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Cayea Makes Court Appearance
By TYLER ALICEA Sun Managing Editor
A man charged with murdering a Cornell undergraduate on Thanksgiving Day appeared at the Village of Cayuga Heights Cour t in shackles and an orange jumpsuit Tuesday evening Benjamin Cayea, 32, has been accused of choking to
Shannon Jones ’15, an engineering student at Cornell, following a “d
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At a University Assembly meeting Tuesday, members of the Cornell community discussed possible strategies to prevent sexual violence on campus, as well as ways to continue the campus dialogue on how to target such issues
Susan Murphy ’73 Ph D ’94, vice president for student and academic services, said the entire Cornell community should be collectively involved in an open dialogue regarding issues of sexual violence
“As vice president, I know that if I am the one crafting messages to the students, there is going to be a disconnect, so we have to find a way to have the students take [on] more leadership roles,” she said
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The board’s general body members prioritized bringing Williams to campus at the beginning of the semester and have worked since then to book her appearance, according to Zachar y Zahos ’15, president of CUPB “ We were in talks with her agent back
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The Law and Politics of Settler-Native Relations: The View from Australia 12:15 - 1:15 p m , 277 Myron Taylor Hall
C U Music: Midday Music for Organ 12:30 - 1:15 p m , Sage Chapel
Mortar Board Presents: VP Susan Murphy’s ’73 Ph D ’94 Last Lecture 5 - 6 p m , Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room
Ferguson: The Next Steps A Townhall Discussion and Vigil 5:30 p m , G01 Uris Hall
Sprocket, The Cognitive Science Film Series Presents: 2001: A Space Odyssey Noon - 1 p m , G01 Uris Hall
Microbiology Seminar: The Impact of Host Genetics On the Gut Microbiome 4 - 5 p m , 105 Riley- Robb Hall Student Assembly Meeting
4:45 - 6:30 p m , Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room
AfroCuban Song Percussion and Dance Workshop 6:00 - 9:00 p m , Helen Newman Hall Dance Studio
PROVO, Utah (AP) More than 1,000 people dressed as angels, wise men and religious royalty gathered at a park in Provo, Utah, and set a new Guinness record for the largest live nativity scene
The event on Monday featured a variety of performers who made videos posted on YouTube It is also expected to serve as a backdrop for a music video
Guinness World Record judge Michael Empric determined there were 1,039 participants in the production, along with a camel, donkey and sheep, the Daily Herald of Provo reported
Workers Free Pennsylvania Inmate’s Arm From Toilet
SHAMOKIN, Pa (AP) A Pennsylvania prisoner is free relatively speaking after spending part of the weekend with his arm stuck in a toilet
The News Item in Shamokin (Shuh-MOH'-kihn) reports that maintenance and emergency teams at the State Correctional Institution-Coal Township worked for several
hours and wound up removing the toilet from its moorings to free the trapped limb
They say the prisoner's arm became stuck Sunday morning when he reached into the toilet to fetch an item that had fallen in They say removing the toilet allowed the man to pull his hand out of a connecting pipe and free his arm
‘N’ Is for Nupitals as NYC Pair Weds on Subway Train
NEW YORK (AP) A young couple in New York City decided they spent so much time on the subway they might as well get married there
So Hector Irakliotis and Tatyana Sandler exchanged vows Friday on the N train as it crossed from Brooklyn into Manhattan
The Daily News reports that the 26-year-old groom boarded first with his groomsmen, who set about decorating the poles and seats with white ribbons
The 25-year-old bride and her maid of honor got on several stops later
An interfaith chaplain performed the ceremony as the train went over the Manhattan Bridge Riders applauded as the couple were pronounced husband and wife
Prof. Cindy van Es: Statistics enthusiast, diversity expert
By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Staff Writer
When she is not teaching statistics classes, Prof Cindy van Es, applied economics and management, can be found advising one of her seven student organizations, running her diversity promotion programs or working with a Kenyan grade school
Van Es who has been chosen as the “ most influential faculty member” by Cornell’s Merrill Presidential Scholars Program eight times has also won the Inclusive Excellence Award from Ernst and Young and was named one of the 300 Best C o l l e g e Professors by The Princeton Review
While van Es said she appreciates all of her honors, she said The P r i n c e t o n Review award meant most to her because it was “largely” determined by student feedback
“other love,” diversity and inclusiveness
Van Es, who also teaches smaller classes and advises student organizations that promote diversity, is responsible for the Dyson School Diversity Program, which awards the Perkins Prize for Interracial Harmony
While she said that Cornell is likely similar to other schools in terms of diversity, she added that she believes the University still has to do a lot of work to achieve thorough inclusivity
“What meant a lot to me for the 300 [best professors award] was that it was largely student driven,” van Es said “That, in the end, is really what it comes down to: my impact on students ”
According to van Es, her success in the classroom comes from her eagerness to work with students
“I think a lot about the atmosphere in the class,” she said “I feel a lot like if they’re going to work, then I’ll do everything [I can] ”
Van Es added that she spends a lot of time both in and out of the classroom pursuing what she calls her
“You have to learn to work with people different than yourself, and I don’t think there are as many opportunities as there could be,” she said “One of the things I try to do is build opportunities for [students] to work with each other ” Though Van Es came to Cornell in 1988, she said she always knew what career track she wanted to follow “Since [I was] about seven or eight, [when people would ask,] ‘What do you want to be?’ [I would say] ‘I want to be a math teacher,’” she said Van Es added she was then drawn to the field of statistics due to its applicability and practicality to real-life situations
“I wanted a more applied math I didn’t just want to do theory,” she said “So I really liked statistics because it was math applied to real problems ”
Van Es added that her dedication to inclusivity has enabled her to build lasting relationships with many students She said she receives anywhere between 60 to 70 Christmas cards from former students every winter and usually attends at least one former student’s wedding a year
According to van Es, these relationships with her students have proven rewarding because of the unique character of the Cornell student body
“They’ve done great things in this world they’re smart intellectually, driven and ambitious, and yet a lot of them have just a lot of kindness,” she said
Van Es also shared an anecdote about a student who had been involved in one of her extracurricular programs several years ago
She described him as “serious” and “disciplined,” but said she knew there was “ a lot going on underneath ”
“And then I remember I got a call [from him] and he’s like ‘Cindy, I want to start a program to climb
Mount Kilimanjaro for women who have obstetric fistulas,” she said
This particular idea turned into Mountains for Moms, a club which van Es said she still advises
Van Es said she has recently spent much of her free time planning a two-week South African study abroad trip that she will lead next month, adding that she took a sabbatical last spring to design the program
Van Es said she usually spends a lot of her time outside of the classroom working on a partnership that she helped establish between her kids’ school and a grade school in Kenya
She said she has visited the school twice once, inadvertently, at the outbreak of the Kenyan civil war and helped to expand its facilities and capabilities monumentally
“[Working with the Kenyan school] is kind of my hobby, to be honest,” she said
When students come to her for career advice, van Es said that she always tells them the same thing
“Get all the information about all the jobs out there
Talk to your parents, talk to your friends, your professors, your advisors, whoever mentors you collect that information,” she said “Then, go for a walk in the Plantations, and stop and say, ‘Where do I want to go?’ and listen to that voice ”
In Light of Ferguson Riots, Cornellians Discuss Role of Police
By OLIVIA LUTWAK Sun Staff Writer
In light of recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, lecturer Nila Nokizaru gave a presentation Tuesday night discussing the history and role of modern police and the riots in Ferguson
The presentation which Nokizaru said was written before the grand jury “failed” to indict Darren Wilson, who fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black
t e e n a g e r w a s a b o u t t h e “ i n t e r n a l dynamics of the Ferguson riots and the liberalization of the anti-police struggle,” according to the event ’ s Facebook page
No k i z a r u t h e n d e s c r i b e d w h a t h e referred to a history of policing in America, connecting present-day policing with the slavery of the United States
He added that he thinks the “notion of black criminality” is perpetuated in the idea of slavery
“ Po l i c i n g a n d w h i t e s u p re m a c y a re hopelessly intertwined,” he said “Simply being black [results in] the possibility of being criminalized and being criminalized [results in] the possibility of being reenslaved ”
Nokizaru also said the initial riots in Ferguson were “violent and combative” and read first-hand accounts of Ferguson residents from a piece of paper
Following the presentation was a question and answer session that brought up issues of community, activism and white supremacy The session soon turned into a discussion among audience members, laced with profanity, criticisms and anecdotes
Nokizaru said the public’s perception of p ro t e s t s a n d v i o l e n c e i n Fe r g u s o n a s “destroying” a community depends on an individual’s definition of what a community is
“It’s impossible for anyone in any group to agree with each other all the time,” he said “If someone says this is bad for the community it makes sense to ask them ‘What do you mean?’ Anti-authoritarians need not fool themselves with the media narrative that what they’re doing is better for an entire community ”
Nokizaru added that he does not like activists
“Activists have limited the revolts; the logic of activism is an art of begging and negotiating,” he said
In response to a question about whether he thought the outlook of police would change if a police force was more ethnically diverse, Nokizaru said he believes that even though the “mindset” of the police might change, their “function” would not
“A lot of laws that affect people of color exist as a way to criminalize day-to-day activities that are more easily policed with-
in those demographics,” he said “If police exist, they will do things that are useful for capital and white supremacy It’s entwined within their historical origins to continually enslave black people ”
During the presentation, Nokizaru also referred to himself as a “nihilist” someone who does not believe in traditional morality
“You probably won ’ t agree with most of this presentation if you aren ’ t coming from an anti-authoritarian viewpoint,” he said
Cayea Makes Appearance in Court
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to want a bail order you’ll have to seek that with the county court ”
“I’m not setting bail If you’re going to want a bail order you’ll have to seek that with the county court ”
Following the brief proceeding, Cayea was e s c o r t e d from the cour troom and several m e m b e r s of the a u d i e n c e left the c o u r thouse
Cayea who is charged with second degree murder will reappear in front of a grand jur y at the Tompkins County Court later this month on Dec 18 In an inter view with law enforcement Friday, Cayea admitted to strangling Jones follow-
ing an argument, according to police records In a statement regarding multiple events
Thanksgiving Break including an apparent suicide and an automobile accident involving several undergraduates on Sunday President David Skorton urged Cornellians to remember to ask for help
“As a doctor, teacher and father, as well as Cornell’s president, I want to reassure each of you especially our students that it is normal to feel sad or anxious at times, particularly when such tragedies occur, ” Skorton wrote “Pressures such as relationship problems, financial challenges and academic struggles can sometimes make us feel over whelmed Remember that your physical and mental well-being is the foundation on which your success is built ”
Tyler Alicea can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun com
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writer for The Sun “Thankfully, she was still excited to come to Cornell and obviously we were too so we found a January date with ease This gives us plenty of time to get the word out ” Zahos added that he believes members of the Cornell commu-
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“Friends [and] even strangers have approached me and others on our board requesting we bring her to campus, ” he said “She has grown as a comedian and a satirist over the almost three years she’s been on The Daily Show ”
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“We look forward to Jessica bringing he same comedic, yet socially conscious message that she is known for to our campus, ” Luzmore said
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C A P E C A N AV E R A L , Fl a (AP) NASA has a new stateof-the-art space capsule on the launch pad and a new high-tech countdown clock to go with it
The multimedia display was l i t u p Tu e s d a y a n d c o u n t i n g down the hours, minutes and seconds until Thursday morn-
i n g ’ s l i f t o f f o f O r i o n o n a n unmanned orbital test flight It’s the nation’s first new spacecraft
i n t e n d e d f o r t r u e o u t e r - s p a c e t r a v e l b y h u m a n s s i n c e t h e Apollo moon program
What better way to usher in t h i s n e w e r a o f e x p l o r a t i o n , NASA reasoned, than with the latest flat-screen gizmo
So last week, down came the countdown clock that dated back to the Apollo 12 moon shot in 1969 and signaled ever y space shuttle launch for 30 years And up went the new display in the same exact spot at the Kennedy
Sp a c e C e n t e r p r e s s s i t e t h a t , along with the nearby flag pole, had once earned national historic designation
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Diller said the old clock, while still working, had become too expensive to fix and maintain
Parts were hard to come by It used 349 light bulbs to illumi-
nate the hours, minutes and seconds, the colons and the plus and minus signs
“ It w a s j u s t b e c o m i n g a n antique,” Diller said The new $280,000 display, similar to those used at sports stadiums, can provide multiple images in addition to the countdown time “An electronic billboard,” explained Mike Bolger, a NASA ground systems manager
On Tuesday, the countdown
n u m b e r s t i c k e d d o w n i n t h e lower right corner far smaller than on the old familiar clock But that’s because the left half of the display showed a real-time, close-up image of the Delta IV rocket launch pad In the upper right corner, the words “Orion Test Flight” showed in red, sandw i c h e d b e t w e e n a n O r i o n emblem and the NASA logo NASA took pains to keep the scene basically the same, with the clock and flag pole, according to Diller Even so, more than a few space-age veterans were sorr y to see the old, familiar clock hauled off Diller tried to be philosophical about the switch: “ We won ’ t have to worr y about changing the light bulbs anymore ” Apollo 17’s launch on Dec 7, 1972, marked mankind’s last trip to the moon and the last crewed capsule to leave Earth’s immediate vicinity T
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engaged in productive discussion with an individual from the Ivy League community on topics regarding sexual culture and violence on campus, according to Mu
Skorton in 2013, is comprised of staff, faculty, students and local community members “ This fall, we had a ver y engaging and interesting present
about a month ago from a facul-
Melanie Boyd,” said Murphy, who is co-chair of the council “She spoke about how we can
from, ‘How do we prevent rape from happening?’ [and] ‘How do we prevent sexual violence from happening?’ to a conversation about what is the culture on campus we want to have in place ”
Mar y Opperman, vice presi-
dent for human resources and safety ser vices and co-chair of the council, said Boyd’s explanation of the different meanings in the interpretation of consent along a “simple continuum” of consensual welcome, consensual unwelcome and not consensual will inspire further discussion at future council meetings
“It was a ver y eye-opening way of thinking about sexual culture and some of the issues that are emerging in [this area],” she said Prof Ronald Booker, neurobiology and behavior, said his personal experiences with campus life have led him to consider if the University should have a d i s c u s s i o n o n w h e t h e r t h e removal of fraternities could be a possible solution to changing the sexual culture on campus
“I was in a fraternity in [college] and even though we may not want to acknowledge this, on a day-to-day basis in the house, guys are guys, ” he said
“A n d w h e n y o u ’ re t o g e t h e r, there’s a chemistr y I just wonder whether or not [stu-
dents and faculty] have enough courage to think about one of the main cultural shifts that can be done on this campus an elimination of fraternal organizations ”
A l t h o u g h Mu r p h y a g re e d with Booker’s statement and said that there may be a higher risk of sexual assault within fraternities, she added that the same can be said for a number of other organizations on campus “ There is a higher risk [of sexual assault] in athletics [and] a higher risk among Greeks for alcohol and other behaviors, but there are also some of the greatest gains in outcomes that come from athletic teams and Greek membership in terms of engagement, leadership and active citizenship,” she said “ The founding values of these organizations have no part in this and [we should use our ability] to get them closer to the founding values ”
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As the first semester of the 2014-2015 academic year comes to a close and w e r e t u r n f r o m o u r g l u t t o n o u s Thanksgiving binges, it is important to take a minute to appreciate what we have access to as Cornell students and, more broadly, as educated young people with the intellectual capacity to tackle the many challenges that may come our way Rest assured, this column will not be a glitter y pep talk by any means Rather, before I dive into more topical matters, the spirit of Thanksgiving justifies a paragraph-long gushy and warm celebration of the place that has been my home for better or for worse the past two and a half years It would be a disser vice to withhold positive remarks for this institution in the days before finals, when droves of students will frantically rush into Olin Librar y for ceaseless studying (don’t forget, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy) Thanksgiving, however, does provide a brief respite from the semester-long grind and an opportunity to both indulge in paralyzing Netflix marathons, and underhandedly compare
c o l l e g e e x p e r i e n c e s w i t h h i g h s c h o o l friends While Cornell has not provided lethargic days at the beach or v o d k a - f u e l e d g a m e d a y tailgates, it does create a n u a n c e d a n d u n i q u e culture where one is on a daily basis surrounded b y h i g h l y m o t i v a t e d and, frankly, interesting people Interesting is a k i n d o f b r o a d , a l lencompassing word that leaves one unsatisfied There is a lack of specificity to the word that makes it easy to use, yet spaciousness to it that makes it boring So when I say that the students at Cornell are interesting, what I mean is that we each have something to say Whether we want to talk about environmental issues, neurological research or why binge drinking is bad, we aren ’ t silent about matters Being vocal is a deterrent to ignorance and complacency and moreover, makes for a unique campus environment
Being a native New Yorker which I make abundantly clear in each column it is always easy for me to find a topic to talk (complain) about This week, something that I wish to be vocal about is the murder of Michael Brown and the nationwide protests that have occurred following the acquittal of officer Darren Wilson
Most media outlets that have followed t h e p r o t e s t s a n d r i o t s h a v e re p e a t e d l y referred to Brown as the “unarmed black m
“unarmed black man ” paints the portrait of not just Brown, but of many black individuals across the nation It doesn’t take an English major to see the “unarmed” helplessness of Brown as a metaphor for the vulnerable position of black people within the context of the criminal justice system
Black people are incarcerated at a rate six times higher than that of white people Is there something that predisposes black individuals to end up in jail other than the color of their skin? Is it the environments they grow up in, where the prevalence of incarceration creates a vicious cycle of desensitization to police authority? Plainly, higher poverty rates the median income of blacks is just over half the median
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income of whites could be another explanation for the greater likelihood of incarceration While the riots and looting have unfortunately given fodder for claims of illegitimate cause, the deeply rooted relationship between blacks and the police must be settled
Draconian policing is not new to this countr y While it is unfortunate that many ethical and hardworking police officers may now be vilified because of their profession, it may be time to rethink how policing is done in America Brown was not the first, and probably not the last black man to be wrongfully murdered by a white cop
A 2013 drama, Fruitville Station, told the stor y of another black man, Oscar Grant, who was murdered on New Year’s Eve by a cop who had mistakenly pulled his pistol instead of taser while Grant was resisting arrest Although Grant was a flawed man, he is humanized in this movie, and his wrongful murder and harsh treatment by the police was eye opening
Some might argue, though, that the prejudice actions of police officers may be reflective of a societal norm In a 2003 study at Washington University, psychologists found that stud
more likely to shoot at a black man carr y-
object such as a flashlight than at a white man These biases, then, may not b e u n i q u e t o t h e police
Surely, in light of Ferguson, the idea of the cop has evolved from the heroic true American think Die Hard to the antagonistic racist I can ’ t help but attribute this evolution to the growing incarceration rates in the United States Die Hard a movie that portrays John McClane as a cop who feels a civic obligation to protect even while off duty was made in 1988 just prior to the outgrowth of the many “three strike laws ” The three strike laws, also known as habitual offender laws, were developed in the mid 1990s in many states as a means to deter recidivism through increased sentencing With longer sentencing and now widely p e r c e i v e d l a t e n t r a c i s m b e h i n d p o l i c e actions, it will be quite difficult for the movie industr y to paint the modern criminal justice system in a positive manner For example, there are punitively harsh penalties for repeated drug offenses more than half of all those in jail for drug related crimes are black With these forms of sentencing in place, there will be a continued adversarial relationship between our count r y ’ s l e g a l i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d v u l n e r a b l e , unarmed” communities It is time to be constructive rather than destructive
Beyond Hollywood, now is a chance for this countr y to evaluate how it should address biased law enforcement There will always be criminality in societies It is the public’s obligation, however, in any democracy, to determine what is just
Philip Susser is a junior in the College of Human Ecology He can be reached at pss226@cornell edu An Ithaca State of Mind appears on alternate Wednesdays this semester
CORRECTION
A Dec 2 news story, “Events Educate Students About Impact of AIDS,” incorrectly stated that the third annual Cornell AIDS Awareness Week is taking place In fact, it is the fourth
Tom the Dancing Bug By
Sarah Byrne | Let It Byrne
A Realistic Romantic Comedy
Disclaimer: This article is definitely not based on any real events The author, after all, is a Biolog y and Society, not Animal Science, major
Generic Girl is an Animal Science major, busy with vet school apps, who doesn’t really go out that much because she doesn’t particularly enjoy the sensation of losing hours of one ’ s life to alcohol-induced blackouts Generic Boy is in ILR, and dreams of one day becoming a lawyer, but in actuality will probably go into consulting, because who is he kidding, that will be easier and he’ll make more money
Generic Girl’s friends drag her out to a party one night, saying that she needs to “have more fun” (direct translation, “ get drunk more often”) Generic Boy is filling up his beer at the keg in the kitchen Girl approaches with an empty cup, and he offers to fill it She agrees, and they make small talk about their hometowns while the beer foams over the top of the cup, because he’s kind of that great at pouring from a keg She doesn’t care that much, because he’s also kind of cute And also funny He asks her to play beer pong with him, and she agrees They win their first three games, which is something on the order of a miracle, because she usually sucks at the game She tells him as much, to which he replies, “We make a good team ” They do make a good team She looks more closely at him
“Wait, did you take Dinosaurs! last semester?” she asks He replies in the affirmative, and they realize that they sat a few rows away from each other for 15 weeks the previous spring, sometimes exchanging glances when the professor would say something ridiculous (which was all the time, because, let’s face
They kiss He doesn’t use his tongue, a he doesn’t try to aggressively make out with her. It’s just a simple kiss. It is lov or as lovely as a first kiss on the porch fraternity annex can be.
it, the class title has an exclamation point) They reminisce about how weird/easy/stupid the class and everyone in it were, and he asks her if she wants to step outside She nods, suddenly shy
They exit the chaos of the party and stand on the porch It’s quiet, but in a nice way, with the noise of debauchery now only a dull roar in the background There are a few lingering drunk boys leaning over the railing, and usually she would roll her eyes at them for being such inebriated idiots, but she’s enjoying her night so far She wonders why she doesn’t go out more often; this is actually kind of fun Boy asks if she wants to sit She looks at the moldy outdoor couch and sort of wants to say no, but also really wants to sit close to him, so she perches on the edge He touches her waist in a way that would be a little forward, but she’s tipsy and happy and likes this boy They kiss He doesn’t use his tongue, and he doesn’t try to aggressively make out with her It’s just a simple kiss It is lovely, or as lovely as a first kiss on the porch of a fraternity annex can be
Girl and Boy sit out there, kissing and talking and kissing After a while, her friends want to leave They come out to check on her, and she tells them to go ahead and go home without her, she’s good here They drunkenly stumble toward home, and he asks her what she wants to do She thinks for a minute, wonders what the acceptable thing to do in this situation is Then she thinks, who cares, and says she wants to go back to his place They walk home, holding hands They go inside, he offers her water, she takes it They hang out in the kitchen for a while, even though they’re clearly going to hook up, but she appreciates the pretense of conversation He kisses her again, and they go to his bedroom
The next morning, she wakes up and gets dressed They make small talk, but it’s not super awkward They hug goodbye, and she walks home On the walk, she calls her friend, the one who made her go out last night “You’ll never guess what happened last night ” Of course, she can guess, she knew exactly what was going on when she left, but she’s happy for Girl
Girl waits a day for Boy to text her, but he doesn’t She is initially upset, but then thinks, who says I can ’ t text him? Girls can text boys just as easily as boys can text girls! You know what, I’m going to text him She texts
Hey! I had fun last night, we should do it again sometime
Three hours later, a reply
Me too! We totally should
A week goes by Generic Girl wonders if she should text Generic Boy, but doesn’t want to seem “clingy” or “needy,” so she doesn’t Boys don’t like that Relationships should be casual and easy, right? Girl wonders if she should text Boy, but doesn’t want him to think their hookup meant more to her than it did to him And clearly it didn’t mean anything to him, or he would have texted her, right? If he cared, he would text, right? She waits They never speak again
“The only thing wrong with this article is this: Some people don't have enough money to donate. Even five dollars is a meal, which to some is pretty important ”
Teresa Kim | Her Meneutics
Face to Face With Faith Comment of the day
With each column published this semester, t h e r e a l s o c a m e a realization that I was actually unfit to talk about anything I n a m e d m y c o l u m n He r Meneutics because I felt driven t o l e a d a d i s c
s e a b o u t hermeneutics in a publication that was not really accustomed t
The drive is still there, but the
u g m
t h e realm of hermeneutics for The Daily Sun’s readership is not as eager as it once was It’s hard especially because hermeneutics can directly correlate itself with a discussion of faith and belief systems a discussion that
t alone The Daily Sun, tends to typically ignore And so it goes Thus, I’ll spend the remainder of my last column of the semester in the ver y spirit of what this column was supposed t o b e a b o u t : h e r m e n e u t i c s There are many definitions of h e r m e n e ut i c s a s t h i s a r e a o f study develo p e d i t s e l f ov
not Republican or any sociopolitical, Tea-par ty-loving manifestation of it Never theless, university is a great time to reckon with your faith systems for there is no better time and s p a c e t o d i s c u s s a n d t h i n k about them with your friends And it was two years ago when a friend suggested that I read M a l c o l m G l a d w e l l ’ s T h e Tipping Point, which led me to garner an intense curiosity of b e h a v i o r a l e c o n o m i c s a n d social paradoxes
T h i s p a s t s u m m e r I re a d Gladwell’s most recent work, David and Goliath In the tradition of The Tipping Point before it, he continues to talk about paradoxes But he talks about them within the context of our modern-day understanding of David and Goliath and other situations like it in which we s e e w h e r e o u r p o w e r a n d strength reside What Gladwell asser ts is that we fail to recognize the stor y of David and
Goliath was not at all the oppressiv giant he has been advertised to be So if David wasn’t truly an under dog, then what should we take from the story now?
i d a ’ s definition when he coined the t e r m “
l y unfolding continuity of understanding
Let me assure you that this won ’ t be an academic discussion or paper by any means; we can all agree that we get enough of t
y - c ov e r e d confines I approach this term, i n s t e a d , w i t h a G l a d w e l l - i a n goal In other words, I’m no academic but a journalist with a keen desire to inform And I hope that by picking up this or any edition of The Daily Sun, you are also in on the desire to be informed as well not letting your education hinder you f r o m re c e i v i n g a n e d u c a t i o n outside of the classroom
At first, I was hesitant to talk about faith (and note that I say “f a i t h” i n s t e a d o f “ re l i g i o n ” ) I’ve had a lot of people tell me t h a t C h r i s t i a n i t y e q u a l e d Republicanism, leading me to be a lot less vocal about my faith I am a Christian but I’m
nothing but quietly harbor it ” But faith isn’t the myster y that you make it out to be, Epstein But it can be if you let it
T h e p r o b l e m w i t h b e i n g unable to see and be faithful to a faith system is because we often found ourselves floating within a society that is faithful, instead, towards our many hierarchies According to Freud’s t h e o r y o f t h e “ n a rc i s s i s m o f minor differences,” we base our hierarchies on a constant str uggle to set ourselves apar t from o t h e r s , l e g i t i m i z i n g o u r ow n choices and careers over other choices and careers Within a world of hierarchies, we turn our faith into a weapon, often l a b e l l e d a s “ re l i g i o n , ” a s w e enter this hierarchical world of one-upmanship
Goliath for what it actually is
To d a y, w e u s e t h e s t o r y o f David and Goliath as a mod-
e r n - d a y m e t a p h o r t o e x p l a i n t h e h o p e o f v i c t o r y f o r t h e u n d e r d o g B u t , c o n t r a r y t o popular belief and mythology, G o l i a t h w a s n o t a t a l l t h e oppressive giant he has been adver tised to be; instead, he suffered from all sor ts of physical ailments, including near-blindness, putting David in a much better position for victor y So if David wasn ’ t tr uly an underdog, then what should we take from this stor y now?
T h e a n s w e r, a c c o rd i n g t o Gladwell, is faith that endures a situation in which victor y is improbable The writer Joseph Epstein once admitted that he e n v i e d t h e d e e p, i n t e l l i g e n t faith that cer tain people seemed t o p o s s e s s d u r i n g l i f e ’ s d a r k moments He concluded, in his a r t i c l e i n T h e Wa s h i n g t o n Mo n t h l y, “ T h e Gr e e nMonster,” “Faith envy is envy, alas, about which one can do
C o n s e q u e n t l y, t h i s h i e r a rchical scheme of restless living can ’ t help but see religion as a system possessed by the kin of the narrow-minded folk But there are some things in life being wor th narr o w - m i n d e d about Just as we go about selecting a career, home or a f u t u r e s p o u s e , your type of faith should be chosen with great, selective care
T h e u n f o r t u n a t e t h i n g about faith for our generation is that the American university s y s t e m d o e s n o t s u p p l y t h e
y courses on religious philosophy or theology to help
think about what kind of faith should anchor us through life Instead, it submits to the world of hierarchies I spoke of earlier So faith, like pleasure reading o
activities, has to be daily tended
k assignments, whatever this system of faith is Especially during a period in which our campus thinks about suicide and self-inflicted injuries, I ask you all whether transcendent faith is really that mysterious or if we have just neglected its care
SCIENCE
C.U. Pr of Discovers Galaxies 12.5 Billion Light Years Away
and his team use scientific instruments located around the world such as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile As its name implies, ALMA is a large, dispersed conglomerate of many precise antennas that collectively focus on single objects in the sky According to Riechers, by placing many telescopes very far apart and linking them together, ALMA acts like a telescope of a much larger size, and therefore provides much higher resolution than any single telescope might
Using ALMA to look at distant galaxies, Riechers and his international team aim to observe the chemical composition of “cold gas, ” an essential component in the early stages of star formation According to Riechers, once gas has cooled down sufficiently to develop high enough densities, its gravitational pull becomes strong enough to condense down further to the level where a star is formed, which results in the onset of nuclear fusion in the center of the star
of young galaxies forming about 12 5 billion light years away from Earth
By DOMINIC NEUGEBAUER Sun Contributor
Gazing into the depths of time, more than 12 5 billion light years away, researchers have discovered a highly energetic starburst galaxy AzTEC-3 that is producing stars nearly 1,000 times faster than our Milky Way This discovery was made by an international team of researchers led by Prof Dominik Riechers, astronomy
While the Milky Way produces roughly two to three new sun-like stars a year, AzTEC-3 is churning out the equivalent of three suns per day, according to Riechers This dust-filled, cosmic superpower is centrally situated among a triplet of smaller, less active galaxies According to Riechers, the discovery of AzTEC-3 strongly supports the hypothesis of hierarchical merging the theory that large galaxies are formed
By SHIRA POLAN Sun Staff Wr ter
Chima Amadi ’15 spent this past summer studying aggressive behavior in the most unlikely of animals: Siberian dwarf hamsters
Amadi, an animal science major in t h e C o l l e g e o f A g r i c u l t u re a n d L i f e Sciences, said a life-long interest in animals led him to initially pursue the preveterinar y track at Cornell However, he soon switched to pre-med in his junior year, fearing that he would not be able to save enough animals due to the prohibitive costs for owners
“If I can ’ t save lives, it’s not a good career for me, ” he said “ Who is going to pay 20 grand to get an MRI for a small animal when you can simply buy a new one for ver y little money?”
Despite no longer being pre-vet, Amadi joined a research team established by the j o i n t e f f o r t s o f Iow a Un i v e r s i t y a n d Indiana University to investigate animal aggression
Amandi said that the project was not quite what he had expected when he
from the mergers of smaller ones
As opposed to a theorist, Riechers said he describes himself as predominantly an observer
“In a nutshell, we are trying to test theories of galaxy evolution and refine our picture of galaxies by studying them at different epochs, and trying to understand what drives their star formation,” Riechers said
To best achieve this, Riechers and his colleagues search for and observe distant, young galaxies that were born shortly after the Big Bang
“Because the light emitted by stars travels at a finite speed, with every more distant object we are able to detect, we are able to look farther and farther into the universe’s past, ” Riechers said “Essentially it’s a way for us to peek back and see how galaxies have evolved through cosmic time ”
To unlock the mysteries of the distant universe, Riechers
By comparing the chemical composition of the gas found in young galaxies to galaxies that are more mature, astronomers are able to able to build a more complete picture of how galaxies have evolved through time
“As you go back further in time, the chemical composition of galaxies changes because a smaller fraction of heavy elements has been synthesized,” Riechers said
Therefore, the abundance of these heavy elements influences the way that these stars evolve, according to Riechers
“This is one of the reasons early galaxies look different than they do today,” he said
However, even when the Universe was only 500 million years old, Riechers said he has found evidence that early galaxies such as AzTEC-3 may have been chemically enriched with dust and heavy elements heavier than hydrogen and helium by an even earlier generation of stars Going forward, in the next decade, Riechers said he and his colleagues hope to look back even further, at this earlier generation of stars
“We can extrapolate and predict from models and simulations, but the only way to really understand what is going on is to observe it,” Riechers said “What we hope to do in the next decade is to probe back to this earlier generation of stars and galaxies and see the very initial stage of things coming together ”
Dominic Neugebauer can be reached at djn59@cornell edu
applied for the internship
“Honestly, I hadn’t read the information too closely, and I thought that the research was on Siberian tigers Once I got the internship, I discovered it was actually on Siberian hamsters,” Amadi said
T h e re s e
h , t a k i n g p
c e a t t h e Center of Integrated Study of Animal Behavior at Indiana University, investigate d c h a n g e s i n
depending on season, sex and social conflict
“ We hypothesized that the hamsters would be more vocal in the summer than in the winter,” Amadi said “ They can vocalize to express aggression, and we wanted to find out if day length could affect aggressiveness, and if that differs between sexes ”
To d o t h i s , A m a d i a n d h i s f e l l ow researchers kept Siberian dwarf hamsters in enclosures and obser ved the interactions that took place when an “intruder” hamster was placed in the “resident” hamster ’ s enclosure This occurred over a period of seven weeks, where the light exposure was altered to mimic seasonal changes in the wild
While measuring the frequency of the hamsters’ vocalizations, the researchers categorized the sounds into broadband or ultrasonic frequencies
“Before the first attack, the hamster would emit a broadband call, which had an affect on the interaction the intruder would back off,” Amadi said “ We also found that females were actually more aggressive than males, and would emit m o re b r o a d b a n d c a l l s d u r i n g i n t e r a ctions ”
The researchers also found differences in aggression and vocalization during the short day photoperiod, which mimicked winter sun exposure
“Short day hamsters were more aggressive than long day hamsters,” Amadi said “ This makes a lot of sense, since in the winter, both males and females need to compete for the same, limited resources ”
Amadi said that while there were no direct implications for humans in these findings, the research shows that Siberian dwarf hamsters can be used as an effective model for investigating the intertwined effects of factors such as season and gender on communication in mammals
“Studying animal behavior can [also] tell us a lot about the environment,” he said “If we know that behavior changes with changes in season, we can have a marker for issues such as global climate change ”
Cu r re n t l y, A m a d i h a s m ov e d o n t o research at Cornell, where he is studying the origin of ovarian cancer with Prof A l e x a n d e r Ni k i t i n , p a t h o l o g y, a t t h e College of Veterinar y Medicine
While he no longer works in the field of animal behavior, Amadi did visit the CISAB Exotic Feline Rescue Center after completing his internship, where he was finally able to obser ve tigers
“I stood five feet from the tigers, and I actually noticed them per form similar behaviors to the hamsters They weren ’ t all that different,” he said
Amadi said he intends to take a gap year after graduation, and then attend medical school to earn an MBA and M D in oncology in order to study ovarian cancer C h i m a A m a d i ’ 1 5 F i n d s H a m s t e r s
Shira Polan can be reached at spolan@cornellsun com
Billions and billions | An international team of scientists led by Prof Dominik Riechers, astronomy, are studying the small dots circled a cluster
Marianne Collard ’15 Studies Potential Applications of Fenugreek
By REEM KHONDAKAR Sun Senior Writer
Long before pills, vaccines and sour cough medicine, there were plants The traditional use of plants to heal and cure has been recorded in various documents, some of which Marianne Collard ’15, a biological engineering major and Spanish minor, used for her research on the health effects of the plant Fenugreek, Trigonella foenum-graecum
Collard works in the lab of Prof Manuel Aregullin, plant biology and molecular biology and genetics She joined Aregullin’s lab, the Laboratory of Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry, in the end of her sophomore year after taking his class Plant Biology 3800: Strategies and Methods in Drug Discovery
“I was interested in plants, their medicinal properties and applying those to human health, which is the sort of research he does,” she said
Collard began studying phytoestrogens, chemical compounds found in some plants that, if consumed, can interact with human hormones As the name suggests, phytoestrogens are similar to the human hormone estrogen
These plant compounds can bind to human estrogen receptors and mimic their effects For example, according to Collard, both human estrogen and phytoestrogens are known to promote breast milk production in lactating women
In order to find a plant containing phytoestrogens, and one that had not been widely studied, Collard searched indigenous, ethno-botanical records for plants
used to increase breast milk production
According to Collard, such plants were likely to contain phytoestrogens
The least-studied plant turned out to be Fenugreek
“Now, the process of our research is to isolate the exact compound [in Fenugreek] responsible for the reported biological activity found in these records,” Collard said
The only engineer in Aregullin’s lab, Collard uses chemical techniques such as thin layer chromatography and spectroscopy to analyze Fenugreek She works in the Biotechnology Building on cell biology assays, and in the Plant Sciences Building, where she does most of her chemical analysis
Greater understanding of phytoestrogens may have significant implications for women with some types of breast cancer
According to Collard, some breast cancer cells are known to proliferate in response to estrogen
“Those women may have to limit their estrogen intake,” Collard said “If they regularly eat foods that contain phytoestrogens and are elevating their estrogen intake without being aware of it, it could cause potential health hazards ”
But Fenugreek also has potentially beneficial effects on health Indeed, major applications of Collard’s research involve both toxicological and medicinal applications Depending on one ’ s particular health situation, one might be advised to avoid Fenugreek or eat it These effects depend on what chemical compounds she finds in the plant
“In the long run, it could be used for
Drug discovery | Marianne Collard ’15 is studying the
has a history of being used as a way to
medicine, but right now we are just taking the first step, ” Collard said “Does it have estrogen activity, and if so, what compound is it? What does it tell us about how we can use it?”
Aside from doing research, Collard is also captain of the cross-country team and runs for the track team She has also been a Learning Strategies Center tutor for introductory chemistry
Collard said she is interested in applying to graduate school in pharmacology and eventually, running her own lab
“My ideal career would be to conduct clinical trials on more natural medicine and prove or disprove whether they work,” she
said
Through her research, Collard said she hopes to bring attention to a plant that may significantly affect human health Much of this stems from the fact that the Food and Drug Administration does not regulate many plants that are used as complementary or alternative forms of medication
“By showing that there definitely is this compound that has estrogenic activity, we are raising awareness for people and saying, you might want to keep your eye on it,” Collard said
Reem Khondakar can be reached at rkhondakar@cornellsun com
compounds in Fenugreek, a plant that
increase breast milk production
COURTESY OF MARIANNE COLLARD
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
T h e S u n ’ s To p 1 0 A l b u m s o f 2 0 1 4
Run th e
Jew el s 2
Run the Jewels
Faced by death and middle age and lamp shade purchases, Benji finds the narrator ruminating on the inequalities and bad rolls seemingly dealt by life Generally over nothing but simple acoustic guitar, Kozelek simply opens himself up to anyone willing to listen From the tragic murder/failed suicide of “Jim Wise” to the lip-quivering sadness of “Micheline” to the explicitly sexual “Dogs,” Benji was an unblinking therapy session mass produced The album closes with the jazz hinted “Ben’s my Friend,” possibly the perfect encapsulation of mid-life crisis, as Kozelek overcomes a down period to return to the studio And thank god he did Benji is a transcendent record deserving of all the praise it has and will enjoy
Calvin Patten
It’s time to hop on the bandwagon FKA Twigs (Formerly known as Twigs), is an English singer/dancer/gymnast and a force to be reckoned with on her kickass album, LP1 On it she creates her own brand of slow, creepy, ethereal yet utterly beautiful and soothing R&B that is hard not to listen to again It is electronic-infused, interestingly arranged, and Twigs’ voice is heartbreaking in the best way For those just trying to get a feel, start with the more popular tracks “Two Weeks” and “Pendulum ” For those trying to get weird check out the video for her song “Video Girl ” It’ll be worth it In the latter she talks about being “the girl from the video,” which she is Before rising to fame on best of 2014 lists and spotlights on sites like Billboard and Spotify, Twigs, also known as Tahliah Debrett Barnett, was a background dancer for artists like Jessie J, Ed Sheeran and Taio Cruz Arielle Cruz
Listening to Killer Mike and El-P’s music is a bit strange they make it quite clear that they do not give a fuck about you Instead, these guys make music because they love hip-hop; sharing it with fans is just a bonus So when Run the Jewels 2 dropped in October, it was what the name implied: A rare jewel in a year full of forgettable rap Exhibiting chemistry and charisma that is virtually unparalleled, Atlanta and Brooklyn were again united in throat slicing aggression, dope beats and engaging social intelligence From the sexual explicitness of “Love Again” to the politically aware “Early,” every song on RTJ2 is a reminder of the strengths in storytelling and emotion that hip-hop enjoys Ultimately, RTJ2 established itself as a career defining release without gimmicks: It was just rap, pure and simple
The music of Aphex Twin holds no anchor to any time or genre There are synthesizers in Syro, so we can say Aphex has gone retro, but only in the context of his work, which is always light years ahead or sideways of whatever else is happening in the world of IDM, EDM, pick your capital letters Syro is more a summation of Aphex’s work prior joining glitch and ambient, jungle and soul, maximalism and minimalism than a drastic leap forward, yet there’s still no electronic musician distorting wave patterns with the depth and detail of any song off this album From the underwater dance party of “minipops 67” to the 10-minute trip around the world of “XMAS EVET10, from the luscious funk of “ produk 29 to the Satie tenderness of aisatsana, Syro cycles through styles with what would be randomness if not for Aphex’s mastery of texture, rhythm, dynamics, progression you know, music No album this year rewards repeated listens like it
Zachary
Zahos
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In just 45 minutes, FlyLo set out to explore the final moments before we pass on, aided by a bevy of guest acts and a commitment to throwing together a smorgasbord of musical trends Rarely will you find an album informed in equal part by hard-bop, prog-jazz, hip hop, nu-soul and modern dance music, but Flying Lotus makes it look easy and sound great Flying Lotus is, above all else, a mad scientist You're Dead!, a Frankenstein-esque assemblage of jazz instrumentation, hip hop rhythms, and electronic textures, is an experiment gone horribly right
Sam Bromer (originally printed Oct 6, 2014)
If there’s one thing to be said about St Vincent, it’s that Annie Clark seems to have had a shit-ton of fun making it Disparate sounds coalesce into puzzlingly addictive melodies, from the phased-out hi-hats and slinking synths that lend the paranoia-brewing Rattlesnake its ramshackle funk to the squiggly start-stop dialtone insanity that becomes Bring Me Your Loves ” Every track features at least one left turn, and even when they aren ’ t huge ones “Regret,” for instance, sounds like Clark trying to write a breakup track that could fit on Zeppelin IV St Vincent’s compositional know-how and lyrical acuity keeps things fresh as always After the assured adventurousness of St Vincent, I think Annie Clark is very close to being one of the “heroes on every barstool” she sings so tenderly about James Rainis (originally printed Feb 27, 2014)
To Be Kin d Swans
Believe it or not, Swans makes great study music Start with “Screen Shot,” the first track off To Be Kind, and let the slow build of quivering guitar, metronomic kick drum and whispered monosyllables lull you into a state of Zen But that calm lasts only so long, before the snare head cracks and the guitars unleash a maelstrom of whirring, neighing entropy The majority of songs on this album proceed in such a fashion, starting if not calm then tame before launching into a soundscape that may just approximate that of Hell Yet this is not death metal or screamo or anything like that Michael Gira is enamored with classical music and the avant-garde, so his songs obey a structure endowed to Beethoven, who was also no stranger to thrilling and deafening bombast The result is two hours of abrasive yet oddly centering music It’ll be torture for most people, but for me it’s Ritalin
Zachary Zahos
Lykke Li’s I Never Learn is the breakup album of the decade not only does it wallow in pure agony on such eviscerating tracks as “Love Me Like I’m Not Made of Stone” and “No Rest for the Wicked,” it manages to find self-actualization and meaning in even the bleakest of moods Li layers her already unfairly affecting vocals and employs a vast range of instrumentation including a choir, probably a dozen violins and a steel guitar to create a 33-minute album that somehow packs the emotional punch of the Gone With the Wind overture 2014’s lonely didn’t have to look far for solace, or for shameless romanticization of their lovelorn sulking I Never Learn is short, stunning and The Sun’s favorite bummer of the year
Kaitlyn Tiffany
Our Love is an ethereal reflection of the best that electronic music has to offer It’s soothing and trancey, yet simultaneously brings melodic distinctiveness Singer Dan Snaith’s wispy falsetto is delicate and satisfying He juxtaposes airy high notes against deep bass rhythms to create a lounge-like atmosphere Snaith also brings together diverse instruments to add to the album’s complexity Though the album picks up its pace at moments, it remains dominantly calm and contemplative The repetitive instrumentation in conjunction with Snaith’s harmonic vocal lines makes this album a noteworthy musical experiment Listen to this album and momentarily escape yourself; you may just find yourself in an infinitely pleasing delusion
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Hell Can Wai t Vince Staples
With the October release of Hell Can Wait, 21 year-old Vince Staples completed the transition from guest verse rapper to hip-hop heavyweight Fellow California rappers Schoolboy Q and YG may have received much more attention for their pop influenced ghetto-glamour albums, but it Staples whose raps actually documented life The seven-track album connected the ills and joys of being poor and black as succinctly as any release since Kendrick From “Screen Door detailing the horrors of his father selling drugs out of his house to Limos” detailing the struggles of relationships where each side is concerned the other is taking advantage, Staples’ tracks are starkly focused and moving Ultimately highlighted by the cruelly bleak singles “Blue Suede” and “Hands Up,” Hell Can Wait is a tape that celebrates the mere act of surviving Calvin Patten
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Sydney Altschuler can be reached at saltschuler@cornellsun com
UAB Shuts Down Football Program
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (AP) UAB is shutting down the football program after one of the Blazers’ stronger seasons, the first school to make that costcutting move in nearly two decades
The university announced the decision Tuesday minutes after President Ray Watts met with the Blazers players and coaches, while several hundred UAB students and fans gathered outside for the third straight day in efforts to support the program UAB made the decision after a campus-wide study conducted by a consulting firm over the past year
“The fiscal realities we face both from an operating and a capital investment standpoint are starker than ever and demand that we take decisive
Department and UAB,” Watts said in a statement released by the university “As we look at the evolving landscape of NCAA football, we see expenses only continuing to increase When considering a model that best protects the financial future and prominence of the Athletic Department, football is simply not sustainable ”
UAB said in the release that it subsidizes $20 million of the athletic department’s operating budget of some $30 million annually, and said both those numbers rank fifth in Conference USA The university said the difference over the next five years would be an extra $49 million with football, including a projected $22 million needed for football facilities and upgrades
Tiger Woods Makes His Comeback
WINDERMERE, Fla (AP)
Tiger Woods is making his latest comeback in golf with an eye to the past
Equipped with a new teacher and a stronger body, Woods said Tuesday he is working on a swing that incorporates previous moves that date as far back as his amateur days He referred to it as “ new, but old,” and the 14-time major champion will start testing it this week against an 18-man field of elite players at the Hero World Challenge
How old were some of those videotapes he watched of his previous swing?
“Actually, it’s pretty interesting trying to find a VHS recorder,” Woods said “I have a lot of tape like that Fortunately, my mom is of age where she has that still in the house So that was very beneficial to look at some of the old tapes ”
Other wise, it’s another new beginning
This is the fifth time Woods has returned from injury the back, this time over the last five years The breaks have ranged from four weeks to four months He last competed on Aug 9 when he missed the cut at the PGA Championship, ending his shortest season (eight tournaments) since his 2008 knee surgery and the first time he did not have a top 10
Woods said he had enough time off to let his body heal and to think about where he wants his game to go
First, he split with swing coach Sean Foley, ending a three-year relationship that produced eight PGA Tour wins but no majors
“I think that physically, I just wasn ’ t able to do some of the things that we wanted to do in the golf swing,” Woods said
Woods said there was no reason to look back at old swings at the time because he felt he was headed in the right direction three victories in 2012, and five wins in 2013 in which he was voted PGA Tour player of the year for the 11th time Those two years were relatively free of injuries
“But unfortunately, physically I was getting damaged doing it,” he said “So in retrospect, you look at it Was I ever hurt when I was little? Granted, I don’t think we all were I think we all could jump off roofs and nothing would break But playing detective and looking back on it, you have to somewhat have an understanding physically of where you are at the time ”
Cornell to Host Greg Page Relays to Kick off Season
By LISA AWAITEY Sun Staff Writer
The Cornell men ’ s and women ’ s track and field squads look to this weekend for a strong start to the 2014-15 season The Red’s first challenge is the Greg Page Relays hosted in Barton Hall on Saturday, December 6 The rel-
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“The Greg page relays are actually a very early season meet, and a lot of [people] won ’ t be competing,” sophomore distance
athletes like Sisserson to get the ball rolling early in the season
“The most important things for me to work on right now are power and speed,” Sisserson said “Although the pole vault is extremely technical, the majority of the vault is dictated by the run Becoming faster and stronger will yield the biggest improvements ”
“The most important things for me to work on right now are power and speed.”
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r u n n e r Ja m e s Gow a n s said “For those that are its an opportunity to run and evaluate the team ’ s training early before the big competition starts ”
Sophomore polevaulter Grant Sisserson returns this year after a competitive and impressive freshman showing
“I think the team ’ s main focus for the Greg Page Relays is just to get our bearings,” Sisserson said “This meet doesn’t really carry that much weight in the grand scheme of things and the first meet doesn’t always go as planned for everyone However, I’m certain that this meet will help us as a team in beginning to get used to the untold amount of success that awaits us ”
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“Although this is one of our less competitive meets, I think its pretty important that we perform well Even if we do well early on, as long as we don’t settle we won ’ t peak,” Airewele said “Especially after the incredible season cross countr y had, some
momentum and remind us that hard work pays off I expect both the men ’ s and women ’ s teams to win soundly ”
After the Greg Page Relays, both the men ’ s and women ’ s track and field team look towards the Southern Tier Collegiate Open to kick off the new year on January 9 in Barton Hall
Lisa Awaitey can be reached at lawaitey@cornellsun com
Early start | Sophomore distance runner James Gowans said that the meet provides the Red with a valuable opportunity to evaluate its abilities early on in the season
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Cornell Squad Readies For Ithaca College Invite
By JOHN MCGRORTY
Staff Writer
This weekend, the Cornell men ’ s and women ’ s swimming and diving teams will compete at the annual Ithaca College Invitational Coming off a win against the University of Pennsylvania and a narrow loss to Princeton, the Red looks to have a strong showing against its cross-town rival
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swim in events they wouldn’t normally swim and to compete in a championship atmosphere,” he said “ The team is excited and we are ready to get back in the pool and swim fast ”
Hallowell also added that the Red sees the meet as an opportunity to prove its abilities and put up strong times that will help some swimmers qualify for the Ivy Championships
“We are ready to get back in the pool and swim fast ”
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“ We are going to be pretty broken down as well be coming off of a few days of brutal practices It will be interesting to see how people swim while being so broken down,” he said
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“ The IC Invite is always a fun meet because it gives guys an opportunity to
“For some guys IC is an opportunity to make the travel team and prove t h e m s e l v e s a s c r u c i a l members on the team, ” he said “It is also an opportunity for the distance swimmers to put up strong times that will qualify them for Ivy Championships later in the season We have always had a lot of overall success at the meet and it is always fun to see guys swim really fast ”
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Making a splash | The Red looks to defeat its cross-town rival this weekend when it competes at the annual Ithaca College Invitational
Satterthwaite said that racing through fatigue will be the Red’s biggest challenge throughout the invitational
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According to Hallowell, the Red is proud of its progress this season and is optimistic about the future
“ This season has been unbelievable so far,” he said “Coming off a few rough years we have been able to have more Ivy wins this year than in the past three years combined To know that we are ranked high in the Ivy League and that our competitors see our success feels great We know we have huge potential going forward and we are all excited to keep going strong this season ”
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