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Committees Created

To Find Replacement For Administrators

Provost, V.P. position to be lled by next fall

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor

The University announced the formation of two search committees Thursday morning to replace two of its departing administrators, the latest in the changing landscape of Cornell’s senior leadership

The groups will seek to find replacements for former Provost Kent Fuchs and Susan Murphy ’73 Ph D ’94, vice president for student and academic ser vices Fuchs, who will become the president of the University of Florida in Januar y, left Cornell last week, while Murphy will step down from her post in July

Both positions are expected to be filled by the start of the next academic year, according to Joel Malina, vice president for university relations

He added that the committees, overall, will seek candidates “who can

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Community Issues Focus of S. A . Meeting

By GABRIELLA LEE Sun Staff Writer

Vying for increased communication between Cornellians and Ithacans about issues facing the c o m m u n i t y, t h e St u d e n t Assembly held an open forum Thursday where issues of housing a n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r p u b l i c e n g a g e m e n t we re i d e n t i f i e d a s areas requiring action

B e g i n n i n g t h e s e s s i o n w i t h questions from the moderators Kristen Reichenbach ’16, host of “ Talk of the Town” on WVBR, and Nick Rasch ’15, vice president of external relations for the Cornell Forensics Society four out of the five panelists cited

housing as one of the most pressing issues that the community faced

“Housing, as far as I’ve seen, is t h e b i g g e s t i s s u e w e h a v e i n Ithaca,” said Alderperson Stephen Smith (D-4th), who is one of two re p re s e n t a t i v e s i n t h e C o l l e g e t ow n a re a o n t h e Common Council “It’s not just an affordability issue It’s an availability and quality issue ” Tom Schr yver ’93 MBA ’02, executive director for the Center f o r Re g i o n a l E c o n o m

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s a i d h e a g re e d , stressing that problems with offcampus housing stems from a growth in employment in the Ithaca area, but not an increase in

housing

In re s p o n s e t o a q u e s t i o n regarding the effectiveness of a spring 2013 law that aimed to combat the early housing rush, Alderperson Graham Kerslick (D4th) said it is important to recognize that the new law was never i n t e

problems The law required landlords to wait at least two months before renewing leases with current tenants or showing residential units to prospective tenants

“I think this legislature was helpful in bringing the

Weill Cornell in Qatar To Merge Pre-Med. And Medical Programs

By OLIVIA LUTWAK Sun Staff Writer

Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar announced Monday that it will merge its two-year pre-medical program and its four-year medical program into one cohesive six-year medical program

Previously, students looking to transition from the two-year to the four-year program would go through a separate admissions process, according to the college With the new restructuring, however, students will only have to apply once to be admitted to the sixyear medical education program

“ This important innovation preserves the content, academic rigor and quality of our highly regarded premedical and medical programs while providing additional flexibility to our students and at the same time advancing their preparedness for the medical profession,” said Javaid Sheikh, dean of the medical college in Qatar, in a press release

Students currently applying to the premedical program at WCMC in Qatar will undergo

the admissions process for the new six-year program by default, according to the college

Initial discussions of the integration began a few years ago as a result of recommendations from the Joint Advisory Board which provides advice and assistance to the dean of WCMC in Qatar

“There is broad enthusiasm among the faculty and current students ”

with the idea arising “quite naturally in the mind of all stakeholders,” according to Marco Ameduri M S ’96 Ph D ’00, associate dean for pre-medical education at WCMC in Qatar

“Integration will allow for a closer curricular focus in the first two years when the students take undergraduate courses and it will bring in

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News, “Buress Drops Statler Performance,” Monday

Speaking about comedian John Mulaney, who performed at Cornell after Hannibal Buress canceled Mulaney has a casual, observational style of humor that can still be endearingly strange, as his work with Stefon [of Saturday Night Live] attests He is a perfect fit for a college-age audience accessible but still surprising, and just really funny

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News, “Olympic Champion Mark Spitz Speaks on Path to Success,” Tuesday

Speaking about his dream as a young child to participate in the Olympic Games It was magic to think about what it would be like to go to the Olympic Games, but I had no clue how to get there I think the most important thing was the innocence of never having been given a manual of exactly how to do it

News, “Upson Hall to Undergo Major Renovation,” Wednesday

Speaking about why he believes Upson Hall is due for a renovation “At this point everything about the building is very old and run-down The computer lab, which is probably the most-used computer lab on campus has a pretty sad reputation of being smelly and gross For the students who do constantly work in Upson changing this ambience would be very desirable ”

Opinion, “How to Get Away With Graduating,” Thursday

Speaking about the importance of staying positive in the face of uncertainty

Abhishek Sriraman ’15

“Unlike many of my peers who are going to graduate school or already have job offers, I do not yet know what I will be doing come June of next year In order to stay positive and appreciate what I have right now, I try to overlook the potential for disaster and enjoy Cornell while I can

Samantha Weisman ’15

Team of Graduate Students

Aid in Making of Interstellar

Executive producer of hit movie approached students for images, video of a single black hole

By SAMANTHA ACRICHE Sun Staff Writer

The research of three Cornell graduate students François Hébert, Andy Bohn and William Throwe helped an executive producer of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar gain insight on visualizing black holes, a central story-telling device used in the film’s plot

Kip Thorne, a theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology known for his work with astrophysics and a producer for the film, asked the students to provide some images and videos of a “single black hole,” according to Hébert

holes orbiting each other would look

“Because the strong gravity near black holes bends the path of light rays travelling in space, you end up seeing very distorted images of the distant stars behind them,” Hébert said

Unlike Hébert, Bohn and Throwe’s work which focuses on binary black hole images the movie presents visuals for single black holes A binary black hole consists of two black holes in close orbit

“I’m very pleased that this film, with its foundations in science and relativity, is getting so much attention ”

“ We were familiar with Kip Thorne, as we have collaborators at Caltech who work with him,” Hébert said “[Because the images and videos] were relatively straightforward for us to produce, we sent some his way ”

Hébert explained that the team ’ s research helps astronomers visualize how two black

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“Whereas our focus was on breaking new ground by making images of binary black holes, their focus was on making extremely high resolution, Hollywoodquality images for the film,” Hébert said Hébert added that these images were purely “reference material” that meant only to help the producer learn how to create visuals for the film

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the visuals in the movie ”

Hébert explains that although other images have been designed to demonstrate how single black holes look, his team ’ s work is significant because they believe they are the first to make binary black hole images

The team which initially consisted of Hébert, Bohn and Throwe began working on their research about two year ago as a “side project,” according to Hébert He explained that three other members, Mark Scheel, Nicholas Taylor and Darius Bunandar, joined around this time as well

The team said they plan to continue their work and hope to make more contributions to the scientific community

“We plan to continue exploring images of binary black hole systems, ” Hébert said

“We also want to try making images of neutron stars in orbit near black holes; we also think this would be a first ”

Although the team members said they did not play a significant role in the creation of Interstellar, they are happy to see a sciencebased film receive so much acclaim

“I’m very pleased that this film, with its foundations in science and relativity, is getting so much attention,” Hébert said “Black holes and wormholes are really cool, so seeing a science fiction film do its best to treat them well in the plot and render them so beautifully on the big screen is very exciting ”

College Holds First ‘Energy Smackdown’ Competition

Event hosted by the College of Human Ecology to continue reduction in energy usage

By PHOEBE KELLER Sun Staff Writer

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additional flexibility in the timing of key steps, such as the Medical College Admission Test,” Ameduri said “The tighter curricular alignment over the six years will give the student more time to absorb the complex scientific concepts that are at the basis of medicine ”

The new integrated program aims to build upon this already-estab-

Arizona Sues General Motors

PHOENIX (AP) Arizona’s attorney general has sued General Motors Co for failing to recall millions of cars and trucks with safety defects the auto giant did not disclose for years The lawsuit seeks potentially billions of dollars in fines

Attorney General Tom Horne said Thursday that he sued under the state ' s consumer fraud statutes and is seeking a $10,000 fine for each of hundreds of thousands of defective vehicles sold in the state The lawsuit filed in Maricopa County Superior Cour t in Phoenix also seeks an injunction barring GM from similar actions and an order that it hand over profits it made from selling defective vehicles

Horne took action independent of a group of 48 states that have been jointly investigating GM, which Arizona was participating in “I made the decision that my job was to protect Arizona citizens and that I would be doing that better if we moved ahead with the lawsuit,” he said

lished reputation by continuing to place postgraduates in residency programs at elite hospitals across the world, according to the release

“At [WCMC in Qatar], there is a very supportive learning atmosphere, and students have the opportunity to do research and engage in local and international service experiences,” he said “So far, our graduates have been very successful as they continued their journey into their residency pro-

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Ameduri added that early feedback for the new program “shows excitement and curiosity ” “ There is broad enthusiasm among the faculty and the current students, as we all prepare to welcome the entering students in the fall semester of 2015,” he said

Olivia Lutwak can be reached at olutwak@cornellsun com

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BUFFALO, N Y (AP) Roofs began to creak and collapse and homeowners struggled to clear waist-high drifts atop their houses Thursday as another storm brought the Buffalo area ’ s three-day snowfall total to an epic 7 feet or more

Gov Andrew Cuomo begged drivers “ pretty, pretty please” to stay off slippery, car-clogged roads in western New York while crews tried to dig out Some areas got close to 3 feet of new snow by Thursday afternoon

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More than 50 people were evacuated from several mobile home parks in suburban Cheektowaga and West Seneca because roofs were buckling Bellevue Fire Department Lt Timothy Roma said more than a dozen buildings and carports collapsed, as did a metal warehouse operated by a Christmas decorations company, where damage was estimated in the millions

Local media reported that about 180 residents of a Cheektowaga assisted living facility were evacuated after staff members noticed the ceiling bulging under the weight of the snow

Homeowners and store employees around the region climbed onto roofs to shovel off the snow and reduce the danger

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Letter to the Editor

A call for responsible journalism

To the Editor:

Re: “Employee Assembly Talks Turnover, Staff Complaints,” News, Nov 20

Responsible Journalism What does that mean in a time when immediacy is the norm and success is determined by pageviews? Journalism is changing in format yet should not abandon its ethics The Society of Professional Journalists’ code of ethics clearly states amongst its four principles of ethical journalism that journalists should “ Take responsibility for the accuracy of their work Verify information before releasing it Use original sources whenever possible” and “Remember that neither speed nor format excuses inaccuracy ” The Sun recently published an article on the latest Employee Assembly meeting that grossly violated this code

While we are excited shared governance meetings are being covered by media outlets, we believe that any article, no matter how mundane to the author, should be approached with a responsibility to the nuance of the subject The author of “Employee Assembly Talks Turnover, Staff Complaints” flippantly interchanges the terms “staff ” and “faculty” in a way that ignores and undermines the identities, responsibilities and composition of each community and presents an article full of inaccuracies, misquotes and out-of-context information

In fact, the Employee Assembly and Mar y Opperman, vice president for human resources, work to advocate for staff interests in an effort to empower staff and improve the staff experience Where V P Opperman and E A Member Michelle Stefanski-Seymour were quoted as commenting on faculty growth and programs at Cornell, they were actually commenting on initiatives for the more than 8,000 staff members working to keep the University operating on a daily basis This community was profoundly affected by the economic downturn and yet continues to work ever y day to meet the new challenges Cornell, and higher education in general, face in this stiff economic climate

We are disappointed The Sun did not contact individuals quoted in the article to clarify positions or to provide context in the broader scope of the quotations For an organization that boldly claims independence since 1880, we did not see the responsibility that should accompany such freedom

We expect better and the Cornell community deser ves better

Greg Mezey ’09 Chair, Employee Assembly

B J R Siasoco ’07

Executive Vice-Chair, Employee Assembly

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Q: Now that winter has suddenly appeared in Ithaca, what’s the coldest it has ever been here?

Frosty the Snowman ’15

A: According to the Northeast Regional Climate Center, which is based here at Cornell, the Ithaca weather has occasionally dipped below -20 degrees Fahrenheit (-29°C) January 15 and 16, 1957 hit -25°F (-32°C), as did February 2, 1961 The Cornell Daily Sun editorialized on the frigid temperatures on January 16, 1957 with a typically Cornellian response: “We don't mind a little suffering here and there We don't even mind occasional snow flurries, thunder showers or hail storms We can even accept with some small bit of philosophy the afflictions of Ithaca's floods and snow-storms But when we have to suffer through the coldest night in the history of Ithaca more or less then we draw the line When such an event comes, it is only natural, we think, to question the cause for it all Why should cars be stalled or stuck, hands cold or frozen, heat minimal or non-existant [sic]? There is only one answer that we can see Cornell has not been Living Right Someone who has been watching all the recent antics of all sorts around and about this campus has finally decided there was only one thing to do punish us with freezing cold We have only one consolation Molecular action does not cease until -273 degrees ”

But don’t despair Summer weather is just around the corner A corner that is very far away If you need some warming up, Ithaca’s record high temperature appears to have been 103°F (39°C) on July 9, 1936

Q: I just realized that Wednesday classes before Thanksgiving break are canceled this year When did this happen?!

Calendar Impaired '16

A: The new calendar was officially announced back in September 2012, so many students have forgotten about the changes going into effect this fall for the first time We experienced our first February break last spring, but many forgot that we ’ re also getting an extra day off before Thanksgiving Most students probably didn’t notice since they’ve been skipping classes on that day since they were freshmen, which surely played a role in the calendar committee’s recommendations

The battle over Thanksgiving vacation actually dates back to over a century ago, when the University Trustees resolved in 1893 that Thanksgiving break be confined to only Thursday A series of student petitions and protests in 1895 won an extended holiday, with classes suspended from Wednesday evening to Saturday morning However, Thanksgiving break was once again reduced to a single day in 1915 Skipping class around vacations was such an issue at the time that the College of Arts and Sciences passed a resolution to put students on probation if they were absent immediately preceding or following a vacation day In 1917, students were fined two dollars for taking vacation early Following years of protests from the students, Thanksgiving break was finally extended again to Friday in 1927 With the exception of calendar changes during World War II, the Thanksgiving break has been largely unchanged until this year So be thankful that you get all of Wednesday off And that you won ’ t be fined or put on probation if you skip classes on Tuesday

Q: Is it true that Cornell is required to build new buildings in the style of the times? Tear Down Uris Hall ’15

A: While I’m unaware of an official mandate regarding Cornell’s campus architecture, it’s true that at least the unofficial policy has been to maintain an architectural diversity reminiscent of the University motto ’ s emphasis on diversity of students and studies Any person, any study, any architectural style Instead of making every new building look like the Collegiate Gothic style of the Baker dormitories, it’s easy to see the progression through time as you look around campus, from the Engineering Quad buildings once described as “1950s elementary school” style to the modern glass-covered Physical Sciences Building and Gates Hall The University Architect and University Planner work in conjunction to ensure that each new addition to campus fits the overall goals, needs and environment Efforts have often been made to transition contrasting styles, like the beautiful atrium connecting Baker Laboratory and Physical Sciences While the University Architect is responsible for building designs and the consistency of campus architecture, the University Planner handles the more holistic view of building placement, land use, transportation, infrastructure and the overall campus environment For a glimpse at what Cornell might look like in 50 years, check out the 2008 Cornell Master Plan at masterplan cornell edu

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CORRECTIONS

The article, “Employee Assembly Talks Turnover, Staff Complaints” published on Thursday has multiple corrections

Throughout the piece, Cornell University staff is incorrectly referred to as faculty

In the first paragraph, the story incorrectly states that the Employee Assembly discussed the importance of maintaining staff morale in light of high employee turnover In fact, the meeting was focused around development and there is not high employee turnover

The second paragraph incorrectly states that Mary Opperman, vice president for human resources, discussed a recent increase in staff complaints and turnover In fact, she was responding to a question regarding the trends in complaints after the recession

The piece also states that, “Human resources has implemented a formal rotational program, which encourages faculty members at Cornell to explore different positions and increase their career-progression, as part of a new attempt keep employees satisfied, according to Opperman ” In fact, there have been a handful of pilot rotational programs created to test, including one in human resources

When referring to the housing questionnaire sent out to graduate students and faculty, it incorrectly left out staff Additionally, the piece says that the questionnaire was sent out in response to complaints about the lack of affordable housing In fact, the questionnaire was sent out to get more information about workforce housing needs

Additionally, the piece incorrectly says that the quote that follows from Greg Mezey ’09, chair of the E A and the director of food and beverage for the Statler Hotel is referring to the housing questionnaire In fact, his quote was referring to the results from the 2011 staff engagement survey

The piece also incorrectly stated that, “When asked about how the E A and faculty could form relationships with President-Elect Elizabeth Garrett, Opperman advised members of Cornell’s staff to directly contact her ” In fact, Opperman suggested that the E A contact President-Elect Garrett in order to foster conversations in the future

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This test is run by the National B o a rd s o f Ve t e r i n a

y Me d i c a l Examiners so is also often called “boards ” We’re eligible to take it in our fourth year during which there are two testing periods the first one is now and lasts around a month and the second one is for two weeks in April

At its heart, the NAVLE is a standardized test We pay money to take it, go to a Prometric testing center just like we did for the GREs, sit in front of a computer for roughly seven and a half hours, and then receive scores around a month after the end of the testing window I think that by this point in our careers, most of us have become pretty good at the art of standardized t e s t i n g I learned pretty early (probably taking AP tests in high school) that a lot of the

was difficult for me to figure out how to study for a test that covers so much more material than any other standardized test I have ever taken There are a couple of companies out there who produce review materials (with a hefty subs c r i p t i o n f e e , o f c o u r s e ) t h a t u p p e rc l a s

which is the way many of us have chosen to study, with additional supplementation from our own notes for clarification It scares me a little to put so much faith into a for-profit organization, but it does seem like the best option Also, scheduling studying while on clinics can be tricky it’s recommended (by the testing compan i e s ) t h a t we s t a r t s t u d y i n g three months in advance but when you ’ re on rotations that run 14hour days then coming home and

is unfortunately more about learning the test than learning the material For example, I don’t think the math portion of the GRE tests your mathematical acuity as much as

h e quickest shortcut you can use to solve a math problem, and once you ’ ve learned the kinds of problems the GRE asks then you know which shortcuts to use

The NAVLE, however, is different It tests our ability to interpret information, the methodology which we use to think about problems and our general knowledge on essentially every animal species There’s a little bit of the “learning the test ” component to it too certain buzzwords that we learn to recognize and certain scenarios that become familiar to us, but the vast majority of the exam s e e m s t o l e g i t i m a t e l y t e s t t h e things we have spent the past four years learning

I have a couple of thoughts on this The first is about studying It

studying at the end of the day often isn’t the most fruitful In the end, though, it’s all part of the process I suppose learning how to juggle life and school and studyi n g a n d a p p l y i n g f o r internships/jobs all at the same time is part of the ritual involved in becoming a veterinarian My other thought is on the functionality of the NAVLE itself I think that the premise of it is lovely that we should know ever ything about ever ything so that we can be veterinarians who can treat any species And it does make me feel good to realize how much I’ve learned That being said, however, the knowledge in the field is increasing so much that the test may be becoming outdated We develop individual species o r s p e c i a l t y s p e c i f i c i n t e re s t s throughout vet school and generally we tend to know a lot more about certain areas than others It’s why we have to study for boards at all even if we feel like we have

learned things during school and are competent, there are many topics that we need to reinforce before being tested on just because it hasn’t been possible for us to continue to expose ourselves to all of them Also, even the increased degree of knowledge that we have about our areas of interest can end up being a hindrance on boards because the degree of detail we know makes it so that we can very easily over-interpret the questions So, if the NAVLE was to be tailored to producing exceptionally competent veterinarians, then the test would have to be split into sect i o n s t h a t a l l owe d s t u d e n t s t o focus on the nuances of their interests It’s a hard dilemma to deal with because one of the awesome things about veterinary medicine is that you can be a horse vet and t h

nk that the premise is lovely hat we should know everything about everything so we can be veterinarians who can treat any species And it does make me feel good to realize how much I’ve learned Ni k h i t a Pa ra n

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r that you really enjoy working with cats and want to be a c a t ve t Fo r now, it’s probab l y f i n e t h a t the NAVLE is structured in such a way that it tests out general knowledge on a broad variety of things, because we can continue to pursue our individual interests outside of the test I wonder what will happen though if students continue to pigeonhole themselves into certain areas (I definitely see it happening now) will we begin to second guess ourselves so much about our areas of interest that we would get those questions wrong, and then also not have a good enough knowledge base about areas that we weren ’ t interested in that we would fail the test more frequently? It’s food for thought if nothing else Now I should probably stop procrastinating and get back to studying

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Love, Loss and Robots: Disney’s Big Hero 6

SHAY COLLINS Sun Staff Writer

Disney’s latest animated release, Big Hero 6 tells a surprisingly realistic story about love and technology for a movie about a band of teen-to-college-age superheroes Although the film indulges in fantastical and cliché plot devices at points, adult viewers can easily connect with its portrayal of grassroots innovation and authentic brotherly love

Big Hero 6 follows the quest of precocious, rebellious technology prodigy Hiro Hamada, voiced by Ryan Potter At the beginning of the film, Hiro uses his technological ingenuity to hustle other competitors in the underground “bot fighting” scene in fictional San Fransokyo In typical Disney fashion, Hiro’s older brother Tadashi (Daniel Henney) and Aunt Cass (Maya Rudolph) raise him after the early death of his parents Tadashi shares Hiro’s proclivity for technology, but follows a more traditional path and attends the robotics program at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology Tadashi successfully refocuses Hiro’s talents by introducing him to the Institute’s creative and lovably eccentric students, but tragedy strikes soon after, leaving Hiro depressed and uninspired

In a wholly expected development, Hiro soon has an excuse to gather together Tadashi’s former classmates and latest research project a klutzy healthcare robot named Baymax (Scott Adsit) into a self-made, technological team of superheroes Opposed to the jet-black, tactical-grade super-suits donned by Batman, the thereafter-named Big Hero 6’s suits are colorful, wildly imaginative and fill out a large movie screen with action and texture Perhaps the two most creative costumes belong to Fred (T J Miller), the group s stoner-cliché character, who wears a full-body, mascot-esque, firebreathing dragon/monster outfit, and Honey Lemon (Génesis Rodríguez), who sports a Tron-like suit and carries an impromptu chemistry laboratory in her satchel

Plot-wise, Big Hero 6 writers Robert L Baird, Dan Gerson and Jordan Roberts do not deviate far from the Disney archetype: orphaned protagonist with conflicted emotions, an equally goofy and supportive cohort, a loveable, non-human best friend and requisite twists and turns to settle into a neat conclusion In hindsight,

Harry Styles may have snapped Taylor Swift’s pink Necco heart in half 20 or some-odd months back, Zayne Malik and Louis Tomlinson may toke up without checking the immediate vicinity for cameras and Niall Horan probably cuckolded his new bestie Ed Sheeran just because he could (he has the eyes of a curious infant and the jawline of Robert Redford), but One Direction is somehow still the reigning champion of boy bands who don’t appear to be jerks In fact, let me quote Rolling Stone’s Jon Dolan who wrote recently, “They don’t appear to be jerks ” They write pro-woman lyrics (“Let’s have another toast for the girl almighty”), are buds with Paul Rudd, cry at concerts and put their kid sisters in their music videos

Their fourth studio album FOUR is proof-positive of their nice guy status It’s a nice record, with writing credits on more than half of the tracks for Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne, decent indie folk numbers (“Fireproof ” and “Night Changes”) that go pretty much chord for chord with Midnight Memories’ “Story of My Life” and “Through the Dark” and two lovelorn but crackling, retro-guitar-backed bits of angst penned by Harry Styles (“Clouds” and “Stockholm Syndrome”) Who are they about? Is it T-Swift? Is it fucking T-Swift? Will there be a “Stockholm Syndrome”/“Blank Space” crossover vid?! These are the questions I have

And though any long-time fan will find enough to love on this album, it is, if you ’ re coming in cold, a pretty mixed bag For every chance that the group takes like with giving Tomlinson the punchiest of the parts to sing on the stand-out “No Control,” with naming their obvious new stadium-tour opener after a Whitney Houston chart-topper or with the overt sexiness of the Ed Sheeran-penned “18” (which might not have

Big Hero 6 even lacks a concrete antagonist and Hiro’s personal development takes up significantly more screen time than the team ’ s battles against enemies However, the previous discrepancy evidences what I believe to be Big Hero 6’s strongest quality

Namely, the film tells a story with moral shades of gray complete with the realistic difficulties of young teenage life and a completely un-ironic testament to talking about emotions and reaching out for help

Furthermore, Big Hero 6 presents a refreshing and realistic (nanobots and flying robots aside) portrayal of technology education and technological development The small-budget, smallscale development of much of the technology in the film is a welcome contrast to the sprawling research labs in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy and the like Rather than a stateof-the-art, cutting-edge laboratory, Hiro builds all of his equipment with minimal resources in a small garage

Big Hero 6

Directed by Don Hall

Starring Ryan Porter, Scott Adsit

The film includes the vast number of late nights, trials and errors that both Tadashi and Hiro endured building their projects Are the end results unrealistic for the efforts of a fourteen-year-old in a garage? Certainly, but it’s way more fun and far less pretentious than scenes of stern-faced, solemn scientists rushing around in concrete facilities

The very idea of Baymax, a robotic “healthcare companion,” no longer seems like the stuff of science fiction The film constantly pokes fun at the limitations of introducing robots into traditionally human roles (see: Baymax asking Hiro if fighting a supervillain will improve his emotional health), but the characters grow attached to it nonetheless The coupling of Baymax’s effectiveness at his actual job diagnosing and treating injuries and his bumbling, naïve

been a deliberate choice so much as them realizing that there literally aren ’ t any innuendos left) there are three more times that they play it safe The third single, “Ready to Run,” is boring as hell, repeating a wistful-disguised-as-rebellious “I want to be free / I want to be young, ” and I couldn’t even get through the generic melodrama of “Spaces ”

“Act My Age,” is a Flogging Molly-infused acoustic singalong love fest for bros, with a harmless EDM drop on the chorus (a style these free-wheeling dudes clearly have no idea what to do with, as evidenced by the robotic and confused vocals in these parts) Niall Horan has already step-danced to it publicly, so enjoy I want to be excited that they’re finally acknowledging and playing up Horan’s Irish background but I’m too busy being depressed by the thought of this song being sung raucously and like, “hilariously” to him in a Mullingar pub when he turns 50 and looks like his character from the “Best Song Ever” video

“Steal My Girl” is a smart single with its truly addictive chorus, obvious radio playability and the choice to feature each member on his own verse (would you seek to please only the Niallers or only the Larry shippers?) and it’s a good pop song, but as the lead single it’s nowhere near as fun as what One Direction has delivered in the past The video mimics the epic scale of “Best Song Ever,” “Midnight Memories” and “Kiss You,” but nixes the enthusiasm particularly from Harry Styles, who has apparently moved on from being the resident adorable rascal to like weirdo in a leopard-print trench

With the first week of reviews rolling out, so are the ’70s and ’80s rock comparisons, including of course, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, The Who and even Springsteen While it’s popular for pop acts to transition “serious” music by dabbling in hip

demeanor constructs a robot personality that I too would kill for as a sidekick

Additionally, viewers who still remember the short films included before many of their animated Disney favorites (I still recall the man playing chess with himself before A Bug’s Life just as vividly as the movie itself ) will love the introductory short Feast The short packs a punch even without dialogue and tells a sweet, heart-wrenching story of love and food from a dog s eye view, once again evidencing the power of Disney writers’ storytelling abilities

Big Hero 6 is doubtlessly a kids’ movie, yet unlike other recent kids’ films, the movie does not contain one set of jokes for the younger audience and another for the older As a result, even teenage and older viewers can completely interact with the emotional world of Hiro Hamada

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

hop or R&B, One Direction seems truly into this classic rock As Cornell Sun alum James Rainis ’14 wrote for Slant this week, “Four positions One Direction as a unique throwback act, using the classic boy-band format as a means to inject new life into an even more antiquated subgenre ” It’s also en vogue for boy band alums who want to be taken seriously to break off on their own to make these serious switch-overs and garner some critical attention sheerly as a reward for their chutzpah But One Direction, despite being artificially engineered in a laboratory in Simon Cowell’s basement, really seems to value teamwork and genuinely mean it when they say they wouldn’t go it alone The cards are stacked against them if they want to make any really impressive departures from paint-by-number pop and mass-marketable love songs But, even if the music has gotten safe, the vocals have gotten 12 times as daring, and the rest of the group catches up to Zayn Malik in power and range on this album

These kids work well together, they’re determined to grow together and they’re certainly putting the work in It’s also not irrelevant that they haven’t stopped touring in three years (next summer ’ s tour is called On the Road Again) they need to keep writing arena songs, for the pure utility of them The greats of the ’70s and ’80s that ostensibly inspire them spent years in the studio at a time working on masterpiece albums, a luxury that One Direction simply doesn’t have right now boy bands can ’ t afford to take a break to write their Nebraska and expect to still be famous when they’re done Anyway, I’m counting on a really great Christmas present from them in 2016

Kaitlyn Tiffany is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences She can be reached at arts-editor@cornellsun com

Why Can’t You See, You Belong With Spotify

Significant attention has been paid to Taylor Swift’s much ballyhooed rollout of 1989, including where it was not rolled out:

Spotify Critical of what she considers to be low payment from the popular streaming site, Swift not only refused to release 1989, but pulled her entire catalog She maintains that Spotify’s freemium model (where non-subscribers listen to music and advertisements) discredits the “value” of her music And certainly, good music does offer great value, but contention over the “value” returned to the artist should be more relegated to the frequently draconian contracts

makes around half a cent Of course, the key word there is “distributor ” Then money is paid to Universal Musical Group, who takes a cut, then moves it down to Taylor Swift’s label, Big Machine Records, who repeats the process, finally getting it to Taylor (along with song writers, producers, etc ) Without knowing the details of Swift’s deals, it is quite likely that the money she gets is literally decimated relative to the initial Spotify payout Her music is not devalued by Spotify, but by her own contractual obligations

that artists sign with record companies Instead, by making Spotify the target of her music industr y beef, Taylor has emasculated the strength of 2014 music exploration and harmed the one group of people that she is known for caring most about: her fans

Spotify claimed that Taylor Swift’s distributor would have been paid upwards of $6 M on global streaming this year, a fairly astounding number considering that each stream only

This pattern is repeated across all forms of music sales Royalties on a physical or digital album generally come out to about one dollar for an artist, although superstars, like Swift, often negotiate themselves into higher royalty deals Many artists do not even see this, as the royalties are withheld until the artist has paid back the upfront costs of making the album, which can quickly run into the hundreds of thousands While some very independent artists do make a significant portion of the album sales, for the vast majority of artists selling music is just a way to recoup the cost of making that music Instead, touring, merchandise and, for superstars, endorsements are the champion profit lanes Ultimately, if Taylor Swift really wants to receive compensation from the music itself, she has to exit the label artist paradigm and risk going truly independent

“Music is art, and art is important and rare, ” Swift wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed contending that music in and of itself merits substantial financial award In a vacuum, I could not agree more with that statement, but I dis-

Calvin Patten

Patten Pending

agree with her about how to share that art Great art should be spread widely, shared and discussed Putting “ art ” behind pay walls and in $15 jewel cases immediately makes it exclusive Are such costs exorbitant? No, but they do force a selectivity that runs counter the idea of music as art Because by doing so, Taylor is absolutely forcing fans to choose her art and not someone else’s From her perspective and well-being, maybe that is the sensible perspective But from the point of view of someone who loves exploring, finding and listening to new music, it is destructive

We are fortunate to live in a privileged era where we are truly our own DJs We are not subject to radio choices and we do not have to actually buy an album to hear it Instead, we can explore broadly, throwing never-before-heard bands and albums in our queues and seeing what sticks With Spotify, we can do such exploration legally and with the comfort of knowing that some compensation is winding its way back to the artists Then if we find albums we fall in

love with, we can buy them, go to a concert and tell all of our friends Taylor Swift threatens this flattening of music availability by pulling her music from Spotify Sure, she does not need Spotify, but for the thousands of lesser known artists, Spotify is a route into the ears and lives of millions

And in pulling her music from Spotify, Taylor Swift has spited some of her most devoted and talked about fans: kids and tweens, many with little disposable income She is effectively forcing fans to go to the store, give $13 to music labels and department stores so that she can make two dollars and feel like her hard work is validated Taylor Swift has a right to make every single dollar that she can, but for someone who has staked a career on loving and rewarding fans (especially “little girls”), it is a tone deaf decision She does not have to give away music for free (although I think there are really cool ways she could), but she should allow fans the opportunity to listen and decide if they want to own it For someone seemingly so confident in her artistry, such a challenge should be welcome

Taylor Swift is not the first artist to take exception with Spotify (Beyoncé is still not on Spotify) but she has been the most high profile about it For the sake of fans, dilettantes and niche musicians alike, I can only hope that such a stance does not become the norm and that the legal sharing and exploring of music can continue unencumbered

Calvin Patten is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at cpatten@cornellsun com Pa t t e n

Pe n d i n g r uns alternate Fridays this semester

1 P ERSONALS 1 P ERSONALS 1 P ERSONALS

Presenting the Jankiest, Jolliest, Jazziest

Rank in the Ivy League Rank J!

Jesse Dammit Jeff! Garcia

Kelly Which show is this? Yu

Chris “Party band > marching band“ Harvey

Alex Several black uncles Marburgh

Halie -laughing noises- Hotchkiss

Seouk “-more laughing noises-“ Hyun Yoon

Geehyun AMERICA! Kwon

Jeff Don t touch me! Crosby

Ben “as Benita Sniper“ Siper

And now presenting the only trul-EE

Esteemed Euro-living Enviable rank in the Ivy League, Rank E(lastic rubber bands)!!!

Serena “Everybody’s EnvE“ Takada

Claudia Ecuadorable Guinansaca-Aguilar

Michael so musical-EE Endowed Lee

Julia “so arts-EE“ Cole

Lisa Elusivel-EE ECE Zhu

Julia towni-EE Ridley

Julian “Entomolog-EE <3“ Whitman

Love your Effulgent rank leaders

Dan “Esotericall-EE Effusive” Hanggi Jess so motherl-EE Wong

& now presenting the only rank leaders always injured, TEN(or) out of Ten(or) rank in the Ivy League Rank &&&&

Megan & there she goes Carpenter

Cathy “A Papaya by any other name” Zhang Elizabeth Size does matter Chi

Juan You never forget your first (freshman)” Meriles

Lukasz Row, row, row your boat Rzycki Michael All about that bass Stella Kyle “Saved the best for last” Skyllingstad & thats all folks!

Angie I get knocked down Estevez

Elizabeth but I get up again Martinson

And now becAuse right is sometimes left presenting the only reAl flute rAnk with Atypical horn moves, Airborne Acrobats, and Ample Asses in the only reAl mArching bAnd in the ivy leAgue!

Stephanie LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE Tarlowe

Maria “gimme a blood bag” Blechl

Sarah there s rehearsal today? Kimball

Sam “selfies > studying” Primeaux

Rie 2 busy 4 band Seu

Saakshi Wobbles baby Wobbles baby

Singhal

Briget one show wonder Williams

Amy HAWT heelclick Zhong

And now, presenting the naughtiest, perfect, notorious prominent nastiest popular naked and proudest rank in the Ivy League

Rank NePis 2014:

Ayinde “Another Californian?” Crear

Isabelle Mario Party Demon Mashkouri

Katie Needs to take OVENS 101 Wawro

Kevin “Noble Steed” Palm

Mayra Koa-L A Valadez

Taylor Indoor voice Menetski

Love, your rank leaders:

Henry Kid Smith Green “Luigi” Mario

And now, presenting the lizardy, loveliest

ladies in the band Rank L(izard):

Carolyn 200 cookies by tonight?

No problem!! Maskin

Erin ”Is it hockey season yet?” Mathios

Natalie #47 took off his helmet! O Toole

Dara There s a second page? Canchester

Sarah ”I could have danced all night” Palmer

Jeanne Bread Club Heir Powell

Lona Every day I m struffling Sharpstene

Amanda ”Selfie superstar” Williams

Anna Illness? Still marching! Wideska

And now, because you ve got a friend in us, Presenting the only rank $ in the Ivy League!

Sam Bacon King McCoy

Steve No it s MY Oc! Slaughter Eric “Best dressed” Wu

Sherry Potato is bae Ge

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And now presenting the most, bedazzled

beautiful baddest bizarre b*tchin rank in the

Ivy League

Kai Kidnapped B*tch lin

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Ke Waffles B*tch vin

Lind Cosmo Jr B*tch say

Rac“Twinsie B*tch”hel

Brit Acid-Basic B*tch tany

Ph Goat-feeding B*tch il

Jo“Jzzzzwwwwooowwwww B*tch”hn

Em Strudel B*tch ma Emi Krafty B*tch ly

And now because MDIBAH starts with M presenting the biggest and hairiest rank in the Ivy League!

Bethany “Disc Jockey” Angeliu

Corey Busy Being Asian Chang

Jatin Put a Ring On It Bharwani

Steve “Not a Freshman” Galdi

Daniel Flops Like a Fish Rong

Corey “2013: Never Forget” Chang

Love your rank leaders

Schwegger “Not 100% A Dick” Holmes

Rachel Lips Hotter than the Sun Faust

Hey band!

The ref beats his wife The wife beats her kids The kids beat the dog The dog beats the cat The cat beats the mouse The mouse beats the cheese The cheese beats Gordon Gordon beats Chamberlain Chamberlain beats Meier Meier beats French French beats Cohen Cohen beats himself

Cohen beats Frank Frank beats himself Frank beats Gerbracht

Gerbracht beats Minster Minster beats Wolf Wolf beats John John beats James James beats Ball Ball beats Kerman

Kerman beats Tucker Tucker beats Caulfield

Caulfield beats Seery Seery beats Gerson Gerson beats Richmond

Richmond beats Reno Reno beats herself Reno beats Albanese Albanese beats Olson Olson beats herself! Congratulations to your 2015 drum major Michaela Olson!

Michaela –

I can’t think of any proper way to thank you for making this year amazing You keep making fun of me for improper etiquette so I guess my personal needs to be “proper ”

I think I will just go with You da best You da you da best ” Love, Alex

Now presenting the only Rank OMGMEAT(ICSCSCS) in any league!

Timothy The Second Coming Coda

Melissa Ready for Big Red Retirement Home” Harbert

Mary More dedicated than Big Time (RIP) Amper Gennesis “#LetGennesisMarch2014” Meza

Michelle How I learned to stop worrying and love the shell Yanda

Paul “Part time rank leader full time Two Chairz Zhang

Laura Will have perfect attendance in 2015” Davidson

Liz Too busy doing AEP I mean CS VanDenburgh

Rank T?:

Jordan “pi$$es Graham off” Gattinymouth

David already feelin it Udelson

Erick our ancestors ate pudgies Vargas

Lewis “it’s for my blindness” Haber

Nathan Omnipresent Ihemeremadu

Istvan Where s your hockey now? Burbank

Jamie “Where’s Aurora?” Kellner

Kevin Bacon Kruempelstaedter

Ed Sparkle Sparkle etc Crocker

Graham “Definitely not hipster” Bastian

Mega Jordan X Silver

Marek Looks like Śid Kwaśnica

Anjum “absent Tuba Dad” Malik

T Plays Tuba $

Mike Plays Magic Byrne

Love, Meat Kevin Gay? Mollica ball

Nate “Active Retiree” Floro

Josh Dear Leader Reichler

And now, presenting the only REAL FSEXYMARCHING FLESLIE-SPOTTING FAJITA-

EATING rank in the Ivy League Rank F!

Kim Fond Of CHOCOLATE Snyder

Marcus “Fails At Showing Up” Foo

Jason Furiously Glaring Hutzler

Melvin Foremost Brotato Li

Emma “Finally Bottom Female” Mosier

Ethyn Fine Knife Set Leong

Jessie Filthy $n0w Reeves

Love your FEARLESS rank leaders,

Bubbles “Female Slaying” Iadevaia and Ross F-Prime Widom

And now presenting the only REAL 8 mile

wide section in the Ivy League RANK H!

Adam Marx Power Davis

Snigdha "Dat Face" Sharma

Sachi 50 Degrees? Better wear a jacket

Koide

Sean "Not getting this one Steve!" Shell

Ethan Weather God Burwell

Katie Engaged before it was cool Shaw

Jordan "Which one?" Gless

Steve Closet Field Manager Salerno

John Voice of the Band Flanagan

Your loving ManMoms, Andrew Mahler? I barely know her Distler

Alex "Aww look at that dog!" Schord

And now presenting the the Kookiest Kreamiest, Kraziest, Kleptoest, Kareokesingingest Killerest Kweenest rank in the Ivy League Rank K:

Cristian Carlton Queen Umaña

Brandon “Drive Me to Sheldon Queen” Giraldo Chopper how do I feet Queen Weidman

Michelle Invisible Bee Queen Szeto

And now, because you d rather see some stripping whipping and flipping than bunch of band geeks stepping out on broadly the Big Red Color Guard!

Rachel “LOL” Langley

Venna let s sleep Wang, Sarah MEOW Acre

Amanda “that’s too much p*nis” Morrison

Stephanie such duck very backpack wow Xu

Emma MURICA Rosenthal Jenn “ballsack boy” Cooper Daphne what s the password? Shen, Odile horny penguin Maurelli

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Marek “I’m just going to go and see if any one stops me Kwasnica Annalee Look at all those chickens Tweitmann

Jeanne LET S GO BREAD Powell

Sarah Party Pact Palmer Steve “Dressed to The Nines” Salerno

Julia Secret Weapon Cole

John Reassuring Voice Flanagan Love, Al umpire caddy or Soccer Dad? ex

And now presenting the most piratey rank in the Ivy League Rank R! Zhengning first trumpet casualty Han Claire “so cute guys” Coulter Anika ALL the giggles Exum

Gray overworked underpaid bone housekeeper” Ryan

Josh bone daddy Schupp

“Balake” Dauphinais And now because no amount of event staff personnel will stop us from putting that podium up presenting the only REAL Rank

Natalie pumpkin detective Freidin

Stef “fiddler on the Stoof” Lash

Jackie “addicted to Queen Queen” Horn

Julia Dance Cam Queen Kelly

And now presenting the slyest, skinniest, squarest sesquicentennialiest sassiest

suavest spoopiest second-to-noneest rank in the Ivy League:

Rohan “floopityboopboop”Acharya

Brendan both a friend and a dad Duffy

Hannah “I love children<3 <3 <3” Smith

Jordan uh goin in Greissman

Matt I ll pump ya silly Gleason

Ryan “god of thunder” Bart

Love All you need is Jake Darby

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Tom #Кто я? Eldridge

Ray ”#Eb Identity Crisis” Beck

Brian #DID YOU TAKE Scaramella

Adler #MY GINGER ALE Smith

Allan ”#Gloves? meh” Chege

Rafael #Age is only a # Dal Bosco Ducatti

Greg #tbt all the time Struble

Courtney ”#it’s called a pound sign” Stokes

Serge #hashtag Preciado

Red Takes on Brown, Yale

a 2-2 tie, and against St Lawrence the team mustered up no offense in a 4-0 shutout loss Last season, the Red took November’s home match-up against Yale, 2-1, and won January’s rematch in New Haven, 3-2

Due to a scuffle after Saturday’s game last weekend at Lynah, sophomore for ward Matt Buckles and sophomore defenseman Holden Anderson will sit out Friday’s game With the Red’s defensive core already depleted due to a multi-week injury to senior assistant captain Joakim Ryan, Anderson’s temporary loss is another blow to the Red’s blueliners

“We’ll be fine I mean, we ’ ve been missing Joaks for a few weeks now, so that’s something that we ’ ve been living with and we ’ ve been having some success on the back end I think as a group of six,” said senior defenseman Jake MacDonald “Without Holden, I think that’s a tough loss for a game that we ’ re going to have on Friday, but

that’s okay, we ’ re going to battle through it and we’ll be fine ” Saturday’s matchup features the Bears visiting Lynah Brown is 1-4 overall and 04 in conference play, receiving a 6-0 shellacking at the hands of Dartmouth last Saturday The Bears didn’t fare much better against Harvard the previous night, falling to the Crimson, 6-2

Brown’s porous defense the team has been outscored 21-9 through five games could provide an opening for the Red, which has seen frustrations mount over its lack of offensive production

“We have to be comfortable with the fact that we don’t have a lot of guys that can put up huge numbers,” Bardreau said “We have to be comfortable in close games and just push through the game and be comfortable with the fact that we ’ re not going to have high-scoring games ”

To create the right attitude in the team

to keep from “hitting the panic button”

Bardreau said responsibility trickles down from the coaches and falls to the

just yet, but is confident that it will turn the season around

team ’ s voted leaders and its older players

“It starts with the coaching staff, and once [the] coaching staff says their words I think it comes to us, that we have to come to the locker room and they’ve got to know from us captains and leaders and upperclassman we ’ re pissed off, we ’ re upset about

what’s happening but at the same time we ’ ve got to stay together as a team We’ve got to accomplish our goals, but not run around like idiots out there ”

Young, Talented Roster Bodes Well for Future of Program

Continued from page 16

Quakers poses an opportunity to end the season with two consecutive wins If histor y is any indication, the Red has a knack for doing just that the classes of 2014 and 2012 both closed out their own careers on the Hill with t w o s t r a i g h t v i c t o r i e s ov e r Columbia and Penn respectively

“[A win] would mean ever ything to our senior class,” Shapiro said “Obviously this season hasn’t gone the way we wanted to or expected it to, so to walk off the field in the last game of our careers with a win would be an accomplishment ” According to Harris, a victor y would also mean a confidence boost for the underclass-

future of the p rogram A young

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Garrett, Dean Headline Strong Returning Talent

h s h o n Ga r re t t a n d [ s o p h om o re ] Ga b e De a n , ” Ko l l s a i d “ T h e s e t w o a l w a y s p u t o n a s h ow, a n d w h e t h e r yo u a re a w re s t l i n g f a n o r n o t yo u w i l l a p p re c i a t e t h e i r a r t i s t r y a n d a t hl e t i c i s m ” De a n b u r s t o n t o t h e c o l l eg i a t e w r e s t l i n g s c e n e i n h i s f r e s h m a n c a m p a i g n , e a r n i n g A l l - A m e r i c a h o n o r s a n d a t h i rdp l a c e f i n i s h a t t h e 2 0 1 4 N C A A C h a m p i o n s h i p s T h e h i g h l i g h t o f h i s s e a s o n w a s d e f e a t i n g Pe n n St a t e ’ s Ed Ru t h , w h o we n t o n t o w i n a n a t i o n a l t i t l e D e a n s n a p p e d Ru t h’s 8 4 - m a t c h w i n s t re a k w i t h t h e u p s e t v i c t o r y Ac c o rd i n g t o Ko l l , t h e Re d w i l l b e m i s s i n g s o p h o m o r e s B r i a n R e a l b u t o a n d D y l a n Pa l a c i o a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e s e a s o n , b u t w i l l h a ve p l e n t y o f o p t i o n s w h o c a n s t e p i n t o b i g g e r ro l e s “ I t ’ s t o u g h t o l o s e t w o o f y o u r b e s t w r e s t l e r s , b u t I a m t h a n k f u l t o h a ve t w o t a le n t e d a n d e x p e r i e n c e d w r e s t l e r s i n [ s o p h o m o re ] Ta y l o r Si m a z a n d [ s e n i o r ] Je s s e Sh a n a m a n t o t a k e t h e i r p l a c e , ” Ko l l s a i d T h e Re d h a s t w o h o m e m e e t s b e f o re k i c k i n g o f f a g r u e l i n g ro a d s c h e d u l e t h a t b e g i n s w i t h t h e No r t h

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roster fell short this season, but with the return of junior running

back Luke Hagy who shouldered a significant portion of the offensive load this season and with four young quarterbacks who all saw time under center, the Red h a s a h o s t o f t a l e n t t o develop for 2015

“A lot of young guys have gotten experience this year, including the QBs, which is going to pay dividends next sea-

son when other teams graduated a lot of seniors and have inexperience on their team, ” Shapiro said “ We have a lot of guys who have the drive to get a lot better in the offseason and will lead this team to a better season each and ever y year ”

Spikes

Coming Off Its First Victory, Red Is Hungry for Another

Seniors hit Schoellkopf last time with common goal

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Sports Ed tor

enter its final game of the season as a rent beast, one with a win under its built, hungering for ore victor y as fuel for the Penn squad that has been sive so far this season stands Red’s way in what promises another showdown of teams bbling for position at the m of the Ivy League victor y over Columbia was a the Red, but one that senior

d was a long time coming known all season that we are that can compete with anyhaven’t put together a full s

The Red took advantage of that porous Columbia defense last weekend, and will look to do the same on Saturday

However it is Cornell’s defense, which held the Lions scoreless in a cr ucial four th quar ter, that has the ability to tip the scales in the Red’s favor against Penn Cornell’s defense ranks fifth in the league (four th in pass defense, third in interceptions), and can be successful again this weekend if the unit can limit Penn’s passing game

Cornell vs Penn

Tomorrow, 12:30 p m Schoellkopf Field

n s t we executed our game plan to our potential ” atistics this season have been no shor t o u de w elming Their total offense ranks third worst in the Ivy League, surpassing only Cornell and Columbia, but their defense which has allowed a total of 4,277 yards is even weaker, only marginally better than the Lions’

C.U.Welcomes Oklahoma

For First Match Of Season

By SCOTT CHIUSANO and ANNA FASMAN Sun Sports Editor and Ass stant

With some talented underclassmen joining the squad and other stalwarts coming back a year older and stronger, the men ’ s wrestling team is poised to make waves as it prepares for the first h o m e m e e t o f t h e s e a s o n o n Saturday at 6:30 p m No 2 1 Ok l a h o m a v i s i t s Newman Arena boasting three Top-20 wrestlers including No 3 Cody Brewer, a two-time AllAmerican at 133 pounds Brewer will lead a squad that lost five

seniors to graduation last year, two of whom were NCAA qualifiers

“ We d o n ’ t g e t t o s e e Oklahoma ver y often, but they always have a talented and athletic squad,” said head coach Rob Koll

While Oklahoma brings a relatively young team to the mat this weekend, the Red can look for ward to seeing some familiar faces returning to lead the team Seniors Nahshon Garrett, Chris Villalonga and Bricker Dixon are

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Quaker quar terback Alex Torgersen is second in the Ivy League in passing average per game, and also leads the league’s signal callers in completions and attempts

“As a defense we have the same focuses and goals as we have had all season, ” said fifth-year senior defensive lineman Justin Harris “ We just have to play with extreme passion and especially this being our last game, we have to leave it all out on the field ” A

by

Betros and a subsequent return for a defensive two-

Watson Le

proved a pivotal turning point in last

coughing up the ball will once again be a driving factor for the Red defense on Saturday

“Of course as always it’s all about the ball We are going to focus on forcing turnovers all game versus Penn,” Harris said For Cornell’s seniors, the 12:30 matchup against the

Icers Search for Consistency in ECAC Matchups

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Ass stant Sports Editor

The men ’ s ice hockey team recorded its first win of the season last Friday, but inconsistent play resulting in a loss the following night meant the Red’s momentum was short-lived With Ivy rivals Yale and Brown coming to town this weekend, the team looks to pick up the pace and earn some much-needed points against conference competitors “ T h e re ’ s

d i f f e re n c e

t w e e n a s e n s e o f urgency and hitting the panic button,” said senior assistant captain Cole Bardreau of the Red’s pressure to capture wins after its early season struggles “ Yeah, there is a sense of urgency that we need to b e a r d ow n , w e n e e d t

“There’s a difference between a sense of urgency and hitting the panic button ”

C o l e B a r d r e a u

s t a r t t a king care of o u r s c o ri n g c h a n c e s But at t h e s a m e time, you can ’ t panic It sends panic through the team and people stop thinking, and right now we need people to think instead of running around ”

The Red has struggled to find the back of the net this season, resulting in a 1-4-1 overall record and 1-3 conference record Despite good offensive opportunities, the team has not been able to finish on key chances

On thin ice | The Red’s defense has lost some key parts, but senior defenseman Jake McDonald is confident in the unit nevertheless

“If you look and break down the chances that we have, we are getting opportunities to score goals,” said assistant head coach Ben Syer, making the point that the Red will not drastically overhaul its systems after the slow start “ We’re staying with the process As long as we feel as though we ’ re getting quality looks and quality chances, we ’ re going to continue to work the same way ”

The Red will take on the Bulldogs (3-2-1, 2-11) first in Friday’s match-up The Bulldogs swept Har vard and Dartmouth last weekend, but struggled in their ECAC match-ups the weekend before Against Clarkson, the Bulldogs strained to