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By NOAH RANKIN Sun Senior Writer

Despite the protests of students representing Cornell’s multicultural communities, the Student Assembly took up the appropriations committee ’ s recommendation to slash the ALANA Intercultural Programming Board’s 2014-16 funding by $23,000

The decision was made in a 23-to-2 vote at the S A ’ s meeting Thursday, where more than 100 students gathered to voice their opinions Although ALANA representatives called the budget cuts “unthinkable” and unfair, an overwhelming majority of S A representatives backed the decision

The appropriations committee previously issued a recommendation to give ALANA which supplies funds to more than 100 member organizations about $94,500 a year for 2014-16 In contrast, ALANA requested $155,250, a raise from its previous budget of $118,125

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Students Work to Help Undocumented Workers

By KERRY CLOSE Sun Senior Editor

When Lauren Lapointe ’14 decided to participate in the Cornell Farmworker Program’s i n t e

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u g h t i t would be a good way to brush up on her Spanish and help farmworkers in upstate New York She did not anticipate that the program would be able to take her outside the “insulating bubble of college” letting her learn about a group of people that, she said, often seem “invisible ” “I learned in detail the stories of these people’s lives and heard their hardships, such as

the three to 11-day walk in the desert to cross the border of Mexico into America, the 12 to 20-hour work days filled with manual labor, the fear and isolation they live in and more, ” she said The Farmworker Program emerged from student and faculty interest in addressing the challenges faced by farmworkers and their families, according to Mar y Jo Dudley, its director Today, the program involves both faculty and students who conduct research and extension efforts related to these issues, which often

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Risley Hall Centennial Gallery / History Walk 5 - 8 p m , Risley Theatre, Risley Residential College Cornell Eastern Music Ensemble Autumn

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1 - 5 p m , Level 2B, Kroch Library Common Grounds Saturdays 6 - 9 p m , TV Lounge, Robert Purcell Community Center

Dance 10 p m - 1 a m , The Bear’s Den

News, “Weisbrod ’65 Leads NYC Mayoral Transition Team,” Monday

Speaking about selec ting staf f for New York City Mayor-Elec t Bill de Blasio’s administration We re going through a p erio d of change now in the city, and one change that s really taking place is a generational change There’s really a need to bring in a new wave of p eople who I hop e will sp end a go o d long time in the government and help it not only through the de Blasio administration for the next eight years but b eyond and b eyond and b eyond ”

Carl Weisbro d 65

‘U nthink able , ’ ” Thursday

Sp eaking ab out the S .A . appropriations committee’s decision to cut AL ANA’s budget I understand the appropriations committee s role to b e the enforcer when it comes to funding and to tr y not to b e subjective But if you ’ re a funding appropriations committee you need to have some comp etenc y on what these organiz ations provide to the Cornell community I don t think it s justifiable to s ay ‘only lo ok at the numb ers ’ You need to understand what these programs are for and who they are supp osed to b e reaching

Andrew Mar tinez ’12, advisor for AL ANA Intercultural Programming Board

Sp eaking ab out his dismissal from the Cornell men ’ s lacrosse team

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 b e parting ways with the University and move on to the next chapter in my professional career

O pin ion, “R e m em b eri ng JFK : H eroi sm and Hi stor y, ” Tue sday

Sp eaking ab out f inding examples of leadership during the Age of Disillusionment ”

“We are reaching adultho o d in the Age of Disillusionment Even those of us who have cheered our nation s for ward march over the past years squirm uncomfortably at the mention of drone strikes, NSA phone-tapping and healthcare gov It is hard with a public sphere so inundated with the most despicable examples of leadership (Anthony Weiner Rob Ford), to add a heroic sheen to any element of contemp orar y histor y ”

Jacob Glick ’15

C.U. Abroad Highlighted

In ‘Open Doors’ Report

By CHRISTOPHER STANTON Sun Staff Writer

Cornell comes in 24th place on a list of American universities that send students abroad, according to a ranking released Nov 12

The ranking comes from an “Open Doors” report, conducted annually by the Institute for International Education in cooperation with the U S Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Ranked universities sent the largest number of undergraduates abroad for more than eight weeks at a time, according to the Institute for International Education’s website The report was conducted from 2011-12

The news comes a year after President David Skorton laid out a vision for the University to expand its study abroad programs in his March 2012 white paper, “Bringing Cornell to the World and the World to Cornell ”

One of the main goals that Skorton advocates in the paper is to raise the percentage of Cornell students who have had “significant international experiences” or have studied abroad for more than eight weeks from its current 27 percent to at least 50 percent

“In my 2007 commencement address, I called on Cornell and other U S universities to take i n t

Cornell saw an increase in students studying abroad from 2010-11 to 2011-12.

further,” Skorton said in the paper

According to the “Open Doors” report, more American university students are studying abroad overall, with 2011-12 representing an

studying abroad for credit

Cornell in particular has seen an increase in students studying abroad, with the number of graduate and undergraduate students who went abroad and earned credit from Cornell increasing from 1,478 during the 2010-11 to 1,773 in 2011-12, The Sun previously reported

Aside from an increase in students studying abroad, Skorton also called for the “reorganization of the Abroad office,” which he began with the appointment of its new director, Marina Markot

Markot said she is looking to expand and improve upon Cornell Abroad

“My goal is to open up Cornell Abroad to many different possibilities and create partnerships with colleges in their initiatives,” Markot said in a recent inter view with The Sun “ That is what I hope to see happen in general: a web of interesting new initiatives coming up throughout the University and Cornell Abroad helping make them happen ”

According to the report, Cornell’s ranking shows only the number of students that study abroad a year However, according to Fredrik Logevall, vice provost for international affairs, this number does not reflect the percentage of the student body that studies abroad

“ Vis-a-vis our peer institutions, our numbers are not as good in percentage terms, in part because we don’t offer as many summer opportunities as most of them do,” Logevall said in a University press release

Skorton echoed this statement in his white paper, saying that many schools send a majority of their students abroad

“At least 24 institutions (most of them small) send more than 70 percent of their students abroad at some point during their academic careers, ” he said

The Institue for International Education, founded in 1919, works to bring together the international community with the cooperation of various foundations, governments, NGOs, corporations and higher learning institutions

Hot topic

S . A . Launches Effort to ‘ Spotlight’ Groups

By ALISHA FOSTER Sun Staff Writer

The Student Assembly communications committee launched a ne w initiative, called Organizational Spotlight, Thursday in an effort to recognize an outstanding organization on campus every week For its launch week, the S A recognized Athlete Ally

The Cornell chapter of Athlete Ally, which was founded in August, works to create a climate of acceptance between Cornell’s athletic community and the LGBTQ community on campus

“We wanted to bridge a gap between the LGBT community and the athletic community to make them environments where both communities feel more welcomed, safe and respected,” said Atticus DeProspo ’15, founder and president of Cornell’s chapter of Athlete Ally and a member of Cornell’s varsity soccer team

The S A chose to recognize Athlete Ally because it addresses an important campus issue that has a history of being ignored, according to Ian Harris ’16, vice president of public relations for the S A and co-chair of the communications committee

“We wanted to support and recognize Athlete Ally for taking a really big step in an area and in a community that traditionally has been kind of left behind and hasn’t had a lot of work done,” said Jevan Hutson ’16, S A LGBTQ liaison at-large Harris said Organizational Spotlight is intended to encourage cross-organizational discourse

“Any group on campus that promotes tolerance and respect for one another or really tries to build community and to bridge differences –– that’s an an exceptional group, ” Harris said “We’re looking to highlight groups that are really making exceptional changes, like building the Cornell communi-

ty ” The Organizational Spotlight initiative was also formed to help less visible organizations receive recognition for the strides they are taking, Harris said, adding that the committee hopes Organizational Spotlight will help Athlete Ally gain more campus-wide visibility

“There definitely could be more communication between groups, across groups, within groups, so basically the Organizational Spotlight is a good way to bridge together and share best practices Hopefully, it spurs some dialogue,” he said

DeProspo said that getting the word out about the organization is key for Athlete Ally’s continued success

“We feel that the most important thing right now is to show that there are allies in our community and to show that we ’ re a welcoming and safe environment,” he said

Apart from increasing its visibility, the organization wants to pinpoint problems so it can begin to take action, DeProspo said

“[ We’re trying to] recognize the current culture of the athletic community, so we can address the issues that need to be dealt with, such as homophobia and transphobia, moving forward,” he said

Although Hutson acknowledged the work ahead of Athlete Ally, he said is excited about what the organization can add to the Cornell community

“Obviously Athlete Ally is not going to solve everything in the next two months But it’s about taking those first steps, ” Hutson said “Creating a safe space for LGBTQ athletes would be unlike the majority of universities in the United States ”

Alisha Foster can be reached at afoster@cornellsun com

B urning Q uest ion

Josh Malina, star of The West Wing and Scandal, visited Cornell this week Which Hollywood star would you like to see at Cornell next?

“Jennifer Lawrence She takes shots before the red carpet I take shots before prelims I think we’d get along ” Budding Alcoholic ’17

“President Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen) ” West Wing Addict ’16

“Josh Malina’s dad Former Sunnies for 4 lyfe ” Sun Baby ’15

“Beyonce Because it’s Beyonce Obvi ” Girl Crushing ’15

“ Walter White I need someone who knocks for my issues ” Breaking Bad ’16

–– Compiled by Tyler Alicea

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Alexa Davis can be reached at adavis@cornellsun com

Student Internship Prog. Aims to Aid Undocumented Farmworkers

FARMWORKER Continued from page 1

from many farmworkers’ status as undocumented immigrants “ W h e n e v e r [ u n d o c u m e n t e d workers] leave the farm, they run the risk of being stopped by state or local police or immigration officials,” Dudley said “At times, that can result in law enforcement asking for documents, and i f w o r k e r s d o n ’ t h a v e

encounters can begin procedures for [deportation] This can have a tremendous impact on one ’ s l

g farmworkers to leave the farm unless necessar y ” A

workshop is one way in which the Farmworker Program tries

workshop gives background and guidance for farmworkers about the appropriate course of action to take in situations that might be unfamiliar to them, she said “Since many of the workers c

, such as assigning power of attorney or guardianship,” Dudley said “It’s a step-by-step workshop that provides farmworkers with information about the pur-

pose and implications of these d o c u m e n t s a n d g u i d e s t h e m through the process of completing these forms ” In 2006, Dudley developed the Farmworker Program’s summer internship, which facilitates Cornell student involvement in research and extension related to the issues that farmworkers face Former interns have worked on projects dealing with issues ranging from farmworker housing to p r ov i s i o n o f h e a l t h s e r v i c e s through telehealth, or the use of t e c h n o l o g y f o r l o n g - d i s t a n c e healthcare, she said

“One of my goals as the director was to get students involved on an ongoing basis in addressing the needs of farmworkers and their families,” Dudley said Du r i n g h e r i n t e r n s h i p, Lapointe focused on dair y farms, inter viewing workers and analyzing their responses to compile a guidebook for employers to use w h e n w o r k i n g w i t h Hi s p a n i c farmworkers

T h r o u g h h e r r e s e a r c h , s h e said, she became familiar with the obstacles farmworkers face in g e t t i n g t o a n d w o r k i n g i n America

The experience also opened Lapointe’s eyes to realities about the landscape of Ithaca and its surrounding area

“Going into this program, I had no idea what to expect, ” she

said “Not only did I not realize how many farms we have in upstate New York, I didn’t even realize that there is a population of Hispanic, unauthorized workers in Ithaca and nearby counties ” Farmworker Program interns also worked on analyzing and improving workplace communication As part of the project, they led discussions in which workers and employers met separately, and then together, to talk about the workplace issues that concern them

“If you have a workplace in which workers and employers are able to communicate effectively then that will make it a better workplace for ever yone, ” Dudley said

Du d l e y s a i d s h e f i n d s t h e research conducted through the program rewarding on a personal level

“Farmworkers are critical to the success of agriculture in New York State, but the workers and their challenges and successes are relatively invisible," she said “It’s important to be able to interact with farmworkers to learn about their reality and work collaboratively to address some of the concerns and issues that farmworkers face ”

Kerry Close can be reached at kclose@cornellsun com

S.A. Shuts Down AL ANA’s Appeal

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At the meeting, ALANA executive board representatives came with a new request of $145,125, arguing that a cut would not allow it to sustainably fund its increased number of member organizations and its events

Members of the appropriations committee, however, defended the cut on the grounds that ALANA has not been “fiscally responsible ” In addition, ALANA has incurred exorbitant expenses with many of its sponsored events, the committee said

“When you take into account the changes that we have been making, we ’ re at a high efficiency right now, ” Olivia Obodoagha ’15, vice president of ALANA, said, citing recent cutback efforts “We’ve strongly revised and reassessed how we fund our groups but, as it is, are only able to fund 40 organizations, and we have over 100 member organizations under our umbrella ”

Geoffrey Block ’14, vice president of finance for the S A , argued that any hypothetical future reductions in improper spending are largely irrelevant, since the only thing the appropriations committee can look at when making funding decisions is the responsibility shown by organizations in the last funding cycle

“We have to look at this historically, because that’s really the only data we have,” Block said “My committee spent a very long time looking at these numbers We have members connected to ALANA They’ve seen this amount of money it’s sustainable for the organization, and it’s well thought out I feel like in two years, ALANA will be a much stronger organization ” Many S A members also stressed that ALANA had to be treated like any other byline-funded group

when considered for funding despite its multicultural significance on campus They also said that a higher than average per-person event fee was in fact already incorporated in the recommended allocation

“We were fair, objective and by any sense generous, ” said Wei Yang ‘14, former facilitator of CAPSU, an umbrella under ALANA, and a member of the appropriations committee “This does not hurt ALANA’s funding capability Because of their exorbitant spending, they were unable to fund events for some of their smaller organizations ”

Despite the overwhelming approval of the funding cut in the assembly vote, many of the students in the crowd, spanning a multitude of cultural communities, were discontent with the decision, raising their hands when the vote to disapprove the recommendation was called

“I think it’s important to realize that ALANA does not only represent itself It represents multiple communities and the organizations behind it,” said ALANA treasurer Ada Ezzenia ’14 “All these organizations don’t necessarily agree with the actions of ALANA, but you will be hurting each and every organization by putting this motion through ”

The funding decision will be applied to the 201416 Student Activity Fee on Dec 5, unless an assembly member proposes an amendment to the allocation at that time

According to S A President Ulysses Smith ’14, for such an amendment to be made, ALANA would likely have to convince the S A that they can justify reducing the cut

“They are going to have to really buckle down, understand their budget and determine what they want ALANA to accomplish ”

Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun com

Airlines’ Bans on Cellphone Use

‘Outdated , ’ Fed . Regulators S ay

WASHINGTON (AP)

Rules against making cellphone calls during airline flights are “ outdated,” and it’s time to change them, federal regulators said Thursday, drawing immediate howls of protest from flight attendants, airline officials and others

Tom Wheeler, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said in a statement that the commission was proposing greater inflight access to mobile broadband

The proposal will be considered at the commission’s Dec 12 meeting

“The time is right to review our outdated and restrictive rules,” Wheeler said, adding that modern technologies can deliver mobile services in the air safely and reliably

The proposal would also allow passengers to use their smartphones to send email, text and download data The proposal would apply to flights when they are over 10,000 feet in altitude, but not during takeoffs and landings

The move came just 16 days after Wheeler, a former lobbyist for the cellular telephone industry, took over the post of FCC chairman The proposal to ease cellphone restrictions was greeted enthusiastically by the Telecommunications Industr y Association and the Consumer Electronics Association

Grant Seiffert, president of the telecommunications trade group, said his members see airline passengers as a new market opportunity

But the electronics association acknowledged, “Engaging in

phone conversations in flight may prove technically feasible, but many may find it socially undesirable ” The association said it would be willing to work with the airline industr y on promoting telephone etiquette on planes

Reaction from the airline industry and labor unions was skeptical Flight attendants and others have worried that a plane full of chattering passengers could lead to arguments and undermine safety

“Passengers over whelmingly reject cellphone use in the aircraft cabin The FCC should not proceed with this proposal,” the Association of Flight Attendants said in a statement in response to the FCC chairman’s comments

“In far too many operational scenarios, passengers making phone calls could extend beyond a mere nuisance, creating negative effects on aviation safety and security that are great and far too risky,” the flight attendants group said

“Our customer feedback indicates people may not want that policy, but of course tastes and desires change,” JetBlue spokesman Morgan Johnston said in an email “We would prioritize making the cabin comfortable and welcoming for all for those who want cell service and for those who like peace and quiet ”

Henry H Harteveldt, a travel analyst with Hudson Crossing, said, “There are bad ideas, and then there’s this ”

“Unlike the ability to use their personal electronics and Wi-Fi from gate to gate, passengers don’t want this,” he added “The constant chatter of passengers on their

mobile phones has the potential to further increase tension among already stressed-out passengers It will be a catalyst for increased cases of ‘air rage ’”

Airline pilot and blogger Patrick Smith said permitting phone calls on planes “introduces yet another stress factor into an already stressful environment ”

“Airports already are such loud places,” he said “It’s the airplane itself, ironically, that is often the most quiet and peaceful part of the air travel experience Is that about to change?”

Should the FCC lift its restrictions on cellphone use, airlines would still have the option of deciding whether to equip planes with picocells small, satellite base stations to handle calls American Airlines spokeswoman Andrea Huguely said the airline will wait to see what the FCC does “However, our Wi-Fi at this time doesn’t allow voice calls ”

In October, the Federal Aviation Administration lifted restrictions on the use of most personal electronic devices during takeoffs and landings, but not cellphone calls, which fall under the FCC

The FAA based its decision to ease restrictions on electronic devices on recommendations from an industry advisory group, which said use of tablets, music players and other devices doesn’t cause dangerous electronic inter fere with navigation systems on modern airliners Passengers are supposed to put the devices on “airplane mode ” The same advisory group also recommended that the FCC review its restrictions on phone calls

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A TINY KVETCH

The desk-seat differe n t i a l i n t h e Ur i s C o c k t a i l L o u n g e i s designed for people with giraffe-like torsos and it really isn’t conducive to post-Olin after hours D F

h a d m o n o , I ’d p r a c t ic a l l y b e a s c e l i b a t e a s

A MORE LEGITIMATE KVETCH

Can I kvetch that I didn’t get a thank you for my kvetch? D F

WATCHING TOO MUCH GREY ’S ANATOMY

I can ’ t tell if the guy c h e c k i n g m e o u t a t Gannett is cute or not Damn those blue masks! E C

A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR

T h i s T h a n k s g i v i n g

I’ll be thankful for the two papers and two presentations I have to give the day I get back from break Oh wait, I’m not thankful at all

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SEX COLUMNIST PROBLEMS

Fuck strep throat but I guess I should be happy it’s not mono? If I

M a r y g i v i n g b i r t h t o baby Jesus And we certainly can ’ t have that A O

WHO HIRED THIS GUY?

I f y o u ’ r e g o i n g t o make me cr y when I ask to take the prelim early, please do not whip out a sign-up sheet with a pred e t e r m i n e d d a t e a n d t i m e o f t h e m a k e - u p exam immediately after A l s o , I ’ M A S E N I O R

TA K I N G T H I S C L A S S PASS/FAIL L C

MR SMART Y PANTS MEETS GRAMMAR POLICE

D e a r p e r s o n w h o thinks they’re so smar t in my class,

I c a n ’ t t a k e y o u r “ i n t e l l i g e n t ” c o m m e n t s s e r i o u s l y i f y o u k e e p m e s s i n g u p l

n d I Work on that please? C F

FORMAL PROBLEMS

A s m u c h a s I h a t e wearing heels, having to wear kitten heels to form a l i s w o r s e t h a n n o heels at all Str uggles of a girl whose date is approximately her height A A

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y o n e i n t h e world is going home this w e e k e n d My We dnesday morning professor and I are about to b e c o m e r e a l l y g r e a t friends R E ONE OF THESE SHOULD DO Old editors who visit the office what are you even doing here I bet you won ’ t even read this in the paper tomorrow (Love you, J F Have a great weekend) L C

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Sharing the Fruit of Our Labor

Inthe last year, Cornell faculty have published discoveries that could transform our ability to treat muscular dystrophy, power the state of New York without fossil fuels and grow crops without dangerous salmonella But the key to taking these discoveries, beyond just intellectual curiosities, is getting this information in the right hands

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“I understand that issues pertaining to students that are identified or selfidentify as minorities are incredibly important – without addressing these topics, we will never be able to establish the meritocracy that both this country and this university hold as such a key virtue. But holding any student or organization to a different standard than another because of their cultural, ethnic, or sexual identification is not the way to have a conversation ” Student Paying Tuition

Re: “LETTER: In Defense of ALANA” Opinion, published Nov. 21, 2013

Bailey Dineen | Genderfucked

Crowdsourcing has certainly taught us otherwise

The problem is that unless you are at a large research university or are willing to pay the $35 for a typical article, you can ’ t access most of the work published in academic journals Who are we to think it will be someone with an institution’s journal subscription that will build on our cutting edge research?

33 universities in the U S including Harvard, MIT and all ten campuses of the University of California have created digital repositories that make scholarly work published by their faculty freely available to the rest of the world, regardless of funding source We think Cornell should do the same

Not only is it in our mission, but an institutional open-access policy is also a logical extension of existing efforts at Cornell A pilot program funded by the Library and the Provost’s office, for example, will pay the fees (typically $1,500) to publish in open-access journals when other funding is not available And physics professor Paul Ginsparg ’81 Ph D created arXiv org, an open-access, electronic pre-print server that is the

Not only is it in our mission, but an institutional open-access policy is also a logical extension of existing efforts at Cornell.

go-to for sharing research findings in physics and math, hosting almost 900,000 articles

Studies show that open-access publications are more viewed, downloaded and cited than their non-open counterparts Hosting publications in an institutional repository will not only increase the visibility and utility of Cornell research, but will also create a digital archive of this work As print subscriptions go the way of the dodo, Cornell lacks a copy of much of the work created on its own campus

So if an institutional open-access policy is a way to share, archive, and advance research at Cornell, what isn’t it? Most importantly, it’s not an assault on the peer-review system Such policies don’t weigh-in on whether a person should publish in a traditional journal or one that is exclusively open-access

Nor do such policies presume information is free Universities with open-access policies allow lags between when journals publish an article and when it appears on the institution’s repository This means universities, which want access to the latest research findings, still subscribe to journals But you’d also be remiss to think publishing shouldn’t evolve, because it already is In fact, many major publishers are in full cooperation with institutional open-access policies, allowing work to be deposited even without embargo periods

Because publishing is such a critical component to a person ’ s academic career, open-access policies allow faculty to opt-out when needed No questions asked But it’s important to have a policy that lets researchers opt-out rather than just opt-in Cornell’s existing digital repository, eCommons, houses electronic copies of dissertations and university archives but as an opt-in repositor y, hosts fe w research ar ticles

Compliance with the National Institutes of Health open-access policy went from 4 percent when it was just recommended to 75 percent after being required

Importantly, open-access policies apply only to publications faculty normally publish without the expectation of getting paid for Universities also can ’ t turn around and profit from work deposited in their repositories Legally, authors don’t transfer copyrights under such policies; they just grant the university the right to distribute the work and are free to transfer the copyright to publishers as they always do

Open-access policies also only ask for the final version of published work If the publisher agrees, authors can deposit the aesthetically pleasing version that is type-set by the journal Regardless, the text is word-forword the same as the journal’s version allowing articles to be cited in reference to the journal

We personally feel that our individual research is important enough to be accessed by the widest audience, and we hope Cornell faculty advance an open-access policy through the faculty senate In the meantime, we hope graduate students, postdocs, and faculty all take short-term opportunities to increase access to their work by putting it on pre-print servers and individual websites according to journal policies This will allow those doctors treating muscular dystrophy, entrepreneurs leading a fossilfuel free energy revolution, and farmers improving the safety of their crops to make use of the research we work so hard to do here at Cornell

All in the Name of Inclusion

We d n e s d a y , Nov 20, marked the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance I’m going to assume most people did not pause to honor this day for a second I’m going to assume most people didn’t even notice I don’t write this because I am some elitist, blogosphere feminist, scoffing at the ignorant souls that aren t “progressive” enough to like the right Facebook pages, and missed their updates about just how many transgender people were targets of violence this year I write this because the sad truth of the matter is that although gendernonconforming individuals are targets of violence and hatred, Americans were too tied up thinking about same-sex marriage this year to pay very much attention to the t r a n s g e n d e r people who were murdered if any attention at all

The fight for samesex marriage has progressed in the mainstream so that we have come to take it for granted We unquestioningly accept it as the single issue most important issue of the gay right’s movement because “Of course achieving same-sex marriage is a reasonable thing to strive for! It’s one more step toward equality and you can ’ t argue there is anything wrong with that!” Well, actually, you can There is a lot wrong with that

Before the discussion of gay rights and samesex marriage co-opted it, there was a gay liberation movement Now, gay rights and gay liberation are completely different things If we look at the dynamics of the

gay rights movement, we see people working through the courts to gain access to state institutions like marriage and the military And that is the equality people are looking for equal access to state institutions Herein lies the drastic departure from the gay liberation movement gay liberationists once advocated for a radical reshaping of these very institutions gay rights activists simply want access to They reasoned that the state and the institutions it contains, as they stand, were created to perpetuate a patriarchal and heteronormative value system that was inherently about exclusion They believed that

can think of the gay liberation movement as an attempt to queer our society Queering was, and is, necessar y because there is too much injustice, and therefore so much to disrupt But queering the world was too drastic for some it would require a revolution of our society’s values, and some gay people just didn’t need that For some gays, the patriarchal value system and institutions could actually give them an immense amount of privilege, if only they could be included within it

And so they managed to co-opt the movement and make it one about inclusion

If we demand justice we must be willing to radically reshape the

rather than working within these institutions that were never created to include ever ybody, we need to disrupt the value system upon which they are based in order to achieve freedom and equality

Did you know that history? Did you think of that version of liberation as a possibility? Or did the obsessive discussion about same-sex marriage stall your consideration of just what liberty and equality entail? Did the gay rights movement convince you that inclusion was all it takes?

It probably did because that was the intention If we think of “ queer ” not as a sexual identity, but as a verb that means to disrupt the patriarchal, normative value system and its institutions, then we

Maybe not inclusion of all, but inclusion of people who can convincingly appeal to the power holders, “We’re just like you! We promise!” How do you convince them? Well, be a gay person who can fit into the white, uppermiddle class, normative lifestyle that the patriarchal value system privileges

Then who is the gay liberation movement for? There are a lot of queer people who are non-normative in more ways than just their sexuality There are a lot of queer people who have more to lament than just their exclusion from marriage There are a lot of people that may not have a non-normative sexuality, but who are non-normative in other ways and oppressed by the system accordingly

And what happened to them when the Gay Rights activists took over? They were relegated to the margins Again Transgender people, cast to the side People of color, cast to the side Lower-income people, cast to the side There was a gay liberation movement that believed that all oppression was connected That the patriarchal, heteronormative value system that the gay rights movement now legitimizes is a value system with domination at its core; and that liberation from oppression, from domination, and towards equality will elude us until that system is destroyed If that be the case, then inclusion for those gays that are “just like ever ybody else!” will necessarily reinforce the exclusion of others And that is the case because 238 people were killed this year due to transphobic violence and I surely saw no collective pause If we demand justice, we must be willing to radically reshape this world and not settle for an inclusion of some that ensures the continued exclusion of others We can ’ t keep kidding ourselves that inclusion is enough to achieve liberty That lie is a distraction that means the continuation of oppression, domination and violence I wonder how many transgender people we can spare before we realize that

Bailey Dineen is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences Pronous: They, Them, There They may be reached at btd32@cornell edu Genderfucked appears alternate Fridays this semester

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Ender’s Game Fails to Impress

Ender’s Game is an awkward movie, hurriedly oscillating between standard big-budget action and thought provoking sci-fi criticism It fails to ever capture the tone that has allowed Orson Scott Card’s book to remain a favorite of young teens 28 years after it was first published Instead, it feels like a project batted back and forth between producers wishing to stay true to the spirit of the book and executives with an eye focused on the bottom line Unfortunately, the movie largely fails on both fronts, resulting in disappointment for viewers, whether or not they are familiar with the source material

Written and directed by Gavin Hood (Card receives a producer credit), Ender’s Game tells the story of Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a brilliant young boy selected to attend the prestigious Battle School in a future where humans are attempting to protect themselves from the supposedly imminent return of the alien Formics At a distance, Ender’s progress is followed closely by Colonel Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) and Major Gwen Anderson (Viola Davis)

Believing him to be the ideal future commander for the International Fleet, they rapidly push Ender through the rigorous training so that he will be ready and capable when the need arises

Ender’s training forms the center of the film Manipulated

and molded to the desire of Graff, his ascension from precocious kid to trained killer is the overarching theme and most interesting aspect of the movie It is also the reason why this story is just as relevant today as it was 28 years ago Ender and all the citizens of Earth are motivated by fear and paranoia, which, in turn, is supplied by propaganda-espousing media Years into his training, Ender realizes “[he] still knows nothing about [his] enemy, ” but is quickly rebuked for such a foolish notion In a world of drones, Fox News, reports of “aliens” and standardized testing, these issues remain omnipresent Several times we see Ender and his similarly young peers, dressed in uniforms, carrying guns (albeit training weapons) and marching and chanting It could have been a wonderfully poignant satire, but you cannot help but feel that part of the movie truly believes in the exploitation and warping of these children

One of the crucial aspects of Ender’s training is isolation and loneliness, a worthy and fascinating topic for any medium but a rather difficult idea to present in an action film So while it is touched upon, it is not explored as it is in the book Without that universally relatable touch point, Ender himself begins to assume an almost alien form: He is human, but robotic in his intelligence and logical ability We still are fond of him, but Ender is never allowed to develop the depth that is inherent to the complex, loving and identifiable human that the book constructs Indeed, surrounded by other flat, unde-

veloped characters, the movie lacks this human element It halfheartedly tries to develop the relationship between Ender and an older girl, Petra (Hailee Steinfeld) but the relationship never really works, hampered by corny lines and uncomfortable acting Ford, stuck training the next Han Solo, is unable to bring to the film any of his trademark charisma, as he spends as much of the movie looking at screens and talking to holograms as he does interacting with other people Viola Davis does a commendable job though being the one adult in the room with a conscience, but it is not enough to lend the film balance

The graphics are well done, although probably not necessary and often distracting Everything that Ender is learning and doing is based on being tactical, but the movie still goes out of its way to show off fancy graphics and supposedly futuristic ships I did enjoy seeing the physical manifestation of the Battle Room, a gravity-free area where Ender and the other trainees go to compete in mock war games that are supposed to develop tactical ability Still, even this falls into the pitfalls of big budget action cinema, with one sequence showing Ender duel wielding guns and spinning and shooting his enemies like he is some sort of child Jack Bauer

Really what we end up with is a very watered down, superficial version of the book This movie hits all of the major points, but never explores them Stuck hovering between summer blockbuster and thought provoking sci-fi, the Ender s Game cheats both I would recommend it to people who really loved the book if for no reason other than nostalgia, but I truly struggle to see how anyone new could appreciate the movie

Finally, I will briefly comment on the controversy surrounding the movie Card has revealed himself to be a radical, especially with regard to the issue of same-sex marriage, which he is staunchly against As a result, several groups have called for the movie to be boycotted However, his archaic view is very much in contrast to the acceptance, tolerance and love even of one ’ s enemy that is promoted in Ender’s Game If you want to see it, I encourage doing so and appreciating the themes of the movie, not the spiteful views of the author

Calvin Patten is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at cpatten@cornellsun com En der’s G ame Directed by Gavin Hood Starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Viola Davis

Django Unchained and 12 Years a Slave : Two takes on America’s dark past

MARK DISTEFANO Sun Staff Writer

As I was watching Django Unchained last year on its Christmas Day opening night, I was disappointed to find as has been pointed out by Entertainment Weekly’s Owen Gleiberman that it was not genuinely terrifying While it did contain moments of sheer shock and plenty of bloody, gory, slavery-associated violence, said violence was handled with Tarantino’s characteristically camp style This did not make for what could have been a more subdued, yet brutally realistic portrayal of slavery that would have been far more fearsome than the blood-splattered gunfights that dominated Tarantino’s picture

This is exactly what Steve McQueen achieves in 12 Years a Slave, to a degree that is perhaps too effective, as it makes his film extremely difficult to watch In one particular scene, we are forced to observe as a woman is whipped with such ferocity and cruelness that her flesh is torn apart The camera then lingers over her backside, calmly taking in the abhorrent spectacle, as if to say, “This was how things were during antebellum times ” While Tarantino and McQueen both deserve credit for tackling the subject of slavery from two entirely fresh angles, their films might both have benefitted had they borrowed from each other

One trait the two filmmakers have in common is a propensity to relentlessly pursue subject matter that is taboo and at times even repulsive McQueen, the director of the low-budget indie dramas Hunger and Shame, took a decidedly hard look at the plight of Irish hunger strikers in the 1980s, even including details of how the prisoners would refuse to be clothed and smear excrement on the prison walls in protest In Shame, he excavated the rigors of sex addiction with such graphic and unflinching realism that the film earned an NC-17 rating and was

“Ydescribed by Roger Ebert as an ordeal he did not believe he could go through twice Tarantino, similarly, has never been one to shy away from exploring controversial content on film In Inglourious Basterds he made the most deliciously savory character a Nazi colonel and put him at the forefront of the story; wrote in crazed and flamboyant caricatures of Hitler and Goebbels; and tasked Jewish-American soldiers with claiming as many Nazi scalps as possible In his most well-received film, Pulp Fiction, he included a loving anecdote about a watch stowed in a rear-end during the Vietnam War and one jarring, perversely twisted rape scene that recalls the harshest parts of A Clockwork Orange In Django, he sets a freed slave off the chain to take revenge on the slavers who kidnapped his wife

The concept of revenge as delivered through the Tarantino perspective is nothing but sweet when watched on screen It would have made for a movie just as ridiculously enjoyable as Inglourious, were it not for Tarantino’s insistence on exaggerating the already despicable horrors of slavery By failing to exercise restraint in his inclusion of “Mandingo fights,” overly brutal murders and an unrealistically vicious dog attack, the director hamstrung the potential impact of the film’s depiction of slavery Instead,

the film comes to life when Django and his colleague Dr Shultz take revenge on the hated plantation masters and white Southern gentry

These scenes are without exception a thrill to watch Especially the ending, where Django gets even with the plantation owner and his accomplices in cruelty These scenes are powerful because they let loose bottled up frustration many feel towards a despicable scar on this country ’ s past

12 Years a Slave is based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man from New York who was tricked into bondage and sold to slavers in the American deep south There is no camp attitude in this story, and for its main character, no promise of revenge or even relief from his dreadful, ungodly experience

Even when he finally returns home to his family at the end of the film, the tone of the film is far from hopeful

Aside from one scene in which Northup manages to get the better of a scrawny, hatefilled overseer played by Paul Dano, there is not one moment of redemption for him This is perhaps the movie’s point: America is possibly beyond any hope of redeeming itself for the horrors of slavery When Solomon is liberated and reunited with his family, he is filled not with relief but with the heaviness of the dozen

In Search of Marcel Proust

ou are getting ready for a very sad life,” a young T S Eliot was once told regarding his ambition to be a poet Professor and poet Ishion Hutchinson remembered this advice to a group of students attending the panel discussion titled “How to Make it as a Creative Writer” last afternoon The darker tropes of being a writer loneliness, poverty, alcoholism, depression are well known, yet a crowd of students filed into an overcrowded Goldwin Smith room to examine the profession’s potential and pay homage to the romantic image of being a writer

This November is an especially appropriate time to celebrate this image as it marks the hundredth anniversary of the publication of “Swann’s Way”, the first edition of the volume In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust Proust is a man we are perhaps most indebted to for our romantic portrait of the writer The cult he and his volumes have amassed in the century since (Proustmania) has redefined the self-consciousness of being a writer or a reader Predating the idealization of Hemingway, Proust’s myth fashioned our commonplace understanding of writers, such as:

The idea that writers are romantics and nostalgics

Obviously, no writer is more pre-occupied with the past than Proust, who was a conservative champion of France’s former glory and whose life was spent reliving his childhood Just as Faulkner never left Lafayette County, Mississippi (which he renamed Yoknapatawhpha County in his work) and Updike couldn’t leave Shillington, Pennsylvania (which he called the “ center of the world” in his “subjective geography”), Proust confines himself to the figures and places of his past, to whom he dedicates titles and affection: the eccentric family friend Charles Swann; the Gueremantes family, his neighbors; Combray, etc

The idea of the writer as a tortured solitary figure Proust’s contemporaries often accused him of being a sycophant and a literary

amateur When dining with James Joyce, he reportedly refused to ask Joyce any questions Whether out of his social shortcomings, motivation to prove himself or love for his work, Proust dedicated himself to his project at the expense of his social or romantic life Day and night, he locked himself in his cork-lined room (to prevent sound) on Boulevard Hausmann in Paris to create the appropriate environment for memory and writing The entirety of In Search of Lost Time is said to be about 4,300 pages, depending on the translation

The idea of the author or narrator as the subject of psychoanalysis Adam Gopnik recently called young Marcel “the most high-hearted, self-deprecating, joyously observant, tender, frequently funny, always attentive voice I had encountered in literature ” While living through Marcel, the reader forms a dialogue between reader as spectator and Marcel as spectator When comparing yourself to him, Marcel gets just as much out of you as you get out of him The detail, intimacy and honesty of his writing provides the reader with an unequaled opportunity to get to know the author; to investigate the framework of Proust’s mental life and development Because of its psychological clarity, In Search of Lost Time famously lends itself to analysis Handing a testimony to Freud’s Oedipal Complex system (Freud’s seminal works would be released alongside Proust’s; Totem and Taboo also appeared in 1913), “Swann’s Way” begins with an account of how the sleepless young narrator would invent excuses to usher his mother from social gatherings to his upstairs bedroom so that he could see her one last time before going to sleep “Why, I must have gone to sleep after all, and Mamma never came to say goodnight!”

In Frances Ha, the protagonist says, “I guess I’ll read Proust because that’s what you ’ re supposed to read in Paris ” Reading Proust has likewise become its own paradigm This month, its trademarks have found expression Yale University will hold a 20hour overnight reading of Proust inside a recreation of his corklined bedroom The New York Botanical Gardens will hold Proust readings in its forest The French Embassy’s cultural division will

years stolen from his life and taken from his family, years that will never be regained

This begs the question of whether some stories might be too harsh to even be put to film Few recent movies have displayed such a penchant for so realistically portraying an atmosphere of torture Schindler’s List and The Pianist come to mind It’s fascinating to wonder whether some things are too ungodly to be experienced through the world’s most powerful of art forms Some, like me, will be grateful that artists are giving slavery its due by making films about it in a realistic fashion, while others, like some kind-hearted friends of mine, will be unable to stand watching even a few minutes of 12 Years a Slave While I admired the movie unquestionably, I could not deny that the experience of watching it made me feel downright awful at times, and I could barely bring myself to see it again It is therefore a film which I must recommend with reservations

To display the subject of slavery with more levity would have been disrespectful, but 12 Years could have excised the wholly unbelievable character of Mrs Epps, for instance, who is so ruthless as to be an improbable Lucifer in a southern belle’s clothing Django could have scaled back the level of unnecessarily graphic violence in favor of the dispassionate, day-today violence which was the common practice in the days of slavery After all, the most effecting elements lie not in the act of the violence itself, but in the toleration of all those who practiced it and witnessed it, yet decided to let it continue The two films offer unique takes on slavery, but Django could have done with some of 12 Years’ realism, while 12 Years could have used a less morbid design

Mark DiStefano is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at mdistefano@cornellsun com

host Radio Host Ira Glass and 120 other readers for a “nomadic reading” of “Swann’s Way” from a bedroom in a Brooklyn hotel

In the past, the this paradigm has given way to solitary expression, often as ritual: Leslie Epstein, son of Casablanca screenwriter Phillip Epstein, noted that he reads two pages of In Search of Lost Time for five minutes before bedtime He explained this ritual as such: “It is not a bad idea to keep a nightly appointment with a noble mind; it has the power to purify even the most wasted day ” Novelist and Historian Shelby Foote claims that each time he finished a book of his own, he would revisit In Search of Lost Time Shelby explains: “I’ve always given myself a reward when I finish something and the reward I give myself is always the same thing I read À la recherche du temps perdu That’s my big prize C’est mon grand prix I think I’ve read it nine times now It’s like a two-month vacation because it takes that long to read Proust I like it better than going to Palm Beach ” Perhaps the reader’s experience explains the image of the writer, who becomes a christ-like figure For the the reader’s enjoyment, the romantic writer goes through the pain of revisiting the past, self-abnegation, social alienation and psychological turmoil Does this mean that by wanting to become a writer, one wishes for enjoyment that they cannot enjoy? Potentially So, for simplicity and celebration, we’ll measure Proust’s selflessness by his page count

Henr y Staley is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at hstaley@cornellsun com Politicizing Art appears alternate Fridays

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Red Searches for Win Against Siena

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from the field as a team, compared to 34 percent in the first half Sophomore guard Nolan Cressler knocked down six shots for 13 points in the second half, en route to a 19-point game, and junior forward Deion Giddens and sophomore for ward Ned Tomic gave the Red important contributions off the bench Giddens shot a perfect five-forfive from the field throughout the game, including a couple of emphatic dunks

“[Deion] has improved a lot on both ends of the floor, and his activity level has spurred his improvement,” Courtney said “He is blocking shots, or at least altering shots on defense, and that activity is leading to better offensive production ”

Nonetheless, Colgate did not relinquish the lead Burnatowski and Jacobs led the charge for the Raiders into the closing minutes Cornell str uggled defensively, allowing the Raiders to knock down 62% of their shots, including five more three-pointers

“We have to take pride in our defense,” said sophomore guard Nolan Cressler “ We need to make sure that we don’t get too comfortable with where we are at defensively, but we are definitely

The Red was outscored by 14 points in the second half as Cornell dropped to 0-5 with the 81-58 loss

According to senior forward Dwight Tarwater, the Red can only use this loss as a jumping off point

“We are working on a lot of stuff,” he said “We are watching a lot of film We are always working on our communication Just trying to get better every single day ”

On Friday night, the Red will look to make the hard work pay off and rebound from several tough losses as it hosts Siena College in Newman Arena The team is heading into the next few games with a must-win mentality, because the players realize that a few home wins against evenly matched opponents can build their confidence moving forward

“[Siena is] a young team like us, and they are trying to find their identity still They play hard and they feed off energy kind of like we do, so we need to make sure we are ready to play a gritty game, ” Cressler said

Nikita Dubnov can be reached at ndubnov@cornellsun com

Red senior quarterback and NFL prospect Jeff Mathews threw for 445 yards and a touchdown in that contest, following up his single-game Ivy record of 548 yards in Cornell’s most recent visit to Franklin Field in Philly a 48-38 win in the last game of the 2011 season

“We had success last time we went down there and it was a lot of fun,” Mathews said “It was probably my favorite game I ever played here, and to go replicate it would be a lot of fun ”

Mathews will likely take the field in his final collegiate game after missing just his second career outing in the win over the Lions due to an unspecified upper body injury Sophomore quarterback James Few, much like Chris Amrhein ’13 did last season against Monmouth, filled in more than adequately to lead Cornell to a win Few completed 14-of-17 passes for 178 yards and two touchdowns, while rushing for 31 gained yards and a score Freshman quarterback Robert Somborn also took some snaps, completing all three passes for 49 yards and rushing for 16

“James did a phenomenal job of managing the game, ” Archer said “He took what was there and he was able to make great decisions with the football ” Archer also said he believes Few’s and Somborn’s steady per-

formances wouldn’t have been possible without prolonged tutoring from Mathews

“There are so many things that have been said about Jeff Mathews in four years, but the ultimate test of what he’s done for Cornell football is what you saw on Saturday,” Archer said “Without him in pads, his influence still permeated and kids were able to rally

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P a r t i c u l a r l y , James went out there and did ever ything he could to emulate the way Jeff plays, and I think that’s the ultimate compliment and the ultimate impact a guy can have on a program ”

Another senior, tight end Ty Bostain, hauled in his first career touchdown on his 37th reception

special guys, when they’re needed, they find a way to get it done.”

The Red spread the ball around to ease the burden for the two young signal callers seeing their first collegiate action

Cornell ran a season-high 51 times for 131 yards, including 73 from sophomore running back Luke Hagy Senior wide receiver Grant Gellatly caught nine passes for 136 yards and rushed seven times for 38 yards in a fitting Senior Day “ With special guys, when they’re needed, they find a way to get it done,” Mathews said “Grant’s a great player and any time a great player is challenged to step up, you see what they’re made of, and obviously he stepped up in a big way ”

“I had kind of been waiting to get on the board and it felt great to finally get in the end zone, ” Bostain said “Coming out on senior day too and helping us get a win that we definitely needed, and celebrating with all my fellow seniors it was great ” On the other side of the ball, like many Red opponents this year, the Quakers offense features two quarterbacks who both play significant time Seniors Billy Ragone and Ryan Becker have been mediocre, though, completing a combined 53 5 percent of passes for 1,821 yards, 13 touchdowns and 14 interceptions to lead the conference ’ s seventh-ranked offense Penn’s rushing responsibilities are also taken care of by committee Junior defensive back and running back Kyle Wilcox and junior running back Spencer Kulcsar have each tallied over 400 yards and multiple scores on the ground, while a third Quakers QB freshman Adam Strouss has punched in three touchdowns on the year Stopping the physical Penn

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Wrestlers Tackle Binghamton

Red comes into match undefeated against Bearcats

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Staff Wr ter

On Saturday, the Cornell wrestling team will take on Binghamton University in its first dual meet of the season Both Binghamton and the Red come into this match with a talented new class of freshmen, as well as experienced veterans, including 11 seniors for the Red

Historically, Cornell has performed well against Binghamton, not having lost any dual meets against the Bearcats since it started competing against them in the 1971-1972 season

Additionally, Cornell is coming off an impressive 2012-2013 season, with two allAmericans returning to the team this year

In preparation for this dual and overall season, the Red has been practicing hard, while also holding the annual Red vs White eliminations this past Saturday

“We have been preparing for this dual similar to how we have in the past, just

focusing on solid technique and wrestling our match,” said senior and all-American

Mike Nevinger “This preseason we have worked extra hard on our conditioning and wrestling hard the entire match ”

Last weekend at the Red vs White eliminations, six of the freshmen on the team were able to find success on the mat as they won six of the eight matches that made up Saturday’s dual

“I am very excited to watch our freshmen and other underclassmen compete for the first time under the spotlight,” said senior Chris Villalonga “They are a talented bunch and I can ' t wait to see what they can do against our competition ”

Nevinger also noted that the Red’s opponents should “keep an eye on the younger guys ”

One such freshman, Mark Grey, is ranked No 10 nationally and has already proven his diligence as a wrestler

“He is probably [one of ] the hardest workers I have ever seen, ” said senior

Conner David

Additionally, Grey’s brother, Mike Grey ’11 is now one of two assistant coaches, joining the staff after wrestling for the Red and earning two all-American titles

According to David, the squad knows what it is striving for this season

“[Our] ultimate goal is to win a team national title, so everything before then is essentially training and preparation for March,” David said

The Red has held the title of Ivy League champions for the past 11 seasons since 2002, and hopes to continue that dominance in league duals

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a great week of practice and bring that passion to the practices and [it] should be a much better weekend ”

First up for the team is Brown (3-3-1, 1-2-1), which opened its season with a resounding 4-1 win over Yale, but has stumbled recently against Quinnipiac and New Hampshire The Bears have not hit the ice for a match in more than a week, giving the Red the advantage in recent game experience

The case is not the same for the

Bulldogs (4-1-2, 2-0-2), who come to Cornell on Saturday following a Friday night showdown with Colgate Barely three days after the match against Yale, the Red will skate out at Lynah against Niagara University (3-7-1, 3-2-1) for a rare Tuesday game

The rapid succession of games makes preparation tricky, Scott said, as the coaches and the players work on different timelines

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“As coaches, we need to be prepared for Niagara It’s tough to do that in a day or two as far as watch-

ing video and doing pre-scouts stuff like that, that’s something important for the coaching staff,” he said “But for the players, they’re worried about Brown and that’s about it, and that’s all they need to be worried about They shouldn’t be worried about Yale or Niagara it should be Friday

“I think the biggest thing is just going out there and playing with passion ”

night’s game ” The three games together mark the Red’s longest homestand of the season and it’s first back-to-back Ivy contests of the year The Red will not face another Ivy opponent for a league game until mid-January, when the Red takes on perennial rival Harvard

“I think the biggest thing is just going out there and playing with passion, playing with a great work ethic,” Scott said “I think that was the difference between some of the better games that we ’ ve had in the

past couple of weeks and the ones where we haven’t played so well It’s about just seeing the puck and wanting it more than the other team ” Following the match against Niagara, the Red is back on the road to take on Boston University in the fourth edition of Red Hot Hockey at Madison Square Garden The fan-favorite event has become a Thanksgiving-weekend classic, with the two teams holding a nearly 90-year-old rivalry

Emily Berman can be reached at eberman@cornellsun com

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2013 Against Penn

Coming off rst Ivy win, squad Looks to repeat in Philadelphia

By QUINTIN SCHWAB Sun Staff Wr ter

Coming off a belated first Ivy League win of the season, the Cornell football team heads to Penn to play its season finale tomorrow at 1 p m in Philadelphia, Pa In the 120th matchup between the schools and 19th official Trustees’ Cup, the Quakers (4-5, 3-3 Ivy) look to avoid their first losing season since 2007 by defeating the Red (2-7, 1-5), who snapped a seven-game losing streak last Saturday with a 24-9 home victory over winless Columbia on Senior Day

Penn is on a rare skid of its own, having lost three games in a row for the first time since 2006-7 A sub- 500 season would not sit well with a program that has won nine Ancient Eight titles in 22 years under head coach Al Bagnoli, so the Red will have a tough time winning its second straight to build momentum going into 2014

“Penn plays a tough, physical brand of football,” said Cornell first-year head coach David Archer “They’ll definitely run the football, control the ball, and they play a style of defense that is very much smash mouth and destroying blocks and tackling and swarming and stripping the football It’s a formula that has worked for them for

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years, and I don’t expect to see anything different ” That is, if the Quakers have any gas left in the tank Penn nearly pulled off a historic comeback last weekend at Harvard, cutting a 38-0 deficit to 38-30 in essentially one full quarter of play before falling 20 yards short of a potential game-tying touchdown and two-point conversion

That’s a first | Sophomore forward Christian Hilbrich scored the first goal of his career against Brown last year

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The Red attempted an unlikely comeback in last year ’ s matchup against Penn on Schoellkopf Field The hosts rallied from 15 points down in the fourth quarter to tie the game before the Quakers scored a

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Homestand in Five Days

By EMILY BERMAN Sun Assistant Sports Editor

It has been a bumpy start to the season for the men ’ s ice hockey team, which has as many shutout losses as league wins through its first eight games Back home at Lynah after four straight games on the road, the No 18 Red (4-3-1, 2-31) is looking to stabilize its play during a home stretch of three games in five days, including a match-up against defending national champion, No 9 Yale

ranked St Lawrence to take a 5-2 win It was a strong rebound effort for the Red, which had dropped Friday night’s game against No 11 Clarkson after giving up a goal in the final 37 seconds

“We have to keep going in practice with the same kind of intensity ”

After remaining dormant for the previous four games, the Red’s offense finally exploded last Saturday night, racking up four goals in the first period against then-No 17

According to assistant coach Topher Scott ’08, the Red needs to carry the momentum from Saturday’s game into practices in order to see positive results in its upcoming games

“The thing we need to take out of it is we [have] to keep going in practice with the same kind of intensity,” he said “When we practice as hard as we play, we play a lot better on the weekends It’s important that we have

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to clinch the 2012 Ivy Championship with a 3528 triumph

S econd Half Struggles Continue; C.U. Drops Fifth Straight Game

By NIKITA DUBNOV Sun Staff Writer

On Wednesday evening, the Cornell men ’ s basketball team traveled to Hamilton, N Y t o t a k e o n l o n g - t i m e regional rival Colgate

The Red came into the game with an 0-4 record, losing its latest matchup against last year ’ s national champions and No 3 Louisville Prior to tip off, the players were determined to pick up a win in the midweek contest

On Wednesday, the Red made a change to its lineup

b y n o t s t a r t i n g f re s h m a n g u a rd Ro b e r t Ha t t e r, w h o won Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors earlier this season, due to an ankle injur y

Hatter, who has proven his worth in collegiate play early on in his career, came off the b e n c h f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e Senior Jake Matthews took on the starting role, alongside guards Nolan Cressler and Devin Cherr y, and for wards Dwight Tar water and David Onuorah The Red utilized just about ever y player on its bench during the game, gaini n g i m p o r t a n t p r o d u c t i o n from the team ' s role players Colgate scored the opening basket after tip-off, but the Red countered and took an early lead The first half was marked by alternating leads as both squads made scoring r uns Colgate’s big m e n i n s e n i o r Mu r p h y Bu r n a t ow s k

Ethan Jacobs led a charge towards the end of the half that put the Red down by nine points going into the l o c k e r r o o m Ja c o b s , t h e 6’11” center, showed off his range by knocking down several 3-pointers in the first half In total, the Raiders hit six-of-13 shots from beyond the arc in the first half The production of junior captain Devin Cherr y (12 points, 3 assists, and 2 steals) kept the Red in the game in the first twenty minutes, but the halftime score remained 38-29 in favor of Colgate

So far this season, the Red has struggled in the second half, and Wednesday’s game proved to follow a similar stor yline The Raiders dominated the scoring and defense following the break, starting the half with a nine-point run that put the Red down by double digits

“ The second half defense is away from us In the first half they can hear us calling o u t t h e s c re e n s a n d t h e plays,” said head coach Bill C o u r t n e y “ In t h e s e c o n d half, it’s those five guys on the other end of the floor that need to be talking to each other ”

The Red’s shooting percentage improved in the second half, shooting 48 percent

Topher Scott ’08 See M. B-BALL page 14