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C.U.MOURNS TRUSTEE CHAIR EMERITUS

finance publisher and chair emeritus of the Cornell Board of Trustees, died Friday of cancer He was 97

Kiplinger, a noted philanthropist a benefactor of the University, became trustee in 1960 and led the board fr 1984 to 1989 He died at a hospice Rockville, Maryland, of cancer that h metastasized to his brain, his son Kni Kiplinger ’69 said Born on Sept 19, 1918, Kiplinger w the son of prominent journalist W Kiplinger, who founded the financial p lishing company Kiplinger Washing Editors, Inc in 1920

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University, Kiplinger was a member of Telluride House, Glee Club and Stud Council, among other activities It was a at Cornell that he began his career in jo nalism, working as a campus stringer

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, served in the U S Navy during World War II Following the war, Kiplinger and his father founded the first publication devoted to personal finance for American families, which is now known as Kiplinger’s Personal Finance

ILR Students Protest Labor Cartoon Exhibit

By TALIA JUBAS Sun Senior Writer

Student pushback to a number of political cartoons displayed in Ives Hall, and the alleged theft of one of the pieces, has prompted a discussion about freedom of speech and political discourse in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations and around campus

involved in the labor rights and social justice movements, and consistently features guest artists

As in previous years, the artists’ work was installed in a temporary exhibit on the first floor of Ives Hall, but this year some of the pieces made students uncomfortable, leading some to request their removal, according to Prof Kate Bronfenbrenner, industrial and labor relations

“I was very surprised that a school with such an esteemed reputation would be so squeamish about political speech ” M i k e K o n o p a c k i

Gar y Huck and Mike Konopacki, two of the leading labor cartoonists in the country, were invited to the ILR Labor Roundtable, hosted by the school on Nov 13 The event is held annually to show students ways they can become professionally

Students contacted student services to express their discomfort, particularly with two of the pieces: one featuring the GOP elephant with its trunk up a woman ’ s skirt and another with a swastika superimposed on the confederate flag, according to Bronfenbrenner “We’ve invited people who’ve

Kiplinger worked for several television stations in Chicago in the 1950s and was even offered a role at NBC News, but ultimately returned to his

Student Crashes Car Into Rand Hall

One student is left with serious injuries following an early Sunday morning vehicle crash into Rand Hall, according to the Cornell University Police Department Authorities responded to a report of a single vehicle crashing into Rand Hall at approximately 1:40 a m Sunday Police say they

believe that the vehicle, a silvercolored sedan, was traveling northbound on East Avenue when the driver missed the curve north of Lincoln Hall, left the road and crashed into the south wall of Rand Hall

The driver and one passenger of the vehicle were both freshmen at Cornell, according to an email sent to students from Prof Kent Kleinman, dean of the College of

Architecture, Art and Planning

The driver, who sustained serious injuries, was transported by ambulance to a regional medical center and remains in stable condition, according to police The passenger, who was evaluated on the scene by Cornell Emergency Medical Ser vices and Bangs Ambulance and initially declined transport to the hospital, was later treated for minor injuries

None of the 15 people inside Rand Hall or pedestrians in the area at the time of the crash were hurt

Cornell Police, the Ithaca Police Department, Cornell Environmental Health and Safety, Cornell EMS, Bangs Ambulance, the Ithaca Fire Department and New York State Police responded to the accident

Rand Hall is open “with limited access to the east end of the first floor,” according to police Workers and authorities were present at the scene hours after the crash, evaluating the extent of the damage

Monday, November 23, 2015

Today

Developmental Syndromes Underlying the Evolution Of Reproductive Isolation in Mammals

12:20 - 1:20 p m , A106 Corson-Mudd Hall

Managing Expectations: The Microbiome in Agriculture 12:20 - 1:20 p m , 404 Plant Science Building

Theoria and Experience in ‘Hero of Alexandria’ 5:30 - 8 p m , Big Red Barn

(Dis)appearing Islands: Climate Change and the Future Geographies of Oceanic Performance

4:30 p m , Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts

Tomorrow

Plant Metabolomics: An Introduction and Overview 10 a m , 404 Plant Science Building

Modified Sialic Acids and Their Effects on Viruses With Brian Wasik Noon - 1 p m , Thaw Lecture Hall, Baker Institute

Mindfulness Meditiation

4 - 5 p m , TV Lounge, Carl Becker House

The Fall of Ancient Egypt: The Narby Krimsnatch ’56 Lecture Series 9 p m , 131 Sage Hall

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Students Rally to Remember 1993 Takeover

Friday’s commemoration of the 1993 Day Hall Takeover took on a new face this year at the Latino Living Center’s Café con Leche event, as students expressed anger over what they felt were inadequacies in President Elizabeth Garrett’s response to a Nov 13 incident in which a Latino student from Dartmouth was allegedly assaulted by a police officer at the annual Latinx Ivy League Conference at Brown University

The event, which drew approximately 40 students and faculty members to the front of Day Hall, commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the Day Hall Takeover a four-day student occupation in 1993 that eventually led to the creation of the Latino Living Center and an expansion of the Latino Studies Program at Cornell

At the rally in front of Day Hall, demonstrators gave quick speeches about the events that occurred in 1993 and read the same

list of demands the protesters read in 1993 when they took over Day Hall

Following the rally, participants marched to the Latino Living Center, where approximately 60 students, administrators, professors and alumni discussed racial issues affecting the Cornell Latino community The event organizers said they did not want the march to living center to be silent because silence is part of the problem

“The Latino community at Cornell is especially upset because there were Cornell delegates at the conference and it very much could have been them [who were attacked],” said Barbara Cruz ’19, programming vice president of La Asociación Latina Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life, and dean of the law school Eduardo Peñalver ’94, who led the Day Hall occupation in 1993, also attended the discussion

“I’m proud of what my classmates and I were able to accom-

‘Breaking Bread’ Meal Addresses Inequality

“We have been listening to your stories,” said Renee Alexander ’74, associate dean and director of intercultural programs, student and academic ser vices “[This dinner] is a way to work together, establishing commonalities as we work across differences ”

Speaking to nearly 90 students, administrators and faculty members on Thursday, A l e x a n d e r encouraged them to speak openly about race and campus climate with each other over a meal

that they probably don’t take it to heart, and if they knew I were part-Asian, they would be more careful Nevertheless it hurts, and I’d like to think that you don’t speak ill of others regardless of whether or not someone is present ”

Amiri Banks ’17, a participant and facilitator, echoed Lowry and said he believes social categories impact individuals’ perspectives significantly

“We still have work to do on inclusion and engagement across our many diverse communities ”

The “Breaking Bread” dinner, held in the Biotechnology Building, was filled with 10 tables with about eight participants each The dinner and the small group setting aimed to allow participants to feel comfortable expressing their feelings and sharing their personal stories in a safe space

To stimulate and direct conversation at the tables, facilitators posed three questions to participants, asking individuals to elaborate on their experiences with issues including race in higher education and how the University and members of the community can act in the future to better the campus climate

Many participants began the conversation by sharing personal stories

“I’m biracial and have heard people talk about Asians dismissively while I’m sitting right there, hidden in some sense by my mixed features,” said John Lowry ’16, president of the class of 2016, on his experiences as an Asian-American “I understand

“ B e c a u s e i n t e r a c t i o n s in society are built on a dichotomy of p e r c e p t i o n , we often find ourselves forced to check a certain box or present ourselves as a certain type of person when it comes to race, ” said Banks, who is also a columnist for The Sun “And the

implications of this categorization for a person ’ s sense of self-identity and mental health can be far greater than we realize ”

Shifting from personal stories, participants led a discussion that focused on issues of race on Cornell’s campus

“Here at Cornell, we pride ourselves on compositional diversity,” Nicolette Jooyoung Lee ’15 said “But we still have work to do on inclusion and engagement across our many diverse communities ”

One place on campus that students felt a particular lack of mixing and open discussion is in the classroom

“I would love to see more diversity in the classroom,” Carúmey Stevens ’19 said “Especially in STEM classes where diversity is not the focus ” Minority students also spoke about being the subject of diversity when issues

Cornellians Discuss Climate Change At Bailey Hall Panel

By ISABEL LING

Cornell professors and climate change experts discussed the University’s role in environmental activism at the Climate Change Science and Policy Panel in Bailey Hall Friday

The event, sponsored by the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and the EAS 1540: Introductory Oceanography class, drew hundreds of students and community members interested in learning more about climate change

The panelists Prof Bruce Monger, earth and atmospheric sciences, Prof Toby Ault, earth and atmospheric sciences, Prof Drew Harvell, ecology and evolutionary biology, Prof Robert Howarth, ecology and evolutionary biology and Prof Dan Kammen ’84, energy, University of California, Berkeley answered questions submitted by Cornell oceanography students after a panel introduction by Provost Michael I Kotlikoff The questions, read by Emma Johnston ’16, addressed topics ranging from how the student voice has impacted Cornell’s climate change activism to geoengineering

Geoengineering can be a controversial topic, according to Prof Chuck Greene, earth and atmospheric sciences Greene, who was a moderator at the panel, explained that the discipline refers to the manipulation of the environmental processes that affect the earth’s climate, such as the trapping of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, in order to counter the effects of global warming

A prominent example of geoengineering is solar radiation management, the practice of launching human-produced aerosols into the atmosphere in order to reflect sunlight from the Earth’s surface and therefore cool the Earth

“At a basic level, it works, but it would probably have a number of consequences, such as who controls the technology? Who controls the thermostat? Is the optimal temperature in my country the optimal temperature in other countries?” Ault said “These are questions we must ask ourselves before looking to geoengineering as a solution ”

Greene explained Cornell’s role in geoengineering, referencing his research on land-grown marine algae for carbon dioxide reduction as a low-impact alternative to geoengineering

“There are people doing research on this technology, it’s called carbon mediation,” Greene said “In order for climate change to be reversed, we must begin drawing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere ”

Addressing Cornell’s ability to combat environmental degradation, panelists referenced the progress student-led action on the Hill has made in the past, pointing to KyotoNow, a student organization dedicating to reversing the effects of global climate change, and a recent petition urging Cornell to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry

“We’ve made good strides on this campus, we have plans to go carbon neutral by 2035,” Howarth said “I think we can do better if students continue to push the campus ” All panelists emphasized the power of individual students and student organizations to produce real change in Cornell’s environmental policy

“Raise your voice, there’s this bottom-up change that needs to occur, ” Monger said “Students need to write, to let leaders know about issues that are important to them and important to future generations ”

Isabel Ling can be reached at iling@cornellsun com

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We put together educational, social, and cultural programs for the queer and ally communities. We are still looking for members to help with organizing our amazing events.

Kiplinger Remembered for Kindness, Dedication to Cornell

KIPLINGER Continued from page 1

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Students Discuss Diversity at Dinner

BREAKING BREAD Continued from page 3

Rand Hall Car Crash Injures Two

CRASH Continued from page 1

“Understanding needs to be taught over time ”

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Samantha Acriche can be reached at sacriche@cornellsun com

A c c o r d i n g t o K l e i n m a n , a n i n s p e c t i o n o f t h e b u i l d i n g f o u n d n o s t r u c t u r a l d a m a g e n o r a n y d a n g e r f r o m f a l l i n g d e b r i s “ T h e R a n d s h o p w i l l m a i n t a i n s t a n d a r d o p e r a t i n g h o u r s a n d s h o u l d b e f u l l y f u n c t i o n a l e xc e p t t h a t t h e a f f e c t e d a r e a w i l l b e c o rd o n e d o f f w i t h y e l l ow t a p e , ” h e s a i d Ry a n L o m b a rd i , v i c e p r e s i d e n t f o r s t u d e n t a n d c a m p u s l i f e , e x t e n de d h i s s u p p o r t a n d c a r i n g t o t h e s t ud e n t s i n v o l v e d i n t h e a c c i d e n t , t h e i r f r i e n d s a n d f a m i l y o n b e h a l f o f t h e C o r n e l l c o m m u n i t y “ I h o p e t h a t t h e s t u d e n t s w h o w e r e i n R a n d H a l l a n d a n y o t h e r i n d i v i d u a l s w h o m a y h a v e b e e n a f f e c t e d b y t h e a c c i d e n t w i l l c o n s i de r t h e s e r v i c e s l i s t e d b e l ow, w h i c h a r e a v a i l a b l e a l w a y s , f o r a l l o f u s , ” h e s a i d A n i n v e s t i g a t i o n i n t o t h e c a u s e o f t h e a c c i d e n t i s o n g o i n g , a n d a u t h o r i t i e s a r e s e e k i n g f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m w i t n e s s e s Un i v e r s i t

Annie Bui can be reached at abui@cornellsun com

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p l i s h i n 1 9 9 3 , b u t i t w a s a l s o c l e a r f r o m t h e m e e t i n g t h a t w e s t i l l h a v e a

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“We are listening, we appreciate the dialogue, and we look forward to our continued engagement ”

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“There’s always a racist incident happening, probably weekly,” Macias said “It’s kind of numbing now because it hap-

now that universities are finally speaking

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reported that they feel that commemorating the events of 1993 can help to illustrate current racial struggles on the Hill

Zachary Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun com

Trump Defends Comments Labor Cartoons Cause Upheaval

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been much more provocative than the two we invited this time,” Bronfenbrenner said, “but I think the times have changed so that people on the right are emboldened, because of perhaps by the Tea Party or others ” She added that “there’s a sense that the First Amendment doesn’t apply ” Initially, staff responded that the the offensive pieces would be taken down, but ILR faculty stepped in to defend the protection of first amendment rights, according to Bronfenbrenner

Kevin Hallock, dean of the ILR school, later issued a statement explaining the decision to leave the exhibit intact

“Art can sometimes shock and be controversial, and the dialogue created can be important, especially in an institution like ours where the principles of academic freedom and freedom of expression are fundamental,” he said

Likewise, some ILR students defended the associations drawn by the cartoons, saying they contribute to discussions of racism and sexism that are pertinent to the labor movement

“The swastika is a symbol of hate, and it draws really power ful parallels to white supremacist hatred in the south and the ways in which that hatred has been mobilized using the confederate flag,” said Allison Considine ’17, one of the student organizers of the event

In the past month, racial tensions and protests have erupted on a number of campuses around the country Events at the University of Missouri have captured headlines, including stories of students using the swastika as a symbol of racial intimidation

“I presumed the students at Cornell would be aware of these events since they have to do with the campus life of other students around

the country and would be able to understand that I was trying to speak to current events as they were happening,” Huck said “Cartoons are pretty much of the moment, so if you don’t know what’s going on in the world around you you ’ re going to not understand a lot of cartoons, or you ’ re going to misunderstand a lot of cartoons

”

As of Friday morning, the confederate flag work was missing from the exhibit

“I allowed the University to display my work and it was treated with pronounced disrespect,” Huck responded

Konopacki also expressed his “dismay” that the exhibit proved so controversial

“I was very surprised that a school with such an esteemed reputation would be so squeamish about political speech,” he said

At the heart of the artists’ frustration was that rather than engaging with the subject matter, students opted to shut down the conversation

“The person who took the cartoon was not without an avenue of dissent, but they chose to end the conversation by removing the cartoon, ” Huck said “Being offended is not the worst thing to happen to you Being offended is the beginning of a conversation, not the end of a conversation ”

The pair plans on including their experience with political discomfort on Cornell’s campus in future cartoons and will reflect on it in their discourse with other audiences

“That is exactly the way to have this conversation; lots of voices weighing in and everyone gets their voices heard,” Huck said “That’s how freedom of speech works, and that is a great thing That is the single greatest thing about this nation that is what makes America America ”

Talia Jubas can be reached at tjubas@cornellsun com

WASHINGTON (AP) Republican Donald Trump on Sunday refused to rule out an independent bid for president in 2016, and he dug in on creating a database to track Muslims in the U S

Asked on ABC’s This Week whether he would consider a third-party run if GOP opponents try “ to take you out, ” Trump said, “I will see what happens I have to be treated fairly If I’m treated fairly, I’m fine ”

The billionaire and former reality show star is leading the race for the GOP nomination for the fourth straight month, with Republican establishment candidates such as Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio far behind All the GOP candidates, Trump included, have signed a pledge to support the party ’ s eventual presidential nominee and forgo independent runs in 2016

He suggested that his lead in the polls, unshaken by disparaging remarks he’s made about ethnic groups or his lack of specifics on foreign policy, has vexed the Republican party

“They can ’ t understand, you know, how come an outsider can be doing so well within the party, ” Trump said

His standing in national polls has only solidified since recent Islamic militant attacks in Europe, particularly the Nov 13 strikes on Paris that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds of others The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for those attacks The upsurge in violence has put pressure on the candidates from outside government, primarily Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who have little foreign policy or national security experience

Trump has pledged to be the toughest of all candidates toward people posing threats to the U S On Sunday said he would back ways to track Muslims in the U S and also bring back waterboarding on terrorism suspects

“I would bring it back, yes I would bring it back I think waterboarding is peanuts compared to what they’d do to us, ” he said

Trump this weekend has tried to back away from his support for a government database to track Muslims in the United States, an idea that drew sharp rebukes from his GOP rivals and disbelief from legal experts On Thursday, an NBC News reporter pressed Trump in Iowa on whether there should be a database for tracking Muslims in the U S Trump replied:

“There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases ”

Would he put such a database in place as president?

“I would certainly implement that Absolutely ”

He tried in another interview to clarify that position, suggesting a “watch list” for the Syrian refugees admitted to the U S

On ABC Sunday, Trump was asked if he rules out a database on all Muslims in the U S

“No, not at all,” Trump said “I definitely want a database and other checks and balances We want to go with watch lists We want to go with databases ”

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BY NATALIE TSAY Blogs Editor

As the final installation of one of the most popular young adult series of the decade (and the catalyst for the current teendystopian trend), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 had a lot to accomplish It had to show how high the stakes were for Katniss and the rest of Panem It had to finish what Mockingjay Part 1 started, a film that many accused of being merely a setup for Part 2 It had to give millions of fans closure and bring a mega-franchise to its epic conclusion So did it accomplish all that lay before it?

Maybe As Haymitch himself tells Katniss, “You don’t disappoint ” And it’s true Katniss definitely doesn’t disappoint, and by Katniss I mean Jennifer Lawrence While it’s been a few years since I read Mockingjay, I remember Katniss teetering on the edge of sanity If we ’ re looking at how faithful the film Katniss is to the literary Katniss, Lawrence s portrayal isn t exact Cinematic Katniss is still sombered by the revolution and feels the weight of her responsibility as the Mockingjay, but she retains a firm grip on reality she’s extremely lucid, whereas her mental state in the novel was questionable That being said, Lawrence has a few crazed moments, and they’re even more powerful because of the dramatic contrast they provide Maybe it’s not really how Collins wrote the character, but I think Lawrence’s take on Katniss made her much more sympathetic I, at least, was much happier with this version

undoubtedly be applied to Mockingjay There are more casualties than ever, and a large portion of the film is spent discussing military tactics Mockingjay is about an uprising a revolution to overthrow tyranny and that’s what sets it apart from the other films in the franchise In this respect, Mockingjay Part 2 was a dark, gruesome and brutal success No question

Yet I had a few issues with Mockingjay Part 2 First, there

who was who every time someone threw out a name I wish we had seen more of the rest of the gang, but specifically Jena Malone, who plays such a fantastic Johanna Mason Though her lack of screen time was probably due to her minor role in the novel, it was still a shame that she was so underutilized

The cast is without a doubt, the franchise s most valuable asset Every single cast-member brings everything they’ve got to their roles, and that that is not insignificant The main players and the peripheral ones alike seem to have this added depth, which is crucial in transforming a young adult novel into a serious film The themes in The Hunger Games are not light in the least, and it’s clear that they’re not to be taken lightly

When watching Mockingjay Part 2, I thought of something that Joss Whedon said about The Avengers: Age of Ultron He called it a war movie with a price to pay, and the same could

Adele enthralls Lyrically, her music stuns despite being easily accessible, wrapping itself around its audience; you ’ re convinced that she’s singing about your life whether it’s “Turning Tables” or He Won t Go Her band is masterful in its ability to capture a sometimes loose and rhythmic, sometimes intensely iconic sound that cradles her vocals perfectly And you need no reminder that her voice is a blues and soul masterpiece that could cut melt a heart back from stone 19 and 21, taken together, draw a portrait of a blossoming artist “Daydreamer,” the opening song of her first album, is beautiful in a young and innocent kind of way The gentle guitar trailing behind her as she sings about someone who “could change the world / With his hands behind his back” feels entirely too intimate to have been recorded for public consumption Most of the album makes you feel like you ’ re peering around the edge of her bedroom door while she sits and sings to herself And in moments when she hints at the future expansion of her sound, like the chorus in “Best for Last” and the harrowing story of “Hometown Glory” (Who in college hasn’t felt those oscillating twinges about where they used to live?), she sinks into your soul in a way in which you can ’ t really extricate her “Rolling in the Deep” opened 21 impeccably This was Adele no this was Adele growing up The album is full of bigger everything: bigger swoops into the chorus, grander sound from the backup singers, a bolder rhythm section The clapping sequences and wild voice breaks of “Rumour Has It” would have had no place in an older song like “Tired,” but it’s impossible not to see the way they lead into each other Listening to “Take it All,” you can still hear her singing to herself in her room in a bout of hopelessness before she brought the material to her band That being said, there’s a quality to the music and espe-

was a lot going on Part of this was due to the massive influx of new characters Catching Fire also saw an expanded cast, but there was time and space to develop Finnick, Johanna and the other allies In other words, Catching Fire brought in a carload, of new friends while Mockingjay brought in a bus Without delving too deeply into the new characters, it gets difficult to remember what they’re doing there, or who they even are Don’t get me wrong Cressida (Natalie Dormer), Pollux (Elden Henson) and Boggs (Mahershala Ali) were delightful when they had their moments, which wasn ’ t often But I had the tendency to forget

On another note, while Mockingjay Part 2 is purportedly the darkest and bleakest film of the series, I personally thought Part 1 was darker In the first part, Katniss was being exposed to the horrors taking place in the districts Everything was fresh and awful, and while it was all still terrible in Part 2, it wasn ’ t quite as visceral The tragedies just hit me (and seemingly the characters) harder the first time around For that or some other reason, I thought the first film had a much bigger impact Plus Part 2 had a serious lack of Jennifer Lawrence singing a haunting, powerful song

The real so-called problem I had with Mockingjay Part 2 is the script On one hand, there were some riveting moments: Katniss has a particularly good monologue toward the beginning of the film, and Haymitch reads her a beautiful letter toward the end Both of these instances were very well done On the other hand, however, some moments were really not good There were times when the whole theatre broke out in inappropriate laughter and what was supposed to be dramatic came off as comedic instead Often it was because of the circumstances or staging of the scene, but there were more than a few lines that really didn’t work for me And the ending that was just plain odd

I don’t know quite what to say about Mockingjay Part 2 on the whole It certainly provided the epic ending (action-wise) that the series called for, and took the political theme and ran with it Yet it also disappointed in a number of ways My parting statements would be that I think I liked Part 1 better and I think they all looked way too styled Like, who the hell is curling your hair into perfect, glossy waves during this war, Katniss?

Natalie Tsay is the Blogs Editor She can be reached at blogs-editor@cornellsun com

Jessie Weber is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at jlw372@cornell edu A d e l e 2 5 X L R e c o r d i n g s O O O O O O O O O O O O O T E S T S P I N S n e w a n d n o t a b l e m

cially to her voice that marks the most notable change I could listen to these songs for days and never know quite how to generalize what range of sound I’m hearing The sound that flashes in songs like I ll Be Waiting is timeless and comforting as a big-band flashback But in another way, a song like “Someone like You,” the introduction of which sounds so much like One Republic’s “Secrets” and confuses me every time, builds this mass of despair in your throat that just makes you want to curl up and whimper in your bed with the curtains drawn

These two albums are still powerful in your memories and huge in your ears and deep in your soul each time you listen to them And hearing how much her sound evolved from the first to the second, I was altogether too excited to hear the third The world fell on its knees to worship “Hello when Adele released it in late October You probably loved it I loved it: the pianist digging into every chord, the desolation left in all the empty musical space you wish was filled with some breath of hope We held our breath for Friday’s release of the full album I asked to review it confident that I would love it even more than her first two And after all this buildup, I just don’t want to say it But here it is: there’s something about 25 that catches at me, but there’s also something about it that I can ’ t hold on to

Nothing about this album evokes the word bad Her voice is as luxurious as ever, her backup singers lend immense talent to the depth of her sound and the rest of her band excels at creating an atmosphere that envelops you inescapably as you listen I’ve already memorized half of her lyrics and am singing along to “Water Under the Bridge” as I type this out But while these songs are as all-encompassing and as accurate as ever, put together they fall short of something that she had in her previous album Her lyrics wax beautifully honest with “If I’m not the one

for you / You’ve gotta stop holding me the way you do” and “We’ve gotta let go of all our ghosts / We both know we ain’t kids no more, ” but then they fall into patterns First you hear “We’re living worlds apart, then you wait a few more songs and hear “ we ’ re oceans apart ” And it matters Even if she wasn ’ t ever crafting strikingly unique set of lyrics, there was enough room for air between her songs that you wouldn’t be distracted by what she was singing from one to the next

Don t get me wrong I love listening to each of these songs and there’s something that grips me in each of them: the way that “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” harkens back to the burgeoning sass in “My Same” and the lone-ranger image evoked in “Million Years Ago ” But if I listen to it as an album, and especially if I listen to it closely as an album, something just sounds off “All I Ask” pulses emotionally but feels like it could be the background to a Lifetime movie “Maybe it’s because she didn’t go through a big breakup while recording,” my friend suggested to me last night I’m not sure if that’s it; after all, I still consider “Hometown Glory” one of her best songs But something is undeniably different here Now, it’s almost as if I’m listening to Adele trying to sound like Adele

She started recording this album at the age of 25, and maybe it’s just a matter of having to grow into it After all, I didn’t think that 21 was such a masterpiece until I was actually in college So although I can ’ t say incredible things about this album now, I have a lot of faith in Adele and even in 25 She’s captivated me before, and I feel sure that she will again It might just take some more time before I can follow along

Julian Gallo ’16, N.J. Folkers Stun at the Nines

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Loving Rock ’n’ Roll as a Woman

At some point in my early teens, I started listening to rock music Classic, punk, alt, grunge I would stay up late into the night listening to and reading about my favorite ‘70s-90s era band at the time

In high school, I eventually came to the realization that pretty much all of the artists on my silver iPod nano were male At first, this did not necessarily strike me as strange, or as a problem I just accepted that the good rock music was made by men; that the deep scruffiness of a man ’ s voice was a necessary part of the rock equation

But I eventually became much more interested in introducing gender equality to my playlists My junior year of high school, when I created a collage on my wall of pictures printed on computer paper, I carefully taped photos of Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin and Stevie Nicks some of my newfound favorites among Led Zeppelin, The Doors and Pink Floyd But the women on my wall were still outrageously and sadly outnumbered

Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan all have cited as an influence on their music Tharpe’s first hit was a song called “Rock Me,” and experts detect some of the first sounds of rock and roll in her unusual, melody and riff-heavy style of playing the guitar, and her passionate, gospel-style vocals

While her influence is common knowledge to those who have studied rock music and its origins, Sister Rosetta Tharpe is not a household name today like the men who succeeded her Rock and roll developed largely as a man ’ s game, and a white man ’ s game at that

VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll list, compiled in 1998, contains exactly zero female artists or female-fronted bands in the top 20, and a measly eight on the entire list

There is a second list of “100 Greatest Women in Rock & Roll,” so it’s not for lack of options So are men just better at making rock music? I no longer buy it

As is probably common knowledge among people who read the Arts section, rock music evolved in the ‘40s and ‘50s as black musicians began combining styles like blues, swing, jazz, folk and gospel First came rhythm and blues, which gave birth to rock and roll But despite being aware of this history, there is one extremely important person it took me much longer to even hear of: Sister Rosetta Tharpe

She’s the so-called Godmother of Rock & Roll, whom

In the 1970s, rock and roll had taken on its “ sex, drugs and ” archetype in full force an archetype that was and continues to be, more or less inherently hostile to women (I mean, just listen to anything by The Rolling Stones) In New Yorker article “The World Needs Female Rock Critics,” Anwen Crawford tells the story of a young female rock writer being asked by her editor for a blowjob in exchange for the opportunity to cover The Who, and being told “ same difference” when she pointed out she was a rock writer, not a groupie The stereotype of the female groupie worshiping the male rock gods perpetuated in movies and music videos galore reduces women ’ s role in rock music to that of mere followers, staring up in awe at the men on stage

Anwen also writes, “Rock music has rarely offered women the same tangible promise of social rebellion and sexual freedom that it has given men though plenty of women, myself included, have tried all the same to find those liberties in it ” Janis Joplin was one of the few women who rose to fame within the rock n ’ roll scene during the peak of the late60s-early-70s rock era, and her ex-boyfriend Countr y Joe McDonald famously said, “Sexism killed her ” The sad truth is that women in rock music have been overshadowed, undervalued and erased And many women likely chose not to partake in a genre that did not want them: Joni Mitchell, for example, apparently wanted nothing to do with the label of “rock” she always has called herself a singer-songwriter, and she too has been outspoken about the sexism she’s faced in the music industr y, noting

that whichever man was in the room with her at the time has often received credit for her work

Today, women have much greater visibility in rock music and its derivatives By the time of the Riot grrrl movement in the 90s, women were no longer the anomalies that the likes of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Janis Joplin surely were That said, sexism still permeates the music industry Artists from Bjork to Solange Knowles to Taylor Swift have complained about not receiving credit for their roles in authoring and producing their own albums And all-female rock groups continue to be treated as a genre separated off as a different category, like women in so many other fields and industries

Sexism and decreased female visibility in rock music is just a microcosm of society as a whole Still, I wish I could go back and yell at my ninth-grade self for thinking rock music was just a boy’s thing, and that I was somehow special for being a girl who cared about it Then it wouldn’t have taken me so long to start listening to Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie, Grace Slick, Kim Deal, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Laurie Anderson, Rickie Lee Jones, Patti Smith, The Runaways, The Breeders, Hole, Kim Gordon and the countless others that I either don’t have the space to list, or have yet to discover

Katie O Brien is a senior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences She can be reached at kobrien@cornellsun com Midnight Radio r uns alternate Mondays this semester

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Nikolai Rakhilin | Guest Room

Building the Next Generation Of Programmers

Thinkabout how much time we spend using technology Most of us start our day by opening our eyes, reaching for our phone and browsing through news, social media and email Where do we get all this technology? We know Apple was started by Steve Jobs and Microsoft’s founder is Bill Gates but who developed the software, apps and websites that we use on a daily basis?

Programmers did

While the majority of college graduates currently struggle to find employment, programming jobs continue to grow at a rate that is twice the national average They are higher paying than most jobs for new graduates, and there are over 1 4 million available positions today Nevertheless, there are only 400,000 computer science students nationwide

The question immediately arises: Why are so few students graduating with computer sciences degrees if this is such a rapidly expanding job market? And what can we do to bridge this gap?

To understand the problem at hand we must examine our current computer science education, or lack thereof Only one in 10 U S schools teach computer science, with the majority of those 10 percent being exclusively at the high school level With the small number of computer science college graduates, it is clear that this brief exposure in high school is too little, too late

Computer science is not only a mastery of a new language, but also of a new way of thinking For years it has been known that early exposure to a foreign language aids fluency, and coding is no different

Computer programming is the 21st century ’ s literacy, and algorithmic thinking a modern form of grammar Think about the consequences of neglecting to teach a student to read until the age of 15 This is what we

Computer science is not only a mastery of a new language, but also of a new way of thinking. For years it has been known that early exposure to a foreign language aids fluency, and coding is no different

are doing to our current generation We are ignoring the fact that exposure to coding needs to start early

Children need a strong introduction to the new language of coding, just as much as they need exposure to traditional subjects such as math and English

Schools need to equip students with knowledge and encourage computer science education, or we are failing to prepare our children

Parents need to seek out opportunities and websites for exposure to coding and algorithmic thinking, including code org and scratch mit edu

Freely-available online resources can supplement the basics of coding until our school systems catch on However, there appears to be a lack of social motivation, as most parents are hesitant to let their children learn new concepts on the web unsupervised, and most teachers are illequipped to teach the theories themselves

As such, university students across the United States need to act as guides to help build a solid foundation in schools

Such programs are beginning to arise, with Cornell students helping to lead the charge Most recently, Code-4-Kids, which is led by Elizabeth Crate, Manvitha Ponnapati, Shiva Rajagopal and myself, at Belle Sherman Elementary School in Ithaca initiated an early elementary school coding program where Cornell University students volunteer their time to work with children and walk them through basic algorithmic thinking puzzles and computational coding games Throughout the spring semester, lessons from code org have been adapted to create curricula for students in kindergarten through fifth grade It has become one of the most popular after-school programs, with demand exceeding class capacity by far The program is currently seeking additional volunteers for next semester, to expand class size and provide a more personalized teaching experience for the kids

While these programs do not guarantee that each child will be the next Mark Zuckerberg, they will ensure that our children are familiar and comfortable with the digital world around them, and have a solid foundation if they do decide to pursue a computer science career down the road

We must come to understand as a community and as a nation that knowledge of computer programming should not only be reserved for a brilliant few members of society or the future Gates, Jobs and Zuckerbergs of our time Coding should be taught to everyone, and it can be with the help of Cornell student volunteers

Programming is the wave of the future It is where innovation and creativity can develop tools to improve our lives, and where education in this country needs to improve the most Now it is up to us to decide if we will be submerged by it, or rise above and ride it to the next big innovation

For more information on how to get involved, see the online version of this column

Nikolai Rakhilin is a student at Cornell Guest Room appears periodically this semester

Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun com

HumanSpotlighting Lacrosse And Sovereignty

civilization has existed in the Ithaca area for over 13,000 years

Long before A D White, Ezra Cornell or any of the European colonizers, the lands surrounding Cayuga’s waters were settled by the Cayuga people and the larger Haudenosaunee Confederacy Centuries of imperial conquest, genocide and systematic degradation of indigenous culture decimated the original populations of North America, resulting in the seizure of land for the new colonial entity As professors, activists and historians have pointed out, Cornell University is founded upon these stolen lands

While much of the discourse surrounding forcible land acquisition by the European colonizers situates conquests in the past, the vestiges of imperialism continue to unfold today The struggle for recognition of Native American nations, rooted in early colonization and the American Revolution, persists all around us in the upstate area Recent controversies in athletics have thrust a multinational issue regarding the sovereignty of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy into the mainstream media spotlight

The indigenous people of North America invented the game Deyhontsigwa’ehs, widely known today as lacrosse According to Haudenosaunee histor y, the Creator bestowed Deyhontsigwa’ehs upon the people, as a mode of honoring and entertaining their God Chief Paul Waterman underscores the healing energy of the competition, citing the game ’ s potential for settling disputes and creating peace Evidence exists that indigenous people played a version of lacrosse sometimes with hundreds or thousands of simultaneous competitors since at least the 12th centur y By the mid 1800s, European settlers in Canada had copied and adapted the game, and by the 1900s, several leagues were established in the northeast of the United States, as well Currently, lacrosse is considered one of the fastest growing sports, with teams all over the world and a powerful governing body, the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL), which holds five annual competitions for men ’ s and women ’ s teams in 23 member nations The Haudenosaunee Confederacy was accepted into the FIL as an independent nation competitor in 1987 with their men ’ s team, the Iroquois Nationals As the only Native American team competing in the league, members of the Iroquois Nationals have expressed the honor and pride of playing their ancestral game for a global audience

However, complications have emerged as the Iroquois Nationals attempt to travel to foreign locations for FIL championships Legally considered a “domestic dependent nation,” the Haudenosaunee Confederacy has issued its own passports distinct from United States or Canadian passports since 1923; today, they serve as travel documents as well as prided indicators of Haudenosaunee autonomy For the later decades of the 20th centur y, members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy traveled with their passports without significant contestation, but

following 9/11, the heightened scrutiny on national borders has inspired many foreign countries to dispute the validity of the Haudenosaunee passports The European Union considers them “fantasy passports ” documents issued by non-recognized minority groups that do not adequately attest to the authenticity of one s identity

The dispute over Haudenosaunee passports rose to the forefront of international media in 2010 when the Iroquois Nationals attempted to travel to the United Kingdom for the FIL world championships The 23 players were stalled in a New York Hilton Hotel, waiting for confirmation from the United Kingdom that their passports would be received as acceptable travel documents for

Confederacy Council sanctioned the formation of women ’ s teams towards the end of the 20th century “Understanding the development of the sport and where it comes from while honoring our tradition and culture is part of what we do,” said Neal Powless, assistant director of Syracuse University s Native Student Program Many of the Haudenosaunee women lacrosse players still refuse to touch wooden sticks out of reverence for the spiritual tradition, but nevertheless, the players confront varying levels of acceptance of female participation in the game Up-and-coming young player Alie Jimerson declares, “I respect this game and the gift that it gives I'm Alie Jimerson, Cayuga Nation Bear Clan, and I play lacrosse ” Her words reflect the

Let this Thanksgiving beckon us to question the supremacy of the colonizers’ governments, to investigate the persistent undermining of Native sovereignty and to challenge the panoply of bureaucratic bullshit that prohibits the founders of lacrosse from playing their own game

entrance into the country The British government cited security concerns, and even when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered a one-time U S voucher for the Haudenosaunee passports, the team was still denied entry The State Department offered them expedited U S passports, but the players felt that accepting U S documents in lieu of documents from their true nation would exacerbate colonial-based efforts to undermine Haudenosaunee legitimacy and would be an affront to their heritage Despite interventions from the United States State Department, New York congressional representatives and the National Congress of American Indians, the United Kingdom Border Agency refused to reconsider their position The Iroquois Nationals forfeited the tournament, but as goalie Marty Ward professed, “We fought a battle that was bigger than lacrosse ” The lacrosse players reignited centuries-old debates over the sovereignty of indigenous people, and the team expressed hope that the international attention would incite efforts to undo the delegitimization of Native American nations

Nonetheless, the United Kingdom rejected another Haudenosaunee lacrosse team this summer The U19 women ’ s team qualified to compete in the FIL World Championship held in Edinburgh, Scotland, this past June, but players were denied entrance to the country because of the perceived insufficiency of their passports Again, the team was offered expedited United States or Canadian passports, and again, the team refused, declaring that they will continue to resist forced submission to a colonial identity The prohibition of the Haudenosaunee women holds particular emotional weight Historically, women did not play Deyhontsigwa ehs, due to the sanctity of the wooden sticks traditionally used in the game; the healing and spiritual energies of lacrosse have precluded women from even touching the sticks However, after much debate following women ’ s request to join the game, the Haudenosaunee

dynamism of traditions and highlight the evolving positions of women in athletics in both the United States and in the Haudenosaunee land

Yet in spite of the increasingly pliable terrain of women in sports, the Haudenosaunee women ’ s lacrosse team faces the compounding challenges of racial exclusion and transnational politics The refusal to acknowledge the legitimacy of the Haudenosaunee passports typifies the persisting and entangled politics of sovereignty, imperialism and white supremacy As Sid Hill, the traditional leader, or Tadodaho, of the Onondaga Nation asserts, to travel on the Haudenosaunee passport is “ to embrac[e] the full rights extended by the rules of international law and diplomacy ” Hill reminds us that Haudenosaunee territory was recognized officially as a sovereign nation since the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua, but he proclaims, “ too often, [Haudenosaunee] passports are denied by the very countries that took our land ” This ensnaring mess of racial hegemony, colonialism and national autonomy becomes further darkened by the biting injur y of excluding the originators of the sport from competition

This Thanksgiving, many of us will be fortunate enough to gather with family, friends and neighbors for food and festivities in the tradition of honoring a long past moment of peace between the colonizers and the indigenous North Americans Let this Thanksgiving be a wake up call, a reminder of the violence, betrayal, paternalism, forced removal and cultural annihilation that we do not poignantly commemorate with turkey and a football game Let this Thanksgiving beckon us to question the supremacy of the colonizers’ governments, to investigate the persistent undermining of Native sovereignty and to challenge the panoply of bureaucratic bullshit that prohibits the founders of lacrosse from playing their own game

Kate Poor is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences She may be reached at ksp57@cornell edu Triple Jump appears alternate Mondays this semester

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TRAVIS HYDE PROPERTIES

The Rental

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in Final Game

quarterback Alek Torgerson completed two long passes to set up Penn’s first score On the first play of Cornell’s ensuing drive, Penn defenders hit junior quarterback Robert Somborn while he was in the middle of his throwing motion result in a throw way off the mark, with the ball landing in the hands of a Penn defender The Quakers found the end zone again a couple of plays later Cornell then went three-and-out and when Penn got the ball back, the Quakers marched down the field and scored again, putting the Red in a 20-0 hole

Cornell began to look like the team it has in previous games later in the first quarter Somborn’s 30yard pass on fourth and 10 set up his 1-yard sneak into the end zone But as soon as the Red began to close the gap, the Quakers brought it right back to 20, when Penn’s Lonnie Tuff returned the ball 92 yards to Cornell’s 4-yard line The Quakers scored soon after on a three-yard run from Torgerson

In the second half, Cornell did a better job of playing with Penn, but Penn sophomore standout wideout Justin Watson’s second touchdown catch of the day made the gap insurmountable Watson ended with 133 yards and, all game, like most of the Ivy League this season, had trouble containing him

As the game began to wind down, Cornell added a score when sophomore wide receiver James Hubbard blew past his defender and caught a touchdown pass from Somborn

With about a minute left, senior running back Luke Hagy, on the final play of his collegiate football career, caught a pass a couple yards past the line of scrim-

mage and dodged his way into the end zone On the game, Hagy had 81 rushing and 105 yards receiving to give him 4000 yards for his career

Hagy is one of the members of the talented senior class who have been so integral in the change in team culture that Archer has talked about all year A key to this change is the resilience nature of the team that has been evident through each game this season, despite the team ’ s record Archer gave member each of the senior class a brick with a plaque inscribed with their name on it, a gesture symbolic of how the senior class laid the foundation for future years of Cornell football

“That certainly shows to me the message is being driven home that comes with the culture of playing for each other no matter what the score is or what is happening,” Archer said “It shows me that that is being bought into ”

In addition to resilient, the other word that Archer has used to describe this team is inconsistent And this inconsistency prevented Archer and his team from having a better record this year, the head coach said after the game

After winning three games his first season, Archer now has overseen two straight one-win season As the second youngest Division-I coach in the country, Archer sees major areas in which he can improve

“I’ve got to do a better job to make sure I’ve got the right guys in the right position, making sure that we can execute our schemes, making sure that we play the best we can for every Saturday, all Saturdays,” Archer said “There’s certainly a lot I need to improve on, I’m looking forward to getting back at it ”

gushing blood or if a bone isn’t sticking out, you keep going While on a team it’s common to hear “suck it up, ” but as humans we can only push ourselves so far for the sake of a sport Yes, there are so many wonderful things about sports like the camaraderie with teammates, learning hard work, dedication, respect and humility These are all priceless lessons that will no doubt help ath-

letes be successful later in life And it definitely makes athletes some of the toughest people on earth But is it healthy to ignore something like a stress fracture or something that can hurt you later on in life healthy? I’ve got to say no But hey, if it’s what you love, by all means keep going, because there’s no point in being on this Earth unless you ’ re doing what makes you happy, even if it means a few scrapes (or torn ligaments) You’ve got to love what you do to pop six Advils, hobble into practice every

day and say “I’m fine ” As the great fitness guru Shaun T likes to say in the middle of one of his particular grueling Insanity videos, “I’m smilin’ cus I love it ” No, I guarantee most athletes don’t actually enjoy all the pain that training and competing brings them, but it’s the adrenaline rush and the challenge of it all that makes it worth it

C.U. Loses to Co-Ivy Champ Penn

PHILADELPHIA As the Penn football team celebrated winning the Ivy League Championship on the field with their fellow classmates, screaming the lyrics of their alma mater, members of the Cornell football team slowly walked into the locker room, as the team finished off its season with a 1-9 record for a second straight year Going up against a Penn team hungry for a share of the conference title, Cornell football could not compete with the Quakers, who came out in the first quarter playing polished, physical football

As soon as the ball was kicked off to begin the game, Penn showed how much they wanted the Ivy League title The home team scored on its first two possessions of the game, amassing

168 total yards On the flip side, the Quakers defense limited the Red offense to -1 yards and a turnover Penn would go on to win the game, 34-21, clinching a tri-share of the Ivy League with Harvard and Yale

“They came to ready to play today,” said head coach David Archer ’05 “We got off to a terrible start and didn’t have the firepower to climb all the way back We got in a hole that was way too big for us We had just one offensive play and we were already down 14 points ”

In a much more balanced second half, Cornell was able to limit Penn’s offense and hang with the Quakers, actually outscoring them, 14-7, but the damage was already done

After a long kickoff return set the tone of the game, Penn

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Red Dominates in First Games of Season

In the first regular season matches of the year, the men ’ s squash team proved its worthiness of its No 12 ranking Cornell handily beat Middlebur y and Williams over the weekend, both by a score of 8-1 Middlebur y and Williams are ranked 17th and 15th in the nation, respectively

Despite the dominant performances, the team still sees areas that they to focus on going for ward

“Both wins on Saturday were solid overall performances from the team but also showed that there’s a lot of room for improvement,” said freshman Perr y Hanson “ There is a lot of work to be done from now until Januar y, when we face much higher ranked teams It was important to get two wins under our belt so we can go into the more important Ivy matches with confidence ” Against Middlebur y, junior Harr y Fre e m a n i n t h e n u m b e r o n e s p o t d e f e a t e d Mi d d l e b u r y ’ s n u m b e r o n e , Andrew Jung Junior Kevin Flanner y won the number two spot against opponent David Cromwell, though Cornell dropped the number three matchup with freshman standout Perr y Hanson dropping the match to Middlebur y ’ s Wy a t t Fre n c h T h e n u m b e r s f o u r through 10 spots all won their matches, i n c l u d i n g Jo rd a n Br a i l , Gu s t a v Runersjo, Ben Francis, Graham Dietz, Augie Jones, Andrew Stone and Liad Hare The only match that went all five sets was the number one spot, between

junior Harr y Freeman and Andre w Jung Flanner y ’ s match went to four sets, as well as Hanson’s, Dietz’s and Jones’ A f t e r Mi d d l e b u r y, C o r n e l l f a c e d Williams This time spots one through five all won their matches Freeman’s set was particularly exciting, losing the first two sets, 8-11 and 7-11 But he came back to win the last three matches, 117, 11-9 and 11-8 This time around,

freshman Ben Francis dropped the number six spot for the only loss on Cornell’s score sheet Senior Graham Di e t z , j u n i o r Au g i e Jo n e s , j u n i o r Andrew Stone and freshman Liad Hare all won their matches, though Hare’s went to five sets He and his opponent Varun Sharma traded sets with scores of 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 8-11, to push the match to a tie breaking fifth set Hare took home the win with a tiebreaking score of 11-8

On the women ’ s side, the team beat both Middlebur y and Williams without surrendering a match Against No 14 Middlebur y, No 6 Cornell defended its standings easily, with eight players winning their matches in straight sets

A g a i n s t No 1 2 Wi l l i a m s , t h e women ’ s team once again delivered a solid performance Seven matches were won in just three sets, Michele Garceau and Hannah Scherl were particularly dominant, never allowing their opponents to score more than six points Number four Emma Uible’s match went to four sets, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5 and 11-4 Junior Sydney Francis’s match was more hotly contested, going to five sets After losing the first two, 5-11 and 3-11, Francis stormed back and took the next three sets 11-7, 11-8 and 11-5

“It’s a great way to start the season because it was our first match of the year so it was a nice confidence boost for the whole team because we were able to get our footing,” Francis said

Olivia Mattyasovszky can be reached at omattyasovszky@cornellsun com

Someof the most popular pro athletes today have sustained incredible injuries but have managed to stay in the sport Derrick Rose can ’ t seem to keep his legs in one piece for long, and Peyton Manning got surgery on his neck no less than four times for recurring disc herniations It makes sense that professional athletes would go to great lengths to keep themselves in the game their game is their livelihood Sure there’s the love of the game, but also the fact that this is their chosen career path Essentially, giving up isn’t really an option until retirement

Because of this, it’s not uncommon for athletes to go to extreme lengths to keep themselves playing Manning had three surgeries and traveled to Europe four times to try different therapies, but then ultimately had to undergo an anterior fusion operation in 2011, where the herniated disc is actually removed and replaced with a bone graft, with a metal plate screwed

above and below it Crazy stuff, but it seems to be working, to this day he remains one of the best quarterbacks in the league He’s also reportedly being paid a $15 million base salary for this season, so I’d say worth it

Derrick Rose is a classic example of someone that keeps getting injured but keeps coming back (or at least tries to) One would think that a twice sprained wrist, a sprained toe (for real, it kept him out of five games in 2011), repeatedly sprained ankles, a strained hamstring, a torn ACL and two torn meniscuses would be enough to make a person say “ screw this” and walk away with the few working body parts they had left But like most athletes, Derrick Rose keeps coming back for more

We don’t just see this persistence in professional athletes, but even in high school and college athletes College scholarships are obviously a big factor, providing the same kind of motivation as a high paying salary But besides that, why do “normal people” as in those who aren ’ t getting paid ridiculous amounts of money for their sport put up with all the pain?

From what I’ve seen as an ex-gymnast, it’s a combination of a fierce love for the sport, a feeling of dedication to it where the idea of leaving after so many years is unimaginable and an ingrained stubbornness to carry on in spite of pain In sports, pain means weakness There’s a mentality among athletes that it’s cooler to be tough and push through than take a break It’s way more satisfying to think “yeah, I made it through that whole game with a fractured foot” than “ wow those days of resting and healing were so fun!”

No one wants to sit on the sidelines It’s that kind of thinking that explains why a gymnast that just tore her ACL would still want to compete on the floor, or why a girl who dislocated her shoulder at a meet mid-bar routine still tried to finish it, or why a gymnast competed a full season with two stress fractures in her back Blackhawks defensemen Duncan Keith aptly summed up this mentality recently when asked about his knee injury, “It’s just a meniscus It’s not getting my leg amputated ” If you ’ re not

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