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Jan 9 7 p m Merrimack College
Jan 15 7 p m at RPI
Jan 16 7 p m at Union College
Jan 22 7 p m Dartmouth
Jan 23 7 p m Harvard
Jan 29 7 p m at Clarkson
Jan 30 7 p m at St Lawrence
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Jan 8 Souther Tier Collegiate
Jan 16 at Northeast Challenge
Jan 22-23 Upstate Challenge
Jan 29-30 at Terrier Invite
Jan 30 Robert J Kane Invite
Feb 5-6 at Sykes-Sabock Challenge
Feb 13 at SPIRE Invite
Feb 14 Cornell Sunday Invite
Feb 20 Marc Deneault Invite
Feb 27-28 Ivy Indoor Heptagonal Championships
Mar 5-6 at ECAC/IC4A Indoor Championships
Mar 11-12 at NCAA Indoor Championships
Mar 25-26 at Riverside Invite
Apr 1 at Stanford Invite
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Apr 16-17 at Bucknell Invite
Apr 22-23 at Larry Ellis Invite
Apr 23 Upstate Challenge
Apr 28-30 at Penn Relays
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May 7-8 at Ivy Outdoor Heptagonal Championships
May 14-15 at ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Championships
May 25-28 at NCAA First Round
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Nov 16 W, 101-98 at Colgate
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By ISABEL LING Sun Staff Writer
Cornell’s first international office is expected to open in Shanghai in 2016, as par t of a University-wide initiative to increase Cornell’s global presence and students’ accessibility of international programs to Cornell students, according to Laura Spitz JSD ’06, vice provost of international affairs
“ Op e n i n g a Un i ve r s i t y
i n Shanghai, China will create impor tant
momentum and signal that Cornell is committed to expanding its international footprint in important and
said The office will serve
in Shanghai, recruiting students and maintain-
alumni, according to President Elizabeth Garrett
With almost 1,200 alumni living in China, Cornell has strong ties to China,
students have studied
undergraduate students, according to Spitz
“Our many points of connection create an incredibly strong foundation for fur ther engagement to
C.U. Coalition Launches With
By MAXWELL DOPSCH
Sun Staff Writer
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ensure that our initiatives and programs related to China remain among the very best in higher education,” Spitz said “The Shanghai office will belong to the entire Cornell community students, faculty, alumni, staff, and researchers and serve a wide range of academic and non-academic units ” Decisions about staff and space for the Shanghai office are ongoing, according to Spitz The Shanghai office is part of the
Kappa Sigma Chapter Suspension Removed
After
Hazing Allegations
Chapter will still pursue internal action regarding individuals involved
By GABRIELLA LEE Sun News Editor
Kappa Sigma fraternity was lifted from suspension Thursday after the chapter was suspended for allegations of hazing earlier this month
The University was notified
Fred Van Sickle Named Vice President For
Alumni Affairs and Development
By ANNIE BUI Sun Managing Editor
Elizabeth Garrett
been lifted, the chapter will still take internal action regarding individuals involved in the hazing allegations and the claims will still be put to the Cornell Greek Judicial Board, according to Apgar
During the nearly three-week suspension that began on Nov 1 3 , C
chapter was to “ cease all operations” and also remain alcohol free while the national Kappa Sigma organization investigated the allegations
Gabriella Lee can be reached at glee@cornellsun com
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NASA Scientists Discuss New Horizons Mission
By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Staff Writer
Nearly 200 Cornell students and faculty members gathered in Schwartz Auditorium Wednesday, to hear Cathy Olkin and Ann Harch two lead scientists on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by Pluto this July give one of the earliest public presentations about the mission’s history and results Olkin began the talk by emphasizing the necessity of flying a spacecraft by Pluto, rather than simply observing the dwarf planet from Earth
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“This was the best image we had of Pluto at the beginning of this year, ” she said, showing a picture of a pixelated white dot “I spent decades studying this point of light ”
According to Harch, even though New Horizons passed by Pluto quickly, it was able to take pictures, determine the composition of the planet’s surface and atmosphere and gather data about its moons
However, getting New Horizons to Pluto was not easy Harch discussed problems that the New Horizons team faced in planning the mission, including how to aim the spacecraft at Pluto and determining where the planet was in space
“You can ’ t tell where these objects are [when they are very far away],” Harch said “Three days from Pluto, you can actually get that uncertainty down to a much more manageable size ”
Scientists handled this problem by sending the probe repeated corrections for Pluto’s position, Harch said Olkin talked about the spacecraft’s major findings, including hydrocarbons irradiated by sunlight, a glacier of non-water ices, possible cryovolcanoes and a hazy, blue atmosphere She highlighted how new this information was, adding that scientists have not yet developed explanations for most of the phenomena observed on Pluto
“What you ’ re seeing is science in action We don’t know every answer yet, ” Olkin said “I can give you my best guess, and we ’ re going to get more information and continue to evolve and learn this story
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Although New Horizons’s main objective has been completed, the team hopes to receive approval for a second mission, according to Olkin
“The spacecraft is continuing to take measurements [of its environment],” Olkin said “We’re looking forward to a potential extended mission We hope to fly by a small target called 2014MU69, a relatively small Kuiper Belt object ”
Harch and Olkin continually emphasized that the mission’s success was a result of the combined efforts of multiple teams
“There was a lot of interesting science, but it
was also the product of a lot of hard teamwork,” Olkin said
Students expressed excitement about the talk’s accessibility and being able to understand the significance of the mission’s findings
“I saw the pictures earlier, through the internet, but having someone actually explain and analyze what’s going on is amazing,” Rushaniya Fazli ’18 said “You don’t realize how much you miss if you just look at them ”
Fazli added that she had also developed a better appreciation for the work that the New Horizons team put into the mission
“It’s mind-blowing how much they have done using the [technology they had] back then,” Fazli said
Brown Univ. Requests Dismissal of Gender Bias Hearing
By THE BROWN DAILY HERALD
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B e s i d e s t h e Un i v e r s i t y, Do e i s a l s o s u i n g h i s c o m p l a i n a n t , r e f e r r e d t o a s Ja n e Do e , f o r s l a n d e r i n g h i m b y f a l s e
Cornell to Open First Int’l Of ce in Shanghai
Will engage with more than 1,000 alumni in China, current Chinese students at University
Global Cornell initiative, which was formed to achieve Cornell’s goal to be a top 10 recognized research university internationally which was first ar ticulated in the Cornell Strategic Plan 2010-2015
“ We are nearing the midway mark of a five-year Global Cornell Initiative,” Spitz said “Our goals for the initiative have not changed from what was originally ar ticulated by my predecessor, although I expect that as I spend time in the job, they will shift in cer tain ways
One example is my commitment to institutionalize greater integration with the Engaged Cornell initiative ”
The Global Cornell initiative has collaborated with Engaged Cornell and the University’s Diversity and Inclusion initiative in order to create a common application for travel grants, which launched this fall This
application combines 5 different grant applications, making the application process more streamlined and navigable for students who need grants in order to trav-
increase inclusivity for inter-
launching a ne w grant program to provide financial suppor t for undergraduate students for shor t-term international travel This has helped
awardees who were able to travel as par t of their coursework,” Spitz said Spitz said she hopes that under her tenure Global Cornell will increase Cornell’s international visibility not j u s t t h r o u g h s t u d y a b
“We hope Shanghai will be the first of several such offices ”
Thailand, Zambia and Belize, according to a published summar y highlighting and previe wing Global Cornell initiatives
“In 2014-2015 we doubled the amount of grant
Coalition Delivers Letter, Petition to President’s Of ce
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Qatar,” the petition reads
As Garrett was not in her o f f i c e w h e n t h e s t u d e n t s arrived, CAGE members read the letter aloud to a member of the office staff instead
“We cannot blindly accept a s s u r a n c e t h a t w o rk e r s employed at our campus are exempt from the abusive labor practices that might affect the migrant workers throughout that region,” the letter reads “It is not enough to simply provide additional measures and benefits while disregard-
ing the underlying issues at hand ”
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signed on to the coalition, which ranges from the Cornell International Affairs Society to the Interfraternity Council “Students acting collectively is how these campaigns are won, ” Considine said “We’ve proven in the past that this works ” Next semester the coalition aims to continue pressuring t h e a d m i n i s t r a
action and respond to their demands, she added
d programs, but also through the creation of other international university offices like the one in Shanghai
“ We hope Shanghai will be the first of several such offices and with [the Cornell community’s] help we are ready to move for ward aggressively in the world,” Garrett said in her Oct 23 State of the University address
Fred Van Sickle Named Vice President
For Alumni Affairs and Development
Brings fundraising, alumni relations experience spanning three decades
Maxwell Dopsch can be reached at mdopsch@cornellsun com VAN SICKLE
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Annie Bui can be reached at me@cornellsun com
Source: Gunman in Killings Had Been in Touch With Extremists
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif (AP) San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook had been in contact with known Islamic extremists on social media, a U S intelligence official said Thursday, and police said he and his wife had enough bullets and bombs to slaughter hundreds when they launched their deadly attack on a holiday party
The details emerged as investigators tried to determine whether the rampage that left 14 people dead was terrorism, a workplace grudge or some combination
The husband-and-wife killers were not under FBI scr utiny before the massacre, said a second U S official, who likewise was not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity
Wearing black tactical gear and wielding assault rifles, Farook, a 28-year-old county restaurant inspector, and his wife, Tashfeen
Malik, 27, sprayed as many as 75 rounds into a room at a social service center for the disabled, where Farook's coworkers had gathered for a holiday banquet Wednesday Farook had attended the event but slipped out and returned in battle dress
Four hours later and two miles away, the couple died in a furious gunbattle in w h i c h they fired 7 6 r o u n d s , while 23 law offic e r s unleashed about 380, police said
rigged-together pipe bombs with a remote-control detonating device that apparently malfunctioned, and they had more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition remaining when police killed them in their rented SUV, Burguan said
“We don’t know if this was workplace rage or something larger or a combination of both.”
On Thursday, Police Chief Jarrod Burguan offered a grim morningafter inventory that suggested Wednesday's bloodbath could have been far worse
At the social service center, the couple left three
At a family home in the nearby town of Redlands, they had 12 pipe bombs, tools for making more, and o v e r 3 , 0 0 0 additional rounds o f ammunition, the c h i e f said “ W e don’t know if this was workplace rage or something larger or a combination of both,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in Washington, echoing President Barack Obama
“We don’t know the motivation ” Investigators are trying to
determine whether Farook, who was Muslim, became radicalized and, if so, how as well as whether he was in contact with any foreign terrorist organization, said the U S intelligence official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity
The same official said Farook had been in touch on social media with extremists who were under FBI scrutiny
The second U S official said the FBI was treating the attack as a potential act of terror but had reached no conclusion that it was The official said Farook's contacts online did not involve any significant players on the agency ' s radar and dated back some time, and there was no immediate indication of any surge in communication ahead of the shooting
The official cautioned that such contact by itself doesn’t mean someone is a
terrorist
Rita Katz, director of SITE Intelligence Group, an organization that tracks and analyzes extremists, said it hasn’t found any connection between Farook and jihadi groups But she also said that some of Farook’s social media posts seem to have been deleted before the attack
Wednesday’s rampage was the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since 2012, when 26 children and adults were slain in Newtown, Connecticut
In San Bernardino, a Southern California city of 214,000, 21 people were injured Wednesday, including two police officers, authorities said Two of the wounded remained in critical condition Thursday
Authorities said the attack was carefully planned
“There was obviously a mission here We know that We do not know why We don’t know if this was the
intended target or if there was something that triggered him to do this immediately,” David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said as the bureau took over the investigation
Farook has no known criminal record, Burguan said He was born in Chicago to a Pakistani family, raised in Southern California and worked at San Bernardino County’s Depar tment of Public Health for two stints totaling four years since 2010, according to authorities and acquaintances The Saudi Embassy said he traveled to Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2014 for nine days
As for Malik, she came to the U S in July 2014 on a Pakistani passpor t and a fiancée visa, authorities said To get the visa, immigrants submit to an interview and biometric and background checks screening intended to identify anyone who might pose a threat
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The relationship between art and law in the United States often seems to be characterized by the latter settling issues about the production and consumption of the former Artists and consumers have taken to the courts to settle issues about the boundaries of obscenity, fair use and various other issues A large part of what makes eco-artist Aviva Rahmani’s Blued Trees captivating is Rahmani’s desire to flip the script and use art as a tool to achieve legal gains
This is not to say that Blued Trees is purely a legal maneuver The work, which consists of “ tree ‘ notes ’” painted with a “slurry of non-toxic ultramarine blue pigment and buttermilk” to “form discreet 1/3 mile long ‘ measures ’ in the symphony,” functions on multiple levels: musical, spatial, visual Yet, Rahmani and her collaborators’ acute attention to specific legal details feels defiant and empowering Rahmani, however, might say that the fact that using the legal system for the benefit of everyday citizens seems like a special act is strange in the first place During an email correspondence, Rahmani stated to me that many activists are “baffled by a judicial system that seems rigged as never before, against honest citizens protesting injustice Rahmani and her collaborators specifically seek to prevent private corporations from gaining eminent domain in order to construct natural gas pipelines on private property As noted in the Blued Trees Symphony and Greek Chorus manual (a document created members of the advocacy group Save Burden Lake and expanded by Rahmani eminent domain may be delegated by legislatures to “third parties, who will devote it to public or civil use or, in some cases, to economic development ” Blued Trees seeks to counter the latter case The Blued Trees manual notes that the site of the Blued Trees overture Peekskill, N Y “ was chosen because it is the site of a proposed natural gas pipeline expansion [Algonquin Pipeline, developed by the Spectra Corporation] within 105 feet of a filing nuclear facility,” that being Indian Point Energy Facility Whereas Spectra and other corporations have historically benefited from wide-ranging implementation of eminent domain, Rahmani plans to mount a legal defense of Blued Trees using the 1990 Visual Artists Rights Acts (VARA) To again quote Blued Trees manual, Vara grants “authors additional rights in the works, regardless of any subsequent physical ownership of the work itself, or regardless of who holds the copyright to the work ” Thus, the ownership and composition of Blued Trees is especially important in not only an artistic sense, but also a legal one
TI heard about Blued Trees when an advocacy group that is fighting against Kinder-Morgan’s North East Direct pipeline in my hometown of Averill Park, N Y Save Burden Lake painted an iteration of the work The Blued Trees manual states, “It is important to follow instructions for painting so that each site can be umbrellaed under the same copyright, and referred to establish ‘standing’ as recognized significant art in a courtroom ” In other words, Rahmani and her collaborators are legally proactive, taking measures to secure as many sites in proposed pipeline routes under the Blued Trees copyright I spoke with Kathy High an independent media artist, professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a member of Save Burden Lake about Save Burden Lake’s painting process On Nov 1, about 50 people (including three artists who helped Rahmani paint the Overture in Peekskill) convened at Libby Reilly s organic farm in Stephentown High described the group as “bonkers with enthusiasm, including people as young as teenagers and little children up to retired people, it was a huge range of ages and abilities Altogether, the group painted between 30 and 40 trees on Reilly’s property as well as three or four adjoining properties whose owner ’ s had given the group permission to paint Furthermore, a number of Save Burden Lake s members (including the group ’ s resident lawyer, Russell Bennett) drafted a manual that contained legal and technical information about the painting process Rahmani later expanded the manual with historical and artistic information to create the Blued Trees manual “Now with the manual, it can almost be more autonomously,” High told me, “People can have more agency to do it on their own ”
solutions to exercising power
The strengths of Blued Trees include that it is cutting edge art (which makes it fun and interesting), they have agency, and the legal issues are understandable,” Rahmani wrote to me in an email
I later asked Rahmani how Blued Trees balances the agency of local communities while still affirming Rahmani’s authorship, a necessity for copyright and VARA protections While not considering herself a “social practice artist,” Rahmani states that she is “ very interested in agency, democracy and the kind of systems that support the public good ” High echoed the same sentiment, stating, Suddenly there was this thing that was kind of a community project and it brought the community together People can really get out there and paint a tree and feel like they’re making art, like they’re doing something That’s really the beauty of the project ”
Whereas Blued Trees uses legal processes in proactive and creative ways, Rahmani notes that Blued Trees’ effect on public is just as, if not more, important In an email, Rahmani emphasized the importance of “reach[ing] the court of public opinion before [natural gas companies] can continue to destroy the entire earth ”
Shay Collins
The realization of Blued Trees at various locations calls to attention another facet of the work: empowerment of local communities Many advocates against the pipeline in my hometown report feeling frustrated with Kinder-Morgan’s willingness to ignore community desires in order to secure their own financial gain Even when communities present opposition to pipeline projects, rulings from afar from government bodies such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and eminent domain still saddle communities with the projects Such projects carry great community health risks, not to even speak of the danger of natural gas compressor stations explosions “People are starved for positive, orderly, beautiful
“We don’t need tons of money to fight them,” Rahmani continued, “but we can ’ t rely on the founding fathers’ vision of a fair, timely, FREE judicial process Much of Blued Trees strength lies precisely in this re-humanization and challenging of the current legal process The Blued Trees Symphony has yet to unfold in full and will culminate with a coda performance on Election Day in 2016 Yet, regardless of what challenges and successes anti-pipeline advocates see in the coming months, the beauty and legal creativity of Blued Trees already imagines an alternative legal rule-from-afar It is an alternative that is beautiful, multi-faceted and, hopefully, convincing in the court of public opinion
Shay Collins is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences He can be reached at smc377@cornell edu Morning Bowl of Surreal appears alternate Fridays this semester
here’s nothing that compares to the sensation of opening a beautiful novel, of occupying an alternate world for 240 pages, of feeling depressingly connected to people who don’t even exist, of spending entire nights reading because you can ’ t bear to leave your characters in the night This week, fellow columnist and former editor, Sean Doolittle ’16 wrote about the limited scope of the Arts section, citing music as our go-to topic As this is my final column of the semester, I wanted nothing more than to speak about something else, to reflect my personal love of literature, and re-assert Sean’s opinion that ar t, in all forms, conventional or not, easy or d e m a n d i n g , should be
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After an exhausting and mentally tasking day, most people just want to de-stress This is where shitty TV comes in it’s engaging enough to keep you watching, but it kind of feels like eating a bag of Doritos: simultaneously satisfying and sickening I have spent too many nights doing just that, and I’d like to flesh out why I think we should resist the urge and instead approach literature as a routine source of relaxation It’s worth the challenge
Every semester, I come to school with a
pile of novels, some old, some new I’ve had Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle on my shelf for at least two semesters and Har uki Murakami’s Nor wegian Wood for almost three years On New Year’s, I make the resolution to read more and make time for the novels that I already own I pledge to write as I read, to analyze craft and construct stories like my literary idols Every year, I fail to do these things I might start with a novel, giving it a week of undivided attention, but I quickly revert into the shamefully easy and relaxing option of putting on an episode of Gossip Girl or The Office I allow myself to fall asleep to Blair and Serena arguing on the steps of the Met or Jim pranking Dwight with Jello-ed office supplies
This semester, I made the same goal, but I sought to make the process of reading easier I banned electronic screens before bedtime, leaving my computer on my desk, far enough away that lazy, sleepy me wouldn’t feel compelled to pick it up I found myself a desk lamp, placed it on my nightstand, and ensured that if I wanted to read, I would be able to do so without having to get up to shut off the light I essentially made my space lazy-friendly, knowing that most of my reading roadblocks had to do with my severe lethargy, and if I were to account for this, I
might actually be able to accomplish my goal And I did, at least for some time I started with short story collections, leaving them right by my bed, and assigning a story a night Unlike novels, short story collections can be picked up after long periods of time, and each story feels conclusive and cathartic I explored Miranda July’s No one belongs here more than you, a collection embedded with humor and precision July’s stories are more often than not concise, so I’d feel all the more satisfied after being able to read two stories in one night I later bought David Foster Wallace’s Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, a series of stories that relate to one another but can still be read independently These collections eased my mind while simultaneously engaging it They allowed me to get better sleep than I have in years and feel less shitty about my lack of literacy While this routine worked for a few weeks, I found a way to be lazy again I knew that I could stop reading any of these collections and pick them up months later, so there was no pressure to finish any of them Unlike with a novel, I wasn ’ t as invested in the characters, as they left every ten pages I became disconnected from the worlds within each story So, I went back to TV, this time rewatching 30 Rock for the fifth time
Over Thanksgiving break, I had the privilege of feeling bored At home, I found myself struggling to find things to do I didn’t want to watch the crappy TV shows that I usually fell asleep to at school, as when I actually had the brain capacity to pay attention to them, I found them as bland as
unbuttered toast I also didn’t want to rewatch my favorite shows, which had recently become another go-to excursion before bedtime I decided to finish reading a book for class, one that I knew we weren ’ t going to discuss anymore, but one that I had, bookmarked in the middle, still sitting in my backpack While I can ’ t say I enjoyed the book, as the apocalyptic, linguistically alienating world in the novel was confusing to me from page one to page 360, I read the entire thing And I enjoyed the process tremendously I sat on the couch, puppy in my lap, reading for hours on end I was incredibly surprised at how even a book that I vehemently disliked brought me in and compelled me enough to keep going I’m not advising that you read books that don’t intrigue you From my experience, the books I’ve stuck with were the ones that had plots and structures that drew me in from the start, and the ones that I struggled to relate to were the first to get thrown off the bus That said, this whole endeavor of turning reading into my go-to hobby, made me realize that I actually do love to read I had lost that, having scrutinized too many novels for class over the years, associating literature with academic stress and mental exhaustion Literature can be enjoyed, and it is worth the time and extra effort Put a book short or long, old or new on your nightstand and actually read it Seriously Anita Alur is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at aa567@cornell edu
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Dope Rick Famuyiwa
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Simply put, Mad Max: Fury Road came thundering into the arena like 2000 horsepower of nitro-boosted war machine and blew the roof off not only every other action movie this year, but every movie this year, period At 70 years old, Australian director George Miller conjured a magnum opus that leaves all the younger competition eating the dust
It’s a two-hour chase with non-stop action, expert choreography, mind-melting stunts, spectacular visual bravura, gritty tenacity, a vibrant heart at its center and a heroine for the ages in Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) Katniss Everdeen has got nothing nothing on her I’ve seen the thing five times the first 15 seconds alone are so awesome what with the roar of those engines that I made them my ringtone and I simply cannot get enough
For gleefulness, pure entertainment value, craftsmanship or twisted brilliance, this one cannot be beat In the absolute best way possible, 2015 belonged to the mad
Mark DiStefano
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Dope is one of those rare movies that succeed on multiple fronts It’s simultaneously a music movie, crime movie, drugs movie and coming-of-age movie, all while maintaining an interesting and charismatic narrative core Inglewood, Calif resident and high school senior Malcolm Adekanbi (Shameik Moore) passionately wants acceptance to Harvard, but is never reduced to be simply an ambitious student Rather, the viewers see Malcolm and his friends (Tony Revolori and Kiersey Clemons) writing music, cleverly selling drugs through online black markets and hailing ’90s hip-hop Yet, director/writer Rick Famuyiwa lays out Dope’ s brilliant takeaway in the film itself In a thought-provoking admissions essay monologue, Adekanbi describes a suburban straight-A student and a stereotypical inner city student before delivering the kicker: “So why do I want to attend Harvard?”
Adekanbi asks the camera “If I was white would you even have to ask me that question?”
Shay Collins
Spotlight Thomas McCarthy
Surprise, surprise: A bunch of college-aged newspaper critics love Spotlight, a modern All the President’s Men that renews our faith in print journalism and Rachel McAdams The film follows the eponymous team of investigative reporters at the Boston Globe as they questioned cardinals, wore pleated khakis and drank copious amounts of Dunkin Donuts The real draw, however, is the cast, each actor at the top of their game: Michael Keaton, hot off Birdman and proving that that performance wasn ’ t a late career fluke; Mark Ruffalo, in what is sure to snag him a Supporting Actor nomination; Liev Schreiber, who utterly disappears into the unflappable Marty Baron; my hero Brian d’Arcy James, who rocks a sick mustache; and Stanley Tucci, whose mere presence elevates any film to greatness You won ’ t find an ensemble this strong anywhere else this year
Sean Doolittle
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Inside Out
Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen
I’m not a rocket scientist, but this movie was a riot, and you don’t need to possess a degree in aeronautical engineering to enjoy it Director Ridley Scott and star Matt Damon both find the lighthearted touch they’ve been missing in such recent films as Exodus and Interstellar, respectively The tone this time is one of shameless fun
A vaguely space opera adventure that doesn’t take itself too seriously? No, not seriously at all! Not even as Damon as astronaut Mark Watney, appears to be in the most dire straits a human being could face Stranded on Mars for a period of several years, botanist Watney has to figure a way to survive by growing a heap of food on a planet where nothing grows Actors such as Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean and even Kristen Wiig provide strong backup The Martian turns out to be, of all things, a disarming humanistic comedy set on cinema’s favorite distant planet Mark DiStefano
Bridge of Spies
Diary of a Teenage Girl
Marielle Heller
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Steven Spielberg
Bridge of Spies is a very old-fashioned Hollywood movie and I mean this as the highest compliment Tom Hanks plays a lawyer in the 1950s who accepts the responsibility of defending a Soviet spy, and then later negotiates the real-life prisoner exchange that got the downed U-2 bomber Gary Powers back to the United States Hanks’ character really does believe in good old-fashioned American democracy and fairness (he resists his hostile neighbors who say that the spy should not get a lawyer), and the movie does too Spielberg also stages scenes with the historical aplomb they deserve: East Berlin is effectively portrayed as the most depressing place on Earth, and the climactic prisoner exchange scene on the titular bridge is thrilling This is Hollywood Golden Era” filmmaking perfectly applied Jesse Weissman
The Martian Ridley Scott Ex Machina
Alex Garland
Diary of a Teenage Girl is the film I’ve been waiting to see since I started wearing a bra Bel Powley’s Minnie is one of the most robust and gutturally real teenage characters I have ever had the pleasure of powerfully identifying with on-screen And the beautiful thing is, it’s not necessarily because she has relatable experiences Rather, it’s because she is as flooded with challenging human complexity as so many of her cinematic peers are devoid of it
A gruelingly candid and un-judgemental treatment of early female sexuality (a reality usually either erased entirely, or perversely exploited in popular culture) with a supporting outstanding performance by Kristin Wiig as Minnie’s self-absorbed but loving mother, Diary revels in our discomfort but simultaneously soothes us, because it shows us we are not alone
Jael Goldfine
It Follows
David Robert Mitchell
Forget the mountains of glowing reviews Forget the refreshing auteurist pounce on a genre that’s been dying (on the surface) for a long, long time Forget that chilling soundtrack that plopped you squarely back into horror’s no-matter-how-fast-you-run-it’ll-still-catch-ya heyday Forget the hype, and even forget all of the masterful tinges of productorial craftsmanship that reminded you what there is that can still be done within the bounds of “Horror ” Brush all of that aside, and what remains with It Follows? To be sure, one of the best additions to the Horror Canon (yea, this makes it right up there with Halloween and Suspiria, without a doubt) that also happens to be a genuinely scary flick and even though it is so much more than that, it doesn’t have to be Troy Sherman
When I went to see Ex Machina this spring, the usher congratulated me on being the first moviegoer to correctly pronounce its name Needless to say, I was flattered, and perhaps that was why I was so taken with the film It’s a total throwback to old school sci-fi, heavy on deep questions and light on the phasers and aliens What will happen when A I is indistinguishable from humanity? Are we approaching the singularity? Why is Oscar Isaac dancing all of the sudden? When the film suddenly morphs into a thriller midway through, it’ll keep you guessing ’til the end Star Wars will probably go down as the sci-fi movie of the year, but you definitely shouldn’t miss this one
Sean Doolittle
Creed Ryan Coogler
Creed, the new boxing film starring Michael B Jordan and the seventh entry in the Rocky series (although Sylvester Stallone’s iconic Balboa is a supporting character in this film), has many virtues It follows the original Rocky storyline almost to a T, yet somehow feels brand new Sylvester Stallone turns in career-best work as a Rocky who, instead of being the legendary fighter, is simply another old man without many friends left and who is fading into the past (and who knows it too) But perhaps the film’s most important quality is the visceral reactions it elicits from the audience I saw Creed with a couple of friends, and within random 10-minute stretches, we cried, pumped our fists and said “holy shit” to each other This movie is 100 percent sincere in its emotions, and it is all the better for it Jesse Weissman
Dance Tr oupe ’ s fall showcase “Pandora’s Boombox” this Friday, December 4th at 7 PM in Bar nes Hall! Tickets for this original dance pr oduction ar e $5.
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Letter to the Editor
A call for increased tact
Re: “Letter to the Editor: A Response to Lee Bender ’84,” Opinion, Dec 3
I would like to point out this not a letter on racial issues; instead this is a piece on the use of rhetoric
I am personally very embarrassed by the Student Assembly’s response to “Letter to the Editor: A Change for the Worse,” but not because I disagree with the intent of their letter, but with how their intents were expressed
Keith Bollt 19 Noah Eldan 19 Jack Kantor ’19
Jamil Rahman 19 Zachary Silver 19
The response is an exemplary piece of an ad hominem, an emotionally fueled and a poorly expressed piece For example, the response begins with “With all due respect, no one asked for your opinion,” which is the equivalent of starting an argument with “ your points are dumb ” Not only does the response begin at the level much below that of an Ivy League student, but it also champions the restriction of our most fundamental right, free speech Why does it matter if someone asked or did not ask Mr Bender? He has the right to send the letter regardless of whether his opinion is valid or not, especially since a Letter to the Editor is found under the OPINION tab of the Daily Sun You are not encouraging a conversation, instead restricting it Due to the complexities and the definition of equality, a conversation must be encouraged in order to allow a fair representation of all opinions, both popular and unpopular
As our representative voices, please encourage conversation and do not bash dialogue that is contradictory to your personal beliefs I believe if we can rationally engage with others, we can find a solution to this serious problem However, if we choose to shout down the opposition, we will never change hearts or minds
Back to the inappropriate use of ad hominem rhetoric, these arguments are valid only when used to understand the connection between an individual and their moral or ethical claims; otherwise, it is a logical fallacy While the response was able to express his bias by identifying him as a white male, it is evident that research on Mr Bender was intended to discredit his argument due to the authors’ extensive research Being accusatory and focusing on attacking the person rather than the argument itself weakens your well-intentioned points
In summation, I would like for the Student Assembly, the people who represent all the students on Cornell’s campus, to please do a better job, which is to well represent our University and I ask that you, as the select few chose to represent all students of Cornell, do exactly that You are destroying your credibility as capable and respectable leaders This is not what students saw when you were elected into your position We saw people with open minds capable of understanding all points of view
Again, I would like to stress this is not in support of Mr Bender, but instead a criticism of the rhetoric used by the Executive Board of the Student Assembly
Nicole Hamilton ’16* Michael White 17
Ryan Torrie ’17 Emily Zhang 18
Jason Zhou ’18
Pia Bocanegra 19
Emmanuel Hiram Arnaud
| Barely Legal
The Sentencing Reform Act of 2015
TheUnited States of America incarcerates more people per capita than any other nation in the world This was not always the case; in fact, this abominable statistic is a rather recent development In approximately the last 30 years, the prison population increased five fold, from a mere 320,000 in 1980 to 1 62 million in 2009 Many prominent scholars and journalists, such as Michelle Alexander and Radley Balko, agree that this rapid increase was the result of the infamous, and continuing, War on Drugs a nationwide movement that has led to the overpolicing of communities of color for crimes committed by other communities at the same rate (such as drug use), abuse of prosecutorial discretion and the creation of mandatory minimum sentencing laws More fundamentally, however, the massive increase stemmed from a movement away from a sympathetic, rehabilitative approach to enforcing criminal laws and towards a fixation on punishing offenders, especially non-violent drug offenders The genesis of what we now call the prison-industrial complex finds its roots in the endorsement of mandatory sentencing laws By the height of the nation-wide crime wave in the early 1990s, most states and the federal government enacted laws mirroring the 1972 Rockefeller Drug Laws The Rockefeller Drug Laws, and their draconian progeny, required
The transaction in the virtual world expands its influence to the real world’s economy. Lots of money has been invested and fights for trading right are taking place. Ignorance helps no one and will only leave virtual property transaction into the realm of anarchy
judges to sentence low-level drug offenders mostly non-violent and in possession of a small amount of narcotics to minimum sentences that often exceeded a decade With over-policing, the War on Drugs, the criminalization of even small amounts of narcotics and long-term mandatory minimum sentencing, the federal government and various states wrote the recipe for an exploding prison population
Our enormous prison population places an excessive economical strain on the federal government (and many state governments) With an increase of support for more rehabilitative or empathetic approaches to criminal justice, 26 senators sponsored the bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 (SRCA) This bill is groundbreaking in many respects because it amplifies the frustrations of many Americans with a criminal justice system that needlessly incarcerates non-violent drug offenders for decades on end and aims to provide rehabilitative services that will curb recidivism rates Apart from reducing enhanced penalties that applied to drug offenders and eradicating the federal “three strikes” law both of which act retroactively there are a few provisions in the bill that are particularly relevant to Cornell students
The first provision of interest is a step towards reforming in-prison programming The bill requires the Department of Justice to conduct a survey of the prisoners and assign them to appropriate recidivism-reduction programs These programs include prison-education programs, drug rehabilitation, job training and religious studies Inmates who successfully complete those programs can earn early release and spend final portions of their sentences in halfway houses or on house arrest This provision accomplishes two goals: decreasing recidivism rates through rehabilitative practices and reducing the prison population by providing a vehicle through which long-time inmates may finally re-enter society after serving at least 75 percent of their extensive sentences Prison programs, especially prison-education programs, dramatically decrease recidivism rates and help inmates obtain employment upon release Cornell has been involved in providing a lauded prison-education program at the Auburn and Cayuga correctional facilities, and those involved can attest to the power of prison education and the symbiotic relationship that rehabilitative programs foster
Another provision is of particular interest to Cornell Law students The bill significantly limits solitary confinement of juveniles in federal custody and permits the opportunity to petition for early release for any person sentenced to life imprisonment who committed the offense as a juvenile and has served 20 years The bill would also eliminate life sentences without parole for juvenile offenders The latter provision comes on the heels of the Supreme Court ruling in Miller v Alabama, in which the Court held that mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for juveniles constituted cruel and unusual punishment Our very own Professors John Blume, Keir Weyble and Sheri Johnson have been pursuing the similar goals in South Carolina, where they won new sentencing hearings for forty juvenile offenders following the Miller decision This provision of SRCA goes even further than Miller, and would provide much needed (albeit implicit) federal support for the eradication of juvenile life without parole sentences at the state level
The SRCA is a great step in the right direction This will likely not be, however, the last prison-reform bill that reaches the Senate floor because there is much work to be done regarding this issue It is time for our country to cease being the land of the free, home of the caged, and give honest opportunities for rehabilitation to people who found their way into the treacherous labyrinth of the criminal justice system I urge you to read the SRCA (S 2123) and call your state ’ s senators so that they may support this economically prudent, rehabilitation-oriented and empathetic bill
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“How did these students get accepted here? Do they understand what a letter to the editor is? Or could Siri not explain it to them?”
Grad Re: “Letter to the Editor: A Response to Lee Bender ’84,” Opinion published Dec. 3
The Gilded Age of the NFL
“Football
and community are the twin pillars of the NFL There exists a powerful NFL-wide commitment to giving back This commitment is yearround- there is no offseason to the NFL’s multi-tiered, ongoing work to strengthen America’s communities ” This is the NFL’s official stance on their role in the community Clearly the NFL can talk the talk, but do they walk the walk?
While the NFL claims to take a prominent role in bettering the community on a range of social issues, critics have argued that the NFL simply takes advantage of cause-based marketing such as their A Crucial Catch campaign to overshadow bad publicity, to generate public good will or simply to attract new fans and thereby more revenue It’s hard to ignore the financial contributions the NFL has made to various initiatives (although Vice Sports and other news outlets have identified instances where fund allocation has been misreported), but, looking beyond the money, how does the NFL follow through on its leading role in these social campaigns when the league’s ambassadors of the game, the players, want to do more?
Consider DeAngelo Williams, of the Pittsburgh Steelers, who’s been a poster child for the NFL’s breast cancer awareness initiatives As part of their partnership with the American Cancer Society (ACS), the NFL already promotes awareness by ‘pinking’ NFL stadiums, as well as certain player and coaching gear, to promote National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October
In honor of his mom Sandra, who died of breast cancer last year, Williams put in a request to extend his personal use of the pink gear beyond the designated month of October to throughout the NFL season However, the NFL denied the request Additionally, the NFL fined Williams $5,787 during the month of October for wearing custom eye black that said ‘We Will Find the Cure ’ Williams is not the only one to be fined for trying to promote cancer awareness in a manner not sponsored by the NFL Steeler’s defensive lineman Cameron Heyward was fined the same amount for writing ‘Ironhead’ on his eye black to honor his father, who died of bone cancer at age 39 Ironically,
player fines during the same seven-year period as NFL’s socalled Pinktober campaign have equalled over nine times the amount of money the NFL has donated to the ACS
For each of these fines and request denials, the NFL has cited their strict uniform policy; specifically rule five, section four of the NFL Rulebook, which includes the rules and regulations pertaining to equipment, uniform and player appearance However the NFL’s has inconsistently adhered to these rules Take Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions, who was fined the same $5,787 as Williams and Heyward for his shoes having “ too much blue ” Stafford was allowed to wear these same shoes during the preseason, and two of his teammates, Ndamukong Suh and Reggie Bush, wore the same colored cleats the previous season yet were never fined Look at Devon Still, former defensive
William Gay has been punished as well He was fined for wearing purple cleats, in honor of Domestic Awareness Month, which, like Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is October With all these fines, one has to wonder, why the NFL does not permit players from raising awareness for these causes that the NFL claims to care about The NFL has long been known to be strict about their uniform policy, and it’s understandable that they want to minimize the exposure of players using their public profile on the field to promote controversial issues But, as we ’ ve seen with the NFL’s own high profile controversies such as the Ray Rice incident and Deflategate, as soon as the NFL is no longer objective and transparent, they further diminish public’s faith in their credibility To be fair, as a fan of the game, it’s hard to argue the cut-and-dry nature of the rules pertaining to equip-
When the NFL invites itself to take on a social causes, such as Breast Cancer Awareness, and then starts punishing players simply trying to carry on the torch the NFL has lit, it does a disservice to the causes they stand for by discouraging other players.
tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals; he wore ‘Leah Strong’ on his eye black in every game he played in 2014 to honor his daughter, who was suffering from late-stage cancer The NFL did not fine, nor threaten to fine Still for his gesture An even more on-the-nose example is Antonio Brown, who wore a pink mouthpiece in early November, after the conclusion of Breast Cancer Awareness Month Perhaps in response to the negative publicity generated over DeAngelio Williams and Cameron Heyward, the NFL never announced a fine, and according to ProFootballTalk, never gave him one either Looking beyond those associated with Breast Cancer Awareness, players have also been fined for taking up other causes the NFL claims to promote as well Brandon Marshall, an advocate for Mental Health Awareness, was fined $10,500 for wearing green sneakers to attract attention for Mental Health Awareness Week
ment rules and regulations, which clearly stipulate what’s allowed and not allowed to be worn And it’s important to remember that the NFL is a business first, with a comprehensive revenue sharing model predicated on generating money, not providing a soap box to let people share their views But when the NFL invites itself to take on a social causes, such as Breast Cancer Awareness, and then starts punishing players simply trying to carry on the torch the NFL has lit, it does a disser vice to the causes they stand for by discouraging other players Ultimately, it continues to fuel doubt over how serious the NFL is about addressing its already-damaged reputation as an organization that cares about the community issues it claims to be concerned with addressing
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season of a lifetime A third of the way through the campaign, Leicester is in first place in the Premier League, occupying rarefied air usually reser ved for the giants of the league After all, o n l y C h
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r United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Blackburn Rovers have ever won the league title in 22 years of the league; United has won more than half of the championships This wholeheartedly unremarkable club from the Midlands sits in first place in the league, powered by Jamie Vardy’s fourteen goals Let’s analyze the reasons for this shocking ascendance Soccer is a team game, but goals win games; every successful team needs a skilled goalscorer Va rd y h a s p rov
Leicester this season The former factory worker played non-league s
Stocksbridge Park Steels, which means he was not paid to play He earned a contract with Fleetwood Town and impressed there, eventually being signed by Leicester
fast and hard-working for ward has scored goals in 11 straight games, setting a Premier League record (Ruud van Nistelrooy of Manchester United had the previo
games) At Ranieri’s experienced tactical discretion, Shinji Okazaki and Leonardo Ulloa have taken turns forming a formidable striking partnership with Vardy All of this begs the question: Is Leicester’s success sustainable and can the Foxes, as they’re known, go on to win the league title this
season? Asking these questions is a bit like asking whether Donald Trump can win the GOP nomination for President They are leading at this moment, but a thorough analysis of relevant factors shows that they are not likely to be there in six months
Leicester has ascended to the top of the league at a time when many believe the traditional top teams are weaker than ever In the past, all top talent would exclusively sign for the top four or five clubs; nowadays, more and more teams in the middle or bottom of the league are finding talented players willing to sign for the club The top clubs do not have exclusive access to the top talent and are struggling to dominate in their usual fashion Leicester has also played a ver y weak schedule so far In their next four matches, they’ll face
Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool and Ma
Foxes are serious title contenders or not
Something very strange is happening in the rolling hills of the English Midlands A forgotten coach has led a club that is usually an afterthought to the top of the Premier League Claudio Ranieri may be 64 and past his managerial prime, yet he is still managing in the Beatles’ home countr y Given his success with Leicester City Football Club, Ranieri could still get a free meal in any house in Leicester despite his age They still need him, and they would still feed him, even at 64
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Cornell Prepares to Take On ECAC Foes at Home
By JACK KANTOR Sun Staff Writer
After four straight road games and fighting off injuries, No 14/15 Cornell men ’ s hockey (6-1-2, 4-1-1 ECAC) returns to Lynah Rink this weekend for a pair of games against No 13/13 St Lawrence (8-3-2, 3-1-1 ECAC) and
Ice to meet you | Holden Anderson’s move to forward has been one of the many adjustments head coach Mike Schafer ‘86 has had to make because of the injuries plaguing the team
Clarkson (7-4-2, 0-3-2 ECAC) The Red was able to maintain its success on the road and will look to finish strong against two ECAC opponents before the Christmas break
St Lawrence, while only ranked sixth in the ECAC below Cornell, is an extremely tough opponent and could very well be the statement win the team has been looking for The Red has a good record and has a couple of ties against high quality squads, but they have not chalked up a win over a tough opponent, like St Lawrence University, thus far
“St Lawrence is a very deep hockey team, ” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86
The Saints have 10 players with at least six points in their 13 games Despite this depth, St Lawrence’s power play has struggled with only a 7 6 percent efficiency However, the Saints’ penalty kill ranks third in the country, stopping teams about 92 percent when down a man
Clarkson’s record and placing tied for last in the ECAC is also deceiving The Golden Knights handed Quinnipiac, whom the Red lost in overtime to, their first non-win of the season as Clarkson tied the Bobcats on Nov 2
“Clarkson has good size, is a solid team and well coached,” Schafer said “Their record in the league doesn’t show it but have had some outstanding wins outside the league and we know they are a formidable opponent ”
Clarkson began its season 5-1 yet has slowed down since with only four goals in five league games The Golden Knights are hungry for their first ECAC win and to climb up the standings
“These games are going to be extremely tough, but we are looking forward to it,” Schafer said
One of the roadblocks Cornell has faced for most of this season is a large number of injuries on the squad Players have been sidelined for periods of time such as senior captain John Knisley, sophomore Dwyer Tschantz, freshmen Beau Starrett, Luc Lalor and Chad Otterman, and now sopho-
The Story of Leicester’s Claudio Ranieri
“Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64?” This classic Beatles song asks whether people remain relevant when they reach a certain age In the Beatles’ home, the United Kingdom, a 64-
year-old is at the forefront of one of the most stunning sports turnarounds in some time
Claudio Ranieri has a storied career at the top level of soccer management The Italian has managed first division clubs in England, Italy, France and Spain, including such legendary clubs as Inter Milan and Chelsea Having managed for over 30 years, the 64-year-old should logically be entering a decline In his last job, he managed the Greece national team He was in charge of the team for four matches, losing three of them, two to the lowly Faroe Islands As a result, he was fired and seemed likely to retire
Over in the English Midlands, Leicester City was a club with midtable stability in the English Championship (the league directly
below the Premier League ) However, they had an amazing season in 2013-14, when manager Nigel Pearson led them to first place out of the Championship’s 24 teams and earned an automatic promotion to the Premier League Predictably, they struggled in 2014-15 against the higher quality teams in the Premiership, sitting in last place halfway through the season But a flurry of wins late in the season led to Leicester miraculously surviving, avoiding relegation back to the Championship
Expectations were low for Leicester’s second straight Premier League season in 2015-16 During the summer, Pearson was fired; he had been suspended several times for his bizarre conduct and club management finally lost their patience The club called Ranieri, who accepted the job offer Ranieri had not managed in England since the end of his spell at Chelsea in 2004 and still struggled with English He was known as the “ Tinkerman” from his time at Chelsea because he often tinkered with his lineups week-to-week, which some believed hurt his team
Thus, Ranieri and Leicester were an odd pairing; many thought Leicester would finish in the bottom-three this year and be relegated However, Leicester has had the
more Jared Fiegl, among others
“We are trying to survive right now, ” Schafer said “With the amount of injuries we have had, Jared Fiegl will be out this week we will probably play eight, nine defensemen this weekend [We have] an unbelieveable amount of forwards that are hurt right now But this team is really mentally tough ”
As a result, the Red has seen players stepping in and playing positions they are not used to playing Junior Holden Anderson has been playing up as a forward despite playing defense throughout his career Anderson isn’t just filling in at forward, he’s succeeding at a high level
“When you got guys like Holden, who can step up from playing [defense] never really having played forward in his life and play as well as he is playing right now, it shows the depth of our hockey team and the commitment,” said sophomore Trevor Yates
“Holden Anderson [scored] a huge goal at Madison Square Garden as a defenseman playing forward,” Schafer said “The guys who are playing right now are doing a tremendous job, they keep plugging away ”
Schafer and the Red are not using this as an excuse though Cornell looks to come out and put the puck in the net and win each night, regardless of the personnel
“Our mentality is that we are a team this year, ” Yates said “We have four lines that have got to be going every night; it’s not going to just be one line It doesn’t matter if you ’ re playing forward or defense, you have to work as hard as you can ” It is hard to stay mentally tough when a team experiences key losses due to injuries However, the Red has managed to develop a mental toughness to withstand these obstacles
The team ’ s mental toughness is “something coach has tried to instill in us ever since preseason and before preseason, ” according to sophomore Dan Wedman “We have had
Women Storm Past Towson
By ANNA FASMAN Sun Sports Editor
In Wednesday’s game against Towson, the Cornell women ’ s basketball team pulled ahead by 28 points, posting its fourth win of the season at 88-60 Junior guard Kerri Moran and junior forward Nicholle Aston both had double-doubles on the night, with Moran scoring 18 points and 10 assists and Aston posting 10 points and pulling down 10 rebounds Junior forward Nia Marshall was just one
rebound shy of a double-double as well, finishing with 22 points on the night and nine rebounds Marshall currently sits at third in scoring in the Ivy League
While the Red lost two games in a row last week to Buffalo and Marshall, the win on Wednesday leaves the squad at 4-3 on the season so far Not only did the team play a consistently strong game, but despite a back-and-forth first quarter, the squad managed to only turn the ball over six times compared to Towson’s 16 Additionally,
Cornell’s 88 points were the most the Red has scored in regulation since its 2008-09 season Cornell held the Tigers to 40 percent shooting, while shooting 50 percent from the floor and 54 8 percent from beyond the arc The Red is looking to carry its momentum over from the Towson game into its faceoff tonight against Stony Brook at 7 p m
Anna Fasman can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun com
buckets | After Wednesday’s victory, the Red are back above 500 for the year Cornell will play Stony Brook tonight at 7 p m
Kevin Linsey The Beautiful Game
By OLIVIA MATTYASOVSZKY Sun Sports Editor
After winning their home opener on Nov 18 against Colgate, the Cornell women ’ s basketball team lifted its record to 2-1 Since then, the squad has seen two more wins and two losses, leaving the team at 3-3 The Red, who finished at the bottom of the conference last year, is looking to follow the lead of its lone senior, Madeline Campbell
As for other returners, the future looks bright Cornell returns junior and three-year starter Kerri Moran, as well as top scorer junior Nia Marshall and starting for ward
j u n i o r Ni c h o l l e Aston, who dominated on the boards
l a s t s e a s o n
A l o n g s i d e Mo r a n , the backcourt welcomes back junior Megan Leduc The two guards will join
C a m p b e l l i n t h e captains’ huddle
MARSHALL-LED RED HAS HIGH MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB
another year by head coach Dayna Smith, who is the winningest coach in the program ’ s
h i s t o r y Sm i t h i s j o i n e d by returning assistants Val Klopfer and Brendan Burke, as well as n e wc o m
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“ We had a great p re s e a s o n , b u t s t r u g g l e s t o c a r r y that success over to Ivy play last year, ” Aston said “By being able to learn from those losses last year and improving upon mistakes we are making now, we w i l l d e f i n i t e l y m a k e a stronger run at the Ivy title this year ”
Of f e n s i ve l y, t h e Re d a re once against lead by Marshall,
Marshall
who is averaging 16 9 points per game while addining in 6 0 rebounds and 1 6 assists On the season, she is shooting 459 from the field and 574 from the free-throw line
A l s o c o n t r i b u t i n g s i g n i f icantly on the offensive end of the floor are Aston, who is averaging 9 1 points per game, collecting 6 7 rebounds per game and is shooting 48 4 per-
c e n t f ro m t h e f i e l d , a n d Campbell, who is averaging 8 7 p o i n t s p e r g a m e , 6 9 rebounds per game and shooting 48 1 percent from the field
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a r s a t G u s t a v o s A d o l p h u s College A 2013 gradu a t e , Florian will prove to be an important asset on such a young team “ T h i s s e as o n w i l l b e d i f f e r e n t w i t h s o m a n y u p p e rc l a s sm e n
t h e ove r a l l a t m o s p h e re , s o making sure that all of us hold each other accountable and that we keep up the intensity is a huge focus that we have this year ”
University and Towson In its first test of the season, the Red traveled to Connecticut to play the Hawks, but lost in a heartb re a k i n g g a m e , 5 0 - 5 3 T h e g a m e w a s d e c i d e d w h e n a Hartford player drained a three with just seconds left to break
Megan LeDuc notched five points, four assists, two steals and a block
The team got its footing and took home a win against the Br yant Bulldogs Marshall led the team once again with 23 points, and Campbell had a
500 from the floor and an outstanding 625 from beyond the three-point line Those stats added up to an eight point diff e r e n
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The coaching staff is led for
PLAYERS TO WATCH
per game this season.
b e c a u s e all of us are tr ying to make sure that we set a good example for t h e u n d e rc l a s s m e n , ” A s t o n said “Our coach has told us that we set the t e m p o a n d
So far this season, the basketball team has f a c e d t h e Ha r t f o rd , Br y a n t Un i ve r s i t y, Colgate, Saint Francis, Bu f f a l o , Ma r s h a l l
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schedule has not star ted yet this season, all but one of the teams has a winning record Brown, Columbia, Princeton and Penn all have one loss, with Har vard at two losses, Yale and Cornell at three losse s a n d D a r t m o u t h t r a i l i n g behind with a 1-5 record For the home opener, the Red improved its record to 21 with a victor y against the Raiders Though Cornell only shot 311 from inside the line a n d 2 8 6 f ro m b e yo n d , i t s defense stymied the Raiders’ shooters and the Red pulled away to win the game, 73-60
Si n c e t h e g a m e a g a i n s t Colgate, the team saw a six-point win against St Francis and two significant losses against Buffalo and Mars h a l l De s p i t e the losses, the season is looki n g b r i g h
The Macedonia, Ohio native was named firstteam All-Ivy after a strong sophomore season Marshall became the first Cornell player since 2007-08 to take home first-team honors Last season, she became the only player in Cornell history to score 30 points in a game three times in one season
After seeing a significant increase in playing time, Aston finished last season second on the Red and 14th in the Ivy League with 11 3 points per game Aston also finished third in the conference with a 504 shooting percentage and set the school record for field goal percentage in a game
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By SHANE LEWIS Sun Assistant Sports Editor
After a disappointing 2014 campaign that saw the team finish last in five out of 11 team meets last year, the Cornell gymnastics team should be eager to get back onto the mats The team finished last at the ECAC championships, a position Cornell has not found itself in over a decade, a decade that has been very good to the Red gymnastics team Over the past 10 years, the program has won the Ivy Classic four times, the
top recruited classes and they each contribute a lot to the team, ” said senior Sara Schupp “The degree of difficulty and their ability to perform each skill is phenomenal ”
Cornell also has plenty of talent returning from last year ’ s team Elana Molotsky, who was a second-team USAG AllAmerican last year, is still only a junior The team should be very impressive on vault this year, as the return three USAG Collegiate National qualifiers from last year ’ s squad
These are Alexandrian Bourgeois, Alicia Bair and Sarah Schupp
“The freshman class is one of our top recruited classes.”
The Red features seven seniors to complement their seven incoming freshman: Bair, Schupp, Hanna Clark, Kaylie Cronin, Kennedy Prentice and Sophia Scazzero
Sara Schupp
ECAC meet once and has finished in the top three at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals three times
There is reason to believe that the squad can get back to those heights this upcoming season The team features a good mix of promising incoming recruits and experienced veterans
The seven freshman joining the Red this year are Morgan Chall, Lyanda Dudley, Kaitlin Green, Kelsy Kurfirst, Christina Luniewicz, Malia Mackey and Rebecca Thron “The freshman class is one of our
Paul Beckwith returns for his 21st season as the women ’ s head coach
While at Cornell, Beckwith has overseen the program ’ s first ECAC Championship as well as three straight Ivy Class titles from 2008 to 2010
However, since the team ’ s first ECAC Championship in 2011, the squad has finishes in the top two at the conference championships only once and has finished last place at the Ivy Classic twice
The Red has a great chance to get back to their winning ways at the Classic this season Cornell will host the event, and the Red always have success when competing in Teagle Gymnasium Last season, the Red
won three competitions in its home gym, including an impressive performance the Big Red Invitational A win at the Ivy Classic could be the momentum the team needs to be successful during the home stretch of the season “This year, we get to host Ivy’s so we are really looking forward to that,” Schupp said “It is always nice to have a big meet in your home gym because we can get a large crowd to support us ”
Overall, the Red is primed to have a breakout season after last year ’ s subpar campaign Cornell has a great mix of senior experience, talented freshman and scheduling advantages that put the Red in a good position The season kicks off at the Lindsey Ferris Invitational on Jan 17
GYMNASTS TO WATCH
Junior Elana Molotsky was second team USAG AllAmerican last year Molotsky shined on the bars and on the floor last year , finishing in the Top-10 in both in the ECAC Championships last year
Malia Mackey, one of the team’s freshman, comes to Cornell with a state championships in bar, vault and floor The freshman has qualified for the Junior Olympic nationals the past three straight years
By BRITTANY BIGGS Sun Staff Writer
The 2015-16 squash season for the Red is underway for both the men ’ s and women ’ s teams Both squads have graduated a number of seniors and are now looking to start the season fresh But with this passing of the torch comes new expectations and challenges for the two teams
The men ’ s team graduated one of its best players from last season, Aditya Jagtap ’15, and is now working with a very young group with 11 freshmen and sophomores combined The team stands at 2-0 with a break in its schedule until Jan 9
“I have a completely different team, ” said head coach Mark Devoy “I have six freshmen and I graduated four last years The whole dynamics [have changed] It has become quite a young team It’s a steep learning curve for a lot of them ”
Despite the changes, the team is ready to move forward with everything it learned both last season in the first two games played this season
“I learned many things from last year ’ s seniors,” said senior captain Graham Dietz “Time flies at college and they taught me to savor every moment [and] enjoy every last day ” Dietz said that in addition to learning to appreciate his time on the squad, he also learned valuable leadership qualities from last year ’ s seniors
“Their biggest contribution was that no matter how bad of a day you may be having, when you come to practice, don’t let your teammates see that you may not be there completely,” he said “They taught me to lead by example They were incredible at it I think this speaks highly of how our coach, Mark Devoy, teaches us to carry
ourselves on and off the court ”
Mark Devoy said that goals for this season include improving the Red’s ranking and getting the roster of young players used to and ready for college play
“We are trying to get the new players as much exposure as possible,” Devoy said “Getting your players adapted to a rigorous training regiment is also important to the team ’ s development
The women ’ s team is also dealing with holes left from the graduation of influential players, like Danielle Letourneau ’15
“Team culture is a part of the team that is [still] going and gets passed down, so seniors play a large role,” said head coach Julee Devoy “This year we have excellent captains and they will continue to be great We have a very cohes i v e group ”
S e n i o r captain Olivia Wherry said that the loss of last year ’ s seniors is definitely felt and that the group of graduates left the team with a culture of camaraderie and strong
leaders
“Last year we had a really strong group of girls,” she said “They taught me how to work hard and lead by example, while simultaneously having the best time of my life These girls taught me the true meaning of camaraderie and teamwork ”
Wherry also acknowledged the importance of her own senior year and time in a leadership position On a team where eight of the 12 players are underclassmen, being a strong captain and example for one ’ s team is of vital importance
“As I embark on my senior year journey, it’s important to me to lead the team in a positive direction,” she said “We have a very young team and I know that with hard work and determination, we can be one of the best women ’ s squash teams that Cornell has ever had I’m thrilled to be part of a family that is filled with strong leaders, each of whom has their own interests and stories to share with the team This year is going to be about working hard and fighting to win every match we play I am very excited about what is to come ”
Regardless of the changes, it’s back to business for these two teams come early January
“What I expect every year, every day, [is] loyalty to their team and hard work,” Devoy said
By JAMIL RAHMAN Sun Staff Writer
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By ELANI COHEN Sun Staff Writer
Just like last season, the fencing team has gotten off to a fast start, cruising to a sweep in its first invitational of the season The Vassar
I n v i t a t i o n a l , which occurred on Nov 21, involved Vassar College,
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U n i v e r s i t y , H a v e r f o r d College, the City
College of New York, Sacred Heart University, Tufts University, Stevens Institute of Technology and N o r t h w e s t e r n University, all of whom Cornell beat Cornell had at least a 15-point advantage in all but one of their matches
“Our team has been performing extremely well,” said senior Ediona Sera “ The dynamic on the team is the best it’s
ever been and that’s in part due to our amazing freshmen Our team is really looking to just come together and make the Cornell community proud We’re looking to put Cornell fencing on the map and that’s definitely possible this season ”
In the Vassar
t o u r n a m e n t , Cornell earned eight victories: Junior Victoria Wines finished the
invitational undefeated with an overall score of 210 Sera also found huge success at Vassar she finished the tournament nearly undefeated with a final score of 20-1 Senior Angelica Gangemi followed Wines and Sera finishing with an impressive score of 19-3
The foil squad was dominant in the tournament as well All five of the players in the foil squad, including freshman Angela Zhang and sophomores Gabriella Zusin and Julia Telischi, finished the tournament with winning records and great performances
Like the foil squad, the sabre squad, which includes junior Abigail Forth, sophomores Megan Buteau and Regina Chen and freshmen Zoee D’Costa and Yelizaveta Sapozhnikov, finished the Vassar Invitational on top winning 58 of the 72 bouts Chen led the team with a 15-4 record, but was closely followed behind by her fellow sabre squad members
However, the rest of the squad also contributed to help the squad finish successfully “ We hope to carry the momen-
PLAYERS TO WATCH
shines
for the Red, earning firstteam All-American honors in 2015 and first-team All-Ivy honors in 2014 and 2015
Gangemi was selected to represent the Untied States at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea last year and finished in 43rd place in the foil competition.
The team ’ s high win record was due mostly to Wines, who finished the day u n d e f e a t e d
The epee squad, which includes Wines, s o p h o m o r e Jasmine Chow, freshman Emma Wilkinson and seniors Muller and Jenny Zheng, led the fencing team posting a winning record of 50-22
Invitation will be m o re c h a l l e n ging, but the team is fierce this year and we ’ re ready to go ”
Splash down | The men’s and women’s
By ANNA FASMAN
Sports Editor
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Slam down | Junior Gabe Dean was one of the highlights of Cornell’s two losses at Madison Square Garden last year Dean won both his matches and is currently ranked first at the 184-weight class
A WELL- ROUNDED CONFERENCE
TA K I N G S T O C K O F T H E E C AC
A
2 - 5 - 1 , 2 - 4 E C A C
The Green lost their three top scorers earlier this season after a strong finish to the last season The top returners for Dartmouth includes Brad Schierhorn
a n d Gr a n t O p p e r m a n w h i l e Bre t t Patterson, Tim Shoup and Ryan Bullock project to receive most of the minutes on the blue line for the Green
U N I O N
4 - 6 - 3 , 1 - 5 E C A C
Goalie Coin Stevens and lead scorer Daniel Ciampini, two key cogs from the 2014 National Championship team, departed, leaving the program in a slight flux Junior captain Mike Vecchione
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Dutchmen this season Freshman Greg Campbell wll likely prove to be an instant impact player
Q U I N N I P I A C 1 3 - 0 - 2 , 4 - 0 - 2 E C A C
As the Red learned early on this season, Quinnipiac is a force to be reckoned with With an extremely physical style of play, the Bobcats excel at dictating the tempo of the game versus any opponent While the team lost key players in Matt Peca, Dan DFederico and Justin Agosta, junior Sam Anas has continued to be a major contributor on the
o f f e s i v e e n d f o r t h e
B o b c a t s t h i s s e a s o n Devon Toews, Connor
C l i f t o n a n d Mi c h a e l Garteig will anchor the b l u e l i n e f o r t h e Bobcats this season
P R I N C E T O N
2 - 8 , 1 - 5 E C A C
This is year two of a massive rebuilding project for the Tigers and h e a d c o a c h Ro n Fogarty In 30 games last season, Princeton
s c o re d j u s t 3 9 g o a l s While the team returns their top-three scoring threates in Alex Riche, Ma x Ve r o n n e a u a n d Ryan Kuffner, there is not an abundance of impact players on the
Ti g e r s r o s t e r G o a l i e Colton Phinney, who had a 910 save percentage last season, returns between the pipes
H A R V A R D 6 - 1 - 1 , 4 - 1 - 1 E C A C
Hobey Baker finalist Jimmy Vesey is back and is force to be reckoned with The Nashville Predators prospect leads a s t r o n g o f f e n s i v e a t t a c k w i t h Ky l e Criscuolo, Alexander Kerfoot and Sean Malone Ryan Donato, a Boston Bruins draft pick, is one of the better NHL prospects in the confer-
By JOON LEE Sun Assistant Sports Editor
ence The Crimson, again, figure to make a big splash in the conference with an all-around stong and balanced style of play
YA L E 5 - 2 - 2 , 3 - 1 - 2 E C A C
Led by defenseman Rob O’Gara, a Boston Br uins prospect, head coach Keith Allan’s defense projects to be one o f t h e b e s t i n t h e c o n f e re n c e Sophomore goalie Alex Lyon, who had teh best goals against average and save percentage in the conference, stands on his head behind the pipes on a nightly basis
the Golden Knights coming into the season was finding a consistent goaltender among the
Casey Jones hopes that his physical defense will translate to win in the con-
Tr o y Josephs leads the offensive attack for Clarkson
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but have made up the
Offensively, Anthony
Vanderlaan anchor a line with center Jeff
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Ste war t return to man the net for the Red Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 has emphasized the change in culture around the program this season
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Tyler Bird, Sam Lafferty and Max Willman, all sophomores, figure to be major players for the Bears this season as building blocks for future success In addition, head coach Brendan Whittet will depend on the play of Mark Naclerio and Nick Lappin to help lead Bron offensively While Brown has the potential to play better than their record, they will need to see improvement from their defense and
Raiders will depend on Tyson and Tylor Spink and Darcy Murphy to lead the way offensively Jake Kulevich will prove to be one of the most important players on the defensive end for Colgate this seaosn Goalie Charlie Finn is a solid presence in net and will be a big help for a defense that is young and lack experience
goaltending in order for the team to excel in the latter part of the season
Colgate lost several important players, contributing their slump early in their season Gone are Spiro Golakos, Ryan Johnston and Kyle Baun T h e
The Engineers have been one of the most surprising players in the ECAC in the early part of the season The team has found success despite losing their top three scorers and their top strong defenseman Sophomore Drew Melanson returns as the top scorer Buffalo Sabres goalie prospect Jason Kasdorf returns in net for Engineers, but has split time with freshman Cam Hackett Junior Riley Bournonnais has led the team in offense this season with 12 points
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prove to be their most important players their next season after putting up one of the best goaltending seasons in
Sophomore Mike Marnell, the secondleading goal scorer on the team last year with 11, returns to
the offense
By JACK KANTOR Sun Staff Writer
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t o n e e d t o s t e p u p a n d f i l l i n t h e h o l e s , a n d m o re T h e t e a m h a s s e e n e v i d e n t h e l p f ro m i t s i n c o m i n g f re s h m a n c l a s s No t a b l y, f re s h m e n A n t h o n y A n g e l l o a n d Mi t c
• Selected by the Penguins with the 145th overall pick in the fifth round of the 2014 NHL Entr y Draft.
• Leads the Red in goals scored so far his season
• Collected 19 goals, 16 assists in 56 games for the USHL’s Omaha Lancers in 2014-15
