal. Hitting the road The Red has also been sharpening up its for its 2012 season finale, Cornell looks to execution on both sides of the ball during its finish the year on a high note, as a win against training sessions. The team is completely the Lions would claim the conference title for focused on the task at hand, which is coming the first time in 17 years. out strong and playing at the high“We are focusing on getting a est level possible against the Lions. Cornell very solid week of training in “We are focusing on making because now this is the most everything as perfect as we can for important game of the season,” Columbia,” said junior defensive said junior left back Jake Rinow. midfielder Ben Williams. “If we win this, we win the Ivy As Rinow pointed out, one of vs. League.” the adjustments to playing on turf Last season, Cornell (14-1-0, is a quicker pace. The Red forwards 5-1-0 Ivy League) found itself in a will have to adapt to a faster movesimilar situation with the Lions ment of the ball in the attacking (4-7-4, 2-2-2). The New York third and work on keeping possesColumbia rivals faced off on Nov. 12, 2011, sion. with each team playing for a share “The ball moves a lot quicker Tomorrow, 7 p.m. of the Ivy League title with a vicon turf, so [the game] is a lot more New York, N.Y. tory. Despite Columbia holding a control based. You want to keep 31-19-9 edge in the historical possession,” said sophomore striker series, the teams settled for a bitter Devin Morgan. “The turf moves a 1-1 tie, which ended both teams’ champi- lot faster, so strikers need to be really wary onship dreams. Last season’s finale against the about balls going over the top.” Lions marks the last time that the Red tied in Morgan saw limited play last season as a a game. rookie; however, this season he has played five Playing away from Berman Field, the games and started in one. Cornell players will have to adapt to a new “Walking onto the team, it’s such a really playing environment. The Columbia Soccer cool experience from watching from the Stadium in New York is a turf field, which is bench freshman year to actually being on the something that the Red is not accustomed to field sophomore year,” Morgan said. competing or practicing on. According to Moving to the defensive third of the field,
Sun Sports Editor
MICHELLE FELDMAN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Rinow on the road | Cornell and Columbia will close out their regular seasons on Saturday night on Columbia’s home field, where the Red will look to earn the win and secure the Ivy crown.
according to junior center back Patrick Slogic, the Red is focusing on staying competitive and maintaining a tight defensive wall. “We’re trying to stay sharp,” he said. “We have a solid back line, so what’s important is being sharp with the things that we know.” Winning at Columbia on Saturday would not only be special for the Red because of its championship implications, but also because it would become a permanent part of the team’s legacy. “Winning championships and being part of championship teams is something that no one can take away from the team or the program,” said head coach Jaro Zawislan. “It’s
always a permanent part of the team’s history. It’s also something that our players strive for because it is something to be cherished for the rest of their lives.” If the Red wins on Saturday, the team would also receive an NCAA berth; however, the team does not want to get too far ahead of itself. “It’s been a great season, but I’m also excited to be at this point in the season — at the top of the Ivy League with the opportunity to close it on top,” Slogic said. Lauren Ritter can be reached at lritter@cornellsun.com.
Jones Majors in Football NEWCOMB
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on a larger scale? Or even to Ohio State? My argument is that the culture created within college football inspires the belief that football players are just biding their time in college before going to the NFL. This is, however, a miscalculation on the part of Mr. Jones and any other player who shares his sentiment. Every year, the NCAA produces a report detailing the Graduation Success Rate for every Division I school and each of its athletic programs. For the second straight year, the Ivy League ranks as the top conference for GSR with 97.9 percent of the student athletes graduating within the conference. Now, this may seem like an outlier given that the Ivy League focuses on academics more than other major conferences might when it comes to athletics. Ohio State, a member of the Big Ten conference has a 74 GSR, and is in the middle of the Big Ten conference in terms of graduation rate. Northwestern leads the conference with a score of 97, which leads the division by 8 percentage points, and ranks among the top national percentages for Division I schools. My point in comparing the graduation rate between Ohio State and Northwestern is to show that even among schools in the same division, the treatment of academics can be incredibly different. While Ohio State is undefeated this season (despite NCAA sanctions that they cannot be postseason eligible), Northwestern is hanging tough in the Big Ten with a 7-2 record this season. The other important aspect of
this quote is the reflection of college football’s increasing status as a business rather than a fun element of student life. ESPN published the total revenue of Ohio State’s athletic department in 2008, and it ranks third in the country (behind Alabama and Texas) with just over $115 million. Last year, the football team alone grossed nearly $50 million, and is a huge source of revenue for the university. Student athletes play on major television networks every week, and in many ways, are captivated by the celebrity status that they gain while still attending college. According to the NCAA, 1.7 percent of college football players will play professional football in the NFL. This is a much smaller percentage than I had expected, but it puts a perspective on the chances of a college football player making it to the professional stage. My message to Cardale Jones, and the other student athletes like him, is that I hope you graduate. I hope that you come to the realization that your time spent “playing school” is probably the last time you’re going to get to play football. Given that you haven’t taken a snap yet this season, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say you are not going to be in the 1.7 percent of players making it to the NFL. Of course it’s possible that you’ll get your shot to play at Ohio State, and you will be the best quarterback I’ve ever seen, and that you’ll make it to the NFL. Until then, sucks to suck. Annie Newcomb is the Design Editor for The Sun. She an be contacted at anewcomb@cornell.edu. Sucks to Suck appears alternate Fridays this semester.
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DANI ABADA
SCOTT ESTHER ANNIE RUBY CHIUSANO HOFFMAN NEWCOMB PERLMUTTER
LAUREN RITTER
UINTIN SCHROEDER Q SCHWAB
JEFF STEIN
HALEY VELASCO
CORNELL V. COLUMBIA
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
CORNELL
BROWN V. DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
BROWN
DARTMOUTH
BROWN
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH
BROWN
HARVARD V. PENN
HARVARD
HARVARD
PENN
HARVARD
PENN
HARVARD
HARVARD
PENN
HARVARD
HARVARD
PRINCETON V. YALE
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
PENN STATE V. NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA
PENN STATE
NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA
PENN STATE
ARIZONA STATE V. USC
USC
USC
ARIZONA STATE
USC
USC
USC
USC
USC
USC
ARIZONA STATE
VANDERBILT V. OLE MISS
OLE MISS
OLE MISS
VANDERBILT
OLE MISS
OLE MISS
OLE MISS
OLE MISS
VANDERBILT
VANDERBILT
OLE MISS
EAGLES V. COWBOYS
COWBOYS
EAGLES
EAGLES
EAGLES
COWBOYS
COWBOYS
COWBOYS
COWBOYS
EAGLES
EAGLES
TITANS V. DOLPHINS
DOLPHINS
DOLPHINS
TITANS
DOLPHINS
TITANS
DOLPHINS
DOLPHINS
DOLPHINS
DOLPHINS
DOLPHINS
VIKINGS V. LIONS
LIONS
VIKINGS
LIONS
LIONS
LIONS
LIONS
VIKINGS
VIKINGS
VIKINGS
VIKINGS
LAST WEEK
6-4
6-4
5-5
7-3
6-4
6-4
3-7
5-5
3-7
7-3
TOTAL
58-22
56-24
49-31
51-29
37-43
51-29
50-30
54-26
46-34
51-29
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MEN’S HOCKEY
Red Hits Trails, Hopes to Add To ECAC Record By DANI ABADA Sun Assistant Sports Editor
The No. 4/4 Red is off to its best start since 2008, as the team has yet to be defeated. Cornell (3-0-1, 1-0-1 ECAC) is one of two remaining teams in the division with an unbeaten record. However, this streak will be tested, as the Red hits the road this Cornell weekend to face ECAC competition at Princeton (0-2-0) and Quinnipiac (3-3-1). “I think we’re all excited,” said junior goaltender Andy Iles. “It’s fun vs. to play on the road — it’s awesome to play here but it’s fun because it really shows who you are as a team and what kind of character you have because its tough. It’s a grind on the road, it’s a lot Princeton easier at home when you have your fans rooting for you and your fans Tonight, 7 p.m. there to support you.” Princeton, N.J. Being able to record two wins on a road trip are a mark of a strong team,
XIAOYUE GUO / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Eye on the prize | Junior Forward Dustin Mowrey lines up to take the perfect shot. The Red hits the road this weekend to face off against Princeton and Quinnipiac.
according to Iles. “Good teams are the teams that can go on the road and get three or four points and it will be a big test this weekend playing two good teams,” he said. Cornell will face Princeton at Hobey Baker Rink on Friday at 7 p.m., and then travel to Quinnipiac’s TD Bank Sports Center the following night for a 7 p.m. puck drop. “Their teams are very, very hard working,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “Princeton had a lot of injuries last year as a hockey team, and we know who their best players
are. [Junior forward] Andrew Calof and [senior] defenseman [Michael] Sdao are very, very good players, so they have always had a good power play with those two guys. Quinnipiac is loaded, coming back with a lot of guys on defense. But it shows you how tough a league it is [because] Colgate beat them 5-1 in a game that was … a 1-1 game going into the third period. So both games are going to be extremely difficult.” See M. HOCKEY page 13
A Tweet to Remember C.U.Seeks Conference Road Win A FOOTBALL
By QUINTIN SCHWAB
“It’s not like we’re not coming out ready to play — we have the attitude and mentality,” said junior linebacker, defensive co-captain and leading tackler The main focus of Ivy League football this week- Brett Buehler. “We’re going to come out the same end is on the matchup between one-loss this week as we have every other week and teams Harvard and Penn, but Cornell (4the [slow start] is going to change this Cornell 4, 2-3 Ivy) and Columbia (2-6, 1-4) will week.” battle behind the scenes in the third ediBuehler and the Red have good reason tion of the Empire State Bowl tomorrow to think so, as Harvard’s 69-0 domination at 12:30 p.m. in Manhattan, N.Y. The of Columbia last week guaranteed the Red seeks its first and only conference Lions their 16th consecutive losing season vs. road win of the year against a lowly in the Ancient Eight. Columbia squad in the 100th all-time Cornell scored its most points since series meeting. 1956 in a 61-42 win over Columbia last Cornell showed up late to its home year on Schoellkopf Field, thanks to a contest against Dartmouth last Saturday, then-program record 521 passing yards Columbia digging an insurmountable hole by turnand five touchdowns by junior quartering the ball over on its first three possesback and offensive co-captain Jeff sions in a 44-28 loss. The Red has like- Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Mathews. That victory wrestled back the New York, N.Y. wise been outscored 31-0 in first quarters all-New York crown from the Lions, who of 2012 road games leading to a 1-3 secured the first Empire State Bowl in record, but the team is confident that it will reverse the trend against the Lions. See FOOTBALL page 13
Sun Senior Writer
XIAOYUE GUO / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Empire state of mind | Junior linebacker Brett Buehler and the Red will be tackling Columbia this weekend, as the team seeks its first conference road win of the year.
few weeks ago, a little known third-string quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes put his name in the national spotlight with a statement made through Twitter about the importance of his academic career. His tweet reads: “Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain't come to play SCHOOL classes are POINTLESS." Immediately following the discovery of this gem, the Buckeye in question, Cardale Jones, no longer had a Twitter account and this post was nowhere to be found. Luckily for
assumption that his interest in Ohio State lies with his athletic opportunity to play for the Buckeyes. In this sense, he criticizes what he would view as a roadblock to his interest. It just so happens that this obstacle is in fact the primary goal of any university, and that would be education. Starting with the issue this raises with respect to student athletes, Jones’s quote describes (not eloquently) a conflict between athletics and academics felt by student athletes. Mr. Jones is a freshman on the Ohio State football team, and is third on the depth chart to play quarterback
Annie Newcomb Sucks to Suck everyone in the free world, various media outlets had captured his quote before it could be lost to the abyss that is the interwebs. This statement by Mr. Jones touched upon two issues: the perilous stance of student athletes and the monster that has become college football. The long debate over whether or not college athletes should be paid is another topic for another column, but as it stands, the eligibility of an athlete rests on his academic standing. Ergo, the point of “playing school” would be to play football. This appears to be logic lost on Mr. Jones. While I know nothing of Mr. Jones’s interest in Ohio State as a university, I would say it is a fair
for the Buckeyes (behind a Heisman candidate, so it doesn’t look promising that he’ll start anytime soon). He has not played in any of Ohio State’s games this year. Given his status on the team, it’s hard to understand the confidence in his quote to say that classes are pointless if he is not even playing football. I would be so bold to say that he is at worst spending the same amount of time in the classroom as he is on the field, but with any luck, he has spent more time in class than he has playing quarterback. You may ask yourself, how does this relate to college football See NEWCOMB page 14