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By ANNIE BUI

“We get up to 10 calls or emails a week asking when the ice cream will be available ”

The Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity will be appealing the University’s decision to revoke its recognition after it allegedly failed to call for help when two students consumed too much alcohol

The incident, which occurred on Aug 30-31, involved “underage and excessive alcohol consumption,” according to the University Fraternity brothers not only did not call for emergency medical help but also tried to impede police from assisting, the University said in a press release Ultimately, friends of the students who were transported called for help

Students Honor Black S olidarity Day

By FRANK MENZ Sun Contributor

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y, more than 50 Cornellians gathered in the Ivy Room Friday to reflect on the state, goals and future of the black community in America

Black Solidarity Day originated in 1969 with the purpose of bringing the black community together to foster discussion of

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men and women Members of the community do not attend work or school and tr y to avoid spending money on the day as a symbolic gesture of the significance of black men and women in the countr y ’ s economy

As part of the day’s celebra-

bers to take part in informal dis-

more comfortable and open setting for students to express their opinions, said Nia Hall ’14, co-president of

Black Students United “ The structure of Cornell has to have ever ything planned –– lecture, class discussion It doesn’t give students the opportunity to speak their opinions fully We wanted to give our commu-

mind in an open setting w

the formali-

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

Black Solidarity Day originated in 1969 with the purpose of bringing the black community together.

cussed not only problems facing the black community but also what black men and women can do to move for ward

f r i e n d s a n d f a m i l y “ Do n c a r r i e d w i t h h i m e ve r y d a y t h e s p i r i t o f t h e l a n d - g r a n t m i s s i o n a n d w o r k e d t o m a k e i n d i v i d u a l s ’ l i ve s b e t t e r e ve r y d a y Ou r h e a r t s g o o u t t o Bre n d a , h i s w i f e a n d m e m b e r o f o u r C o r n e l l f a m i l y, ” Pre s i d e n t Da v i d Sk o r t o n s a i d i n a s t a t e m e n t Sa t u rd a y Un i ve r s i t y re s o u rc e s : Me m b e r s o f t h e C o r n e l l

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Expanding Horizons: Influenza Surveillance in Guatemala 12:15 - 1 p m , LH1 Schurman Hall

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The Sun’s business news page, which appears Mondays, features articles on business innovation, finance and job trends

By JONATHAN KWEE Sun Staff Writer

Cornellians split on their opinions of the campus ’ four professional business fraternities, with some espousing the value of the groups ’ networking opportunities and others calling the groups unnecessary

The presidents of Cornell’s four business fraternities Alpha Kappa Psi, Delta Sigma Pi, Phi Gamma Nu and Pi Sigma Epsilon said in a joint statement that the fraternities are designed to “provide resources for enhancing the educational experience of students pursuing careers in business ” Joining a professional business fraternity offers numerous benefits, including “intensive mentorship by senior members, [the chance to polish] professional and interpersonal skills and access to strong alumni networks,” the fraternity presidents said in a joint statement

Yet some business-oriented students have not bought into the idea of pre-professional fraternities, calling them unnecessary and even superficial

Michael Chan ’14, who will be working at Goldman Sachs after graduation, said other organizations on campus can help students network and enter the industry of their choice Business fraternities “ are not the only way to enter those industries,” he said

“Ultimately, it’s about building your own personal network and meeting new people,”

Chan added Nicholas Hosseini ’14 echoed Chan’s sentiment, saying that while business fraternities can definitely help students gain access to jobs in the consulting or banking industries, membership in such groups “is not ‘make or break’ in any way ”

Hosseini, who is not a member of a business fraternity, will be working as an investment banker at Lazard after graduation

“I do feel disadvantaged in networking, but there are definitely ways to network successfully without having been in a business fraternity,” he said

Presidents of business fraternities, however, said that the biggest benefits of joining a business fraternity are not just learning job-specific skills but also meeting new people

member processes ” the fraternity presidents mentioned, saying they suffer from a lack of transparency

“I feel like the decisions behind these processes are sometimes very biased,” Chan said “People generally have a feeling of who they want to take before the whole process starts It’s not about picking the smartest person or the most capable person, but it’s about picking the person that you work best with ”

However, the recruitment processes for the organizations are governed by their national chapters and seek a diverse group of students, according to the presidents of the business fraternities

“There are definitely ways to network successfully without having been in a business fraternity ”

“While the opportunity for personal and professional growth is alluring, what our members truly come to cherish are the enduring friendships and sense of community that we foster,” they said

The presidents said these strong friendships are “ a natural byproduct of our commitment to our new member processes, philanthropic endeavors and brotherhood events ”

Yet some students criticized the very “ new

“ We are collectively committed to seeking a diverse group of students, who demonstrate a strong passion for business, eagerness for personal and professional growth, and the ‘ pay it forward’ mentality that is crucial to the aggregate success of our membership,” they said

Chan said that, although business fraternities “do provide a useful network,” membership to a business fraternity is by no means “ a requirement” for those who are interested in finance

“[There are other organizations one can join, and] they all lead to the same place,” he

said “There are other people out there who also want to go into finance who you can network with as well ”

Hosseini echoed Chan’s sentiments, saying he believes that membership in a business fraternity can only take you so far The contacts a business fraternity may give someone could help land someone an interview, but from there, every individual is on a level playing ground, he said

“You might get lucky and have a senior member interviewing you who was part of your business fraternity, but at that point they probably have a stronger devotion to the company They’re not going to take someone who they feel is not well qualified just because they were their fraternity brothers,” he said

Business fraternities, however, point to their job placement records as proof of how valuable the networks and skills they provide are to members

“The brothers of Alpha Kappa Psi have a strong track record of securing the most sought-out internships and full-time jobs across a wide array of industries,” Alpha Kappa Psi says on its website Its members have gone onto jobs at Google, J P Morgan, NBC, Bloomberg and other major companies

Jonathan Kwee can be reached at jkwee@cornellsun com

Venture Capitalists Embrace Risk, Alumnus S ays

By ARSHAM MEMARZADEH Sun Contributor

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Arsham Memarzadeh can be reached at am2342@cornell edu

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Cornellians Await ‘Deliciousness’

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Cornellians and visitors alike will finally be able to taste Cornell Dairy ice cream on Jan 14, its planned release date, according to a University press release

“We get up to 10 calls or emails a week asking when the ice cream is going to be available,” said Jason Huck, general manager of dairy operations

According to Huck, production of Cornell Dairy ice cream began in October, months in advance of the expected release date

“We made our first production run back in October of vanilla ice cream, which is the easiest to produce We started there, then moved into chocolate and then various other flavors like cookie dough, cookies and cream, mint chocolate chip and Kahlua fudge,” Huck said “There will be lots of new ice cream flavors coming, but at the moment, we ’ re just getting an inventory up of our base flavors to prepare for the oncoming surge We’re building up an inventory of close to 10,000 gallons ”

Other flavors in production include Bavarian Raspberry Fudge, a “fan favorite,” and Triple Play Chocolate, which will begin production Wednesday, according to Huck

Huck also said Cornell Dairy is currently collaborating with student leaders from the sophomore and junior classes, who will get the opportunity to have their ice cream produced in the dairy plant

“We’re working with the classes of 2015 and 2016 right now to develop their class flavor, and we’ll produce it in the coming semester, ” Huck said “Once the recipe is finalized and the flavor [is] named, the Dairy Plant will produce the special ice cream and retail it through the Dairy Bar scoop shop ” Additionally, students in FDSC 1101: “Science

and Technology of Foods,” are currently developing new ice cream flavors which will be judged by a panelist of ice cream experts and connoisseurs, according to Huck The winning flavor will be produced by the dairy plant in the spring

Huck said that among the renovations made to Stocking Hall, the biggest change is that visitors will be able to experience their ice cream being made up close from either the dairy observation gallery or walkway on Tower Road

“What’s exciting is that if you ’ ve been to the facility, you’ll see that our ice cream production occurs right in front of the big window on Tower Road,” Huck said “We’re always sure to keep spoons on hand to offer some to visitors behind the glass ”

Students expressed enthusiasm as the expected release date of Cornell Dairy ice cream inches nearer

“As a sophomore who has never had the opportunity to experience Cornell Dairy ice cream, I am extremely excited for the deliciousness,” Mary Gibbs ’16 said

Niajee Washington ’14 echoed Gibbs’ sentiment

“It’s really exciting to have Cornell [Dairy] ice cream again on campus I love supporting Cornell in any way I can, and this way in particular is an especially yummy one, ” Washington said

For Jayne Zurek ’16, who is a Sun designer, the return of Cornell Dairy ice cream marks the return of her childhood

“I remember Cornell Dairy ice cream at my mom ’ s reunions when I was a child and have been anxiously waiting for Stocking Hall to open back up so I can have some again as a student,” Zurek said “The renovation seems worth it, though I just can ’ t wait for the ice cream!”

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Univ: DKE’s Status Played ‘Key Role’

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Although the University is still looking into what will happen with DKE’s physical house, it will likely be used as some type of residence hall, according to Apgar

possible without DKE’s provisional status, their standing “played a key role in the decision ”

The business office will close at 5:00 p.m. on Tues., Nov. 26th and reopen Mon , Dec 2nd at 9:00 a m THE SUN will not be publishing Wednesday, Nov. 27th through Friday Nov. 29th

In its appeal, the fraternity will have to meet with Susan Murphy ’73 PhD ’94, vice president for student and academic services, who is responsible for any review board appeals Travis Apgar, associate dean of students, said that he wants the appeals process to take place “ as swiftly as possible ” As a result of losing recognition, DKE will not allowed to identify itself with Cornell, participate in bodies like the Interfraternity Council or recruit new members for at least three years, the University said Friday Additionally, DKE’s house will be closed down at the end of the

This is not the first time DKE was disciplined by the University In November 2012, the chapter was placed on provisional recognition conditional recognition during which the chapter is eligible for the benefits of full recognition due to an “alcohol-related incident and a history of similar infractions over the past several years, ” according to a University press release

Apgar said while a loss of recognition could have been

The chapter was found accountable for the incident during a Greek Judicial Board hearing before standing before a university Review Board, which decided the terms of the chapter ’ s sanctioning DKE had the opportunity to respond, during which it presented its new policies and shared how it has usednational DKE resources, according to Apgar

Emma Court and Dara Levy can be reached at news@cornellsun com

Students Take to Twitter, E xpress Pride

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“It is not enough to show up only when things go wrong 90 percent of our students graduate, but are the people happy?” said Student Assembly President Ulysses Smith ’14, who attended the event Students also reflected on the impact of their

“The solidarity with the #BB movement across the country is incredible! ”

race on the community online, taking to Twitter with the hashtag #BBCU to share what they think

“Being Black at Cornell University” means

“The solidarity with the #BB movement across the countr y is incredible! The Black experience is beautiful,” Black Students United tweeted Friday

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Frank Menz can be reached at frm36@cornellsun com

Sequestration Budget Cuts Force Military Training Adjustments

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(AP) The skies above Shaw Air Force Base in central South Carolina and the fields across For t Campbell on the TennesseeKentucky line have been a bit quieter in recent months

Budget cuts to the militar y have forced installations around

t h e c o u n t r y t o a l t e r t r a i n i n g exercises and daily routines to

s a v e m o n e y Fo r a i r m e n a n d pilots, that means fe wer flights Fo r s o l d i e r s a n d M a r i n e s , i t means fe wer drills or delaying them until a deployment nears

The automatic budget cuts, known as sequestration, come as the militar y is in the midst of a drawdown in Afghanistan and shrinking its overall size

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Storm Threatens Thanksgiving Travel

U.S. Weighs In On North Korean Meth Dealing

NEW YORK (AP) An international drug trafficker was caught on tape this year making a “Breaking Bad ”-worthy boast about his ability to provide the U S market with mass quantities of methamphetamine not blue, but still potent and from a unique source “ We have the NK product,” he said, according to court papers “It’s only us who can get it from NK ” By “NK,” he meant North Korea, where U S authorities say meth production and trafficking present an emerging threat that's been illuminated by a case brought in federal court in Manhattan against a tattooed motorcycle gang leader, two Brits named Stammers and Shackels, and two other expatriates also operating in Southeast Asia

The five men were snared in a sting operation involving undercover Drug Enforcement Administration operatives, identified in the papers only as confidential sources, who posed as buyers in a fake plot to distribute the meth in New York City

In Pyongyang, a spokesman for North Korean’s foreign ministr y responded last week with a sharply worded statement saying the countr y strictly forbids drug manufacturing drug smuggling It called the case “another politically motivated puerile charade” spread by “the Western reptile media ”

But experts on North Korea say signs of a steady output of meth there and the potential for global distribution is ver y real

Oklahoma Shooting Leaves Four Dead, One Wounded

TULSA, Okla (AP) Four people were killed and a fifth person was hospitalized after being shot in a Tulsa residence, police said Sunday

The victims were shot by a lone gunman at close range Saturday night, police said The Tulsa World reports that officers are looking for a suspect

Police said a shooting involving multiple victims was reported to authorities about 7 p m Investigators said the home had been the scene of several drug arrests

Officers arrived to find two people dead, a man and a woman both between 30 and 40 years old, responders said A second woman, who appeared to be in her 50s, was pronounced dead at a hospital, said Kelli Bruer, EMSA spokeswoman

Sgt Dave Walker of the Tulsa Police Department told television station KOTV that the fourth victim was a woman in her 50s Officials said a fifth person was hospitalized in serious condition

Capt Dave Roberts said the investigation had yet to reveal a motive There is an indication that the suspect might have known the victims

“We have someone who said they heard a vehicle leave rapidly after the shooting happened and so we believe he left in a vehicle,”Roberts said

Officers who arrived on the scene found a back door open The victims did not initially answer police who called to them from the doorway, but the officers soon heard sounds of distress and entered a converted garage area, Roberts said

More people were in another part of the house at the time of the shooting, he said They remained at the scene and were cooperating with police

Bruer said medics also evaluated an uninjured child at the home

Police said the home had been the scene of several drug arrests within the last year, including at least five occasions where officers were called to the location

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Ariel Smilowitz | Why You Should Care

International Days: How Ef fective Are They? Comm en t of the day

On Nov 17, NGOs, governmental institutions and organiz a t i o n s f ro m a ro u n d t h e w o r l d re c o g n i ze d Wo r l d

Prematurity Day in an attempt to raise awareness about premature birth and how it can be prevented Two days later, the United Nations and others observed World Toilet Day, an “international day of action” that aims to draw attention to global sanitation challenges Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and in keeping with the trend, Dec 1 is World AIDS Day However, in light of all of these recent international days, it is worth asking how effective these days truly are Are they actually impactful? Do they successfully raise awareness of high-profile issues that people around the world face on a daily basis?

These dates have been internationally recognized for years, along with multiple events and observances throughout the year

These include World Population Day, International Day of the Girl Child, World Mental Health Day and World Cancer Day, among others As of right now, the UN observes a total of 118 international days each year; this month, a total of 14 international days are being recognized, and this week two days International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People will be observed around the world

Typically, each international day is accompanied by a set of fact sheets, brochures, websites, videos, messages, blogs and events, all of which are meant to provide people with background informa-

However, although these events and observances have occured for years, even decades, how many of them are reaching students on college campuses?

tion about each global issue Each day is supposed to provide a platform for people to raise their voice about a certain issue, a forum to exchange thoughts and ideas about the origins of a problem and its possible solutions It can also act as a rallying point for people to come together and translate their words and thoughts into action Last week, in honor of World Toilet Day, the city of San Francisco decorated toilets and put them on display as part of a public art installation; this public display is a representation of the fact that about 2 5 billion people around the world do not have access to clean and private toilets In addition, this public display of a private fixture coincided with efforts to raise awareness about a project to convert retired MUNI buses into mobile showers for the city’s homeless population

San Francisco’s display is just one of the many events that take place every year in conjunction with these international days However, although these events and observances have occurred for years, even decades, how many of them are reaching students on college campuses? Our University does recognize some of these days For example, in conjunction with today’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, people around the world are also celebrating the 16 Days Campaign of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence from Nov 25 through Dec 10 As a part of the campaign, Cornell Law School’s Avon Global Center for Women and Justice plans to write a blog post for each of the 16 days to highlight different topics related to gender-based violence

Although the Avon Center’s blog is one great example of student and university-based activism in support of these international days, is writing a blog enough to truly be engage students at Cornell? Do our professors ever start their lectures with an announcement about World Health Day or International Widows’ Day, provide some background information and then allow for a brief discussion of the issue? Even if they did, how impactful and meaningful would the day then become? Would anything change? The answers to these questions are complicated and unclear However, as we move into this next week, it may be worth it to ponder these questions and the effectiveness of these international days, and to think about what more our University can bring to the table in order to raise awareness about the most acute and compelling problems that we as a society face today

Ariel Smilowitz is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She may be reached at asmilowitz@cornellsun com Why You Should Care appears alternate Mondays this semester

“ALANA seems to be arguing that ALANA should be treated to different financial standards than any other student group on campus for the simple fact that they are multicultural. These groups fight tooth and nail for equity on all parts of campus, why not give it to them?”

ToCornell Re: “ALANA to Student Assembly: Proposed Budget Cuts Are ‘Unthinkable,’” News, published November 21, 2013

D o S omething D if ferent

To all the seniors

My name is Neha, I am

Class of 2013 and I’m writing to ask that when it comes to your post-graduation plans, you consider doing something differ-

Cornell bubble was telling me I essentially had one of four options: banking, consulting, technology or grad school There were a few unique choices out

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CCNet), but those four options were “it” and anything else was just too out of the box to really be buzzworthy In May, our Cornell bubble burst and into the “real world” we fell

Unlike many of my classmates headed to New York City after graduation, I boarded a p l a n e t o Ac c r a , Ghana, to intern at

months I had no idea what I was getting myself into; in the weeks leading up to graduation, most

The factors leading to my decision were p r e t t y g e n

r i c : I h a d some time between graduating and starting my

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d college, I was dead broke with no chance of a postg

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months at home, I decided to take the opportunity to do something different

Up until this point, Cornell’s alumni network had been pretty useless for me: I’d attended a n e t w o r k i n g e v e n t f o r Cornell women, reunion events for a few organizations I was involved with and I’d even cold-emailed a f e w a l u m n i w h o s e career paths I admired Re a c h i n g o u t g o t m e nowhere and I felt more f r u s t r a t e d w i t h e v e r y attempt But the netw o r k r e d e e m e d i t s e l f when I happened upon an on-campus presentation by a recent graduate from my major in which h e d e s c r i b e d a s i m i l a r dilemma to my own and

s t a r t e d m y j o b h u n t

senior year, I felt woefully unprepared to present myself as an able potential employee Seriously I don’t know how to quality assurance test a software application I don’t know how to write up a complete business strateg y w i t h a f i n a n c i a l m o d e l I d o n ’ t e v e n know how to balance a budget (I really should have taken that Personal Finance course ) The fact that a company was really excited to have me was a huge surprise They wanted me to spread the culture of “ entrepreneurship” which is relat i v e l y a b u n d a n t a t Cornell, but a somewhat foreign concept in Accra t o m y c o - w o r k e r s

In the insane rat race seniors put themselves through for postgraduation plans, we often lose sight of the big picture.

how he solved it for himself I approached him after the presentation and he graciously put me in touch with a few relevant c o n t a c t s So o n a f t e r, I h a d a c c e p t e d a s h o r tterm stint in Ghana with a stipend that just covered my plane ticket and living costs

W h a t s u r p r i s e d m e most about the process

w a s n ’ t t h a t t h e c o l l e g e alumni network actually w o r k s ( t h o u g h , b e l i e v e me, that was surprising), but rather that this startup I was going to work for was really excited to have me When I first

They wanted me to share

t h e w a y s i n w h i c h I fleshed out concepts and b r o k e d ow n p r o b l e m s T h e y w e r e w i l l i n g t o house me, pay me and train me, for skills that seemed standard among my peers In the insane r a t r a c e s e n i o r s p u t t h e m s e l ve s t h ro u g h f o r p o s t - g r a d u a t i o n p l a n s , we often lose sight of the b i g p i c t u r e Bu t I promise you, in that big picture not only can we g o t o e - t o - t o e w i t h t h e world’s best and brighte s t , w e a c t u a l l y h a v e important skills to share

As I near the end of

my time here in Accra, I can ’ t even imagine going back to start work in the c i t y T h r o u g h o u t t h e summer, I saw Facebook p h o t o s o f Ma n h a t t a n brunches, San Francisco f a r m e r s ’ m a r k e t s a n d m e d s c h o o l w h i t e - c o a t ceremonies I felt pangs o f j e a l o u s y a n d m i l d FOMO because they had friends to support them, r e l a t i v e l y f a m i l i a r s u rroundings and the ability to buy Kraft macaroni & cheese But as I grew into a life 5,000 miles away, I slowly let that all go To be working at a company that has placed me far b e y o n d c u l t u r a l a n d social familiarity is the greatest decision I could h a v e m a d e It’s b e e n indescribably impactful, a n d I w a n t m o r e Cornellians to experience that I know our cynic a l 2 2 - y e a r - o l d minds qu ick ly disc a rd t h e i d e a t h a t “ e

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Cornellians, we have Plans A through F But things sure work out a hell of a lot better than the Cornell bubble leads us to believe Sometimes, it just requires us to seek out opportunities beyond

I encourage you to pop the bubble and do something different Neha Shah ’13 is a graduate from the College of Ar ts and Sciences and currently works

semester

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

L e t t h e S u n S h i n e I n !

BY EMILY KLING Sun Staff Writer

h o s e p e r s o n a l i t i e s s h i n e t h r o u g h i n s o l o s a n d d a n c e n u m b e r s T h e s h o w l a c k s a c o h e r e n t p l o t , b u t t h e m o s t c l e a r s t o r y l i n e r e v o l v e s a r o u n d C l a u d e ( E l l i o t t C a s p a r i a n ) , t h e o n l y t r i b e - m e m b e r t h a t i s s e e n w i t h h i s p a r e n t s a n d a t h o m e C l a u d e m u s t

d e c i d e w h e t h e r o r n o t h e i s g o i n g t o b u r n h i s d r a f t c a r d ( w h i c h h e a p p e a r s i n c r e a s i n g l y h e s i t a n t t o d o ) , o r f o l l o w h i s p a r e n t ’ s w i s h e s t o e n l i s t a n d f i g h t i n t h e V i e t n a m Wa r

What becomes evident in Hair is that it is not just a clear-cut celebration of the counterculture it depicts.

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m b e r s s a n g “ W h e r e D o I G o ? ” w h i l e e x p o s e d , w i t h t h e s l i g h t c o n c e a l m e n t o f p r o t e s ts i g n s , r e m a i n e d t r u e t o t h e m u s i c a l a s w e l l a s t o t h e s t u d e n t s p e r f o r m i n g a n d a u d i e n c e w a t c h i n g A d d i t i o n a l l y, t h e s o n g i t s e l f , a s w i t h a l l o f t h e o t h e r s , w a s g r e a t – i t j u m p e d b a c k a n d f o r t h b e t w e e n f u n a n d s e r i o u s t o n e s , a d d r e s s i n g b o t h h i s t o r i c a l c o n t e x t a n d g r e a t e r t h e m e s o f t h e h u m a n c o n d i t i o n C r e d i t g o e s t o G e o f f Pe t e r s o n , t h e m u s i c d i r e c t o r a s w e l l a s t h e c o n d u c t o r f o r t h e o r c h e s t r a T h e l a s t m o m e n t s o f t h e p l a y e m b o d y w h a t i t i s a l l a b o u t A s t h e t r i b e s i n g s t h e f a m o u s “ T h e F l e s h Fa i l u r e s ( L e t t h e Su n s h i n e I n ) ” t h e y b r i n g a u d i e n c e m

At the Schwartz Center, Will Gluck ’93 Tells It Like It Is

BY KAITLYN TIFFANY Sun Staff Writer

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I’ m still a bit drunk from last night There’s a soothing buzzing echoing in my head

In a few hours this buzz will be replaced by the sound of a lawnmower going over a field of hard acorns and kittens It was not always like this While the freshman Me could shake off a previous night’s consumption with an Odwalla smoothie and a quick scamper around Beebe Lake, the senior Brian will lie in bed with the shades drawn, watching Friday Night Lights episodes until the sun sets Harsher hangovers are a sign that I’m getting older There are others too My friends now have spare tires for stomachs My hair now finds its way into the shower drain I’ve started enjoying sitcoms on CBS

For many, the fact that famous people are now younger than they are is a particularly difficult sign of aging to process This week’s most anticipated album release came from Jake Bugg, age 19 Lorde was born in 1996, a year many seniors may faintly remember The idea that more and more famous people are younger is very weird to experience I realize that sentence isn’t the most poignant analysis but I’ve been thinking about this for a while now and “weird” is the best I’ve come up with Watching ESPN highlights of freshmen basketball phenoms going for 30 is weird Listening to Earl Sweatshirt rap or a 19-year-old actress get interviewed on the Daily Show is weird

your wild fantasies about performing at Bonnaroo or taking charge in the Final Four are never going to happen Even though I’ve never held a guitar pick in my life and my basketball career stalled at the J V level, watching Jake Bugg and Jabari Parker do what they do leaves me with a tinge of regret There’s a little more regret when you experience people your age or younger succeeding in fields you always sort of wish you’d pursued I like comedy and I like to write There might be some lamenting on my part once the cast members of SNL start having post1992 birth dates If only things had gone differently If only I’d applied to be a theater major at NYU instead of an Industrial and Labor Relations major at Cornell, then maybe I could be working in the SNL writer’s room instead of a cubicle in an HR

There’s a sort of melancholy to watching these people achieve a level of artistic and athletic success It’s a final affirmation that

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

old is how staying with “it” becomes more of a challenge “It” is a cultural concept As Grandpa Abe Simpson explains to a teenage Homer, “I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was Now, what I'm with ‘isn't it,’ and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me It’ll happen to you ” I won ’ t pretend I am, or have ever been fully with “it,” but as an Arts columnist I feel I can at least recognize what “it” is But “it” is in a continual state of motion Once real life starts, time to keep up with “it” diminishes Days are eaten up by commutes, work, kids, wifey, girlfriend and mistresses There’s less time to scan through Rotten Tomatoes, Rolling Stone and Tumblrs when TPS reports are due on the boss’s desk at 11 and little Billy has pinkeye again

The more famous people begin being younger than you, the more you are reminded that you are no longer the future, but instead somewhere between the present and the past And what feeling is more irrelevant than the past? For while we all love grandma and grandpa and the hard candies they provide, in more than one way they are but a novelty to the rest of society’s daily functions Unless Johnny Knoxville plays them, old people are yesterday’s news As Homer says to Grandpa Simpson in another episode “Aw, Dad You’ve done a lot of great things, but you ’ re a

very old man now, and old people are useless ”

Once we lose a firm grasp on “it” I fear we become the old people at family gatherings who sit in the corner and make inane Andy Rooney-like comments about the current state of society Grapefruits aren’t as good as they used to be Do we really need iPhones and iPads? When did $ become a letter? Pull up your pants, sport I give you all permission to euthanize me if I ever get to that point But the thing is, I likely will I think we all might get to that point if we ’ re lucky So maybe the answer is to embrace losing “it” and stock up on the best hard candies so our grandchildren still visit us sometimes Those are all my thoughts on the matter I’m going to go throw up now Go East Dillon Lions!

Brian Gordon is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at bgordon@cornellsun com Run it Back appears alternate Mondays this

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Steelers Take Down Browns

CLEVELAND (AP) Their horrendous start has long been forgotten, erased with an equally unexpected turnaround

The Steelers are in contention, right back where they belong The playoffs are possible

Ben Roethlisberger threw touchdown passes to Antonio Brown and Emmanuel Sanders and beat Cleveland for the 16th time as Pittsburgh, which opened the season with four straight losses, pushed deeper into the postseason picture with a 27-11 win over the Browns on Sunday

The Steelers (5-6) have climbed back with a one-game-at-a-time philosophy that they’re not about to abandon

‘ I ’ m n o t l o o k i n g a ro u n d , ’

Roethlisberger said, quickly dismissing any postseason speculation ‘It’s all about focus This game is over now That’s all we can control ’

Roethlisberger connected on a 41-yard TD pass to Brown in the first half, and hit Sanders on a 4-yarder in the third quarter for the Steelers, who only have a few days to get ready for a Thanksgiving game at Baltimore a matchup that didn’t look as if it would be very meaningful a few weeks back

Roethlisberger finished 22 of 34 for 217 yards and improved to 16-1 against the Browns (4-7), who have lost five of six and seen a promising season turn into yet another miserable one

An Ohio native, Roethlisberger relishes beating a team from his home state

‘It’s homecoming, you know, a home game, ’ he said ‘So it does feel good ’

The Browns (4-7) lost starting quarterback Jason Campbell to a concussion in the third quarter when he was sacked by cornerback William Gay Campbell was struck in the helmet by Gay and his head snapped back and banged the turf He spent several

moments flat on his back in the middle of the field, a symbolic moment for the Browns, who were smashed again by their AFC North rival

In his first season, Browns coach Rob Chudzinski has cycled through three starting quarterback because of injuries He had to play Brandon Weeden again and may have to start the beleaguered second-year QB next week against Jacksonville

Weeden got booed when he came off the bench and things got tougher for him in the fourth, when Gay intercepted his pass and returned it 21 yards for a TD, giving the Steelers a 27-3 lead

‘You’ve just go to laugh at it,’ Weeden said of the booing

One bright spot for Cleveland was wide receiver Josh Gordon He tied a team record with 14 receptions and set a club mark with 237 yards

After losing to Minnesota on Sept 29, the Steelers looked old, slow and a shell of themselves Things didn’t look any better when they gave up 55 points and 610 yards to New England earlier this month

But with three straight wins, they’re where they usually are when the schedule moves toward December

‘When we were 0-4, we knew we couldn ’ t get four straight wins in one week,’ said rookie running back Le’Veon Bell, who gained 80 yards ‘We had to chip away at it and take it one game at a time Now we ’ re 5-6, so we ’ re just going to keep grinding and grinding ’

The Steelers have turned one of the NFL’s best rivalries into a laughable, onesided affair, going 25-5 against the Browns since 1999

Campbell’s scary injury has Cleveland’s season on a familiar slide He was leveled on the blind-side blitz by Gay, who came in untouched and dislodged the ball

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his past weekend, thanks to a power play goal in the first period from junior forward Brian Ferlin, the Red took down defending champion Yale in a 2-1 showdown at Lynah Cornell also swept Brown in a 5-1 take down on Friday The Red will wrap up its trio of home games with a showdown against Niagara on Tuesday before heading to Madison Square Garden on Saturday for a big time game against Boston University

As for the other ECAC competitors, Colgate snatched a 3-1 win over Brown Saturday thanks to 38 total saves from the Raider’s rookie goalie Charlie Finn Colgate looks to Dec 7 where it will face the Red for its next matchup Quinnipiac took down Princeton in a 3-0 game on Friday but the Tigers came back and took the 4-3 game against the Bobcats Saturday to even out the weekend St Lawrence and Rochester also had double game weekends, each winning one apiece

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Minor Blocks Extra Point Attempt, Lifts Red O ver Penn

his own and all the seniors’ careers didn’t end on such a sour note

“Penn made some good plays, too, but ultimately it came down to Tre’ blocking that kick, and that’s unbelievable,” Mathe ws said “He went out and pretty much won us the game ”

“ That win shows just how much fight this senior class has,” Minor said “Of course the season didn’t go as we wanted it to, but with how much we really fought, it shows how much we really wanted this program to be successful Even after we dropped seven games in a row, we still were able to fight and overcome all the adversity and win the last two for not only ourselves but for the program itself ”

Mathews completed 33-of-47 passes for 467 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions The 467 yards was just the sixth-highest number of his career and brought his total at Cornell to 11,284 yards, as well as 72 touchdowns

Mathews also rushed for his ninth career touchdown to give the Red a 35-21 advantage in the fourth quarter Just like in Cornell’s 48-38 win in the 2011 season finale on Franklin Field when Mathews amassed a career-high and Ivy record 548 yards three Red players surpassed 100 yards receiving Saturday Senior receiver Grant Gellatly caught 11 passes for 179 yards and Cornell’s first touchdown of the game in the second quarter Junior wide receiver Lucas Shapiro hauled in 10 recep-

tions for 164 yards and the visitors ’ second score, while Hagy added 10 catches for 114 yards and two touchdowns

“Our guys were just making plays,” Mathew said “Grant had a huge day catching a lot of short passes and running after the catch, and he had a couple down the field Also, [Shapiro] caught a bunch of good balls down the field And then Hagy and the backfield were awesome again We were really just focusing on getting the ball to our playmakers and they did the rest ”

But the Red knew it was not just going to run away with an easy victor y Penn staged an impressive comeback and fell inches short, as the Quakers had a week before when trimming a 380 deficit to 38-30 before ultimately falling at Harvard by that score

“The Penn offense is very versatile, and they’re very physical up front,” Minor said And they’re just really, really gritty a neversay-die bunch They’re ver y resilient and they fight all the way to the end ”

Minor tallied three tackles, the essential game-ending block and his first career interception in the second quarter Sophomore cornerback Michael Turner added a second Cornell pick in the fourth quarter to get the ball back right after Mathews’ first interception

In a complete team effort, no Red defender recorded more tackles than freshman linebacker Miles Norris’ six Senior linebacker Brett Buehler chipped in five stops to finish the season with 103 and his career with 256

It certainly was the perfect ending for the Cornell football Class

of 2014 After investing four years of time, energy and patience, the seniors now have a strong finish to their careers to hang their hat on

“After losing seven straight games, it was like, ‘Alright, we ’ re not going to remember the team that just kind of limped out of here,’” Mathews said “We want to make sure that regardless of what our situation is, we ’ re going to fight until the end That’s what our team is about, that’s what our group of guys is about and we did that We won on Senior Day and then were able to go down to Franklin Field and win there, so that’s how I think this group should be remembered as a bunch of fighters ”

Quintin Schwab can be reached at qschwab@cornellsun com

Red Falls to Siena in Tight Contest

By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

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was made possible because people stepped up and fill shoes We were able to do better then ranks and the poll people thought we would do which was remarkable The theme of this season has been lots of different people stepping up and scoring for us, and we saw that yesterday The team is ver y happy and as was I as the coach ” Having competed in last year ’ s NCAA Championships, the Red made this meet the priority of the season After finding out that it was picked for an at-large bid, the pressure of making the national championships was off

“Having been extremely tremendous throughout the season, Rachel Sorna finished 14th place overall, which put a Cornell runner on the medal stand This is her second All–American season in cross-countr y and her fourth 4th including her performances in track Rachel’s performance is the highest finish of any Cornell runner since 1992 Her performance was truly awesome This performance as an individual was truly a mark of a tremendous season for the team as a whole,” Smith said The Cornell women ’ s cross country team had a very strong season

“We feel really great about our season We got better ever y meet We always wanted to be at our best in November, which is what happened We had a great Heps, an awesome meet at our regional met to qualify, and then we went out and exceeded all expectations at NCAA National Championships,” Smith said “ To go out and exceed all expectations and compete well was tremendous The season has built and each week has gotten better We handled all adversity and curve balls; we handled all pressure this year having been nationally ranked all season ”

Finally, the Red also received another fantastic recognition while at the N a t i o n a l Championships

“It was a really great experience being at the national meet Each year the NCAA has a banquet for each sport at their respective championship At this banquet the NCAA gives out an award titled the elite 89 This award is given to athlete at the championship with highest grade point average, ” Smith said “Devin McMahon received this award and had the highest GPA of any athlete at this National Championship ”

John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun com

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-ments, noting that the Red needs to look ahead past the win over Yale

“We’re happy with the win and I think guys are definitely building more confidence, but we ’ ve got to move onto the next game, ” he said “The next game is right around the corner on Tuesday, so we ’ ve got to come out and get a big win ”

The Red held onto the 10 advantage in the Yale match from Ferlin’s goal through the remainder first period, relying on senior goaltender Andy Iles to make several excellent saves in the closing half of the period The Red came close to a second goal in the final four minutes of the frame, as Ferlin and sophomore forward Christian Hilbrich came into the offensive zone in a two-on-one, but Hilbrich couldn’t get a handle on the final pass

The Red notched the second tally barely over a minute into the second period, though, using a power play carried over from the end of the first to wear down the Bulldog players on the ice After a long possession in the offensive zone even after play had returned to even strength, junior defenseman Joakim Ryan released a slap shot that Lyon stopped with his pads With Lyon out of position, junior forward Joel Lowry, who had been skating around the slot, flicked in the rebound for the 2-0 advantage

Yale scored its only goal six minutes later, slamming home a rebound while Iles was flayed out on the ice after saving the initial shot Yale had several good opportunities in the third period as well, including a more than minute-long six-onfive at the end of the game, but were unable to convert and the Red skated away with the win

“ They’re definitely a

“When we play our best hockey, we can compete with anyone ” B r i a n F e r l i n

quality opponent, they’re well-coached and they’ve got a lot of good players, but at the same time, so do we, ” Ferlin said “We believe in the locker room [that] when we ’ re playing our best hockey, we can compete with anyone in the country ” The previous night’s matchup against the unranked Bears (3-5-1, 1-41) saw the return of junior top-line center and assistant captain Cole Bardreau, who added a goal and two assists in his first game back since October With Bardreau back in the line-up, Lowry moved from center back to his normal position of left wing and junior captain John McCarron completed the line at right wing Bardreau, who said it “feels awesome ” to be back on the ice, attributes his success to his teammates, noting that

the passing and communication in his line was a strong point during the game

“Me and my linemates were clicking Joel Lowry and John McCarron there obviously we ’ ve been playing since the start of the year and I’ve been kind of practicing for two weeks,” he said “Chemistry is just really going well, we ’ re finding each other when we need to and [for] my points I didn’t really do anything they did it for me, so it was pretty easy They make it fun ”

With the Red down early in the first against Brown after giving up a penalty shot goal the second penalty shot goal and third penalty shot opportunity of the season the Red has allowed Bardreau set up the equalizing tally to get the Red back in the game Skating down the right wall into the corner, Bardraeu sent the puck behind him to freshman defenseman Patrick McCarron Freshman Brown goalie Tyler Steel made the save on McCarron’s shot from the point, but freshman forward Matt Buckles lifted a backhand into the top corner of the net while still down for his first collegiate goal

The Red freshmen continued to assert their presence in the game, with freshman for ward Eric Freschi notching his first two collegiate goals as well Freschi’s first goal came from a deflection off his skate that slid under Steel and he netted his second goal with under a minute

left to play in the game

“Every game I think we get a little better, and it’s starting to come together,” Freschi said

The game was held up for nearly 20 minutes in the third period after a clearing attempt from the Red defensive zone shattered a piece of glass protecting the Cornell penalty box The Red came out sluggish after the break, but managed to hold off the Brown offense and killed any hope of a Brown comeback with an empty net goal followed by Freschi’s even strength goal with Steel back in the net “ We lost the momentum, ” Schafer said of the Red’s play after the delay “I think these guys just lost focus going back in our own zone, picking up guys, clearing the puck from our own zone The details aspect kind of got lost in our own game there for a while, until they pulled their goalie, then we got really focused It was funny how as soon as the goalie came out, we kind of refocused ” The Red has only a few days to recover from the weekend’s play before hitting the ice at Lynah again on Tuesday for a face-off with Niagara University Four days after the Niagara game, the Red returns to Madison Square Garden for its fourth Red Hot Hockey battle with Boston University Cornell trails in the series 0-2-1, earning a tie in 2009 while falling in the 2009 and 2011 matches

Emily Berman can be reached at eberman@cornellsun com

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By QUINTIN SCHWAB Sun Senior Writer

Red senior linebacker Tre’ Minor made the play that every senior dreams of making on his or her final collegiate outing Minor blocked a potential game-tying point-after attempt with just over a minute to play and Cornell held off Penn, 42-41, on Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia, Pa to finish the season with two wins in a row

In a game of wild momentum swings, Red senior quarterback Jeff Mathews threw an interception to Penn senior defensive back Sam Chwarzynski with Cornell (3-7, 2-5 Ivy League) holding onto a seven-point lead and trying to run out the clock Chwarzynski returned the pick 39 yards for a touchdown and it appeared that the Quakers (4-6, 34) would send the game into overtime

Minor said not so fast The senior who has consistently improved and logged 144 career tackles broke through the Penn offensive line and leapt up to get a hand on the extra point boot The Red recovered an onsides kick, knelt twice and secured back-to-back wins to end the 2013 campaign like the team did in 2011

“I was telling Jeff all game, “I’ve got your back, the defense has your back,’” Minor said “We’ve been working on our special teams all year, we schemed and came up with a great play call and we executed it ”

It was Minor’s third career blocked kick and Cornell’s

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The Red secures two wins this weekend in tough games

It didn’t take long for the men ’ s ice hockey team to prove why it has the top power play in the nation

Just six and a half minutes into the first period against defending national champion No 9 Yale (52-2, 3-1-2) and only four seconds into its first power play, the No 18 Red (6-3-1, 4-3-1) took the lead against the Bulldogs after junior forward Brian Ferlin’s shot from the top of the left circle sailed past shielded freshman Yale

goalie Alex Lyon It was Ferlin’s third goal in three games and the Red’s sixth man-advantage goal in four games

“Brian at this time last year started to get going a little bit too, ” head coach Mike Schafer ’86 said of Ferlin’s recent production “I think he’s got off to a good start, he’s playing with confidence it’s the first step and Brian’s getting better all the time ”

Sa t u rd a y n i g h t ’ s 2 - 1 w i n against the Bulldogs marked the Red’s third straight win after taking down Brown in a 5-1 decision on Friday and then-No 17 St

Lawrence in a 5-2 rout last weekend The victories against Brown and Yale additionally marked the Red’s first league weekend sweep a n d i t s f i r s t g e n e r a l we e k e n d sweep since the opening weekend against Nebraska-Omaha

“It was a good step in the right direction,” Schafer said “You get two wins this weekend, you give up two goals; it’s a start in the right direction and getting things going, but that’s all it is and I think our guys understand that ” Ferlin echoed his coach’s senti-

sixth block of a punt or kick this season

The Red nearly relinquished a 21-point lead in half of the fourth quarter after scoring 35 unanswered points to dig out of a 14-0 hole Mathews connected with sophomore running back Luke Hagy for an eight-yard touchdown with 7:47 to play to build a 42-21 lead, but Penn freshman backup quarterback Alex Torgersen then sparked an improbable rally

Torgersen hit sophomore wide receiver Cameron Countryman from 45 yards out less than a minute later Then, after a short Red possession, the freshman found senior wide receiver Ty Taylor for a 28-yard score to pull the Quakers within 42-35 with fewer than three minutes remaining

On the ensuing series, Mathews committed the big mistake that could have ruined another impressive passing performance against Penn Facing third-and-18 from its own 46, Cornell called a screen pass, but the Ivy’s all-time leading passer was hurried and tossed the ball into Chwarzynski’s gut

“It was a roll out and I was trying to get it over the linebacker and when he jumped I kind of pump faked to hold the ball a little bit,” Mathews said “I got hit from behind as I was throwing it so it kind of ended up going right into his stomach which was unfortunate He made a good play and ran it back ”

Luckily Minor was determined to make sure Mathews’