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By SO HYUNG KIM Sun Staff Writer

After a month of meetings, the Common Council approved the 2016 budget recommended by Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 on Nov 4

During the final meeting to discuss the budget, several changes were made before it was approved, according to Alderperson Stephen Smith (D-4th Ward) and Alderperson Seph Murtagh M A ’04 Ph D ’09 (D-2nd Ward)

“We are getting out of the woods with the financial crash and the economic recession.”

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Some of the major changes included an adjustment to the Tompkins C o n s o l i d a t e d Area Transit budget as well as plans to increase the number of workers in a couple city departments

TCAT board members Bill Gray and Frank Proto ’65 appeared before the Common Council and requested additional funding from the city, according to The Ithaca Journal

The council passed an increase of $50,000 in TCAT funding by a 7-3 vote

“We had a pretty thorough discussion with TCAT about their request for additional funding and budget,” Smith said “We were able to increase the TCAT fund by $50,000 by pulling $42,000 from a fund that had been set aside for bus purchases and another $8,000 from the revenue account ”

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Shouts of “Tom Rochon! No confidence!” echoed across Ithaca College’s academic quad Wednesday afternoon as hundreds of students, faculty and staff members formed a walkout hosted by student organization POC@IC

The crowd, protesting I C President Tom Rochon and his handling of racial tensions on campus, stood in solidarity with other campuses including the University of Missouri and Yale University, which have received national attention following student claims of racism

Following a month of racial tensions at I C sparked by a

Wednesday to urge a vote of no confidence against Rochon Those incidents include an Oct 8 event where two I C alumni made racially insensitive remarks about a black alumna at a college event, a “Preps & Crooks” themed party planned by unaffiliated fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi and Rochon’s delayed handling of such incidents

By KIMBERLY LEE Sun Staff Writer

Students began gathering at approximately 1 p m at the Freedom Rock near one end of the academic quad WIthin 30 minutes, hundreds had crowded in front of I C ’ s bookstore and campus center

Addressing the crowd with microphones, students made brief and rallying speeches One student named Rochon the

“The Memorial Room is meant to serve as a programming space rather than a meeting space.”

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By SAMANTHA ACRICHE Sun Staff Writer

Colonel Frederick A Crow ’51 Cornell’s “ most decorated alumnus of the Vietnam War” recounted his life story during a Veterans Day forum on Wednesday afternoon Crow, who witnessed the Pearl Harbor attack as a teenager, spent nearly three decades in the air force and lived six years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam Crow grew up in Hawaii, where his father was a career naval chief petty officer When he was 14 years old, Crow witnessed the attacks on Pearl Harbor

“After living in town for six years, we got our number for a brand new house on the base of Pearl Harbor and moved in on Saturday, the sixth of December,” Crow recounted “We had a good night sleep, everybody was happy In the morning we were having breakfast and my mom had already gotten up and started the dishes ”

Moments later, Crow said he saw planes crashing and burning outside the kitchen window

“We ran out and took a look and ran back in because it was a big problem,” Crow said “I came back out again, went down to the water ’ s edge and right across that part of Pearl Harbor were the five battle ships tied there ”

This experience proved highly influential in his life Crow later dropped out of high school and served as an aviation cadet in the Army during the late stages World War II During this time, he was unable to complete his flight training until after the war was over, he was thus discharged Crow then went back home to complete his high school education

distillery in Kentucky,” Crow joked “The first thing they asked me when I signed up was how long is it going to take to get some whisky down here ”

After graduating from Cornell, Crow spent the next 30 years of his life in the air force

During his time he witnessed the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Berlin Crises and the Cuban Missile Crises

“I came back out again, went down to the water’s edge and right across that part of Pearl Harbor were the five battle ships tied there.”

Crow began studying English at Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences in 1947

As a student, Crow worked as an editor for The Sun and was a part of ROTC and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity

“Someone told the me reason I got accepted into the fraternity was because my dad had a

Crow spent six years in captivity as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam from 1967 to 1973 three of those years in solitary He recalled being shot down while parachuting and being captured, imprisoned and tortured

“[We ate] damn little,” Crow said, recounting his imprisonment “We had the same meal everyday A bowl of cereal like oats and you might get some type of fruit We always got a bowl of rice Same meal every day, year in and year out ”

While in solitary confinement, Crow said he could not move around his ankles were completely locked and his only form of communication with his fellow prisoners of wars was by tapping on the walls

At the forum, Col Frederick Crow’s son, Jeff Crow, recounted growing up without a father and not knowing whether his father was alive Jeff Crow remembered seeing an Air Force sedan drive up to his house on Easter weekend

“Sure enough, about 20 minutes later, my sister came walking out the house a complete emotional mess, ” Jeff Crow said of when his family learned his father was missing in action

As a child, Jeff Crow said it was difficult attending school and being asked questions like, “Is your father dead? Is your father a prisoner?”

“After three years, we finally received a letter, ” Jeff Crow said “That was how we finally knew he was indeed alive ”

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Students and members of the Ithaca community stepped back in time Wednesday night at the “A Night at the Snee Museum” event, which transformed Snee Hall into an interactive museum featuring mastodon bones, dinosaur footprints and fossils

The event, which was organized by the Science of Earth Systems Student Association, engaged the Cornell community by allowing visitors to hold and take home fossils from Cayuga Lake and peer through microscopes in order to examine rock

surfaces

“We wanted to show Earth and Atmospheric Science department's unique collection of mineral and fossils,” said Tanvi Chedda ’16, president of the Science of Earth Systems Student Association “We wanted to communicate its research in incredibly beautiful, powerful and complex natural systems ”

Snee Hall is home to Cornell’s earth and atmospheric sciences department and houses displays that include an extensive collection of fossils, a seismograph station and the Heasley Museum, which contains minerals and glow-in-thedark rocks The event was orga-

nized as part of an outreach effort from the department, according to Ming Khan ’18, secretar y of Science of Earth

S y s t e m s Association

“Our aim is to reignite the spirit of exploration and share our infectious curiosity,” Chedda said “We hope that reinstating this relationship with our natural surroundings also invokes a feeling of stewardship for the planet ”

“Our aim is to reignite the spirit of exploration and share our infectious curiosity ” T a n v i C h e d d a ’ 1 6

Preparations for the event began over a month ago, according to Khan The organizers worked with Prof Teresa Jordan, earth and atmospheric sciences, in order to take proper security precautions for the specimens loaned from the Paleontological Research Institute, she added

“For the rocks, fossils and minerals in particular, tactile properties are just as important as visual properties, so some of our stations are able to engage multiple senses, which is a more effective means of learning,” Frank Tian ’18 said

The event also featured a talk by gemologist Elise Skalwaold ’82, who talked about her work with rubies and other precious gems and explained the socioeconomic

change that gemologists can bring to the countries these gems originate from S k a l w a o l d , who majored in animal science as an undergraduate at Cornell, emphasized the importance of events like A Night at the Snee Museum to spark the curiosity of students and expose them to what people are doing in the world

“University gets you on your path but you may change your path a lot of the times Through these events you might just introduce something to someone that just clicks,” she said Nicholas Kam ’19, an attendee, said he found the event valuable through its hands-on presentation that showcased the intersectionality of multiple scientific fields

“As a freshman, learning about science in a context a step beyond my major is really exciting,” Kam said “The great thing about this event is the valuable experience you gain from speaking and interacting with students who are so passionate about earth sciences ”

Isabel Ling can be reached at iling@cornellsun com

SUB: Memorial Room Should Not Serve as ‘Meeting Space’

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To “best utilize the room to its capacity and for its specific purpose, ” the Student Union Board announced new restrictions on

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Though the Student Union Board has allowed some organizations to continue meeting in the Memorial Room until the end of the semester after the groups appealed the new restrictions, it remains unclear whether the organizations can continue meeting in the Memorial Room next semester

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s biweekly meetings, according to IFC president Connor Riser ’16 The building is named

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re donated by the Sigma Phi Society “ The few times we have had to use another room due to conflicts, the meetings have had a much worse vibe,” Riser said “It is hard to find a room that can fit

all of the members of the executive board and ever y chapter president ”

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ing a space with a similar circular setup to that of the Memorial Room is difficult

Memorial Room “ We were initially removed from Willard Straight Hall, but f o l l ow i n g a n a p p e a l they were kind enough to let us continue our m e e t i n g s , ” s a i d Jo h n Lowr y ’16, president of the class of 2016 Si m i l a r l y, t h e S A has been able to negotiate with Student Union Board to keep meeting in the Memorial Room for the duration of the semester

“ While I believe the board’s intentions are in the right place, I do not understand how one of the largest student groups on campus is unable to use the room ever y other week for 30 to 45 minutes,” Riser said

The board’s decision also originally displaced Class Councils meetings, in spite of the fact that the Class Councils’ office is located in Willard Straight Hall and that the Class Councils frequent-

According to S A president Juliana Batista ’16, the organization spoke with the Board “ to discuss the capacity and accessibility needs of the Student Assembly and the reasons why we should continue utilizing the space ”

Zach Silver contributed reporting to this stor y

Kimberly Lee can be reached at kimberlylee@cornellsun com

Common Council

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City Budget

There were also changes made c o n c e r n i n g t h e c i t y w o r k e r s , including the decision to hire a co-inspector for the Planning, Building, Zoning and Economic

D e v e l o p m e n t D e p a r t m e n t t o help inspect new constructions throughout the city and in part i c u l a r i n C o l l e g e t o w n , Murtagh said I n a d d i t i o n , t h e c o u n c i l a d d e d a n e w accountant position in the City

they are already high,” Smith said “So our priority has been k e e p i n g t h e i n c re a s e s o f f t h e table as much as possible That’s one of the biggest things we hear from the public Other concerns that we heard were from departments that have needs in certain areas ”

In the final approved budget, the tax rate remained the same at a rate of $12 89 p e r $ 1 , 0 0 0 assessed value

“We say keep taxes low but they are already high ” S t e p h e n S m i t h

C o n t r o l l e r ’ s office and increased the salar y of a forestr y worker, according to Murtagh Among other things,

t h e c o u n c i l a l s o a g r e e d t o increase the budget for water appropriations from the initial five percent to seven percent, he added

Throughout the budget meetings in October leading up to the final approval meeting, Smith said the Common Council’s priority has been keeping taxes low “ We say keep taxes low but

O v e r a l l , Mu r t a g h s a i d this year ’ s budget process was much smoother than in the previous years

“Last year, we dealt with sign i f i c a n t f i n a n c i a l c o n s t r a i n t s because there was a huge deficit,” Murtagh said “But we are finally starting to see some of the payo f f s f r o m t h e 2 0 1 3 b u d g e t changes We are getting out of t h e w o o d s w i t h t h e f i n a n c i a l crash and the economic recession ”

So Hyung Kim can be reached at sohyungkim@cornellsun com

Ithaca College Students

Call for Resignation Of President Rochon

Student voting on no con dence in I.C president to last until Nov. 30

WALKOUT

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leader and perpetuator of “ a broken system ” that pretends that I C is diverse while perpetuating racism

“ We have no desire to work with this broken system, ” the student shouted

Following the speeches, several students shouted at the crowd to walk off the grassy areas and “ cover the pavement ” as part of a die-in

The demonstrators moved across the quad and laid down on the wet concrete, all while chanting At 2 p m , ever y person fell silent

The eerie silence was broken at 2:20 p m as hundreds streamed back towards Freedom Rock

“ We have power, ” students chanted, in a roar that filled the quad

The demonstration concluded with a chant “Amandla Awethu,” which, according to The Ithacan, was also chanted during previous protests on campus

Throughout the walkout, students also circulated documents titled “ The Case Against Tom Rochon,” which list seven grievances against him, ranging from “his disregard for minority community members” to “his questionable ethics ”

“ When asked to propose solutions, Rochon fails as a former scholar to conduct even the most basic research by drawing on eight years of reports and recommendations that involved countless hours of work by students, faculty and staff, or by accessing the many demands that have been addressed to him and gone unanswered,” the document reads

In a statement to the media following the conclusion of public demonstrations, POC@IC, the student group leading the protests, laid out its mission

“ We are aware that this times on tension bring to light the same culture of fear that people of color face ever y day,” the statement reads “ With this in mind, our purpose here is not to demonstrate violently, and we have collectively committed ourselves to furthering this movement in non-violent ways We ask that all participants also commit themselves to this struggle non-violently as well ”

In an inter view following the walkout, a student organizer and member of POC@IC said the organization wants “radical, transformative change in governance and structure at I C ”

“ We want to bring a sense of safety, emotional stability and dignity to the experience of POC@IC, other marginalized groups and the intersections between us as well as the entire I C community,” said the student, who did not identify herself

In response to a question of how long POC@IC had been preparing the walkout for, the student replied, “Some people would probably say their whole lives, to be honest ”

On the morning prior to the walkout, I C Board of Trustees chair Tom Grape issued a statement stating he is “actively partnering” with Rochon to ensure that I C “ emerges from this chapter stronger and more resolute in its direction for ward ”

“It is not easy to see the IC community that I love going through such a difficult time to see so many of our students recounting experiences that leave them feeling fear, pain, and alienation at a time in their lives when they should instead be feeling welcomed, supported, and inspired,” Grape said “I respect that many of our students and faculty are choosing to express their concerns about Ithaca College’s climate and direction though their public discussions and their votes

The student vote of Rochon’s confidence began Nov 4 and will last 26 days, with the final results to be announced Nov 30 Additionally, the I C Faculty Council decided Tuesday to hold a referendum on confidence in Rochon for all faculty members

Tyler Alicea and Joon Lee contributed reporting to this stor y

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Letter to the Editor

A response to Dean Knuth

To the Editor:

Re: “Graduate Student Workers’ Compensation,’” Opinion, Nov 5

As a direct response to Dean Knuth’s article, we feel it is necessary to make two points: i) the Dean’s article contains several significant inaccuracies, and ii) it is clear that the only longterm solution to injury coverage for Cornell graduate students is to win a collective bargaining agreement Until graduate workers are unionized, thousands of us will continue to work in hazardous environments with substandard labor protections each day

First, a bit of history: Workers’ Compensation coverage has been mandatory for virtually every type of employee in any industry in the United States since 1948 And yet, before 2014, Cornell did not have any formal, codified policy for addressing graduate student injuries In 2014, in the aftermath of a serious injury to Chemical Engineering grad Rick Pampuro grad, leaders of the GPSA Student Advocacy Committee started asking questions about the University s policy regarding injuries to T A and R A workers The University, quite simply, refused to answer There was no formal policy for compensating injured graduate employees

Why is it that the University was so resistant to providing this coverage? Workers Comp simply fulfills one of the most basic rights of any employee to be compensated with wages and medical care in the event of a workplace injury The reason the Graduate School steadfastly refused our initial demands for this basic right can be found in their unwavering and incorrect insistence that ‘graduate students’ are students only In fact, graduate workers perform skilled labor each day, publish and present at conferences to the University s benefit and teach and mentor undergraduate researchers We do much of the academic labor that makes Cornell successful

And yet, as recently as September 2015, Joel M Malina, Cornell’s vice president for university relations, said in a statement to Bloomberg: “Currently, graduate students at private universities are not considered employees under federal labor law, since their relationship with the university is primarily educational ” The federal law Malina refers to a G W Bush-era politically motivated ruling by the National Labor Relations Board in 2004 will soon be reversed Currently, grads at public universities can and do negotiate union contracts, but this is not legal at a private universities Graduate workers at public universities are, simply, our colleagues; their work is indistinguishable from ours This arbitrary double standard has gone on for too long already

Returning to Dean Knuth’s article, it’s important to point out that the NYS Workers’ Compensation Board launched an investigation into Cornell in 2014, in response to our claim that the University s current (lack of ) policy violated the law In fact, the codified system of procedures we have in place today is entirely the result of this external inquiry Dean Knuth’s claim that “with input from students and several offices across campus, the graduate school responded by creating clear, easy-to-follow procedures” white washes the labor struggle that spurred these changes

More insidiously, the Dean’s article conceals the severity of the situation which led Cornell graduate workers to need Workers’ Compensation to begin with Dean Knuth points out that Cornell did not contest the four Workers Compensation claims filed by grads in the 2014-15 academic year However, the University absolutely did contest the claim filed by Rick Pampuro in 2013-14 Mr Pampuro almost died in a laboratory accident in August 2013 He recovered, and then, instead of resuming his studies, spent most of the following year fighting the University for his right to adequate compensation and payment of medical bills The University’s treatment of Mr Pampuro is unacceptable and, in our opinion, ought to be subject to an external investigation

Finally, the situation is far from resolved The codified system of formal protections for graduate workers celebrated by Dean Knuth is a step in the right direction, but it hardly solves the problem Conspicuously absent are students who are funded by external sources Graduate employees supported by fellowships, under the current policy, are left with no guarantee of injury coverage because they are not on an “assistantship” or “ an hourly paid appointment ”

There are complexities to the employment situation of graduate workers which our graduate union, CGSU, is uniquely capable of solving Specifically, the legal rights of grads funded by fellowships or researchers employed as teaching assistants, and visa issues for international students, need to be negotiated and written into a collective bargaining contract That’s what we ’ re working for: a situation where all graduate workers are insured against the risks involved in working in a hazardous environment at all times Graduate employees across the nation are demanding this basic protection but that’s not what we have, not yet

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aybe down the road when my English ee starts pulling in all the lucrative job I’ll have the money for a setup where ference in audio quality is much more arent Music is important to me I’m not going to let the size of an audio file limit my listening experience

How Porn Actually Affects Us

Feelingsand opinions surrounding pornography vary wildly depending on who you talk to Some people think porn is harmless, innocuous erotic entertainment used for masturbation or just viewing pleasure Others say porn is immoral, a dangerous fantasy which produces unhealthy and unrealistic sexual expectations in both teenagers and adults In all likelihood, the truth is almost certainly somewhere in between If used sparingly and correctly, pornography can be a fun diversion to be enjoyed either solo or with a partner But if abused or mishandled, pornography has the potential to harm and negatively affect one ’ s life or the health of one ’ s relationship

Before we can get into how porn affects us, we need to understand who the primary consumers of pornography actually are In general, porn is predominantly consumed by men That’s not to say women don’t view porn they just view it proportionally less While there are many reasons for this, some major factors are that statistically, men are more interested in sex than women are More men masturbate than women, and men masturbate more often The famous biologist and sexologist Alfred Kinsey reported in his studies that men were also aroused by visual stimulation more readily than women The fact that men use porn more than women also makes sense biologically From an e vo l u t i o n a r y / re p ro d u ctive standpoint, males have much more to gain from mating with multiple females, whereas

females gain the most reproductive success from mating with one high quality male In other words, men ’ s brains are genetically hardwired to desire sex with new and attractive women, making pornography a perfect fit for male sexual psychology Some may argue that the gender gap in porn consumption is a self-fulfilling prophecy rooted in sociological factors, namely that porn has

removed from the average man ’ s size, while women have massive fake boobs that seem to defy the laws of physics Uninformed viewers, especially younger kids, may see these ‘ porn bodies’ as normal, and feel worse about their bodies as a result In relationships, some people report that finding out their partner watches porn increases their sexual and emotional insecurities Many

always been produced with men as a target audience In the end, all of these causes likely play a role in the disproportionate consumption levels

How does porn affect individuals, and how does porn affect our relationships? The jury is still very much out on these issues In my opinion, porn can be best thought of as a drug, like alcohol While most viewers are not addicted to porn, real world evidence has shown that porn addiction is very real But even for casual consumers, porn can have negative effects Frequent consumption of porn (3 to 5+ times a week) has been shown to increase anxiety, depression and feelings of loneliness, while decreasing happiness and life satisfaction Additionally, some evidence has shown that porn negatively affects healthy body image Most men in porn have giant, oversized penises far

people feel as though their partner watching porn is somehow a sign that they are dissatisfied sexually, or that watching porn is a gateway to infidelity

While these negatives are all very real, I believe that porn can be a healthy and even fun diversion if thought about and used correctly First, it is important to understand that porn is a fantasy No aspect of porn is meant to simulate what real sex looks or sounds like Porn can also be sexually liberating Many people who grew up in repressed environments where sex was not discussed in a healthy, open way report that viewing porn actually helped dispel the stigma surrounding sex, alleviating the feelings that their sexual desire was somehow unnatural or wrong While porn is no replacement for proper sexual education, porn can be beneficial as an outlet for some people

I truly believe that if used correctly, porn can be a fun, natural and even helpful aspect of committed relationships While viewing porn solo is fine, you need to make sure you are communicating what you are doing to your partner Porn shouldn’t be a dirty little secret that one person is keeping from that other a dynamic like that will only increase feelings of betrayal and anxiety But porn can also be awesome as something you view together with your partner Based on personal experience, watching porn with your significant other can be an easy way to learn about your partner ’ s fantasies, especially if your partner is normally shy about the subject Watching porn with your partner also actively dispels the myth that you should only be attracted to each other Just because you are in a committed relationship doesn’t mean you don’t find other people attractive, and accepting that fact together is much healthier than pretending otherwise

In the end, the positive and negative effects of porn are largely controlled by the conscious decisions we make surrounding it Seek help if you have an addiction If you are a casual user, don’t be ashamed of your sexual thoughts and desires The bottom line is, watching a bunch of attractive people bang it out is fun and exciting to most people Being open and honest with yourself and your partner about your sexual preferences as they relate to porn should only produce positive results

For a few, there could have been a number of counts against him He was introverted; he got high too often He was an engineer; he was Floridian My close friends cautioned me against him, not because of the expressed traits above, but because of the point that went unexpressed He was closeted They honestly believed that seeing him, sleeping with him and dating him would hold me back, revert me to a lesser version of myself indeed, pull me back into the closet

This was not my first (nor my last) time receiving advice from friends that warned against those who were questioning or not “ out ” On countless occasions I can recall them saying, “You need someone who has it figured out ” or “It’s not fair nor healthy for you to go through all of that with him ” And again on countless occasions I found myself spewing the same advice to friends, cautioning the pitfalls and pain of affiliating intimately with someone whose identity doesn’t exactly match your own In any other circumstance, that advice would be taken as absurd and prejudiced Why do we think it is excusable in reference to the closeted?

Now, I’m not going to say that relationships (be they sexual and or romantic) with closeted and or questioning folks are easy, because (A) no relationship is or ought be easy and (B) there is, of course, an added layer of patience and perseverance that comes with the territory

However, I really think we should step back and examine our aversion to those who are questioning, those who are still forming their own identities Shopping in the closet is often a lauded practice, pursued under the pretense that closeted

To Question or Not to Question, That Is the Question

men are rawer, realer men, men that are more masculine for hiding in the far back of the walk-in under the drape of a trench coat Perhaps that fetish is held more by queer men who still long for the closet itself, and who feel as though their avowed homosexuality compromises their masculinity First, I do not believe that anyone is ever fully secure in

people to calcify their identities into one tidy, presentable whole is to disrobe our rich history and to disavow a powerful practice in our canon Perhaps counterintuitively, “closeted” individuals may represent queerness more fully than static, “ out ” queer individuals, as their lives are predicated upon the artful and knowing practices of identity multiplicity and conscious performativity

Second, fearing and thereby avoiding those who are not fully defined, who are still exploring themselves, is purely a testament to our own insecurity I’ve found myself clinging to “ gay ” and the assumptions built in and around it because it was stable, so that I did not have to think any further about myself in the arena of sexual and romantic pursuits Stripping away every lexicon we use to define, delimit and organize ourselves, we are bare We are vulnerable

themselves Our proclivities, passions, ideas of the world and of ourselves are constantly in flux, perpetually redefining themselves in both a beautiful and cacophonous negotiation

The idea of an immutable identity is a naive one We are continually constituting and reconstituting our understanding of ourselves in our everyday performances of them That practice has been integral to queer negotiation of unwelcoming spaces, imbuing queer people with a strong history of public acquiescence and private contestation alike, from within the bootcamp of heteronormativity that has sought to smoke us out Embracing the fluidity of identity performance as a mode of subversion and ultimately of overcoming is the arch of queer history To create an imperative for queer

To be sure, I do not disparage the personal power and significance of identity, but I call into question the rigidity with which we prescribe it

For the sake of giving others a chance, for the sake of giving ourselves a chance, be open to questioning It is only through shared vulnerability that we can access and thrive in the beauty of our true selves Exploring, doubting and questioning our homosexuality, bisexuality, romantic or sexual interests does not make us lesser, it makes us human

Dining Guide

Your source for good food

An Appethaizing Meal Awaits at Taste of Thai

By OLIVIA LUTWAK Sun Staff Writer

If there’s one thing people know about me, it’s that I love Taste of Thai I’ve introduced myself to people for the first time, only to be met with, “Aren’t you that Taste of Thai girl?” My Facebook is filled with check-ins and photos at Taste of Thai My Tinder bio is “Lover of all Thai foods ”

Located next to the Ithaca Commons sign, Taste of Thai is easily accessible to students The ambiance makes it per fect for any occasion, from a bir thday dinner (they’ll even bring you a special desser t!) to a casual lunch

A lot of people have never tried Thai food, and seem hesitant when I suggest that they tr y it They ask me if it’s too spicy, and I tell them that one of the many great things about Taste of Thai is its choice of spiciness level on a scale from zero to five Most restaurants, if they have a spiciness range at all, only offer three choices (mild, medium and hot), which leaves out all of the options in between (no spice whatsoever, spicy enough to taste the heat, ver y spicy but not enough to kill me, etc ) I love spice, but I tend to get a level three, which is pretty spicy I once braved a level five, and despite the pitcher of water they brought me, I was in tears by the end of the meal

The best par t of Taste of Thai is the staff Over my many years of frequent visits, I have gotten to know them ver y well, and they’ve gotten to know me (and my complex orders) If there’s one food-related thing people know about me, aside from the fact that I love Taste of

Thai, it’s that I’m an extremely picky eater, despite loving food At most restaurants, I’m too timid to alterwhat’s explicitly listed on the menu, and even when I’m not, some places are too elitist to fulfill the changes anyway Not so at Taste of Thai They’re one of the fe w restaurants that recognize their primar y purpose is to please customers, and if that means leaving off some ingredients, then so be it Thus, they know and respect my picky orders well enough to know that if I ask for yellow fried rice, I’m actually ordering yellow fried rice with chicken, no onions, no carrots, extra shallots and sauce on the side

Ever y time I bring friends to Taste of Thai, they ask me what to order The menu is fairly large and can be intimidating, especially if you ’ re completely ne w to Thai food, so I’ve become intimately familiar with the menu to bring you this list of top picks:

Satay

Tom K ha

Yellow Fried Rice

Yellow Noodle

Pad See Ew

Panang Curr y

The Satay is my go-to appetizer for when a single entrée isn’t enough The Tom Kha is a spicy soup and is the only reason I’m looking for ward to winter per fect Tom Kha weather! The Yellow Fried Rice and Yellow Noodle are per fect if you love the taste of curr y but not the spice Made with curr y paste, they lack the traditional kick a full-blown curr y would provide, although the

Yellow Fried Rice does come with a spicy, tangy sauce on the side so that you can add spice at your own whim

The Pad See Ew is what I usually suggest for people going to the restaurant for the first time and who are hesitant about Thai food It’s slightly more adventurous than the classic Pad Thai, but has ver y familiar flavors such as soy sauce It’s also my favorite dish to order for take-out because the leftovers heat up in the microwave ver y nicely Finally, the Panang Curr y is probably my favorite classic Thai dish, and one I definitely recommend if you want the full experience of the cuisine It’s my favorite of the curries for its signature creamy texture

And make sure you star t off with a Thai Iced Tea! It’s a staple of the restaurant and has become my favorite drink in the world over the years The waiters will usually bring me one without my asking If I forget to order one, they’ll bring it to me anyway They once recognized my voice over the phone and had my Thai Iced Tea waiting for me when I came to pick up my order Basically, I would swear by this drink

Taste of Thai is the per fect restaurant for ever yone

It’s k i d - f r i e n d l y,

friendly (go for lunch during the week when ever ything is insanely cheap, or check out their ne w late-night bar!) It’s per fect for casual meals, fancy meals and take-out meals; they will accommodate you if you ’ re vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, or just a picky eater I’m proud to associate my identity with such an amazing restaurant

Olivia Lutwak is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at olutwak@cornellsun com

By ISABEL WISE Sun Staff Writer

Wh i l e I ’ m u s u a l l y the first to praise and share Ithaca’s w o n d e r f u l , l o c a l eateries, today I shift my focus to a N YC - b a s e d c o m p a n y T h i s start-up specializes in the dessert trend of the future: edible cookie d o u g h D O , C o o k i e Do u g h Confections, transforms the previously forbidden delectable into a 100 percent consumable and

highly-addicting treat The company uses a pasteurized egg subs t i t u t e , a l l ow i n g c u s t o m e r s t o enjoy cookie dough without any risk of salmonella poisoning Not only can customers consume the cookie dough right out of the container, but they also have the liberty to bake it (or half-bake it, my favorite!) DO is transforming the gourmet dessert game and pushing aside tired-out trends like bite-sized cupcakes As if being able to consume chocolate chip cookie dough was

not exciting enough, DO makes about 20 different flavors The variety is endless with flavors like Chocolate Dream, Nuts for Nuts,

O a t m e a l M & M a n d C h e w y Coconut Granola The company also seasonally rotates specialty flavors, such as The Frosted Fork, which is made in collaboration with the foodie heaven Instagram account, New Fork City

W h y i s t h i s N YC - b a s e d dessert dreamland relevant to the Cornell community? Because it’s n ow e a

Though DO shipment is available to 48 states, the shipping

cost of one pint can get pricey To re d u c e s h i p p i n g c o s t s , t h e

DObassador organizes a bulkorder through which students can purchase as much DO as they please Students pay for the DO they ordered, plus a subsidized shipping fee, allowing students to get DO more cheaply So far, these orders have been a success Students who ordered DO loved it, finding the program a convenient way to get their hands on the dessert

“I love DO! It is ever ything t h a t y o u w o u l d i m a g i n e a n d more The flavor combinations are so on point and they even h a v e g l u t e n - f re e a n d v e g a n

options Ordering through the ambassador program also allowed me to get DO at my convenience,” Chandra Yueh ’16 said I myself am addicted In the words of my boyfriend, “DO is your life ” Potentially sad, but ver y true All of the flavors that DO offers are amazing My top three would have to be Nuts for Nuts and Oatmeal M&M Nuts for Nuts is perfect for a n y p e a n u t b u t t e r l ove r T h e peanut butter cookie dough batter is creamy and tastes exactly like peanut butter without sticki n g t o e v e r y c o r n e r o f y o u r

mouth The Reese’s pieces and peanut butter cups add an extra p e a n u t b u t t e r a n d c h o c o l a t e explosion The best way to enjoy this cup of heaven is to heat it up in the microwave for about 30 s e c o n d s s o t h a t t h e d o u g h becomes slightly half-baked and

the chocolate on the peanut butter cups melts

Oatmeal M&M is a classic that’s always been my favorite kind of cookie, and it tastes even better in cookie dough form I love the subtle sweetness and texture of the oatmeal base The add-ins of semisweet chocolate chips and M&Ms add delicious chocolate that makes the dough the perfect treat Because there is so much chocolate in this flavor, it is also amazing to eat halfbaked The oatmeal gets soft and gooey, and chocolate warms and liquefies Another great way to eat this flavor is in pancakes The n e x t t i m e y o u m a k e b r u n c h , throw some DO into your panc a k e t o a d d b i t e s o f DOliciousness to your typical breakfast staple

Even though those are my favorite flavors, there truly isn’t a flavor at DO that I don’t love Narrowing down my favorites was a serious challenge I find it

obsessed with a company that is regenerating the gourmet dessert market And besides the product itself, the founder of and workers at DO are some of the hardest working and energetic people I have ever met With a devoted team and kickass product, I see only a bright future for DO St

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rchasing DO should contact me

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Tangerine a 2015 release from writer/director duo Sean S Baker and Chris Bergoch chronicles the actions of people who feel trapped The movie focuses on two transsexual prostitutes and best friends: Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) and Alexandra (Mya Taylor) At the start of the movie, both women set off on quests Sin-Dee is hell-bent on finding the woman with whom her fiancé and pimp, Chester (James Ransone), cheated on her while she was in prison for 28 days Alexandra nonchalantly hands out fliers for her Christmas Eve gig to friends and clients (though, with each little blue paper, the feeling that no one ’ s going to show grows stronger) Baker and Bergoch, however, constantly drift hints that something bigger is afoot Alexandra and Sin-Dee never seem to completely see eye-to-eye and scenes of taxi driver Razmik (Karren Karagulian) driving around Los Angeles’ drunk and disconsolate intersperse the main action A malaise pervades Tangerine every single turn of events seems like a turn for the worse

Tangerine’ s atmosphere undoubtedly adds to the unease Working on a $100,000 budget, Baker and Bergoch filmed the entirety of Tangerine on iPhone 5 video applications Consequently, the viewer is always by the main characters’ sides When Sin-Dee drags Chester’s paramour Dinah (Mickey O’Hagan) through the Los Angeles streets, the viewer limps along After a drunk and/or high party boy vomits in Razmik’s taxi, the viewer must stare the next rider in the eye as she tries to take in a breath of fresh air Tangerine’ s pacing and music subtly intensify as the characters progress through their terrifying and hectic days Initially, shots drag out for minutes at a time as we watch Sin-Dee and Alexandra walk for what feels like miles, punctuated only by thick, choppy beats and synthesizers By the end of the film, however, the directors cut from storyline to storyline rapidly under overwrought, dramatic music as all of the characters’ adventures advance towards one high-stakes end-

ing Throughout the film, cramped spaces become focal points as Tangerine explores the interplay between intimacy and (the lack of ) safety, between sexuality and manipulation

The main players of Tangerine are, first-and-foremost, trapped: trapped in sex work, trapped in drug addiction, trapped in loveless marriages and manipulative relationships Sin-Dee and Alexandra take on great danger whenever they enter a client’s car, a fact that Bergoch and Baker do not fully bring into sharp relief until late in the film In Tangerine, the viewer

Shay Collins

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in each other Alexandra buys Razmik an air-freshener for his reeking car When Sin-Dee finally confronts Chester, she realizes that he did not buy her a Christmas present In the closing moments, Alexandra literally and symbolically gives Sin-Dee a part of herself Through its portrayal of characters as givers and receivers, victims and abusers, Tangerine features multi-faceted, difficult-to-know characters

both sees Sin-Dee committing and being subjected to a huge amount of violence It’s impossible to completely put fear out of mind when we see the (at least surface-level) tenderness in Alexandra and Razmik’s relationship Yet, no one character ever finds love and safety from another character In fact, every time the viewer starts to notice trust and compassion between characters, Baker and Bergoch tear the relationship apart

Furthermore, Tangerine is set on the sunny, sweltering day before Christmas, further questioning ideas about family, selfless and rebirth The film begins with Sin-Dee breaking bread (well, doughnut) in the same Donut Time where all hell breaks loose at the end of the film Throughout the plot, small gifts call attention to both the loneliness that characters feel and the solace they seek

One of Tangerine’ s greatest strengths is its ability to make viewers sympathize with characters, only to question that sympathy minutes later Sin-Dee is easy to root for: bold, clever, cunning and self-advocating Yet, the viewer also sees her physically abusing Dinah for hours out of jealousy Given the chance, Dinah taunts and jeers at Sin-Dee in the Donut Shop Yet, once the viewer starts to see Dinah as a bully, Chester makes her walk home with one flipflop, only to have the door of her motel brothel slammed in her face Even Razmik, who keeps Alexandra’s gig flyer lovingly (or obsessively) folded in his pocket, ends up sitting alone in a dark room next to a glistening Christmas tree Rodriguez, Taylor and O’Hagan’s acting propels much of Tangerine; Rodriguez’s performance alone justifies watching the movie Sin-Dee talks constantly, be it threatening, hustling, joking or fighting, but Rodriguez s facial expressions convey just as much, if not more, information during momentary silences When Sin-Dee says one thing, she often means the exact opposite (“I promise no drama, Alexandra!”) and Rodriguez perfectly acts the role as a theatrical and dramatic character, but also a vulnerable and desperate one Whereas Rodriguez stuns with her lightning-speed delivery, Taylor and O’Hagan both excel through subtlety All of the characters live in a world where they must always manufacture fake affection and play their real cards close to the chest Tangerine is a must-see film energetically paced, hilariously written and, in the end, full of realistic, saddening emotion

Shay Collins is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at smc377@cornell edu

The Life of the Party at Cornell Cinema: Portrait of Jason

Jason Holiday is the life of the par ty He’s the guy that can talk and talk, and save a get-together from being a total bust He gets dr unk while he tells you his many tales, some of which may be tall, and makes sure to impersonate the other characters in the stor y and his stories are good This is no surprise, as Jason Holiday is a gay African-American hustler, aspiring cabaret performer and all-around interesting guy in the 1960s Who wouldn’t want to spend an hour or two with him?

The answer: no one At least, no one with a sense of humor and an interest in people And that is what makes Shirley Clarke’s 1967 documentar y Por trait of Jason so enter taining to watch Filmed entirely in a hotel room, Jason tells countless stories with no one and nothing else other than questions and directions posed by the filmmakers

What keeps this film alive is that Jason is so alluring When he tells a stor y he paints the picture, literally acting out and imitating his characters He is as candid in his descriptions of others as he is guarded about deeper feelings about himself Just when Jason’s smile and laugh seem like they are about to take a turn for the personal and more disappointing moments in his life, you realize just how much he can hide with his over-the-top personality It’s what makes him so interesting: He is someone with a love for life, acting, drama and thrills, but it is ver y hard to know how he really feels about himself There are glimpses into this throughout the film that are complicated by their funny tongue in cheek deliver y One line he says is, “I’ve spent so much of my life being sexy, as you can see, that I haven’t gotten anything else done ”

The filmmakers wonder how Jason feels about himself as well Their questions become less friendly as the documentar y goes on There are not many filmic tricks here; the film is solely focused on Jason There are a fe w exceptions, though You hear their questions, laughter, directions, calls to cut or keep rolling, Jason asking for a drink The film also has a thrifty element: Jason’s voice carries on while the image goes black and the shots of Jason go in and out of focus It’s a fun technique which

makes you feel like you ’ re in the room with the filmmakers as they explore this character And as they get more hostile it is clear they

have the same questions as t h e a u d i e n c e T h e y w a n t Jason to tell the tr uth, not just the stor y It all adds to the idea that you are not watching a tell-all You’re watching a per formance

COURTESY OF CORNELL C NEMA

Emily Kling

Cornell Cinema

Still, for someone who can be ver y guarded, Jason is candid about race and class relations in a way that is refreshing Jason tells stories of smiling for his bosses, who adore him, only to turn around and badmouth them with the other employees Sometimes it’s deser ved and sometimes it’s not He talks about his hustle, taking advantage of people, and past friends he used to have He laughs at his jokes the loudest as he tells stories about the cops, alcoholics and transgender inspirations How many of his stories are tr ue? I don’t know and I don’t care

Jason says, “Ever yone is full of shit to a cer tain extent ” It’s comments like this that make you wonder how self-aware he is as he enter tains It’s par t of what makes this movie so interesting, as it tries to paint a portrait of someone who is so complicated Jason is tor-

tured, funny, full of shit and sometimes cr uel He drinks more and more as the movie goes on and it becomes increasingly clear that he is probably a narcissist

Someone once told Jason that if he “[hasn’t] had any experiences, he should go out and get some ” It’s great advice and I think Cornell students who live in a bubble would do well to learn from it Maybe they shouldn’t become a hustler (or maybe some should, I don’t know), but it’s always good to at least be interesting

So who is Jason? See Por trait of Jason and hang out with him to decide for yourself

Emily Kling is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at eak243@cornell edu

B l u e B u r d e n s a n d H i p s t e r H o r a t i o i n H a m l e t

BY CATHERINE HWANG Sun Contributor

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w a n t s re ve n g e b u t d o e s n ’ t w a n t t o k i l l ; h e k i l l s d e s p i t e h i s re s e r va t i o n s b u t d o e s n ’ t d i s p l a y m u c h re m o r s e ; h e w a n t s t o b e k i n d t o h i s m o t h e r b u t r u t h l e s s l y h a r p s a t h e r To r n b e t we e n f i l i a l l y b e c o m i n g a m u rd e re r f o r re ve n g e t o f u l f i l l h i s re s p o n s i b i l i t i e s a s a s o n a n d h i s i n t e l l e c t u a l r e j e c t i o n o f b e c o m i n g a m u r d e r e r, Cu m b e r b a t c h’s Ha m l e t i s s t r u g g l i n

For most college students, distraction is a temptation to be avoided at all costs We turn off our phones; we [dis]connect; we silently whisper to ourselves in Olin to stop fucking browsing Facebook and people look over concerned, and we apologize; we silently pray that @skullmandible’s series of tweets analyzing the aesthetics of ever y single Goosebumps book cover ever will become less addictive (but they don’t) But what if distraction could be not only a good thing, but even downright revolutionar y?

Siegfried Kracauer or, according to my ver y accurate autocorrect, ‘Cracker’ believed that culturally induced distraction

had just such a potential Trained as an engineer and an architect, the German writer, journalist and cultural critic was an astute obser ver of the ever yday

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COURTESY OF JOHAN PERSSON

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s t a g e , t h e e n d l e s s f l owe r s a n d t h e d e c a d e n t l y b e a u t i f u l b a n q u e t t a b l e f o r m a n e x t r a o rd i n a r i l y l ov e l y s e t T h e re ’ s a n u n s p e a k a b l e m o m e n t u m e x p re s s e d i n t h e s e t o f t h e p l a y, w h e t h e r i t ’ s t h e m u s i c b u i l d i n g t h e t e ns i o n , t h e g o r g e o u s ( a n d e e r i e ) u s e o f l a r g e , p ro j e c t e d s h a d ow s e m p h a s i z i n g m ove m e n t a n d s o l i t u d e o r t h e v i s u a l d e t e r i o r a t i o n o f t h e c a s t l e a n d t h e p e o p l e i n i t

Catherine Hwang is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at sh928@cornell edu

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that I want to share anyway First, Adorno and Kracauer are the biggest dweebs in the world for spending their Saturdays reading Kant Second, I think that it would be hilarious if someone took this scenario and made some sort of Adorno-Kracauer softporn fan fiction vast readership, please get on that Anyway

Unlike Adorno, who saw the empty dreck of the “culture industr y ” as unworthy of serious consideration, Kracauer was more than happy to engage with popular culture While film and literature editor of the Frankfurter Zeitung (loosely translates to “A Whale’s Vagina”) he analyzed and often celebrated the vast spectrum of mass-

time, from circuses and city layouts to photography and films 80 years before obsessive analysis of popular culture became the only job for which bratty, twenty-some-

(sound familiar?) were qualified, he recognized that the

sions of mass culture were more relevant to understanding society than contemplative works of philosophy In other words, he thought that in the vacuity of a capitalist society, one could learn more about the world by watching dogs jump through hula hoops at the movies than by reading Heidegger

In the wake of the horror and devastation of World War I, film provided an essential diversion for Berliners Walter Benjamin describes the feelings of the German working class after the Great War thusly: “A generation that had gone to school on a horse-drawn streetcar now stood under the open sky in a countr yside

in which nothing remained unchanged but the clouds, and beneath these clouds, in a field of forces of destructive torrents and explosions, was the tiny, fragile human life ” Little wonder they wanted to forget themselves in entertainment Traumatized and disoriented, they returned home to factor y jobs that filled their time but did not offer fulfillment, and spent the little free time that remained being bombarded by a constant flux of images and sounds that required no contemplation

In h i s 1 9 2 6 p i e c e , “ Cu l t o f Distraction,” Kracauer pushes back against reactionar y critics who would chide the working masses of Berlin for their “addiction to distraction ” Instead, he argues that such entertainment works like a life buoy it keeps the spectator from “sink[ing] into the abyss ” He argued that the cinemas of Berlin, which he nicknamed “pleasure palaces,” were at least sincere in that they didn’t tr y to hide the “ pure externality” of the culture It was the high art of the 19th centur y that claimed to offer meaning while actually distracting the populace

from the most pressing needs of the time

But Kracauer was not a proponent of distraction for its own sake He only condoned it insofar as it allowed the audience to “ encounter itself ” in the “fragmented sequence of splendid sense impressions ” He was an optimist who believed that when people were confronted with the emptiness of their own lives, they would thirst for change Distraction, then, was almost a moral imperative

The mere fact that whole industries see: the AV Club have popped up around the serious analysis of pop culture hint at the relevance Kracauer’s ideas might have today So, too, does the fact that millions of people regularly pay to see transforming cars injure each other Maybe what we need is not more high art, but more crap Maybe then, we’ll decide that enough is enough

Maybe I should get back to writing my essay on Kracauer

Sam Bromer is a senior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be reached at sbromer@cornellsun com No Pl a c e L i k e Bro m e r uns alternate Thursdays this semester

Red Hopes to Bounce Back After Slow Start

of terms of goals per game, aver-

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C o r n e l l’s o f f e n s i v e a t t a c k h a s struggled to begin the season and a v u l n e r a b l e Sy r a c u s e d e f e n s e might be able to get them on the right track

Similarly, Colgate has demonstrated that they have a ver y potent offensive The team currently ranks seventh in the nation

much of this production can be attributed to the team ’ s opening stretch of the season, in which they began 4-0-1 Over these five games, the Raiders averaged five goals per game and scored six goals twice during the period The hot start demonstrated just how potent their attack could be

Since this hot start however, Colgate has struggled The team is averaging less than two goals over their past six contests and hasn’t experienced a win in over

three weeks Goalie play has been pretty good for the Raiders, with the team allowing less than two and a half goals per game, but the offense hasn’t generated enough p r o d u c t i o

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Colgate at the exact right time, when the team is struggling

But in order to take advantage of their opponent ’ s struggles, the Red must be able to score The Red currently rank in the bottom three in the nation in terms of goals scored, and are dead last in power play production Doering has some ideas about how to increase this production

“In order for us to initiate scoring opportunities we need to make sure we have a strong net presence and aren ’ t limiting our-

selves to the perimeter of the ice,” Doering said “By moving the puck quickly and creating space for ourselves, we should be able to find lanes to the net and be certain we are the first to any rebounds We must not only crea t e s e c o n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s , b u t capitalize on them as well That will be the difference this weekend ”

The Red must hone in their game if they want to come away with a sweep in these next two games

“Our habits and the details of those habits,” said senior defenseman Cassandra Poudrier, “will be crucial ”

Shane Lewis can be reached at slewis@cornellsun com

Schafer ’86 Praises Revamped Power Play

team to make an impact

“This is game 25 left of our schedule It seems very quick It’s a quick sprint to Christmas time and you look at it right now and we have seven games left before we get there I’ve said it before, but I want to get to Christmas a n d we ’ ve g o t a t re m e n d o u s

amount of injuries on our team and in that seven-game span, it’s going to be crucial to our hockey team and how we get through this time,” Schafer said “We’ve got some things we addressed this week and hopefully, it’ll make us a better hockey team as we go down the stretch ”

Joon Lee can be reached at joonlee@cornellsun com

By SHAN DHALIWAL Sun Staff Writer

Collegiate fencing is different from individual national fencing in that each match is team-oriented as opposed to individual-oriented Cornell head coach Iryna Dolgikh emphasized how she has been trying to ingrain this idea into her fencers during the preseason

Fencing Heads to Vassar Invitational Cross Country Eyes Chance at NCAA Nationals

“Fencing wise, so far, we [have] had a chance to witness everyone ’ s abilities, find potential for the future, and hope to achieve some interesting results,” Dolgikh said “Girls have been working a lot to improve [a] ‘ team player’ mentality for the upcoming season and, of course, [have worked] hard in preseason [training] as well ”

The Red kick-started the season two weekends ago at the Temple Open in Philadelphia, bringing home three medals The team will turn its attention to the Vassar Invitational this weekend in Poughkeepsie, N Y , where it will face a number of tough opponents However, the team feels very prepared following success at Temple and a long fall season of both mental and physical training

Team captain and senior foil Angelica Gangemi, who finished twelfth in foil at the Temple Invitational, sid the team has been using its newest members to its advantage and building camaraderie in the fall season

“We have a lot of new talent [and we have been] getting used to new styles and collaborating with each other to make sure that everyone gets to share their own experiences to benefit the whole,” she said

The team-over-individual mentality is essential in collegiate fencing, where each individual’s performance contributes to an overall team score Each fencing match at a tournament consists of nine bouts per weapon (foil, epee, and saber), which makes for 27 bouts total per match In this way, the first team to win fourteen bouts wins the match The program sends five fencers per weapon to each tournament, with three of these five actually competing in each match This weekend, for example, the Red will have eight different matches against eight different schools

Dolgikh emphasized that the team ’ s goal this weekend is simply to perform as well as possible in order to maintain the season ’ s positive momentum following the Temple Invitational

“We will stay focused and use our energy wisely for the entire day of fencing and strive to do well as a team to bring team victories and individually to earn NCAA points,” Dolgikh said

Northwestern will probably be the Red’s toughest opponent this weekend

Dolgikh also mentioned two concrete season goals she has for the team: to make a presence at the NCAA Championships and to perform well at the Ivy Championships, which Cornell is hosting this year

“One of the main concrete goals, which we work hard for in various ways to achieve each year, is to qualify as many fencers as possible to the NCAA Regionals and Championships,” Dolgikh said “This year is also special in the way that we are hosting the Ivy League Championships 2016, and since most of our team is returning - joined by the new talent we hold high hopes ”

The Red has not won an Ivy League fencing title since formal Ivy League play in women ’ s fencing began in the 198182 season, and this season with the championship on home turf seems like the perfect year to end this drought

Kickstarting the season | After opening the season in Philadelphia, the Red heads to Vassar for an invitational

However, success this season will not be easy The Ivy League is one of the best if not the best fencing leagues in the country Columbia won the NCAA team championship last season and will be one of the many strong teams the Red will have to knock off if it hopes to win the Ivy League

In terms of NCAA goals, junior epee Victoria Wines who qualified for the NCAA Championships in both her freshman and sophomore seasons, emphasized the team ’ s goal of sending as many fencers to the NCAA championship this year

“We’re hoping to qualify four or five girls to the championships this year, ” Wines said

However, it is hard to make specific goals this early in the season Freshman saber Zoee D’Costa, who earned a bronze medal in her first collegiate fencing tournament at the Temple Invitational, emphasized how more specific season goals will develop as the season progresses

Right now D’Costa said the team ’ s goal is “ to win as much as we can and to improve as much as we can ” “At this point,” D’Costa continued, “that’s really all we can look forward to, and hopefully as the season progresses we’ll have clearer goals toward the Ivies which we ’ re hosting and toward the end of a great season ”

Shan Dhaliwal can be reached at sdhaliwal@cornellsun com

the CFP

By BRITTANY BIGGS Sun Staff Writer

This Friday, the Cornell women ’ s and men ’ s cross country team looks to meet the goals they set at the beginning of the season and try to punch themselves a ticket to NCAA Cross Country Nationals To do this, the team would have to perform exceptionally well at the Northeast Regionals in Boston, There, they will compete with top teams from their NCAA region for coveted spots in the championship in Louisville, Kentucky

After an entire season of growth and accomplishments, the team enters this Regionals in a different place than they did last season

“We were a good team last year, but I think we are stronger and deeper going into Regionals this year We are closer to the mix of the top teams, ” said men ’ s cross country head coach Zebulon Lang “We have been preparing for this meet all summer & fall and we are excited about the opportunity to race with some of the nation’s best This Friday we will race 4 nationally-ranked teams (No 2 Syracuse, No 9 Iona, No 16 Columbia, No 29 Providence) ”

Artie Smith, the head coach for the women ’ s cross country team also feels the change in tides for his accomplished team

“The team has had a very good vibe the last two weeks,” Smith said “Training continues to go very well In fact, I think we ’ ve had some real breakthroughs in recent weeks and it is clear the team feels like November will be their best month of racing yet We’ve been preparing for this part of the season all year and I think they are very ready to have their best race of the season this Friday ”

Knowing that they face stiff competition, the athletes are focused on what they bring to the table at this year ’ s regional

“Going into Regionals, I think my teammates and I have a lot of determination to finish the season with our strongest races yet, ” said sophomore Erin McLaughlin “We’ve been running really well in workouts lately, so we have confidence in our ability to compete at the national level At the same time, we ’ ve kept a sense of fun throughout the season, which I think has contributed to the fact that we ’ re excited to race hard for our teammates as well as ourselves ” Close to the finish line, the athletes said they know just how close they are to the goals they strive to achieve

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ity that no team from the SEC gets a nod While LSU could potentially get in, a two loss Ole Miss team has no shot

Now to the Big 10 Michigan State was likely doomed by their loss to Nebraska, and Michigan was previously doomed by their punters inability to do the most basic job in football So the only real chance the Big 10 has of making the playoff is Ohio State winning out If Iowa remains undefeated and beats Ohio State in the Big 10 championship game, then things would really get interesting Would an undefeated Iowa squad be more impressive than an undefeated or one loss Big 12 champion? I’m leaning towards no

If Baylor wins out, I don’t see any way that the committee snubs them again from the playoff field The

Bears would have wins at TCU and Oklahoma State, as well as against a hot Oklahoma team If Oklahoma State wins out, they also would be in the same situation TCU needs to win the rest of their games and hope that Ole Miss wins the SEC, and Notre

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h o f which are ver y real possibilities All in all, the Big 12 has a good chance of making the playoff

So where does this leave Notre Dame? If Notre Dame wins out, and Stanford goes on to win the Pac-12, would their resume be more impressive than that of an undefeated Big 12 Champion? I don’t think the committee would snub the Big 12 two years in a row, so I think Notre Dame wouldn’t make the playoff in that situation However, if Notre Dame wins out and the Big 12 produces a one loss champion, they’re a lock

The champion of the Pac-12 is a longshot to make the playoff, but it

could happen Stanford must win out, or Utah must win out and hope Stanford loses to Notre Dame Both teams must hope that Ole Miss wins the SEC, and either Clemson loses or the Big 10 produces a one loss champion

The popular projection of the final CFP rankings is this: Clemson at n u m b e r o n e , A l a b a m a a t n u m b e r two, Baylor at number three, and Ohio State at number four However, I have a feeling that Ohio State will lose against either Michigan State or Michigan, and that Oklahoma State will win out and win the Big 12 Notre Dame is also going to beat Stanford If that happens, then we end up with Notre Dame at number three, and Oklahoma State at number four

Shane Lewis is a second year columnist He can be contacted at slewis@cornellsun com Sportstradamus appears every week this semester

“We all know how close the last meet was, ” said senior co-captain Brian Eimstad “If we can all perform at the level we are capable of, there’s a very good chance that we can make it to nationals Columbia has a lot of points this season, so if we beat them at regionals, they will likely "push our team in" with the way qualifying work ” With so much on the line, little tweaks and adjustments could make all the difference for the Red

“They really and truly don’t need to change anything in terms of effort,” Smith said “The competitiveness and strong finishes to our races have been terrific The team has made it a focus to get better positioning early in the race and we ’ ve also addressed some things that should help with that The key is to bring the same type of effort while executing a bit differently earlier in the race and to compete with confidence ”

Regardless of what happens on Friday, it has been a season of growth and success for both teams

“It’s hard to pin one favorite moment from the season, because I think this season has been special in the way that we ’ ve come together as a team, especially in workouts,” McLaughlin said “Before the Heps meet, we did a long run together out on the trails, which was fun because we normally do our long runs by ourselves It was a great team bonding experience coming into the Heps ”

Brittany Biggs can be reached at bbiggs@cornellsun com

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M E N ’ S H O C K E Y

Men’s Icers Look to Bounce Back Against Colgate

By JOON LEE Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Giving up a three goal lead, especially in a potential statement game against a top-five opponent, certainly was not the way that Cornell men ’ s hockey coach Mike Schafer ‘86 drew things up The Red are off to a quick start to the season, finishing off the second weekend of the season with a 3-1, and as the team looks to square off with conference opponent Colgate in a home-and-home series, Schafer and his team continues to deal with several injuries

With sophomore forward Dwyer Tschantz out indefinitely, sophomore goalie Hayden Stewart sidelined with mononucleosis and senior center John Knisley not set to return until after Christmas, Schafer will continue to mix and match his lines in order to make the best of a tough situation

“I don’t know if we’ll have a full complement of forwards, so there will be a lot of moving guys in and around,” Schafer said “We might play seven defensemen as opposed to our forwards As I said, with the amount of injuries we have, there is going to be that going on for a long period of time Guys are trying to prove themselves and getting ice time We’ll move guys in and out all year round ”

The Red has seen a wide range of contributors so far this season Freshman and junior for wards Anthony Angello and Jeff Kubiak stand atop the Red’s offensive leadership with six points, three goals and assists a piece Sophomore and senior defensemen Reece Wilcox are tied for second on the team with four points apiece

So while the team has been solid on the offensive end, Schafer noted several areas where his team fell flat during Saturday’s game against Quinnipiac

“In the neutral zone, we gave them the puck way too many times,” Schafer said “Almost twice as much as we got it from them Between the blue lines in a critical area We learned a lot of good things about us Our power play did a solid job Our penalty killing was OK We tried to address that ”

The power play has been one of the Red’s strength so far this season Cornell currently ranks 12th in the nation in power play conversion percentage, while also ranking 20th in the country in penalty killing This improvement in the power play stems from a shift in mentality, according to Schafer

“One of the things we ’ ve talked about is taking more of a shooting mentality on the power play this year and attacking off of broken plays rather than going to set up and trying to go with something that we ’ re familiar with,” Schafer said “A lot of power play goals are scored that way I think you saw on Friday night, or Saturday night, we kind of set it up and shot it and we captured the rebound ”

“Hunger,” Schafer said, plays a major role in the success of a power play unit

“It seems kind of stupid, but when you ’ re on a power play, how fast can you get the puck back out after you shoot it so you can get another shot?” Schafer said “That hunger is a big part of having a good power play So we ’ ve changed that this year and we ’ ve used multiple people on it and if a guy ’ s attention wanes and they’re not ready to roll, we just plug someone else in that is ready to roll on the bench ”

So as the team prepares for its conference games this weekend, Schafer said that it is important for his team to keep in mind that there is not a whole lot of time for his

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Red Preps for Orange, Colgate

By SHANE LEWIS Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The Cornell women ’ s hockey team hits the road this weekend when they travel up to Syracuse on Saturday to take on the Orange in an out-of-conference clash The Red returns to Ithaca and ECAC play on Tuesday when Colgate comes to Lynah Rink The pair of games marks a contrast with last weekend’s grueling coupling of games with top ranked teams Princeton and Quinnipiac Both Syracuse and Colgate come into their respective games struggling and should offer considerably less of a challenge

Syracuse comes into Saturday’s game having won only twice in their past six games The Orange were blown out last Tuesday against Clarkson, falling 5-1 The Orange’s four victories this year have come against teams with a combined record of

13-28-1

Syracuse struggles cannot be blamed on their offensive attack, which has produced an impressive 2 75 goals per game over the first third of the season The attack is led by forwards Stephanie Grossi and Melissa Piacentini, who have combined for 30 points this season The Orange also has a capable scorer in Nicole Ferrara, who has already totaled six goals

Syracuse’s problems can be found inside the net When Syracuse has lost this year, they have given up an abundance of goals In their six losses, opponents are averaging almost four goals per game In wins, the Orange have held opponents to a very impressive 1 25 goals per game

Syracuse has shown the ability to put the puck in the net, but they need their defense to keep them in the game

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Freshman standout | Freshman forward Anthony Angello, whom the Pittsburgh Penguins drafted, is tied for the team lead in points with six via three goals and three assists

Trying to Predict College Football Playoff

The year ’ s second College Football Playoff (God, I hate that name) rankings were released on Tuesday There were a few surprises, but all in all, I was largely satisfied with the list It’s hard to argue with the top three choices in the ranking undefeated Clemson clearly belongs at the number one spot and, even though I hate to say it, Alabama is looking like they might be the best team in the country Although Ohio State has continued to look sloppy, there’s no way the committee keeps an undefeated Buckeye

squad out of the top four, and their number three ranking is appropriate

The biggest debate on the ranking is the number four spot Notre Dame currently fills the spot, and if the playoff were to begin today, they would play Clemson in a rematch of earlier this season Although I’m thrilled that my Irish are currently in the playoff, I’m sure that many people would disagree with their ranking Baylor, who many believe was snubbed last year, is undefeated yet is still only ranked sixth Oklahoma State is also undefeated and just had an impressive win over TCU Yet the Cowboys come into the rankings at number eight Both teams have a strong case for the fourth

spot, and you could even make the case that teams like Stanford and Iowa do as well

Although there are problems now, it looks like these issues will be sorted out by the remainder of the season Most

t e a m s c u r re n t l y h a ve t h e i r C o l l e g e Football Playoff destiny in their own hands Let’s look through the different scenarios that could occur by year ’ s end If Clemson wins out, they’re a lock for the number one spot in the playoff However, they have no margin of error

Shane Lewis Sportstradamus

If, let’s say, North Carolina knocks them off in the ACC Championship game, they likely don’t get the nod This would also spell doom for the ACC as a whole, as there is no other team in position to make a push for the CFP If Alabama wins out, they’ll obviously be a lock for the playoff If Alabama wins t h e S E C We

Alabama in the SEC Championship game, then Florida would likely make the playoff However, if Bama doesn’t win the SEC West, and Ole Miss or LSU go o

C Championship, there is a strong possibil-