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A L A N A R e p s t o S. A . : Cut s Are ‘Unthink able’

b i t a n t ” s p e n d i n g A L A N A re p re s e n t a t i ve s a n d m e m b e r s a re p l a n n i n g t o a p p e a l t h e

c o m m i t t e e ’ s re c o m m e n d a t i o n a t T h u r s d a y ’ s S A m e e t i n g T h e o r g a n i -

z a t i o n ’ s p re s i d e n t , K a r a n Ja va j i ’ 1 4 , s a y s t h e p ro p o s e d c u t s a re

“ u n t h i n k a b l e ”

“For at least six years, we’ve been functioning on a budget of more than this To expect us to go back to six years ago is unthinkable ”

K a r a n J a v a j i ’ 1 4

A L A N A w h i c h c o n s i s t s o f f i ve m u l t i c u l t u r a l s t u d e n t u m b re l l a o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d s u p p l i e s f u n d s t o ove r 1 0 0 m e m b e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s h a d a n a n n u a l b u d g e t o f a b o u t $ 1 1 8 , 1 2 5 f o r t h e 2 0 1 2 - 1 4 by l i n e f u n d i n g c yc l e W h i l e A L A N A h a d re q u e s t e d a $ 3 7 , 1 2 5 i n c re a s e i n by l i n e f u n d i n g w h i c h w o u l d h a v e b r o u g h t i t s b u d g e t t o $ 1 5 5 , 2 5 0 t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s c o m m i t t e e d e n i e d A L A N A’s

re q u e s t , re c o m m e n d i n g by a n 8 t o

2 vo t e t h a t A L A N A’s f u n d s b e c u t t o $ 9 4 , 5 0 0

In m a k i n g i t s re c o m m e n d a t i o n , t h e c o m m i t t e e c i t e d n o t o n l y w h a t

i t d e s c r i b e d a s u n s u s t a i n a b l e s p e n d i n g b u t a l s o a f a i l u re by A L A N A t o

a d h e re t o i t s ow n f u n d i n g g u i d e l i n e s

Ac c o rd i n g t o Ja va j i , t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n re q u e s t e d a n i n c re a s e i n f u n d s

b e c a u s e , s i n c e 2 0 1 1 , i t h a s s e e n a n i n c re a s e i n t h e n u m b e r o f m e m b e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s i t s u p p o r t s , a s we l l a s t h e f o r m a t i o n o f a n e w u m b re l l a ,

t h e So u t h A s i a n C o u n c i l Ja va j i n o t e d t h a t A L A N A h a s o n l y re c e i ve d i n c re a s e s i n f u n d i n g f o r t h e l a s t f e w by l i n e c yc l e s , a d d i n g t h a t h e d o e s n o t b e l i e ve A L A N A w i l l b e a b l e t o s u s t a i n i t s e l f w i t h a d e c re a s e i n f u n d i n g

L a s t ye a r, A L A N A r a n o u t o f f u n d s a ro u n d Ma rc h , w h i c h Ja va j i s a i d s e r ve s a s a t e s t a m e n t t o t h e i n c re a s e d d e m a n d o n t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n “ Fo r a t l e a s t s i x ye a r s , we ’ ve b e e n f u n c t i o n i n g o n a b u d g e t o f m o re

t h a n t h i s w i t h f e we r o r g a n i z a t i o n s , d o i n g a l o t l e s s t h a

See ALANA page 4

Students Support Undocumented Peers

Protest a response to ‘Catch an Illegal Immigrant’ game

By AIMEE CHO Sun Staff Writer

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i d

“Undocumented” on the front and “No human being is illegal” on the back, a rotating group of about 10 protestors stood on the Arts Quad in support of undocumented students Wednesday It w

C a t c h a n I l l e g a l Immigrant” game was originally supposed to be organized by the Young Conser vatives of Texas at the University of Texas at Austin

The organization had planned to give students who chased and caught YCT members who were designated “illegal immigrants” $25reward cards Although the game was cancelled early Tuesday morning after it drew widespread

condemnation, the demonstration at Cornell went on as planned to show solidarity with the millions of undocumented immigrants who live in the U S

The Cornell protestors expressed their disgust with the YCT, saying the “ game ” it had planned was distasteful

“ The game was disgusting, inhumane and animalistic Their intent was to raise awareness, but instead, [ YCT ] just showed their ignorance, ” Kimberly Cardenas ’17 said

Max Alaghband ’17 said he was protesting because of his personal connection to the issue of illegal immigration

“My great grandpa crossed the border with-

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Staff Writer

Vonage,

y minded running three business in his free time “because no one told me that I couldn't,” he said “ I f o u n d that the girls who wouldn’t invite me

to their Sweet Sixteens would pay me money to D J at their Sweet Sixteens,” he said Pu l ve r a l s o s p e n t h i s time playing with his ham r a d i o , w h i c h

nabled him to communicate with other amateur radio users over radio waves It was this device, he said, that made him fall in love with communication technology, a passion that would go on to make him millions after starting Vonage

“One of the best gifts you can give yourself is to take a hobby and make it your profession,” he said Pulver emphasized that he did not plan for his life to take

the direction that it did After g r a d u a t i n g w i t h a d e g re e i n accounting, Pulver took a job on Wall Street

While he was still working for corporate I T , Pulver continued to pursue his hobby of “talking on the Internet ” In 1995, he c re a t e d Fre e Wo r l d Di a l Up, which he described as a “ movem e n t o n t h e In t e r n e t ” t h a t enabled “ strangers to make free phone calls from their computer ” Pulver was later fired from his Wall Street position His VoIP c o m p a n y “ h a d n o b u s i n e s s model; we had nothing,” and he couldn’t find anyone to invest, he said So Pulver became his own investor In 1996, he hosted a conference “about this technolo-

gy that I was so in love with voice over I P , ” which people from all over the world attended

“I had all these strangers all over the world I never realized that these people thought I was an expert, ” Pulver said Pulver used himself as an example to deliver the message t h a t n o t k n ow i n g s o m e t h i n g should never get in the way of passion or ambition

“I certainly didn’t know anything about telecom, but that didn’t stop me, ” he said, adding that “ some of the biggest business mistakes I’ve made in my life were letting other people convince me I couldn’t do something ”

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By MEIXIN LUO Sun Contributor

The Engineering Cooperative E d u c a t i o n p r o g r a m i n t h e College of Engineering has seen its number of participants fluctuate since it was established in 1946 Administrators cite student involvement in new on and offcampus programs as the reason b e h i n d c h a n g i n g e n r o l l m e n t trends

About six to 12 students participated in the co-op program during its early years, according to Mark Savage, director of the C o o p e r a t i v e E d u c a t i o n a n d Career Ser vices During that period, the program was the only option for engineering students who wanted to apply their skills in a professional work setting, Savage said

Involvement in the co-op program reached its peak in the 1980s and 90s enrolling about 130 to 150 students a year when internships were not nearly as “prominent” as they are today and when other options were not available, Savage said

Since then, however, the program has seen fe wer students enroll On average, 75 to 100 students have participated in co-ops for the last decade, according to K i m b e r l e e Sw a r t z , a s s o c i a t e director of the co-op program, who attributed the numbers to t h e re b e i n g m o re p ro f e s s i o n a l opportunities available to students today

Swartz said the program is organized so that it is academically feasible for engineering students The program implements a summer session after students’

sophomore years, when they usually take four classes that are replicas of the engineering courses offered the following fall

Savage added that students within the engineering school today can explore many opportunities to find the best fit for their c a re

besides co-ops These programs r a n

research opportunities and student project teams to Kessler Fellows –– a program in which student entrepreneurs work at a summer placement company

“I believe all programs would l

However, it depends whether the program is the best choice for a

“Some decide that another opportunity may be a better fit for their needs and interests.”

given student,” Swartz said Savage agreed, saying the goal of the co-op program is to provide “options that best meet the needs and interests of our engineering students ”

The lower number of students p

compared to the 1980s has not

East, assistant dean of Student

remains meeting student interest

Still, East added that periodically, it is difficult to align stu-

dents’ interests to available co-op opportunities

“Over the years, we have generally been able to partner with employers to meet student interest Occasionally, there is a mismatch between student specific major interest and employer job offerings,” East said Students who have participated in co-ops in the past say they g a i n e d v a l u a b l e e x p e r i e n c e s through their programs

Derek Faust ’14, who worked in Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, Calif , said the co-op experience helped him to better apply the knowledge he gained from the courses at Cornell to the professional workplace

“I would highly recommend this program to all students in the engineering school interested in working in industr y, as it prov

Faust said

Brandon Liu ’14, another former participant in the co-op program and a career guidance peer advisor in the Engineering Co-op and Career Ser vices office, said there is usually a large student turnout at the co-op information sessions for fall semester sophomores However, the number of p

after the completion of the application process, as some students become involved in other programs better suited to their career interests, he said Sa

than pursue a co-op program, “another opportunity may be a better fit for their needs and interests ” The engineering college is also

looking to increase the number of global experiences available to its students, according to East

However, thus far, there have only been a few dozen students who have participated in co-ops abroad, Savage said, adding that the process of obtaining working visas varies by countr y and can be b o t h “ t i m e c o n s u m i n g ” a n d “extremely complicated ”

Although the globalization of t h e c o - o p p ro g r a m i s s t i l l i

development, students say they have benefited from the experience domestically Lance Collins, dean of the engineering college, also praised t

exposes students to new technologies and business practices

“Students who participate in

are interested in putting their rigorous Cornell training into practice in industr y Participating students can be assured of challenging and quality work assignments that align well with their academic backgrounds and interests,” Collins said

Mei Luo can be reached at ml942@cornell edu

Citing Low Attendance, GPS A Slashes Cornell Cinema’s Funding

By ERIC OBERMAN Sun Staff Wr ter

C h a n g e s i n C o r n e l l

C i n e m a ’ s f u n d i n g m a d e over the last few weeks will result in changing ticket prices next year with graduate students paying more than undergraduates for on-campus movie tickets, and the possibility of ticket prices increasing for all students, according to Mar y Fessenden, director of Cornell Cinema

Re c e n t v o t e s b y t h e Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, as well

as the Student Assembly, have changed the fraction of funding Cornell Cinema receives from both groups The GPSA decreased its s u b s i d y f o r C o r n e l l Cinema by nine percent Mo n d a y, w h i l e t h e S A increased its contribution by six percent last week changes that will keep the cinema’s budget approximately the same as it has been since 2006: roughly $464,000

Now, graduate students will only pay $10 per person per year, rather than $ 1 1 0 5 t ow a rd C o

Cinema, while undergraduates will pay $10 60 per person per year, rather than $ 1 0 Cu r re n t l y, g

funding accounts for about 1

tions total about 30 per-

Fessenden

Although these changes

n t i a l l y affected Cornell Cinema’s budget, Fessenden said that r i s i n g f i l m

costly new digital projec-

organization

“ T h e f a c t t h a t w e haven’t received an increase in so long is also signific a n t , b e c a u s e o u r c o s t s have certainly gone up during that time,” she said Currently, ticket prices for graduate students are l owe r t h a n t h e y a re f o r undergraduates However, because of the difference in money given by the respect i v e a s s e m b l i e s , C o r n e l l Cinema will likely change its ticket prices next year, Fessenden said T h e G P S A Ap p r opriations Committee chose to decrease its contribution to Cornell Cinema because t h e n u m b e r o f g r a d u a t e students who used the cinema per year 24 percent was too low for the a m o u n t o f f u n d i n g t h e organization was receiving, a c c o rd i n g t o a re p o r t re l e a s e d b y t h e G P S A

Also, GPSA said the cinema was not marketing itself effectively, the report said “ Gr o u p s l i k e t h e C o r n e l l C i n e m a w e re n ’ t having a lot of usage, and there wasn ’ t a value to the students in terms of mental h e a l t h a n d s o m e o f t h e

o t h e r a s p e c t s t h a t w e

l o o k e d a t , ” s a i d Bi l l

Kreuser grad, GPSA appropriations committee chair

“ We tried to bring them down to a level that would s t i l l a l l ow t h e m t o r u n effectively ”

Kreuser said he believes that Netflix and the proliferation of other types of d i g i t a l m e d i a h a v e c o ntributed to declining attendance at the cinema

“I’ll be the first to admit it isn’t the same as going to a m ov i e t h e a t e r, b u t s o m a n y g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s have access to that [technology] now, ” he said

Not all GPSA members said they agreed with the d e c i s i o n i n a m e e t i n g Mo n d a y St i l l , a m e n dments to restore Cornell Cinema funding were proposed and voted on, twice, and failed both times

According to Christine Yao grad, GPSA vice president for operations, who did not support cutting the cinema’s funding, Cornell Cinema had already made s i g n i f i c a n t i m p rove m e n t s based on GPSA recommendations from 2011 The GPSA, however, continued to use old data to make its recommendations, she said “ They’ve cut screenings; they’ve been making their b u d g e t t i g h t e r T h e y ’ v e improved Willard Straight Hall,” Yao said “But we have not done another sur-

vey on our end to actually say whether there has been an increase or decrease in use ” At the same time, the Student Assembly decided to increase its per-student f u n d i n g b y 6 0 c e n t s , a c c o rd i n g t o G e o f f re y Block ’14, S A vice president for finance

Pa r t o f t h e re a s o n i n g behind the increase was to allow Cornell Cinema to hold more free screenings, a c

, S A v i c e president for diversity and inclusion

“It is the job of the Student Assembly to promote late-night programming to combat the high-

Cornell,” Pritchett said in a

increase to the cinema to meet its needs will allow them to offer more free late-night programming ”

opposed the increase, the S A appropriations committee decided to keep current funding levels, but the

d the decision

Eric Oberman can be reached at eoberman@cornellsun com

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out papers If it wasn ’ t for immigration, I wouldn’t be here,” he said “The UT Austin game completely trivialized the state of undocumented people without acknowledging their hardships or why they left their home countries ”

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Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Atlán, an organization that describes itself as the “official voice of Chicano students at Cornell,” called the game “dehumanizing ”

“To know that 400 undocumented students were being tokenized, treated like chess pieces to a game, was terrible,” Lopez said

“Catch an Illegal Immigrant” game aside, Lopez said that because the Texas Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act allows undocumented students living in Texas to receive in-state tuition prices at state schools, “being undocumented [at UT Austin] is a little more accepted than it is here at Cornell ”

In comparison, Cornell requires undocumented students to apply as international students, which creates barriers for them, according to Lopez

“Undocumented students are in the shadows here,” Lopez said “The Common App doesn’t offer an option to apply as undocumented, so those students have to apply as international students, which denies or limits them of financial aid and other resources ”

Lopez added that undocumented students face constant fear and bias

Carmen Martinez ’14, co-chair of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Atlán, said that these fears are very real for some Cornell students One Cornell student was detained while on a Greyhound bus headed back to Ithaca several years ago, which forced the student to take a few years off from college, although he eventually graduated, according to Martinez

The protesters agreed that they would like to see reforms take place, both at the national level and the university level

“There has been a trend of criminalization of immigrants People had hoped Barack Obama would bring about reforms, but instead, he’s deported record numbers of immigrants and broken up lots of families,” Martinez said “People don’t recognize the contributions from immigrants I haven’t seen any proposed immigration reforms that I’m happy with –– one proposed bill in the House is to further increase border militarization, including implementing drones ”

Lopez said that she would like for Cornell to have the same policies as Texas’ DREAM Act and to allow undocumented students to receive the same financial aid their documented peers are eligible for

In addition to policy reforms, the protesters said they hope to see increased societal acceptance of undocumented students

“I hope to become an immigration lawyer one day Ignorance, injustice, and stereotyping need to be combated We need to appreciate the work and dreams of the undocumented workers,” Zakiya Williams-Wells ’17 said “Probably more people at Cornell have been affected by this than we know ”

Alaghband pointed out that undocumented students are often viewed as lesser

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“Being part of an underrepresented community in itself is a struggle Being part of a subset of that community as an undocumented individual is even more of a struggle You don’t know how this campus will receive you or how strong the police force will be in this town or campus, ” she said “As an undocumented student, you ’ re chasing your dreams like everyone else but with fear that one day it will a l l e n d , t h a t [ Im m i g r a t i o n a n d Cu s t o m s Enforcement] will come and take you, in your classroom, in your dorm, anywhere ”

“It’d be good for people to be made more aware of what it’s like to undocumented The term “illegal immigrants” makes them seem less than human,” he said “We want people to remember that [the undocumented students] are human beings too ”

Aimee Cho can be reached at acho@cornellsun com

S.A. Defends Cut, Citing Lofty E xpenses

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doing right now, ” Javaji said “When you break it down, we have the Multicultural Concert Funding Advisory Board, we have the umbrellas, we now have possibly [the Multicultural Greek Letter Council] and we have all of the organizations that we fund On top of that, we have programming for ourselves It’s almost impossible to do with this [smaller amount of ] money ”

However, Geoffrey Block ’14, S A vice president of finance, said the appropriations committee made its recommendation based on its “obligation to treat every single byline-funded group the same ”

Block said, like any other student organization, ALANA must adhere to byline funding guidelines He pointed specifically to including one stipulating that the average cost for any sponsored event should not exceed $20 per attendee In the last byline funding cycle, ALANA funded events with costs that sometimes were above $100 per attendee, according to the appropriations committee’s report

“With any event, we want to maximize efficiency,” Block said “[With ALANA], we ’ re starting to consistently see these banquets, and these dinners get more exorbitant and more expensive, and we want to reverse that trend We want to see ALANA have the events they need for their communities, but what we don’t want to see is 30-dollar-per-person dinners ”

Andrew Martinez ’12, the current advisor for

ALANA, said the per-person costs of multicultural events are inherently higher and cannot be held to this standard

“I understand the appropriations committee’s role to be the enforcer when it comes to funding and to try not to be subjective,” Martinez said “But if you ’ re a funding appropriations committee, you need to have some competency on what these organizations provide to the Cornell community I don’t think it’s justifiable to say, ‘only look at the numbers ’ You need to understand what these programs are for and who they are supposed to be reaching ”

Javaji agreed, adding that smaller communities under ALANA, such as the Native American community, should be able to hold large events without having to explicitly factor in attendance

“Even though attendance is important, the multicultural community tends to be smaller on campus, ” Javaji said “The per-person cost is higher, and we acknowledge that, but it doesn’t mean that it’s not an efficient allocation of resources ”

Still, Block said it is not unfair to hold ALANA to the same standard as all other student groups

“I think my committee did a fantastic job of really grappling these issues of where ALANA is heading, the problems we ’ ve seen in the past and as a funding decision, how we can find an appropriate level of funding,” Block said

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Coroner: TSA Officer Died Minutes After Being Shot

LO S A N G E L E S ( A P ) T h e Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n Se c u r i t y

Administration officer who was killed in a gunman ’ s attack at Los Angeles International Airport died two to five minutes after he was shot, coroner ’ s officials said Wednesday

Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said the autopsy report isn’t finalized, but the detail was released after pressure to clarify when TSA Officer Gerardo Hernandez died The final report is expected to be released later this week, he said

Authorities say Hernandez was shot when Paul Ciancia pulled a semi-automatic rifle out of a duffel bag inside Terminal 3 on Nov 1 and started shooting, targeting TSA officers Hernandez was hit multiple times and arrived at Harbor-UCL A Medical Center with no signs of life; emergency doctors worked for an hour to revive him but pronounced him dead after significant blood loss

A preliminar y coroner ’ s report said a bullet hit Hernandez’s aorta, the main arter y in the body, which would have caused the massive bleeding, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the findings The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity

That official and another law enforcement official who was not authorized to speak publicly said Hernandez didn’t receive aid until 33 minutes after the shooting, when he was wheeled to an ambulance by police because the area wasn ’ t declared safe for paramedics to enter Officers had subdued the gunman in less than five minutes, they said

It’s not known if immediate medical attention could have saved Hernandez’s life Officials are examining what conversations took place between police and fire commanders to determine when it was safe enough to enter, and whether paramedics could have gone into the terminal earlier, one of the officials said

Formal conclusions could take months

The head of the TSA union said he was appalled by the delay American Federation of Government Employees President J David Cox Sr called the situation “ ver y concerning” and said there should be a serious re-examination of TSA security policies

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Hernandez before moving on within minutes of him being shot until he was taken outside; no officers rendered first aid on scene, according to sur veillance video reviewed by the law enforcement officials

Union officials had speculated that a more timely response might have saved Hernandez’s life

Marshall McClain, who represents the airport police union, said medical response was delayed by a Los Angeles police officer who told responders that Hernandez was dead McClain said an airport police officer told him he might have felt a faint pulse and immediately ran Hernandez in a wheelchair to paramedics 150 yards away, outside

It’s unclear how the L APD officer determined Hernandez was dead or if he was qualified to do so The coroner ’ s finding indicates Hernandez was probably already dead when the officer checked on him, five minutes after he was shot

L APD said it would still investigate whether the veteran officer hindered efforts to rescue Hernandez because it always examines allegations against officers McClain said he couldn’t comment on an active internal investigation

A recent audit by Los Angeles Police Commission inspector found that the L APD had a zero percent compliance rate for state mandated first aid and CPR refresher training, excluding its Metropolitan Division

Too Fat to Fly? Stranded Frenchman’s Long Ordeal

LONDON (AP) He’s been turned down by planes, trains and even a cr uise ship in his quest to return home and his family says it’s because he has been deemed too fat to travel

Now Frenchman Kevin Chenais’ long and fitful journey is coming to an end

Chenais, who weighs 500 pounds (230 kilograms), says he has been repeatedly refused transpor t over the past two weeks as he sought to get home to France from the United States P&O Ferries finally offered to take him in an ambulance across the English Channel on Wednesday, the final hurdle keeping him from his home near the Swiss border

United States, where he spent months receiving medical care for a hormone imbalance

“ When we talked about this problem with British Air ways that Kevin was too fat (they said) abandon any intention of coming back to France,” Kevin’s father, Rene, told RTL Radio “From the fact of his incapacity, his obesity, he was not considered to be a normal being, but more like a problem ”

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Chenais board the plane, but said confidentiality r ules prevent it from saying why BA insisted that it does not discriminate against customers for any reason and that the airline provides the option of an extra seat to people who contact them with concerns about seat width

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“It’s terrible It’s discrimination It was ver y hard, tiring and a big waste of money for my pare n t s , ” t h e 2 2 - y e a r

Wednesday

Slumped over in his mobility scooter, he said he was exhausted just before being loaded into the ambulance

Chenais’ mother was outraged by the treatment her son allegedly received, saying he was discriminated against because of his weight

“It’s not the fault of my son to be big He has a genetic illness,” Christina Chenais said “ We are ver y happy to go home after this long, distressing and traumatic situation ” T

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y s refused to honor his return ticket from the

“ We respect the privacy of the customer so cannot comment on any changes in circumstance between arrival and depar ture dates,” the company said in a statement British Air ways declined to say what the changes in circumstance had been

Chenais said Carnival Cr uises also rejected his request for a cabin on a trans-Atlantic voyage The company declined to comment

Virgin Atlantic airlines stepped in to fly him to London, he said The company refused to comment on the topic to The Associated Press

From London, Chenais had planned to take the Eurostar train home

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Editorial

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ON TUESDAY, THE STUDENT ASSEMBLY Appropriations Committee voted to reduce byline funding for ALANA Intercultural Programming Board a multicultural umbrella student organization by nearly $25,000 due to what it called fiscal mismanagement and wasteful spending Understandably, the leaders and beneficiaries of ALANA are enraged, fearful that the reduction will restrict support for numerous multicultural groups and initiatives on campus But their implication that the decision reflects the Assembly’s lack of commitment to diversity is a shameless emotional smokescreen that skirts the real issue: whether or not ALANA has responsibly handled the budget it collects from our Student Activity Fee each year

While we believe ALANA is one of the most crucial byline-funded organizations at Cornell, the details of their financial habits have led us to believe that the committee acted appropriately by unanimously denying the group ’ s request for a funding increase and probably by slashing its budget as well The Appropriations Committee’s review of ALANA’s expenditures revealed that the organization regularly funds events with an overhead cost of up to $40, $80 and occasionally even $100 per person in attendance, according to their report We understand that multicultural events often rely on food to spread awareness about a particular culture But we agree with the committee’s reasoning that a reduction in the “quantity and expensiveness of food” a simple move toward budgetary restraint should not negatively affect ALANA’s ability to promote cross-cultural understanding

Our trust in the fact-driven approach that guided the Appropriations Committee’s decision in this case is not in the slightest mutually exclusive with our deep support for ALANA’s crucial mission to promote multiculturalism at Cornell We acknowledge that the umbrella organization has added new groups under its purview since the last byline funding cycle, and if money were no object, we would love to see support for ALANA continue to grow exponentially with its expansion But every additional dollar drives up the cost to Cornell students and we have yet to hear a compelling argument that details how ALANA would both shore up wasteful spending and put the additional funds they requested to productive use

It is unfair for ALANA’s leaders to accuse the S A which dispenses countless capital and human resources on diversity initiatives and programming of failing to prioritize campus diversity The committee’s recommendation simply espouses a belief we share: that ALANA can continue to thrive if it responds to this funding reduction with much-needed reform and more conscientious spending All byline funded organizations, whose generous allocations come directly from our contributions to the Student Activity Fee, are expected to meet the highest standards of fiscal responsibility

If ALANA’s leaders have substantive, numbers-based counterpoints to the S A ’ s recommendation, we hope they will make them heard over misguided accusations of willful neglect We’ll be at the meeting today eager to find out

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Max Schechter | Dems Discuss

Not All Political Fig hts Cross Party Lines

Contrary to what some might assume, the most important political fights often emerge within the parties themselves, not across the aisle It is very rare that a member of one party will adopt the position held by a member of the other More commonly, ideological fights within parties shift the overall party view and thus change political discourse This is why these disagreements are interesting and important to watch Here are a few fights worth watching right now if you want to guess where the parties are heading:

What the Cheney Family Tells Us About The Gay Marriage Fight

The Cheney family is probably preparing for a pretty awkward Thanksgiving In case you haven’t been follow Wyoming politics or the ongoing adventures of our former Vice President, allow me to recap Liz Cheney, daughter of trigger-happy former Vice President, Dick Cheney, is running for Senate in Wyoming Liz is positioning herself as a younger and more conservative option to the current senior Senator from Wyoming, Mike Enzi This past week, Liz Cheney got into some hot water when she said that she opposes same-sex marriage The Cheney family has an interesting history on same-sex marriage Vice President Cheney differed from President George W Bush by supporting the states ’ right to determine marriage Dick Cheney’s other daughter, Mary, is a married lesbian who does not appreciate her sister’s stance against gay marriage For the last week the Cheneys Dick, Liz, and Mary have been publicly feuding over this issue

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Mpresents a larger issue surrounding Republicans and gay marriage Two more states legalized gay marriage this month and the writing appears to be on the wall: Gay marriage is coming and most people in America are happy or indifferent toward that news Still, in Republican primaries, being anti-gay marriage seems like a necessity, especially if you are a challenger from the right, which Liz Cheney is trying to be For gay marriage advocates, these are the fights to watch to see if the R e p u b l i c

Party will change its stance on gay

y accused Liz Cheney of being on the “ wrong side of history,” an idea that is also the motivating factor for many Republicans who fear that their position on same-sex marriage will put them out of step with the American electorate When this kind of accusation comes from within your own party, it carries much more weight

Obama to try and secure his pledge that “if you like your healthcare you can keep it ” Vulnerable Democrats in the House and Senate are getting nervous and worrying that, like in the 2010 elections when the Republicans routed Democrats electorally, Republicans could win big based on Obamacare’s shortcomings More than 20 Democratic House members voted for a bill that was Republican-proposed to “fix” Obamacare The party may be turning on the president

he results of these nal fights will guide roader, more public fights down the road

Democrats Turn on Obama(care)

If you ’ ve been following the rollout of Obamacare, you know there have been some difficulties (that’s putting it nicely) Although everyone expected problems at the beginning of the healthcare exchanges, the technical difficulties have dwarfed what was expected Even Bill Clinton is calling on President Barak

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y feud is less i m p o r t a n t for substance than it is for style For months the D e m o c r a t i c Party has been rallying behind President Obama as the Republicans shot themselves in the foot with the government shutdown Now that Obamacare is scaring people, the Democrats appear willing to turn on their own in order to protect their reelection chances

The Ultimate Tea Party / Establishment Fight

One cannot write about intra-party fighting without discussing the Tea Party 2014 looks poised to give us one of the most quintessential and illustrative tea party versus establishment fights we have seen to date In 2014, the Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell is running for reelection in

THROWDOWN THURSDAYS

Marriage, Republicans

ary Cheney’s statement that her sister Liz Cheney, who is running for Senate in Wyoming, is “dead wrong on the issue of marriage” brought to the forefront a key divide within today’s Republican Party Each side argues that its position most comports with Republican ideals

Supporters of same-sex marriage often base their argument on the Republican principle of individual freedom from collective control What could be a greater example of big-government tyranny, they reason, than denying someone the ability to marry the person they love? Opponents, on the other hand, argue that Republicans should stand on the side of tradition, especially when what is at issue is the strength of the near-universal and critical institution of the family This stance is reminiscent of William F Buckley’s famous characterization of a conservative as someone who “stands athwart history, yelling stop ” Other Republicans contend that this debate over principle should not matter at all Whether you like same-sex marriage or not, they argue, being widely perceived as anachronistic will not win you elections; the Republican Party must change its position as soon as possible

Kentucky McConnell has fought the Obama administration at every turn, but his support for bailouts and general Washington insiderness left him open to a tea party challenge from businessman Matt Bevin

I know many of you think we ’ ve seen this fight play out before and there is not much more to learn, but I posit that this one is interesting because of who Mitch McConnell is McConnell is not just another Senator, he’s the Republican leader This means that he has much more sway over what Republicans do or do not do in the Senate (although I’m sure he doesn’t feel in control with Ted Cruz and Rand Paul’s constant theatrics) McConnell can, to an extent, avoid bringing issues to the forefront much more easily than a rank and file member of Congress McConnell’s choices will demonstrate what an endangered incumbent does when he has some power over the political conversation

Intra-party fights are what change parties

More so than public posturing and speeches, these are the disagreements that politicians and their advisors argue over behind closed doors Republicans wrestling with gay marriage, Democrats deciding how loyal to Obamacare to be and establishment candidates attempting to avoid the tea party traps the results of these internal fights will guide the broader, more public fights down the road

Max Schechter is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and the president of the Cornell Democrats He may be reached at mschechter@cornellsun com Dems Discuss appears alternate Thursdays this semester

Should Embrace Flexibility

Party proceed?

The first and most important thing to do is to welcome a diversity of opinions on this issue “Purity tests ” of the sort floated by some Republicans, which often include a requirement to oppose same-sex marriage, alienate not just those within the party that have a reasonable disagreement on the issue, but potential Republican voters who will not want to be associated with a party that has such a rigid stance on a deeply personal issue One of the strengths of the Democratic Party over the years has been its ability to bring together those on different sides of debates like that

It should be our position on these not the highly personal and divisive social issues that so often divide parties, that play the primary role in defining who we are as Republicans.

This last group of Republicans has a point There is no question that support for same-sex marriage has risen dramatically support has more than doubled since 1996 among the public and supporters of solely traditional marriage now find themselves in the minority Among younger voters, support for “marriage equality” exceeds 70 percent in most polls, making same-sex marriage seem like a nationwide inevitability Yet, in a world where most Republican voters still oppose same-sex marriage, a Party declaration in favor of same-sex marriage at a time when there is already too much talk of forming a more conservative third party would almost certainly be unwise If a sudden change of position is not the answer, how should the

on gun control, enabling it to maintain at least some support in “red states ” If Republicans are to be competitive in socially liberal places like New England, we must be willing to entertain candidates who deviate from the party line on some subjects We should try to attract all voters that agree with us on most of the issues or at least the issues that matter most to them rather than unfairly demand agreement on everything

The second thing to do is to be the party of civility

There are few debates in America today that inspire as much vitriol as the debate over same-sex marriage All too often, each side accuses the other of being motivated by animus Marriage traditionalists are told that they harbor a hatred of homosexuals akin to the hatred displayed by the whites who

once defended bans on interracial marriage Supporters of same-sex marriage are told that they seek to destroy, not strengthen, the institution of marriage as part of a war on religion aimed at offending those who see the opposite-sex definition of marriage as sacred Our Party must understand that the debate over marriage is not about whether we should tolerate and embrace or hate homosexuals, but rather, it is about what marriage is and what social goods we seek to foster through state recognition of it While the Party can certainly stand on one side of that debate, it ought not do so with a flagrant disrespect and misunderstanding of those with the opposite perspective, as Democrats increasingly do

Finally, Republicans need not panic over the major shift there has been in public opinion about same-sex marriage Democrats may well be right that marriage traditionalists are on “the wrong side of history” (who knows?) But it is not as if some tidal wave of progress will sweep our party into oblivion in the near future absent a change in the Party’s platform Conservative candidates and their parties across the globe have won elections by wide margins despite disagreement with their electorates on same-sex marriage, from Chris Christie in New Jersey, to Tony Abbott in Australia Republicans should focus on presenting sound conservative principles on the issues that people most care most about, like the economy, taxation and Obamacare, explaining how Republican policy would make their lives better at a time when far too many Americans are struggling to get by It should be our positions on these issues, not the highly personal and divisive social issues that so often divide parties, that play the primary role in defining who we are as Republicans

Julius Kairey is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences He may be reached at jkairey@cornellsun com Always Right appears alternate Thursdays this semester

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Dining Guide

Your source for good food

Oishii Bowl: Collegetown’s Latest Comfort Food Fix Fizzles

By EMI BOSCAMP Sun Staff Writer

Opening a Japanese restarant in Collegetown is a bold move being that there are already two

p o p u l a r o n e s t h r i v i n g h e r e already: Miyake and Plum Tree

I n t r o d u c i n g a s m a l l b u s i n e s s anywhere in Collegetown is a bold move what with all the empty storefronts the ghosts of so many small business failures The word “oishii” in its n a m e m e a n s “d e l i c i o u s ” i n Japanese So naturally the question is: How “oishii” is the food there?

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K a t s u d o n i s t r a d i t i o n a l l y a deep-fried pork cutlet atop a bed of rice, egg and various condiments The katsudon at Oishii

B ow l w a s a n e n t i re l y u n i q u e (read: disastrous) take on a dish I have come to know so well from m y g r a n d m o t h e r T h e b i g g e s t flaw in the dish was the complete lack of texture The highlight of a katsudon is usually the crispy, Panko-cr usted outside of the pork, which complements

the soft rice and egg below it

The pork was tender and the rice was cooked well, but there was no variation in texture or color I had a bowl of grayish mush The breading-less pork was accompanied by rice mixed with scrambled eggs, slimy onions and what I believed to be some soy sauce

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thick, curr y sauce like in another traditional dish, katsu kare to cover the pork, but instead, there was no sauce My recommendation to Oishii Bowl would be to include the curr y sauce, bread the pork and add some sor t of pickled vegetable to add a pop of both texture and color

Next, I had khao man ghai, which is a traditional Thai street dish that consists of slices of poached chicken, jasmine rice and a ginger, garlic and chili sauce Again, this dish had no variation in texture The chicken was juicy, but unfor tunately the skin was slimy and there was an overabundance of it The jasmine rice was per fectly cooked, but it obviously could not contribute anything texture-wise to the dish The chicken was bland; its poaching liquid was clearly unseasoned For tunately, however, the ginger sauce had complex layers of flavor so characteristic

o f T h a i c u i s i n e : s w e e t , s a l t y, acidic, garlicky, tangy and a little bit spicy It even added a tiny bit of color to the other wise monochromatic dish

My f a v o r i t e d i s h w a s t h e chicken mango salad This was the only dish with a variation in texture At last, the star of the s h o w w a s t h e p r o t

i n T h e chicken was moist on the inside and ver y cr unchy on the outside The breading per fectly complemented the chicken to create a wonder ful bite This breading needs to be on the pork in the

katsudon dish The warm pork sat atop a bed of romaine lettuce

a n d j u l i e n n e d r a w, u n r i p e mango lightly coated in a dressing of sweet chili sauce, rice

v i n e g a r a n d s e s a m e o i l T h i s fresh, crispy, acidic salad beautifully complemented the pork, which was heavy with breading My bite was balanced in ever y area: texture, taste and color

For my side dish, I had the korokke, which is the Japanese take on a croquette: a ball of

m a s h e d p o t a t o e s m i x e d w i t h meat, seafood or vegetables, and then coated with breadcr umbs

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korokke had peas and corn mixed into its mashed potatoes The mashed potatoes were silky essentially just a purée which c o n t r a s t e d n i c e l y w i t h t h e cr unchy Panko breading on the o u t s i d e Ho w e v e r, t h e r a t i o between breading and filling was off; there was too much filling f o r t h e a m o u n t o f b r e a d i n g After a couple bites, the breading was gone, and there was only underseasoned mashed potatoes left, without the saltiness of the Panko coating to flavor it

The iced green tea latte was a refreshing contrast to the dense meal, but it too was a little heavier than I had anticipated; whoever prepared it was a bit heavyhanded with the green tea powder

I a r r i v e d a t n o o n , w h i c h seemed not to be such a popular time because there was no line and there were plenty of tables open I think the small space is appropriate for a comfor t food setting The décor has not yet caught up to this comfor t idea, h o w e v e r T h e b a r e w a l l s haunted by the graffiti of CTPgoers past and the bright lighting gave the restaurant an unfor tunate hospital feel They should a lso rep la ce t he la r ge, glaring white cur tain separating the kitchen and the register that reads “Oishii” in what seems like a toddler’s attempt at calligraphy – it makes the place seem even more amateur I was pleasantly surprised by the ser vice I kne w the woman

she wrote my name (which is Japanese) on the top of my order in its correct characters This was a breath of fresh air for me; I am so used to Japanese restaurants owned and staffed by those of other ethnicities She was ver y polite and constantly smiling I was shocked at how quickly the meal was ready; it took only seven minutes for three entrées, a side, and two drinks

The por tions are appropriate for their prices A heaping bowl of food costs $8, and the sides are all around $2 Bring your

order a soft drink, they won

t fill it all the way, and if you order an iced tea, it will cost you $2 50 Oishii Bowl needs to find its niche and stick with it Indeed, its menu is small and focused on the idea of comfor t food in a bowl, but it needs to pick a cuisine to concentrate on Right now, it is doing both Japanese a

y, when it could be doing one cuisine carefully and accurately I might come back here for the chicken mango salad, but then again, I could probably get a better version from it from a restau-

food At the end of the meal, I w

enough Sriracha sauce to drown my not-so-oishii dishes in

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Kaitlyn Tiffany

The Nov 18 leak of British/Irish boy-band One Direction’s third album, Midnight Memories, generated some serious Twitter buzz, as well as por traiture of the Directioners fandom a huge por tion of which tweeted their intent to restrain themselves (super painfully) and wait for the official release to listen to the album Meanwhile, a 21 year-old woman Facebook messaged me all 18 MP3s, writing, “MIDNIGHT MEMORIES HAS LEAKED EVERY GOD DAMN SONG IS A JAM AND I’M CRYING ”

The album is already receiving mixed revie ws The blogosphere calls it beautiful; The Huffington Post calls it plagiarism, insisting that no 13 year-old fan is going to pick up on the fact that the title track “Midnight Memories” contains “Pour Some Sugar on Me” throwbacks, that the opening chord progression of “Best Song Ever” is straight out of “Baba O’Riley” and that “Diana” doesn’t just sound “ sor t of ” like “that song Mr Schue and Rachel sing in Glee” (as has been Tweeted by 1D fans) The thing about these accusations is, while the influences they’re talking about are obviously there, this is pop music by nature, there are going to be moments when it all star ts to sound the sa m e Pet e Tow nshend ( T he W ho) even p ub li cly responded, saying, “No! I like the single I like One Direction The chords I used and the chords they used are the same three chords we ’ ve all been using in basic pop music ”

What’s impressive about this album is how well it marries its influences and manages to make sense of having a handful of folk tracks, a half-dozen ’70/’80s pop-rock anthems, an acoustic bonus track and a quick foray into dubstep style on the same album a combination that would make most groups read schizophrenic More impressive still is that One Direction continues to be the boy band without an obvious Justin Timberlake no one is a stand out because ever y single one of them is talented as all hell and like-

able as can be This album sees all five guys with their own spotlighted vocal time “Stor y of My Life” is the only song the five wrote together and features a solo from each, resulting in the best single I have ever heard released by a boy band The chor us shifts from pretty to poignant seamlessly, from “the stor y of my life: I give her hope,” to “I spend her love, until she’s broke inside ” If you saw This Is Us, par t rock n ’ roll tour documentar y, par t coming-of-age stor y, you’ll bawl some more real baby tears at the sight of the boys’ families in the video for this one

Following the lead of originally-PG-pop-ar tists like Taylor Swift, The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, One Direction takes advantage of the standard third album step-up of swagger and sex: Harr y Styles’ cowriting credit, “Happily,” has lyrics about finding “ my traces in your hair” (OF WHAT?) and Liam and Louis’ The-Who-goes-pop-rock ode to a lady in a “Little Black Dress” entreats “I wanna see the way you move with me ” Niall Horan also tried his hand at songwriting, par tnering with members of British pop band McFly to pen “Don’t Forget Where You Belong,” a simple but sweet song about a star ’ s gratitude to his band mates as well as his hometown and family “Little White Lies” and “Does He Know?” are pure fun All Time Low meets Summer Set type alt-rock irony-inlove, all about “playing games ” and asking, “Does he know you could move it like that?”

Poet Amy Saul-Zerby writes, “I will only love you when you can understand that pop music is beautiful in its own way, ” and pop ’ s beauty comes from the way it encapsulates the raw energy and specific optimism of an era What’s great about these songs is that they encapsulate the intent of pop music at its purest “Right Now” (co-written by One Republic’s Ryan Tedder), “Stor y of My Life” and “ Through the Dark” are stand-out examples of the romanticism and catchy hooks of pop All three pair notable neo-folk influ-

ences from the likes of Mumford & Sons and Ed Sheeran with some of the for-the-masses poetr y of bands like The Lumineers and Snow Patrol (whose G

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Although Justin Bieber tweeted his congratulations on it (“well done boyzzzzzz”), “Diana” is honestly an dumb song an ode to a hear tbroken manic pixie dream girl, and as Harr y Styles has explained, kind of a creepy tribute to one of their most active Twitter fans “Strong,” though, is a love song ’ s love song the lyrics are fresh, if sometimes confusing (how can hands be tied together like ships?), and it reads to me like a backlash to the love song backlash Where Lorde was recently quoted in The Fader on her hatred of the p or t r a y a l of a d olescent rom a nce i n cont em p or a r y music saying, “ This sor t of shir t-tugging, desperate, don’t leave me stuff That’s not a good thing for young girls, even young people, to hear,” Zayn Malik takes the lead vocals on “Strong” and asks, “I’m sorr y if I say ‘I need you, ’ but I don’t care is it so wrong? That you make me strong?” Not that Lorde doesn’t have a point (given that her comment was directed at Lana Del Ray’s oeuvre of cocaine-charged brooding about a Coca-Cola-flavored vagina and a series of nefarious men referred to as “Daddy”), but pop music isn’t about telling people to wait until they’re older to take their own emotions seriously The fact that One Direction recognizes the poignant and the flighty, the power ful and the frivolous, as equally legitimate sources for ar t is surely par t of what makes them so insanely appealing The phase of life that is solely about “stumbling down the street, singing, singing, singing” about some “midnight memories” is just as valid as any other

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at ktiffany@cornellsun com

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Released with the deluxe version of the Wakin on a Pretty Daze LP, It’s A Big World Out There (And I Am Scared) revisits three old tracks including a string synth version of “Never Run Away ” The E P delivers three new tracks as well, adding to Kurt Vile’s pantheon of meticulously arranged, deeply emotive cuts Ps

f c o n t e m p o r a r y ’ 6 0 s re v i v a l s .

With his second album, Shangri La, British guitarslinger Jake Bugg sounds much more mature than his 19 years On this LP, Bugg again flexes his songwriting muscles with foottapping, crunchy riffs supported by his uniquely warm vocal chops Combining U K rhythms with American tones, Bugg is sure to be a rock mainstay for the foreseeable future

Minor Alps’ Get There, the latest side project of ’90s alt-rockers Juliana Hatfield and Matthew Caws of Nada Surf, turns down the angst and polishes the musicianship of its predecessors Well-paired vocal harmonies combine with distortion-laden guitars to create their debut LP, Get There, which proves that while old people may not be as cool as their contemporaries, they’re certainly wiser

In the 11 years since their debut, the noisy Connecticutians known as Magik Markers have released loud, distorted albums supported by debaucherous concerts.

Surrender to the Fantasy takes the group ’ s wild edge and fits it into slightly more accessible song structures, letting their calculated madness reach a somewhat wider audience

Montreal rapper Koriass has been making a name for himself around his native province for a while now with gritty tracks like “Enfant de l’asphalte” and “Garde ta job ” With Rue des Saules, Kor y exposes his softer side as he confronts themes of depression and his hardscrabble upbringing in SaintEustache, resulting in a heartwarming album marked by his signature flow

The World Cup of Pop

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s t a k e s s p o r t s t o u r n a m e n t It i s i n t h e l a s t g a m e o f h i s c a r e e r, i n t h e d y i n g s e c o n d s o f a d r a m a t i c f a c e - o f f w i t h s p o r t i n g a n d h i s t o r i c a l r i v a l It a l y, l o s i n g t h e Wo r l d C u p o n c e a g a i n f o r h i s n a t i o n M a n y c o u n t r i e s w o u l d v i l i f y s a i d s t a r T h e Fr e n c h e r e c t e d a 2 0 - f o o t b r o n z e s t a t u e a n d w r o t e a c h a r t - t o p p i n g s a t i r i c a l s o n g a b o u t t h e i n c i d e n t So c c e r s t a r a n d t h r e e - t i m e F I FA Wo r l d P l a y e r o f t h e Ye a r Z i n e d i n e Z i d a n e f a m o u s l y e a r n e d a r e d c a rd f o r a r a t h e r u n e x p e c te d h e a d b u t t i n t h e d y i n g m i n u t e s o f ov e r t i m e d u r i n g t h e f i n a l o f t h e 2 0 0 6 Wo r l d Cu p “ C o u p d e B o u l e , ” Fr a n c e ’ s m u s i c a l r e s p o n s e t o t h e e v e n t , c o m -

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e q u i v a l e n t f e a t u r e d the whiny pairing of I l Di v o a n d To n i Braxton in “ Time of Our Lives,” a track that was luckily forg o t t e n w i t h i n s e conds of Italy lifting the trophy At this time, these songs falt e r e d b e s i d e t r a c k s like England’s satiric “ Vindaloo” (“ Where on earth are you from? / Do you put the kettle on?”) and even Weezers cheesy-ashell “Represent ” B u t i n 2 0 1 0 , F I FA s e e m e d t o f i g u r e i t o u t T h e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n b e g a n w i t h “ Wa k a Wa k a ( T h i s Ti m e Fo r A f r i c a ) , ” t h e i n f e c t i o u s t r a c k t h a t w a s t r u l y u n a v o i d a b l e f o r t h e m o n t h s l e a d i n g u p t o , d u ri n g a n d a f t e r t h e Wo r l d C u p A c o l l a b o r a t i o n

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incessant Adidas and Coca-Cola bordered on intolerable As much as we may tr y, it’s hard to forget Ricky Martin’s “ The Cup of Life,” the official song of the 1998 World Cup, which is less “music” and more “five minutes of chanted inspirational platitudes ” (Martin seems to endlessly demand whether we “really want it ” The answer has remained, for the last 15 years, a resounding “ no ”) The 2006

m e m o r a t e s t h e a c t i o n a n d t e a m ’ s s u b s eq u e n t p e n a l t y k i c k d e f e a t M o r e t h a n t h a t , t h o u g h , i t c o m m e m o r a t e s t h e c o l l e c t i v e d i s a p p o i n t m e n t s o d e e p l y f e l t b y Fr e n c h f a n s t h r o u g h s a t i r e a n d a j o y o u s c e l e b r a t i o n o f t h e “ h e a d b u t t d a n c e ” A n d t h a t ’ s n o t t o m e n t i o n t h e v i d e o , a m o n t a g e o f t r i c o l o r e d Fr e n c h m e n c h e e r i n g o n t h e i r n a t i o n a l e m b a r r a s s m e n t T h e s o n g w a s w r i t t e n a n d r e c o rd e d b y a p a i r o f b r o t h e r s i n h a l f a n h o u r t h e d a y f o l l o w i n g t h e f i n a l j u s t e n o u g h t i m e f o r t h e c r u s h i n g d i s a p p o i n t m e n t t o t u r n i n t o r e s i g n a t i o n a n d , a p p a r e n tl y, c r e a t i v e e n e r g y It’s u n s u r p r i s i n g t h a t s p o r t i n s p i r e s s u c h a r t i s t i c p a s s i o n a n d s o c c e r, d u e l a r g e l y t o i t s g l o b a l a p p e a l a n d c a p a c i t y f o r c r o s s - c u l t u r a l c o n n e ct i o n , h a s s p a w n e d t h e g r e a t e s t v a r i e t y A m i x o f n a t i o n a l p r i d e , t e a m d e v o t i o n a n d t h e m a r k e t i n g m a c h i n e s e t i n p l a c e b y F I FA a n d i t s c o r p o r a t e p a r t n e r s h a s l e d e v e r y o n e f r o m We e z e r t o Yo u s s o u N ’ Do u r t o c o m p o s e s o c c e r a n d m o r e s p e c i f i c a l l y, Wo r l d Cu p a n t h e m s A f a i r l y r e c e n t p h e n o m e n o n , t h e p r o l i f e ra t i o n o f t h e s e s o n g s h a

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Eli Manning Recovers From Slow Season Start

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(AP) After a miserable start to the season, Eli Manning still hasn ’ t had one of those break-out games for the New York Giants

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ow l MVP has thrown for more than 300 yards only three times in 10 games and he has thrown multiple touchdowns in a game just twice His totals for the season are a disappointing 12 touchdowns and 17 interceptions

strides in the current four-game winning streak that has given the Giants (4-6) a chance to make a run at the playoffs after an 0-6 start

The Giants haven’t changed their playbook to get Manning back on track The options just have changed in recent weeks to make Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys (5-5) meaningful

It involves both sides of the ball

Perry Fewell has his defense playing lights out and keeping games close

The offensive line has stabilized The running game is finally making strides, and Manning and his receivers are using quick, short passes to take what defenses offer instead of forcing plays over the top

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I think I still go through my same progressions and I’m still going through our reads We’ve probab l y t h row n

b i t m o re three-step passing game than in the past, it seems like, but we ’ ve been successful with it and still hitting some good plays I think we ’ ve done a good job doing

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worked well for us ”

This past week against the Packers, Manning hit 25 of 35 passes for 279 yards, a touchdown and an interception, a pick that resulted because backup receiver Louis Murphy Jr ran the wrong route

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t yardage total of the season and it included 10 passes of 12 yards or more, including four between 25 and 35 yards The second-longest play was a 30-yarder on a short slant that Victor Cruz caught on the run

Not only did the Giants get yards on the play, it slowed down the Packers’ pass rush “ T h

they’re rushing hard and the ball is getting out before they can get back there,” Manning said “So you ’ ve got to mix in that with the play-action, with the five- and seven-step drops just to have a g re a t m i x t o t h row o f f t h e defense ”

Having a running game in recent weeks with Andre Brown in the lineup for the first time this season also makes the safeties respect the run Instead of playing two-high, a running game many times brings one of them into the box

Cruz said that Manning, who has only thrown two interceptions in the winning streak, has looked a little more comfortable in the pocket He also has shown flashes of the “old Eli,” particularly on a 25-yard sideline route to Cruz when he floated a pass between two defenders

“It’s definitely something that has been a progression throughout the season, trying to get that ball to us, ” Cruz said “It’s just a matter of trust that he is beginning to grow more and more with us through the season He trusts that we are going to be there when we need to be, and do the rights things and make the right adjustments ”

The offensive line, beset by injuries to center David Baas and right guard Chris Snee, has settled down It forced a lot of shuffling early The line has had the same starters for five of the last six games, with Jim Cordle taking over at center and David Diehl playing right guard

Rodriguez Exits Hearing Smith Fights Sanchez Comparison

FLORHAM PARK, N J (AP) The comparison is inevitable, and Geno Smith doesn’t like it one bit

Sure, Smith’s overall statistics eight touchdowns and 16 interceptions are eerily similar to Ma rk Sa n c h e z ’ s n u m b e rs ( 1 0 T Ds , 1 6 I N Ts ) through his first 10 games with the Ne w York Jets That team star ted 4-6 in 2009, one game worse than this year ’ s squad, and made a stunning r un to the AFC title game

None of that, insisted the rookie quar terback, means anything

“No, I’m not Mark,” Smith said Wednesday “I don’t think it’s fair to compare his season to mine It’s two different seasons, two different guys, two different players, two different styles, two different systems

“I know you guys want to compare ever y single thing, but it doesn’t make a difference ”

Tr uth is, Smith is str uggling so much that some think it might be time for him to sit for a star t in favor of inexperienced backup Matt Simms

It won ’ t happen this week, though Rex Ryan said Smith will remain the star ting quar terback for at least the game at Baltimore

“ The young man ’ s resilient,” Ryan said “I don’t think there’s any doubt ” Smith needs a big bounceback game or he could perhaps see the bench, as he did at the end of last Sunday’s 37-14 loss at Buffalo

“I think the more you think about it, the worse you’ll do,” Smith said of tr ying not to press “ The best thing for me to do is just wipe it out of my mind, just play with a clean slate I pretty much do that ever y week ”

Smith has been lauded by his coaches and teammates throughout the season for remaining even-keeled in the face of success or adversity He is well aware, though, that he is costing the Jets lately Smith has one touchdown and eight inter-

c e p t i o n s i n h i s p a s t f i v e g a m e s , a n d h i s 2 0 turnovers lead the NFL

“I’m not out there thinking about what happened three or four weeks ago when I’m playing,”

he said “But when you make mistakes over and over that can accumulate and we can star t talking about where you were headed Week Three and how you ’ re doing, you want to see progress So in that area, I just have to continue to work at it

“I know it’s going to get better ”

Smith’s comments can almost give fans a case of deja vu They heard similar things from Sanche z in 2009, when he finished with 12 touchdowns and 20 interceptions There are, however, several differences in the two quar terbacks’ situations as rookies:

Sanche z was considered a franchise quar terback from Day One, when the Jets traded up to grab him at No 5 overall in the draft Smith was a second-round pick, and the third player Ne w York drafted He’s never been deemed the team ’ s future at the position

Sanche z was surrounded by playmakers as a rookie with Braylon Edwards, Jerricho Cotcher y, Thomas Jones, Leon Washington, Dustin Keller and Shonn Greene all in the offense Smith’s receivers have been banged-up all season and he has been under lots of pressure behind an inconsistent line

Sanche z was often considered just a piece of the overall puzzle as a rookie, something the Jets have said of Smith, too But Smith has found himself tr ying to make plays to make up for some deficiencies He has already led four four th-quar ter or over time winning drives Smith also has 31 throws of 20 or more yards; Sanche z had 34 during his entire first NFL regular season

“Definitely a playmaker,” Ravens linebacker Dar yl Smith said “He has the ability to r un around and make plays with his legs, and he can definitely make some good throws, too So, if you ’ ve got a guy like that, we ’ ve got to definitely keep him in the pocket, tr y to stop the r un and tr y to make them one dimensional Just tr y to put it all on him to beat us ”

Ryan enter tained the idea Monday of possibly giving Simms a fe w first-team snaps, but didn’t want to discuss reps on Wednesday

NEW YORK (AP) Alex Rodriguez benched himself at his own grievance hearing

The New York Yankees star walked out in the middle of a session Wednesday, furious arbitrator Fredric Horowitz refused to order baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to testify The move, followed by angr y statements accusing Selig of bias and the entire arbitration process of flaws, appeared to be a prelude to a lawsuit challenging whatever ruling Horowitz makes on A-Rod’s 211-game suspension

Horowitz was in the midst of the third week of hearings on the grievance filed by the players’ association to overturn the penalty given to the three-time AL MVP by Major League Baseball in August for alleged violations of the sport ' s drug agreement and labor contract

“I lost my mind I banged a table and kicked a briefcase and slammed out of the room, ” Rodriguez said during a 40-minute interview on WFAN radio “I probably overreacted, but it came from the heart ”

Rodriguez has not testified in the grievance and said he had been warned that repeating his denials of wrongdoing on the stand could result in attempts at additional discipline by MLB

MLB argued that it could decide what witnesses it wanted to present to justify the discipline, since the penalty must meet a “just cause ” standard The league said Chief Operating Officer Rob Manfred spoke to reasoning behind the discipline during his six hours of testimony

Rodriguez and the union asked Horowitz to compel Selig to testify After the arbitrator refused, Rodriguez uttered a profanity at Manfred just before leaving the hearing room at MLB’s office, two people familiar with the proceedings said They spoke on condition of anonymity because what takes place at the hearing is supposed to be confidential

Ithaca College (Phillips Hall)

NB A: East Struggles as West Remains Tough

The thing about tanking is that it’s an art, not a science If you ’ re a GM, you can ’ t just sign five guys off the street You need basketball players that want to develop and get better in the future, but are bad enough to lose a lot You want ultra-competitive athletes to lose, but not throw games And then one year you want to throw the switch and say, “Okay, it’s time to win now!” It’s a strange dichotomy And it may not even work Indiana was able to build a contender without being worse than ninth in the East since ’06 Tanking only gets you so far

Which teams most need a top-three pick this draft?

Milwaukee, Charlotte, and Utah are probably in most need of a superstar Especially Charlotte (poor MJ) There are plenty of bad teams in the NBA, but those teams at least have some young talent The Sixers, Magic, Suns and Pelicans are all bad But at least they have hope The same can ’ t be said of the Bucks, Bobcats or Jazz The Jazz are an abysmal 1-11 and getting run over in the Western Conference, while Charlotte deser ves some excitement after missing out on Anthony Davis I’ll be rooting for the ping pong ball balls to bounce their way

How disappointing are the New York teams?

If the playoffs were to start today (could you imagine? I mean this is a phrase thrown around, but still) both the Nets and the Knicks would be left out Both have been horrendous and feature identical 3-7 records as of writing, yet both were top-four seeds last season And both added highpriced, older talent It’s still hard for me to imagine either team missing out on the playoffs, but this is hardly encouraging

Older teams shouldn’t need to fight to make the playoffs, which the Nets and Knicks will have to do Both teams will be hurt by scratching and clawing their way in, as well as lack of rest for their veterans The same can ’ t be said for the Heat or Pacers

Why am I disappointed by the Cavaliers?

Yes, I’m disappointed by a Cleveland team I

should know better But the early returns on the Cavaliers have been under whelming Kyrie Ir ving has been healthy so far (knock on wood), but the Cavs still are still just 4-7 Despite a lot of young talent, including fellow number-one pick Anthony Bennet (who is struggling mightily), Dion Waiters, Tyler Zeller and some veteran players like Andrew Bynum and Jarrett Jack, the Cavaliers are still mediocre

We should give the Cavaliers some time to develop, as they are a ver y young team But their ceiling will depend on how these players develop This is a big season in Cleveland, as LeBron and Kevin Love could both be free agents, and both could be fits with the Cavs But if Cleveland hopes to coax some elite free agents, they’re going to need to compete better this year If worse comes to worst, and the Cavs can ’ t even squeak

LeBron

Is Anthony Davis is already a star?

It’s time we stop referring to Anthony Davis as a good young player and just as an all-star caliber player He’s already broken out and broken out for good After a relatively tame rookie year, Davis is averaging a double-double this season Davis is averaging 21, 11 and 3 6 game and looking ever y bit like the star the scouts envisioned he would be in college

How tough is the West?

The West is pretty tough Seven wins in the East gets you a top-three seed Seven wins in the West is the bare minimum for a playoff berth at the moment San Antonio, OK City, Golden State and the Clippers all look like serious threats to win the west Even though the Heat are still the title favorites, I could see any of these four teams knocking off Miami in a seven-game series and Houston isn’t too far off, not to mention Kevin Love is paying like an MVP in Minnesota We’ll see

John Zakour can be reached at jzakour@cornellsun com

Working towards another win | After losing in a blowout to Syracuse, the Red is looking to retur n to winning ways when the team takes on Bucknell in a home game this weekend

Red Eyes Rebound Against Bucknell

By BEN HOROWITZ Sun Staff Writer

h e y o u tre b o u n d e d u s p re t t y b a d l y I t h i n k r e b o u n d i n g a n d w o rk i n g t o g e t h e r o n d e f e n s e a r e t w o b i g t h i n g s w e ’ r e

Riders Place Second In Home Show, Stay

Top Team in Region

By ARIEL COOPER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

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C e n t e r T h e Red rode to a strong second place finish with 37 points, falling to Alfred by just three points Cornell still has an 18-point lead in the regional standings, which the team hopes to maintain going for ward

“It sucks that we didn’t win but we ’ re still winning in the regional standings, so it doesn’t reflect in our record, and that’s really all that matters, ” junior Mar y Beth Hannon said

As the host of the show, the Red was responsible for caring for and managing the flow of horses both in and out of the show ring Hannon and junior Madeleine Breen were in charge of making sure that ever ything ran smoothly

The pair said that the fact that they ride in different d i v i s i o n s h e l p e d t h e m divide the work evenly and stay on track when it was time for one or the other to compete

“It was nice to be able to lean on each other and [to] be able to take that

t i m e t o g e t f o c u s e d , ”

Hannon said

With many of Oxley’s horses out of commission due to lameness or leg i n j u r i e s , C o r n e l l w a s required to bring in more outside horses than usual As a result, the Red did not have as much of a h o m e f i e l d a d va n t a g e , according to Hannon

“You can kind of say that the host will have the home team advantage, but I really don’t think it’s fair to say we had that advantage because of the mixture of the horses that we drew and then the ones that we ended up showing,” she said “A lot of us drew horses that we don’t generally ride ” Although riding unfamiliar horses is the norm a t In t e rc o l l e g i a t e Ho r s e Show Association competitions, the Red’s usage of horses who were previously unfamiliar with these t y p e s o f s h ow s t h re w things off balance The unexpected injuries forced t h e t e a m t o m a k e l a s t minute adjustments to the show string

“A lot of the horses who went lame went lame in this past week, so we ’ ve b e e n r i d i n g t h e m a l l s e m e s t e r, g e t t i n g t h e m re a d y a n d g e t t i n g u s adjusted to them,” Breen said “[Then,] we had to add two more horses we

f o c u s i n g o n t h i s we e k ” T h e g a m e a g a i n s t Bu c k n e l l w i l l b e t h e f o u r t h i n a s e t o f 1 4 o u t - o f - c o n f e re n c e g a m e s t h a t t h e Re d w i l l p l a y b e f o re f i n a l l y s t a r t i n g i t s Iv y L e a g u e s c h e d u l e i n Ja n u a r y T h e Re d h a d a n u p - a n d - d ow n o u t - o f - c o n f e re n c e r e c o r d l a s t s e a s o n , a l t e r n a t i n g w i n n i n g a n d l o si n g , b u t i t s t r u g g l e d t h ro u g h o u t i t s Iv y L e a g u e s c h e d u l e A c c o r d i n g t o Di Ma g n o , t h e Re d s h o u l d l e a r n f ro m e a c h o f i t s o u to f - c o n f e r e n c e g a m e s i n o rd e r t o i m p rove i t s g a m e i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h e Iv y L e a g u e s c h e d u l e “A l o t o f t h e s e g a m e s a re t r y i n g t o t e a c h u s s o m e t h i n g t h a t w i l l h e l p u s f o r Iv i e s , s o Sy r a c u s e w a s a g o o d e x a mp l e b e c a u s e t h e y ’ re a ve r y a t h l e t i c t e a m a n d t h a t s i m il a r t o s o m e o f t h e t e a m s t h a t we ’ re g o i n g t o f a c e i n - c o nf e re n c e , ” s h e s a i d “ So I t h i n k e a c h g a m e i s k i n d o f t a k e n a s a l e a r n i n g e x p e r ie n c e f o r u s t

don’t usually jump, and that kind of throws ever yone off tilt ”

This year ’ s unusually l a r g e ro o k i e c l a s s a l s o added an interesting element to the competition, as the 16 new members

“I was just really impressed with everyone’s ability to help each other out ”

M a r y B e t h H a n n o n

h a d n e ve r e x p e r i e n c e d running an IHSA show before The veterans said they were impressed with ever yone ’ s work, however “ I w a s j u s t re a l l y impressed with ever yone ’ s ability to help each other

o u t w h i l e b e i n g extremely competitive and r i d i n g we l l , ” Ha n n o n said Junior co-captain Sofia St e i n b e r g e r w a s e q u a l l y impressed with both the rookies’ work ethic and Hannon and Breen’s leadership in the barn

“ We we re n e r vo u s b e c a u s e t h e re ’ s 1 6 g i r l s w h o ’ ve n e ve r d o n e i t b e f o re , b u t t h e y a l l worked really hard,” she said “Maddie and Mar y Beth were super on top of it [and] super organized ”

Vo l u n t e e r s f ro m t h e Ithaca College equestrian team also assisted the Red t h ro u g h o u t t h e d a y Cornell is looking for ward to building a stronger relationship with the Ithaca team in the future and hopes that the Bombers

will see the Cornell show as their home show as we l l , a c c o rd i n g t o Hannon

Strong camaraderie was p re s e n t t h ro u g h o u t t h e day, particularly between the co-captains, who competed in the same open f e n c e s c l a s s Ju n i o r c oc a p t a i n Ge o r g i a n a d e Rham placed third, while Steinberger received the blue ribbon

“Georgi and I happen to be in the same class ever y time It sucks to have to compete against your teammate and your co-captain, but I feel like we ’ re b o t h a b l e t o b e h a p p y f o r e a c h o t h e r, ” Steinberger said de Rham felt that the focus on what needed to be done in the barn took the team ’ s attention away

from the competition “ The thing that’s hard for our home show mainly is that it’s hard to kind of get in the zone because you ’ re thinking [more] about what you need to be doing in the barn,” she said

The Red heads to its final fall show at Alfred this weekend, relieved to have the pressure of hosting off of its shoulders

“Our placing doesn’t s h o w i t , b u t I t h i n k e v e r y o n e i s j u s t s o relieved and happy We can now go for ward into the next show and know what we ’ re doing and just h a v e a b e t t e r t i m e , ” Breen said

Spor ts

D ismissed Lacrosse Coach DeLuca ’98 Thanks Supporters, Fans in Statement

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

The University’s silence over its dismissal of former head men ’ s lacrosse coach Ben DeLuca ’98 has outraged dozens of alumni and parents alike, who insist the community deserves transparency But the man at the center of the debacle, Ben DeLuca ’98, says he has no better an idea than anyone else why he was fired

“For reasons which still remain unclear to me, after 17 years as a student-athlete and coach in the men ’ s lacrosse program at Cornell University, I will be parting ways with the University and move on to the next chapter in my professional career, ” DeLuca said in a statement released Wednesday by law firm Dinsmore & Shohl It was the first time DeLuca spoke publicly since the University announced he had been dismissed last Thursday

Administrators have said little about why DeLuca was fired, citing the need to retain confidentiality over

personnel issues In an interview with The Sun Wednesday, President David Skorton said the dismissal was “ not just based on one incident ” In other statements, University officials have said the decision was “difficult” but necessary for the sake of Cornell’s students and the lacrosse program

“Our students are our first priority, and there is no doubt now that new leadership is required,” Andy Noel, director of Athletics and Physical Education, said in a statement after DeLuca’s dismissal was announced

For some alumni, the administrators ’ words fell on deaf ears Failed to be placated by the statements the University has published, many wrote in online comments to The Sun that both the lacrosse program and longtime Red veteran DeLuca deserve better

Some, noting that DeLuca’s dismissal came two months after the lacrosse team was investigated and temporarily suspended for allegedly hazing its freshmen, said they felt

Red Takes State Title, Appears at Nationals

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Few teams at Cornell can boast that they have won consecutive state championships

One of them is the men ’ s water polo club, a team that g e n e r a l l y d o e s n o t g e t t h e recognition it deserves because of its status as a club sport Cornell has no varsity water polo team, however, and the

c l u b h a s re p re s e n t e d t h e Un i ve r s i t y we l l , d e f e a t i n g Columbia for the New York Division Championship and travelling to San Diego last

we e k e n d f o r t h e Na t i o n a l Tournament

“I think this year ’ s win was crucial in terms of our team ’ s development,” captain Henry Frye said “It marked Cornell’s first consecutive division win and was a bit of a surprise to many since our roster had so many freshmen who had never played before as a team ”

The Red finished the regular season with a 7-1 record, second in the New York Division behind Columbia, which finished 8-0 However, the squad went undefeated in the State Championship tournament, defeating Columbia and qualifying for the National Tournament held at UC San Diego in the process

“ We dominated the first two games and handily beat Columbia in the second,” pres-

ident Gavin Taves said “That itself was the biggest highlight of the season; our ability to go into the game with confidence and poise and then perform as well as we did was pretty awesome ” With a bid to the National Tournament under their belts, finding the money to make the trip across the country would prove equally challenging The Red needed to raise $10,000 in just the ten days following the State Championship to fund the trip, something no varsity team is asked to worry about

The team set up a website asking for donations, promising a free shirt for every $30 contribution

“Typically we ask for donations from friends, family and alumni from the water polo team, ” Frye said “Additionally, we receive some help from the university These past two years we have been fortunate enough to be able to meet our costs and we are always grateful to those who help us with our funding goals ”

The National Tournament featured teams from across the country, some of them powerhouse names like Duke, UCLA and Michigan State

“The National Tournament was great, ” Taves said “For the past two years, the team has had an incredible time meeting players from around the country and getting the opportunity

DeLuca had been unfairly punished by the University Cornell administrators have not drawn any connection between the hazing incident and DeLuca’s dismissal

Others blamed parents of freshmen on the team, accusing them of overreacting to the alleged hazing incident and of pressuring Cornell Athletics to dismiss DeLuca

Underlying many alumni’s sentiments was fr ustration over the University losing a man they say is not only an outstanding athlete but also the leader Cornell lacrosse needs

“There could have been no better man for the job,” more than 150 alumni wrote in a letter to The Sun’s Editor Wednesday “For the impact he has had on our children and friends, we owe him our greatest debt ”

The alumni thanked DeLuca for his dedication They thanked him for helping propel the Red’s program to Ivy championships and NCAA tournaments Most of all, they said, they thanked him for his mentorship

adding that “ some lucky program is about to be changed in an infinitely positive manner ”

DeLuca did not touch on his dismissal beyond his statement ’ s first sentence But he turned around and thanked the “friends, parents, students, alumni and mentors ” who he said reached out to him and his family in the last few days

He also expressed his pride of the lacrosse team ’ s student-athletes, saying, “I am extraordinarily proud of the way in which you have conducted

Ten for ten | To fund its trip to the National Tour nament, the water polo team needed to raise $10,000 in 10 days

to play at a very high level of water polo ” The Red finished 12th at the tournament with a 1-3 record, defeating Indiana State for the team ’ s first victory at Nationals in over ten years

According to Frye, though, the losses were all close ones, and he believes the team had the potential to place higher

“I think we could have done much better and have the potential of being Top-four in the nation,” Frye said “All the games we lost were small point deficits and I think it was a valuable experience considering how young our team is and the likelihood of us attending future National Championships

” Taves agreed, saying that the small sample space of four games at the tournament was not an indicator of how prepared the team is to compete at a high level

“As a team we know that we have a lot more talent than was represented in our four games

in San Diego,” Taves said “We’ll be fighting that much harder next year to break that Top-10 barrier ” The future remains bright for the water polo club, as a promising crop of underclassmen will make for a more experienced group down the road

Should another State Championship and National Tournament bid come its way again next year, it will be hard not to recognize the continued success of a team that should no longer be flying under the radar

“We definitely put a lot of hard work into the season, and because we have such a young squad, there is high potential for us to become one of the top national teams, ” Fr ye said “Winning consecutive victories like this really builds our experience and greatly increases our chances of rising in the national ranks for years to come ”

Scott Chiusano can be reached at schiusano@cornellsun com

yourselves during your time at Cornell ” “I wish you all every happiness and success for this season and into the future,” he said “My pride in watching you mature as young men is second only to that of your parents and family It has been an honor to have a window into that part of each and every one of your families and lives ”

Akane Otani can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun com

NBA: What Have We Learned

About one eighth of an NBA season is in the books So, what have we learned?

Is the East too bad to tank in?

The 76ers and Magic were supposed to be tanking especially the Sixers Preseason predictions that foretold the Sixers losing 70 games were not uncommon Now they’re leading their division, and Michael CarterWilliams already looks like the real deal But, they’re only 5-7 A losing record is leading a

division in the East The East, outside of Indiana and Miami, might be very bad too bad to tank in There are simply too many mediocre teams

It’s hard to tank in the NBA and strange But the best way to get better is to be bad enough to get a top draft pick And with this year ’ s star-studded draft class, everyone wants a top-three pick A top-three pick means a teams gets one of the possible future stars Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker or Julius Randle Even with the uncertainty of a lottery, the same lottery that does not guarantee a top-three pick for even the worst team in the league, this class is just too talent-loaded Teams are willing to take the risk it and get a guy that will jump-start their franchise