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Dairy delights | The Cornell Dairy Bar reopened in Stocking Hall last Friday after undergoing years of renovations. It will eventually serve not only ice cream, but also apple cider, yogurt and milk.

C.U.Dairy Bar Reopens for Business

By ERICA AUGENSTEIN Sun Staff Writer

To the delight of many Cornellians, the Dairy Bar — a campus fixture serving Cornell-made ice cream — reopened for business last Friday.

The Dairy Bar closed in 2010 to undergo renovations.

With the Dairy Bar’s limited-service opening in Stocking Hall, Cornellians will be able to look forward to sampling Cornell Dairy products — including apple cider, yogurt, milk and ice cream — en masse later this fall.

Currently, there are 22,000 pounds of sugar ready for ice cream production in storage at the University’s Dairy Processing Plant, according to Jason Huck, general manager of Dairy Operations at the Dairy Processing Plant.

“We are hoping to start bottling apple cider on

Homecoming Saturday,” Huck said, “From there, we plan to phase in our fluid milk, yogurt and ice cream products.”

In addition to opening up in a new facility, the Cornell Dairy Plant has also revamped its logo and many of its product labels and packaging for products like cider, yogurt, milk and ice cream, according to Huck.

Students welcomed the Dairy Bar’s reopening with excitement, saying they are excited to try its signature, Cornell-made ice cream when production begins in the fall. Some students who have classes near the Dairy Bar’s new Stocking Hall location said they appreciate its convenience.

“I am an animal science student. It was a bit annoying to walk down to Trillium. … It’s a good location,” Danielle See DAIRY page 4

Ithaca Police Launch Criminal Investigation After ‘Small Explosion’ Occurs at Wegmans

By AKANE OTANI Sun Managing Editor

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Scene of the explosion | The can recycling machine inside Wegmans exploded Wednesday.

Ithaca Police are investigating who may have caused a small explosion that occurred inside Wegmans early Wednesday evening.

At approximately 5:50 p.m.

Wednesday, a husband and wife using a can recycling machine inside Wegmans’ lobby were injured when the machine exploded. Upon arriving on the scene, IPD, the Ithaca Fire Department and Bangs Ambulance found the husband and wife received minor to moderate injuries in their upper torso area and hands.

The explosion was contained to the immediate area around the can recycling machine, according to the

IPD. Emergency responders transported the injured couple to a local hospital for treatment. Wegmans remained open Wednesday evening as security officials redirected customers trying to enter the store to another entrance.

Police launched a criminal investigation into the incident, saying that, as of Thursday, they had ruled out that the machine exploded due to a malfunction.

Earlier, on Wednesday, police said that while the cause of the explosion was still unknown, they did not suspect a chemical or biological agent was used to set off the explosion.

Akane Otani can be reached at managing-editor@cornellsun.com.

For the first time in Cornell’s history, students living in on-campus housing are able to live with a roommate of any gender.

The gender-inclusive housing option comes just a year after the University discontinued a pilot program, citing a lack of demand among students. This fall, out of the 3,340 people who signed up for the housing lottery, 26 students are living in gender-inclusive housing, according to Carlos Gonzalez, assistant director of office of residential and event services.

All 26 students who chose gender inclusive housing currently reside on West Campus and chose gender-inclusive suites, not gender-inclusive rooms, Gonzalez said.

The gender-inclusive housing option was open to all continuing students living in West Campus, Collegetown “Our intent is dorms, program houses to continue and University co-operthe program ative houses.

Though the resoluregardless tion proposing this of the year’s gender-inclusive housing option was numbers.” passed by the Student Assembly in 2012, Joseph Burke efforts to implement such an option began years ago, with one resolution calling for gender-inclusive housing passed in October 2007.

Advocates of gender-inclusive housing faced a setback in 2012 when the University discontinued its previous three-year pilot program after finding “the few multi-gender suites that were reserved ended up yielding far more roommate issues and complaints than single-gender suites,” Gonzalez said to The Sun last year.

This time around, however, the genderinclusive option may continue despite low demand.

“Our intent is to continue the program regardless of the numbers. I think it is an important option to have available for residents,” Burke said.

Ulysses Smith ’13, Student Assembly president, said the small numbers of students opting for gender-inclusive housing this year were not surprising, especially when compared to numbers seen at other campuses that have initiated gender-inclusive housing.

“We [students sponsoring the resolution] all understood going into this that there is never an overwhelming majority [of students choosing gender-inclusive housing] in the first few years,” he said. “We saw from See HOUSING page 4

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Today Planning for Socially And Spatially Excluded Communities 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m., 109 Academic Surge Facility A Domingo Acosta Lecture: Affordable Public Housing in Venezuela 12:20 - 2 p.m., Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall Inside the Glass: A Night of Sustainable Sushi and Cocktails 5 - 7 p.m., Ithaca Museum of the Earth Welcome Weekend: Casino Night 10 p.m. - 2 a.m., Willard Straight Hall

News, “New Law May Bring Startups to Cornell, New York State,” Tuesday Speaking about the benefits of a bill titled Start-Up NY “When you look at this holistically, there’s an opportunity for projects to be located on campus, near campus or in the community, wherever it makes sense …. That way, not only the tax burden, but also the job and investment benefits, can be spread in a way that makes sense for all.”

Gary Ferguson, executive director of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance

News, “For First Time, Cornell Orientation Week Features Consent Ed Frogramming,” Wednesday Speaking about his perception of the efficacy of Orientation Week’s consent ed programming “Probably most of the students there might not have been taking it as seriously as they should because they haven’t been in [a consent-related] situation like that before.”

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Opinion, “Preserving the College Experience,” Tuesday Speaking about how the college experience may be in danger “We students must answer the call to action that President Obama issued not an hour’s drive from Ho Plaza.

We must lobby the administration to ensure that the University’s ranking will only improve if we are judged not by the fame of our faculty, but by the affordability of their lectures.”

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News, “Cornellians Reflect on 50th Anniversary of March on Washinton for Jobs, Freedom,” Thursday Speaking about the impact of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on modern society “So many issues in recent times, from the recent retrenchments against black voting rights to the outcome of the George Zimmerman verdict for the murder of the Florida teen Trayvon Martin, serve as a sobering reminder that the struggle for civil rights continues.”

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Albie Sachs Talks Justice,Absolution

By SARAH CUTLER Sun Senior Writer

“Everything suddenly went dark. I knew something terrible was happening to me, and I didn’t know if I was alive or if I was dead.”

So began Albie Sachs, a former South African Constitutional Court Justice and an anti-apartheid activist, in his recollection of the day he lost his arm and sight in one eye when a bomb exploded in his car. Sachs, who spoke at Cornell Thursday, was the “conscience of the court” and a key player behind several landmark judgments, including one that made South Africa the fifth nation to recognize same-sex marriage, according to Fredrik Logevall, vice provost for international affairs.

Although Sachs’ story as an equal rights activist was not without struggle, he spoke of the importance of being optimistic — drawing a silver lining from even that day a bomb exploded in his car.

“I heard a voice speaking to me, saying, ‘Albie, your arm is in a lamentable condition. You’ll need to face the future with courage,’” Sachs said. When he realized he’d lost his arm, he “felt fantastic,” he said. “It’s only an arm. I’m going to live, and my country’s going to live and get stronger.”

Sachs, who formerly served as the National Executive of the African National Congress, spoke as part of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies’ speaker series, focusing on “soft vengeance” — the idea that not reciprocating violence is more powerful than “proving you’re stronger than they are.”

Sachs recalled a letter he received while recovering from the explosion. The author promised to avenge Sachs’s injury.

“I thought, ‘Avenge me? Is that what we’re fighting for?

Is that the kind of country we want to create?’” Sachs said.

“If we get democracy, if we get rights for all, that will be my soft vengeance, and roses and lilies will grow out of my arm.”

If a suspect in the bombing was tried and acquitted because of a lack of evidence, he added, that too would be soft vengeance, because it would demonstrate that South Africans were living under rule of law.

Sachs also reflected on the time he spent in jail, when he was declared a terrorist by the government because he was a member of the ANC. “That was an experience worse, far worse than anything I expected,” he said. “It’s pure isolation – you stare at your toes, at the wall, at your toes, at the wall, and only one minute has passed. On a good day I’d just be depressed, and on a bad day, I’d be in a deep, deep, dark depression.”

After his imprisonment, Sachs was exiled to England, and later to Mozambique. When he returned to South Africa, he helped prepare for a new democratic constitution in South Africa. He emphasized in his speech the importance of the Constitution’s bill of rights.

“The bill of rights is there for minorities and majorities; that’s its strength – that it’s not racially based,” he said.

“We needed the bill of rights of our nation and for future generations.”

Sachs’s speech ended with an unexpected story: years after the bombing, he met Henry, the man who placed the bomb in his car. They talked, and Sachs encouraged Henry to tell his story to South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, where perpetrators were given the chance to provide testimony and ask for amnesty after apartheid was outlawed.

“For me, that was far more meaningful than sending Henry to jail, because [in the commission] we could see what held us all together and what we all believed in,” he said. “I’m not friends with Henry – I won’t phone him up and get a drink – but if he sits next to me on the bus or something, I’ll say, ‘Hi, Henry, how are you getting on?’ because we’re both living in the same country. We’re both South Africans now.”

Since his time in the court, Sachs has published numer-

CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Talking the talk | Albie Sachs gives the A.D. White Professor a lecture Thursday about being a freedom fighter and judge in South Africa.

ous books and lectured at universities worldwide. He was appointed in 2012 by the Kenyan government to help vet Kenyan judges and remove those with “doubtful conduct,” Logevall said.

Sarah Cutler can be reached at scutler@cornellsun.com.

Transfers Cramped in Converted Lounges

By ASHLEY CHU

As a result, Jeffrey lives with four other girls in a High Rise 5 lounge on North Campus. In addition to having many With the third largest group of freshroommates, being placed in a freshman men in Cornell’s history arriving on camdorm is a challenge, she said. pus, at least a dozen new students have “I’m a second semester junior in a found themselves placed in a cozy space: building full of freshmen, and I’ve already lounges converted into dorms housing done my freshman year. I’d rather be in a five students each. building with people my own This fall, there were not enough age,” she said. rooms to house all students who “Historically, students who are placed in lounges One of Jeffrey’s four roomrequested on-campus housing, mates, Aquillah White ’15 — according to Carlos Gonzalez, assis- are typically late applicants or returning students a second semester junior tant director of the Office of in need of housing due to off-campus leases returning from a leave of Residential and Event Services. As a absence — agreed that their result, some transfer students, falling through.” housing situation is a setback. exchange students and students Carlos Gonzalez While “we all work togethwhose leases had fallen through and er really well, it’s a little who later requested on-campus cramped and a little hot, and housing have been placed in dorm we can’t open [the door] for lounges.

Nicole Jeffrey ’15, an exchange student some sort of safety reasons, so I’m really Gonzalez said it is not unusual to con- from New Zealand, said she received an hoping I can switch,” she said. vert lounges into dorms, adding that by email from the University notifying her White said she was notified via email spring semester, all of the affected stu- that she had been assigned to a quintuplet that she was unable to get a room on camdents will be given new housing assign- in High Rise 5. pus, so she spoke with her advising dean ments.

“They said that eventually within and was eventually told that there was a “When we are over-capacity, there is no about two to three weeks, they want to space on North Campus in a quintuplet. other alternative that we employ on-cam- put us into proper dorms … so we’re just All the floors of High Rise 5 had conpus,” Gonzalez said in an email. the overflow,” Jeffrey said. verted lounges on the first day, according to Shaniqua Johnson ’14, a residential advisor for the fifth floor of High Rise 5.

According to Gonzalez, the lounges are very spacious.

“Historically, there have even been situations where the students have been reluctant to move because they have enjoyed the accommodation so much,” he said.

Jeffrey, however, said she would rather be switched to a normal room on West Campus.

“A lot of the students that I’ve talked to that have been switched into normal housing is because they have kept hounding the housing office, saying ‘I haven’t asked to be in a quintuplet. I’d really like to be in a room that I asked for,’” Jeffrey said. “I might get onto that since I want to be in a room that I was hoping to be in.”

Sun Staff Writer

“Historically, students who are placed in lounges are typically late applicants or returning students in need of housing due to off-campus leases falling through.”

Until they receive more spacious rooms, however, some students said they have nothing to do but to lament their tight quarters.

ASHLEY CHU / SUN STAFF WRITER

Getting close | A converted lounge in High Rise 5 Thursday offers little space for its five residents.

Ashley Chu can be reached at achu@cornellsun.com.

Burning Question One week of classes down, a million to go. How are you feeling?

“Ready to par-tay ... I mean sleep.”

–– Chronic Napper ’14 “Wait already?.”

...

classes

started

— Slacker ’16

“I’ve got that summertime sadness.”

— Lana del Tristesse ’14 “So that’s how many more weeks until graduation?”

— Can’t Wait ’15 “At least I still have that happy, new-school-supplies-feeling, I guess.”

— New Girl ’17 “Does this mean that I get ‘a million’ weeks of classes for the price of two semesters.”

— Empty Pockets ’15 “Seriously, as long as I have a CTB sandwich in my hand, I’m good to go. ” — Love Handles ’15 –– Compiled by Lianne Bornfeld

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research [of other universities] that the number of students choosing gender-inclusive housing] was only low double digits and moved up as the program gained popularity.”

Jadey Huray ’14, president of Haven: The LGBTQ Student Union, said the gender-inclusive housing option was significant because it allowed students to understand why such an option was important for some students.

“I think it’s a very good first step,” Huray said.

She added, however, that there are still many steps to be taken.

For example, in the upcoming housing cycle, the genderinclusive housing option is supposed to expand to new spring transfer students, according to the S.A. resolution “Adoption of a Gender-Inclusive Housing Policy.”

“There are about 500 spring transfers, so that would be our beta test for our incoming freshmen because we can see how coming in blind and choosing gender-inclusive housing would work. Both parties would consent but you’re not going to know each other,” Smith said.

The housing office has not yet approved the implementation of gender-inclusive housing for new transfers yet.

Still, Smith said he expects to hold meetings with the housing office soon.

For now, gender-inclusive housing options for students on campus seem to be set to stay.

“We are committed to the [gender-inclusive housing] program and want to make sure that we support students who want this type of housing arrangement,” Burke said.

Jinjoo Lee can be reached at jinjoolee@cornellsun.com and at twitter.com/jinjlee.

Fast-Food Workers Stage Mass Strike NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food workers and their supporters beat drums, blew whistles and chanted slogans Thursday on picket lines in dozens of U.S. cities, marking the largest protests yet in their quest for higher wages.

The nationwide day of demonstrations came after similar actions organized by unions and community groups over the past several months.

Workers are calling for the right to unionize without interference from employers and for pay of $15 an hour. That’s more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, or $15,000 a year for full-time employees.

Thursday’s walkouts and protests reached about 60 cities, including New York, Chicago and Detroit, organizers said. But the turnout varied significantly. Some targeted restaurants were temporarily unable to do business because they had too few employees, and others seemingly operated normally.

Ryan Carter, a 29-year-old who bought a $1 cup of coffee at a New York McDonald’s where protesters gathered, said he “absolutely” supported the demand for higher wages.

“They work harder than the billionaires in this city,” he said. But Carter said he didn’t plan to stop his regular trips to McDonald’s.

Jobs in low-wage industries have led the economic recovery. Advocates for a higher minimum wage say that makes it crucial that they pay enough for workers who support families.

The restaurant industry says it already operates on thin margins and insists that sharply higher wages would lead to steeper prices for customers and fewer opportunities for job seekers.

The drive for better pay comes as the White House, some members of Congress and economists seek to raise the federal minimum wage. But most proposals are for a more modest increase, with President Barack Obama suggesting $9 an hour.

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Griffin ’14 said.

Others said they approve of the Dairy Bar’s locally-source products.

“A big trend right now is people want to know where their food is coming from. It’s all Cornell products,” Chelsea Jones ’14 said.

In addition to satisfying Cornellians’ sweettooths, the Dairy Bar also seeks to teach the community about dairy production — featuring a “multimedia educational display,” Huck said.

The display features an observation gallery area where the processing equipment is visible, as well as video monitors that will play footage of the Dairy Farm.

“Our dairy extension team offers a dairy certificate program which includes courses from basic sanitation to cheese-making, and anyone from students to industry personnel can participate,” Huck said.

Brooke Ryan ’17, who is studying dairy science, said it is interesting to be able to observe dairy pro- “It was an empty shell duction process at in a brand new building the Dairy Bar. “It’s cool to see and newly created how it is starting space.” off,” she said.

The milk for Richard Anderson Dairy Bar products is sourced from the Cornell Dairy Farm, which is located about a mile and a half away from Cornell’s campus.

The milk is then sent to the Dairy Processing Plant, which is located in the same building as the Dairy Bar, Huck said.

In order for the Cornell Dairy Plant to better focus on not only its dairy production but also its academic and outreach missions, Huck said management of the Dairy Bar has been transferred to Cornell Dining.

Cornell Dining officials expressed excitement about partnering with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in operating the Dairy Bar. “The Cornell Dairy will do what it does best: produce outstanding dairy products, and Cornell Dining will do what it does best: serve delicious food and beverages,” said Karen Brown, marketing and communications director of Campus Life.

As part of its collaboration, Cornell Dining has helped provide alternate dining options for Dairy Bar visitors while the University’s Dairy Processing Plant prepares to start producing ice cream again.

“We offer specialty sandwiches that were designed by Cornell Dining chefs specifically for that location. … It has full ice cream and sundaes and shakes,” Richard Anderson, assistant director of Cornell Dining said. “They are making wonderful ice cream sandwiches, their own waffle cones and they’re making ice cream cupcakes.”

Erica Augenstein can be reached at eaugenstein@cornellsun.com.

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NEWS BRIEFS

New York City Woman Offers Stamps to Pay for Murder

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say they’ve arrested a woman after she offered an undercover officer a $60,000 stamp collection to kill her husband.

Police say Elena Adams was arrested Thursday and charged with conspiracy and criminal solicitation. They say the 57-year-old met with an undercover officer inside a car in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn to discuss the murder-for-hire plot.

Police say Adams told the officer her husband should be struck by a hit-and-run driver on Sunday

as he crossed a street after lunch.

They say Adams gave the investigator a picture of her husband, the stamp collection and jewelry.

Adams was arrested at the scene. She’s in custody and unavailable for comment. A home phone number listed in her name is out of order, and there’s no available information about an attorney for her.When Rabbani appeared, the man shook the former president’s hand and bowed as a sign of respect, said Fazel Karim Aimaq, a former lawmaker from Kunduz province and friend of Rabbani.

Court Upholds First Ban on Gay-to-Straight Therapy SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court sided with California on Thursday and upheld the first law in the nation banning a psychological treatment that seeks to turn gay youth straight.

In a resounding, unanimous opinion, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the state law barring the so-called gay aversion therapy legal in every respect.

The judges said trying to change a minor’s sexual orientation through intense therapy appeared dangerous, and that California lawmakers properly showed that the sexual orientation change efforts were outside the scientific mainstream and have been rejected for good reason.

“One could argue that children under the age of 18 are especially vulnerable with respect to sexual identity and that their parents’ judgment may be clouded by this emotionally charged issue as well,” Judge Susan Graber wrote for the court panel.

The California Legislature cited reports, experts and anecdotes involving suicides, substance abuse and other behavior by young recipients of the therapy before members voted last

year to ban it for minors.

“Efforts to change a young person’s sexual orientation pose critical health risks, including depression, shame, decreased self-esteem, social withdrawal, substance abuse, self-harm and suicide,” Lambda Legal, which defends gay rights, said in an email statement about Thursday’s ruling.

The activities of pastors and lay counselors who are unlicensed but provide such therapy through church programs are not covered by the law.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed a similar law that would also outlaw the therapy in his state.

Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal aid group that represents supporters of the practice, said it will either ask a larger panel of the court to reconsider the decision or petition the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case. Liberty Counsel is also fighting the New Jersey law.

“The minors that Liberty Counsel represents do not want to act on same-sex attractions, nor do they want to engage in such behavior,” the group said in an email statement. “They are greatly benefiting from this counseling.”

Hotline to Moscow Remains Relevant Today FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — The Washington-Moscow Hot Line, used by U.S. and Russian leaders for frank discussions about crises including the 1967 Six-Day War and the Soviet Union’s 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, marked its 50th birthday Thursday with the nations still grappling with competing interests in regional conflicts.

The direct connection established during the Cold War by a relatively simple telegraph system now includes telephone and email capabilities and will soon add video, said White House National Security Council spokeswoman Laura Lucas.

“The president continues to value the direct communications link between Washington and Moscow,” Lucas wrote in an emailed response to questions from The Associated Press about the hotline that was used at key moments and helped contact between senior officials at the White House and in the Kremlin.

The next crisis could be just

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around the corner, said Roald Sagdeev, a former director of the Soviet space exploration program who spoke at an anniversary celebration at Fort Detrick, where the Army maintains a satellite link for the hotline.

“It’s very important to make sure we can keep this, especially at the time of what’s happening in Syria,” Sagdeev, now a University of Maryland physics professor, said before the event. “We should stay with at least keeping what we have for the rainy day.”

Despite popular myth and movie lore, the president doesn’t use a red phone to talk with his Russian counterpart. In fact, the connection established in 1963 was for written communications only. A voice component was added two decades later as the system evolved from an undersea telegraph cable to today’s exchange of data by both satellite and fiber-optics.

“The system is very robust, as you might imagine,” said Craig Bouma, civilian executive officer of the Detrick Earth Station.

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Tourists view Yosemite Valley and Half Dome from Glacier Point at Yosemite National Park in California, earlier this week. Closing Highway 120, an entrance to Yosemite National Park, because of the massive Rim Fire, one of the largest wildfires in the state’s history, raging just miles away, impacted businesses, tourism and livelihoods for some 200 miles.

HPV Vaccine for Boys Has ‘Good Results’ One Year Later ATLANTA (AP) — When the HPV vaccine was first recommended for boys, health officials worried it would be an unusually hard sell. But a new report suggests that might not be the case.

About 1 in 5 boys got at least one of the recommended three doses last year, relatively good for a new vaccine aimed at adolescents.

The shots are largely intend-

ed not to protect boys from disease, but to stop them from spreading a sexually transmitted virus to girls that could cause cervical cancer.

The vaccine hasn’t been very popular among girls. The government report issued Thursday is the first real sense of how many boys are getting the shots.

“It’s a good start,” said Shannon Stokley, a vaccination expert with the Centers for Dis-

ease Control and Prevention.

Introduced in 2006, the vaccine protects against human papillomavirus, which is spread during sex.

Most infections go away on their own, without people developing symptoms. But the virus can cause cervical cancer in females, genital warts in both sexes, and some other, less common conditions like throat and anal cancer.

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FRESHMANIA During O-Week this past week, upperclassman reconnected with friends over a few drinks and freshmen got acquainted with new classmates by, er, regurgitating a few too many. But our eager beaver Berry Patch reporters were stone cold sober, on duty investigating the Collegetown social scene. They didn’t have plans anyway.

These trusty(ish) B-team reporters scouted out some of the common freshmen faux-pas that inevitably occur during the week before classes start. Here are few of the most egregious and a bit of friendly — okay, pretty rude — advice: Lanyards: It’s okay to leave the lanyard home when you go out, we swear.

You will not lose your student I.D. if you put it in your wallet, nor your keys if you keep them in a pocket or purse. The rest of us somehow manage keep these items safe every day without wearing them around our necks on a bright red string. It’ll help you avoid instantly branding yourself as members of the freshmen class — though to be fair we can probably spot you anyway.

Name-Dropping: OHHH, so your half-sister’s boyfriend’s cousin’s stepuncle’s love-child’s great-aunt’s daughter’s best friend is in this house? Yeah, probably don’t care. Seriously, does that person even exist?

Maps: After dark while out on the town is about the time you may want to stow away your foldable map. Ask an upperclassman for directions; they’ll jump at the chance to show off their superior knowledge. Perhaps try joining the 21st century by using yours or a friend’s smartphone navigation app. Or accept your fate and get lost in C-Town (and check off #102 on The Sun’s 161 List). Just ditch the map.

Whining: We understand that it’s hard to be a freshman these days. True, most of us did not have to walk uphill in a blizzard both ways to find the one open party happening on any given night, but we can remember what it’s like to be the new kids on the block. Still, though, it’s a dark period we’re trying hard to forget — no need to remind us about it.

HAPPY MEAL STATUS While standing at the Cornell Store waiting to check out, I realized the last time I was in a line this long was the midnight drive-thru for McDonald's mini beanie babies.

— J.C. DR. OVERSHARER Things I didn’t need to know about my Chem professor: He has a menopausal wife, two crazy teenage daughters, loves bugs, kills invasive deer on his farm and likes people-watching. It’s day one and we’re already too close for comfort.

— M.R. CONTEXT CLUES Professor says: “We will enter morally ambiguous territory in this class.”

Freshman in front of me writes: “We will enter morally ambiguous territory in this class.”

— S.B. SO OVER O-WEEK Frat boys who live next door: I really don't need to hear you chanting “TAKE A SHOT!” at 2 a.m. on the night before classes start.

Aren’t you exhausted, yet?

— S.R. YEAH I SLIP, I’M STILL AN ANIMAL I accidentally signed up for an animal behavior class thinking it was ahuman behavior class

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then spent an hour watching videos of birds before leaving the class.

Senior year is off to a good start.

— L.K. CALLING FOR A BOOTY Walking home from the bars the other night I hear a call in the distance: “ARE THERE ANY FEMALES OUT THERE WHO CAN HEAR ME AND WA N T T O H AV E SEX?” The sad thing is I briefly considered his propsal.

— L.C. DEAR REGISTRAR I do not know who up there is arranging who gets into which classes, but he/she is probably laughing his/her ass off because having a guy I’ve hooked up with in EVERY CLASS should just not even be possible.

— F.C. (FRESHMAN) GIRL CODE I’m starting to believe that freshman girls have their own code of speech. They can’t actually be ceaselessly asking one another, "So are you going out toniiiiiiiiiiiiight??!!" ...

Can they?

— D.Z.

IS THERE A CLASS FOR THIS? I think one of my professors is the oldest living person I’ve met in my entire life. When we first walked into the seminar the seven other students and I thought he was just a sad old guy looking to attend the class to enrich his aging mind. Then he started passing our the syllabi.

— R.L.H. I SHOULD’VE WARNED YOU The perks of living on the ground floor of a Collegetown aparment: Last night I was woken up by the sound of a drunk person running into the SIDE OF MY HOUSE and then proceeding to sob and shout “Why didn’t you warn me?” through my bedroom window.

— G.C.C. CAVE PEOPLE KEEP OUT The past three nights, I’ve been kept up by a gang of (I assume) angry, malicious cave people grunting, groaning and destroying things outside of my residence. For my safety, and your own — that’s a promise, not a threat — knock it off.

— S.B.

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OPINION

Rudy Gerson | Rooting Around

Honoring O-Week O

rientation week evokes a particular brand of excitement for most upperclassman. More so than any other event at Cornell, O-week has the same quality as a good wine — it only gets better and better with age.

Our second, third or quite unfortunate fourth fall return to Cornell marks the beginning of another year of friendship, hard work and adventure. In between unpacking bags and organizing rooms, many students spend all day and night reconnecting with old friends (and making new ones) in a temporary state of alcoholism.

Regardless of how you choose to spend it, O-week is always a blast. In that sense, this year was no different for me. One thing, however, did set this O-week apart — my complete and utter sobriety. I was, yes, happily sober during O-week. While many Cornell students were reveling in the charade of drink-party-sleep-eat-repeat, I was working with the Orientation Steering Committee and the 650 volunteers who help the 3,500 new students feel welcome at their new home.

For some reason I can’t quite understand, freshman orientation events have a generally bad rap with the rest of the undergraduate student body. Yes, all of the events are super sober and somewhat contrived, but if we can all look past the hateful speech directed against the admittedly summercamp-like events, magic is happening.

For this new class of students and

I sincerely wish I had attended the very sober events and had wonderfully exhausting small talk with my new peers. But I didn’t.

transfers, O-week was likely an uncomfortable mix of delight, fear and confusion. Take thousands of recent high school graduates, stick them on North Campus for a week without upperclassmen volunteers and free events to ensure their smooth transition? It would be absolute madness (read: Lord of the Flies-esque madness). This school is way too big and much too complicated for new students to adjust without some guidance.

Let’s be real though: I’ll admit I only attended two orientation events my freshman year. My younger, lessenlightened self was just too damn cool for Freshman Orientation, but like many of you I eventually turned out okay. I made friends outside of orientation and found my way just fine. However, I didn’t get to participate in that once in a lifetime experience: A week full of free events aimed solely at making me feel comfortable, meeting others and celebrating the future four years of college life ahead. I missed the ice skating, the free Pinesburgers, and the enormous game of capture the flag on Appel fields.

Instead, I slept in till 2 p.m., felt hungover and — if I was lucky — vaguely remembered two bogus conversations about … drinking, I’m sure (yeah, I was cool). Little did I know, I had the rest of freshman year to do that. I sincerely wish I had attended the very sober events and had very sober wonderfully exhausting small talk with my new peers.

But I didn’t.

Yet, during this O-Week — two years after my own — I witnessed new students forming tons of new relationships and exploring the new place they will call home through sober, “contrived” events. Whether they all stay friends past this month or not, all that matters is the comfort a familiar face can bring. It was beautiful to see.

Okay, you can quit your eye-rolling for a hot second there, bud. I’m not trying to be self-indulgent here. I just am trying to share with you, my fellow upperclassman, my fresh perspective on O-Week. We need to respect the intentionally innocent nature that is Freshman Orientation.

Freshman have all year to rush fraternities, drink their hearts away and make out with strange people in strange places. So, whether you think freshman orientation is awesome, stupid, boring or honestly not for you: Respect it.

Call the events childish if you want, but there will be very few opportunities in our upperclassman years when the University will dole out such a fat stack of change for the sole benefit of undergraduate students. Well, save for Slope Day, but we all know “happily sober” on Slope Day is just plain ridiculous.

Rudy Gerson is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He may be reached a rgerson@cornellsun.com. Rooting Around column runs alternate Fridays this semester.

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Tyler Lurie-Spicer |

Personal Politics

Acknowledging Stolen Land A

s we return to the Hill, let us acknowledge that we are returning to stolen and occupied land. The homes we sleep in, the classrooms we learn in, the quads we traverse for class, the trails we hike with our friends … All of this land is stolen and occupied Cayuga Nation territory.

The Cayuga, or “People of the Great Swamp,” are one of six nations within the Haudenosaunee Con federacy, known as “People of the Longhouse.”

Among them are the Seneca, Tuscarora, Onondaga, Mohawk and Oneida.

Settlers of this land must acknowledge the stolen territories we occupy, as a first step to understanding not only the history beneath our feet, but also the genocide that led to the foundation of society as we know it. While there has been genocide across North America (known as “Turtle Island” to many indigenous peoples), it is pertinent for us, as Ithacans and Cor nellians, to learn about the local histories of land theft that occurred here in socalled Ithaca.

During the Revolu tionary War, George Washington sent orders to General Sullivan to “not merely be overrun, but destroy ...” the Haudenosaunee. The orders resulted in the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign — also known as the Scorched Earth Campaign — in which more than 6,200 soldiers (more than 20 percent of the Continental Army) burned 50,000 villages and crops to the ground.

This was larger than any other military operation against indigenous people on Turtle Island before

that date. More than 5,000 refugees fled north to Niagara for the winter where many more froze to death.

Decades later, the genocide against indigenous people continued across North America as survivors were forced into American Residential Schools. These schools systematically des troyed indigenous culture and forced students to assimilate into an American way of life. Today, one of the greatest challenges indigenous people face is reviving these traditional knowledges, practices and languages from near extinction.

In the past few decades, efforts to revive Cayuga

sides appealed this ruling and in 2005, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the judgment on the grounds that the tribe waited too long to regain sovereign title to the land.

With this reasoning, the federal court has refused to hold New York State accountable for the land that was stolen. The history of the Cayuga people has thus been deemed illegitimate and further silenced.

The silencing of indigenous history and destruction of indigenous traditions is surely not unique to the Haudenosaunee, nor to Turtle Island.

Around the planet, settlercolonial nations have used these tactics

Not only must settlers learn the history of indigenous people, but we must take responsiblity for communicating that history. sovereignty have been suppressed. In 1980, the Cayuga Nation (living in so-called New York) and the Seneca-Cayuga people (living in so-called Oklahoma but with ancestral roots in Haudenosaunee lands) filed a claim against New York State. Their goal has been to reclaim the land they primarily inhabited before the Scorched Earth Campaign. The land they are asking for is 64,015 acres on the northern half of Cayuga Lake.

This land ranges from Varick to Seneca Falls and Aurora to Montezuma. In 2001, a federal judge awarded $247.9 million to the Cayuga Nation so they could purchase their land back from consenting settler land owners. Both

to conquer indigenous peoples. In fact, globally, one language goes extinct every two weeks. It is settlers’ responsibility to learn the hidden histories and end their suppression by making those histories known.

Doing this not only works to bring light to indigenous struggles, but it can also help us understand how deep the roots of white supremacy lie in the nation we now call America. This country was founded on the land of indigenous people, exterminated and assimilated through centuries of genocide. The wealth of America was built off the slavery of Africans and continues to grow off enslaved people of color in

our jails at home and sweatshops abroad. Meanwhile, white supremacy continues to manifest in both visible and invisible ways by granting white people privileges on cultural, institutional and interpersonal levels. White supremacy can only be deconstructed by an understanding of its history because it is so deeply imbedded within our culture, within our institutions and within ourselves.

For this reason, racism is not only intentionally inflicted, but often unconsciously inflicted. The history and roots of American culture are hidden and silenced, despite being the culture that has raised us. It has embedded its white supremacy within us in subtle and vivid ways.

The first step in un-learning these internalized structures of racism is learning their roots and bringing them to the fore.

Not only must settlers learn the history of indigenous people, but we must also take responsibility for communicating this history. Challenge yourself.

Next time you speak in front of a group, be it in a meeting, class or public event, take a moment to acknowledge the indigenous history of that space.

This is a step toward ending white supremacy, respecting the land beneath our feet and respecting those indigenous to it.

Tyler-Lurie Spicer is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He may be reached at til4@cornell.edu.

Personal Politics appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT You Can’t Spell Blockbuster...

Without ‘Bust’:

The Sun Looks Back on Hollywood’s Summer Hits, Misses Cornell Cinema plays some of the best movies of the year, and the century, on their special patch of screen down in the basement of Willard Straight Hall. This week and next they are playing some of the most hyped movies of the summer. Movies that got the Arts and Entertainment staff of the Sun excited enough to abandon their towels on the sand, put their laptops on a desk and write about them. Some for their ingenuity, originality, and entertainment value. Others, for their utter failure to entertain. So, before you bring yourself down to the cinema this weekend, check out what the Sun has to say, and plan accordingly.

Man of Steel Directed by Zach Snyder Starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams

Iron Man 3 Directed by Shane Black Starring Robert Downey, Jr.

ZThe Great Gatsby Directed by Baz Luhrmann Starring Leonardo DiCaprio

Man of Steel’s failures — as art, as drama or even as just mindless entertainment — pale in comparison to what its success (a $125 million opening weekend, as of press time) says about the current state and future trajectory of Hollywood cinema. Director Zack Snyder, producer Christopher Nolan and screenwriter David S. Goyer did not make a movie so much as a twohour, 20-minute highlight reel — a joyless, soulless composite of the last 15 years of blockbusters, from the Star Wars prequels and Independence Day to Avatar and The Avengers. There is not one modicum of originality in Man of Steel’s plot, themes or aesthetics, yet here we all are, pitching this as the Movie To Beat this summer, buying, quite literally, into the hype and the grotesque Gillette/Wal-Mart/National Guard-marketing scheme some freshly promoted PR team drummed up. It’s all really depressing, if also fascinating when you stop and think about it.

What Snyder has done in Man of Steel does not abide by such parameters of respect, knowledge or innovation. His is a style of “Oh, that worked there, so let’s put it here.” Man of Steel cannibalizes not the classics from film school but the record-setting blockbusters still filling studio ledgers. It is an unsustainable mindset motivated by profit and removed from the forces that met to make Christopher Reeve a star.

I think I’ve heard that line upwards of twenty odd times over the past few months. The Mandarin: sitting with his freaky haircut, threatening the world and my favorite superhero of all time. I didn’t realize how true his words were until I walked out of the theater Thursday night.

Iron Man 3, directed by Shane Black, is not like any Marvel movie you have seen. It is different — retrospective and raw. That is not to say, of course, that it has suddenly become dark and deep like the Dark Knight. Tony is Tony, with or without PTSD, and is facing challenges that have torn down the fabric of his existence.

Following Tony’s voice-over as he watches each of his suits explode, the Paramount logo appears and the lyrics to Eiffel 65’s “Blue” pour over the speakers as we flash back to New Year’s Eve 1999 at a Technical Conference in Bern. Sound strangely familiar? It should. Familiar faces greet us in this short glimpse into the past. But, I digress. The flashback shows Tony as he was, and how his choices then led to the consequences he faces now. We then flash to the present, where Tony is having a party in his basement. Well, him and his little robot helpers, that is, who somehow got their hands on a dunce hat, and are testing Mark 42 armor. You read that right — Mark 42, that’s how many armors Tony now has.

“All the bright precious things fade so fast and they don’t come back,” Daisy Buchanan utters in Baz Luhrmann’s remake of the classic book The Great Gatsby, which reportedly cost $125 million to make, not to mention the marketing extravaganza that has assaulted consumers over the past year and which has only intensified over the last few months. In the film Daisy’s (Carey Mulligan) brown eyes are smoky and plaintive, glittery orbs dangle from her ears and she is dressed in a breathtaking vintage gown, ruffled and exquisite — I wanted to love her like Gatsby loves her and like millions of people around the world have loved F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic book, but I just couldn’t.

Perhaps it is because of the heavy-handed conceit Luhrmann uses to tell the story. The writers have made the narrator, Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire), an alcoholic and relegated him to a sanitarium where he speaks, and then types, his woeful tale — Carraway’s typed words float, superimposed, on the screen at various points in the movie.

Luhrmann tries to, literally, have Fitzgerald’s words speak for themselves. The effect feels more like being beaten over the head with a battered copy of Fitzgerald’s book in what appears to be an attempt to heighten the viewer’s nostalgia — “you read this book in junior year of high school, remember how much you loved it?”

Unlike Fitzgerald’s book, this Gatsby will fade, and fast.

Zachary Zahos is a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences.

He can be reached at zzhaos@cornellsun.com.

Marissa Tranquilli is a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences. She can be reached at mtranquilli@cornellsun.com.

Emma Court is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun.com.

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Summer Reading

Reader: Lianne Bornfeld Book: This is How You Lose Her, Junot Diaz Where did you read it?

The East Village, NYC.

BY SAM BROMER

Unfortunately, dear reader, summer is no more.

All that’s left to do is peel your sunburns, wash the chlorine out of your eyes, and check out our editors’ favorite by-the-beach reads this year.

Reader: Akane Otani, Managing Editor Book: The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen Where did you read it? Porter Square Book Shop, Cambridge, Mass.

Reader: Jinjoo Lee, News Editor Book: Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell Where did you read it? Atlanta, Ga., near the Margaret Mitchell Museum.

Reader: Liz Camuti, Associate Editor Book: Ishmael, Daniel Quinn Where did you read it?

On a farm in Ithaca.

Reader: Zachary Zahos, Associate Managing Editor Book: Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy Stray thoughts: Of all truth-based horror stories, none have scared me more than Blood Meridian, perhaps because Cormac McCarthy approached the history of the Glanton Gang — a despicable band of “scalphunters” who murdered innocent Mexicans and American Indians for profit in the post-Civil War Southwest — without any judgments.

In this decades-spanning western tale, villages are razed, scalps are cut off and infants are destroyed, yet McCarthy attempts no comfortable moralizing; For McCarthy, the state of nature is one of blood and self-interest. There’s no better symbol of this truth than Judge Holden, a man revered by his peers and the townspeople he meets who, at the same time, personally performs the most heinous acts of the novel. He invite comparisons to only the most mythical of villains, like Grendel, Ares and Professor Moriarty, and Blood Meridian ranks with the greatest of 20th century fiction.

Reader: Connor Archard, Senior Photographer Book: A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin Where did you read it? Winterfell.

Reader: Elizabeth Sowers, Senior Design Editor Book: Catch-22, Joseph Heller Where did you read it? Every day on a train back and forth from San Francisco.

Race, MLK, and JFK P

erhaps one of the reasons we reenact the sixties so often is that the screen-ready timeline of the decade perfectly appropriates the classic three-act narrative structure.

Screenwriting gurus teach that a film should open with a clear outline of the themes that the film will explore. Opportunely, we begin the decade with an election that establishes a dichotomy: youthful idealism, via Kennedy, takes on old-guard rationalism, symbolized by Nixon. The hope to end antagonism between a bureaucracy-averse population and its government is lit and, with the March on Washington, a dream is set to aspire to. Then, Kennedy, the catalyst for this reconciliation is struck by a bullet, marking the first plot point at roughly a third of the way through the period (November 1963). This complicates the struggle to legislate liberal gestures and the action is propelled forward. Like Hamlet, the idealism is left fatherless with a struggle against an indecent social structure. A war picks up and complicates matters while the ghost of the father, Robert Kennedy, reminds us of the struggle to overcome. Then, two thirds of the way through the decade, the crisis (the plot point that incites the climax) takes place: MLK Jr. and RFK are carried away as fallen soldiers. The climax, where the character faces a critical ultimatum, the 1968 Democratic National Convention, reminds us of the struggle established in the beginning (1960 election). Here, leftists debated whether to take arms in outraged political suicide or suffer the pains of inaction, Democratic officials drop a platform to end the war, race riots raze urban ghettos and Hubert

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Humphrey, a mild, impotent candidate, is chosen. We end in defeat but Woodstock plays out the credits.

Most recently, Lee Daniels’ The Butler embraced this synopsis of the sixties with a particular emphasis on the father-like stature of JFK. The film’s protagonist, Ernest Gaines, says about Kennedy’s death that the last time he saw that much blood was after his own father’s death.

While preparing to be awarded for his service at the White House, Gaines places a watch his father gave him next to one of JFK’s ties, a gift from Jackie Kennedy after her husband’s assassination. Although The Butler’s narrative extends the sixties from the first piece of spoken news, the 1955 Emmett Till Case (the beginning of a dramatic triangle between father, son and change) to Reagan’s 1985 decision not to divest

Henry Staley Politicizing Art from Apartheid South Africa (where father and son and change come together), the film has all the elements of a classic sixties biopic. And true to a movie that seeks to emphasize the role of patient, “house negro” mentality over Black Panther “field negro” ideology, The Butler takes a moderate stance and alludes to JFK as the father of modern liberalism.

Let’s see Kennedy as he truly was: a product of privilege handed the presidency by corruption and sex appeal, and, if anything regarding

civil rights, a white liberal obstacle to the vision put forth by the true father of modern leftism: MLK Jr. Although not mentioned in The Butler or any other cinematic re p re s e n t a t i o n , Kennedy dismissed the Student NonV i o l e n t Coordinating Committee, a moderate, anti-segregation group, and the Freedom Riders (with Cornell the most represented college) as “radical”. As a senator, Kennedy turned down a proposal to send the 1957 Civil Rights Act directly to the senate floor (although voting for it in public eye). The 1964 Civil Rights Act was enacted in Kennedy’s name, arguably more to persuade and guilt voters than to honor his aspirations. Further, he approved his brother’s wiretapping of MLK Jr., amassing recordings of MLK Jr.’s most private moments, even ones of King having sex.

Although the two met in a few formal conferences and Kennedy helped King out of a Georgia prison, MLK Jr. spoke of JFK in largely unfavorable terms and called him a “disappointment”. King referred to Kennedy’s race record as “cautious and defensive” and only for “the limited goal of token integration” (with no gestures towards King’s staples: housing and income equality). Kennedy’s speech on the integration of University of Mississippi was admirable but not enough for King or “Civil Rights Hero” stature. Kennedy was ambivalent and practical whereas King was motivated and

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idealistic.

King’s traits should give him the stature Kennedy holds. This year dates the 50-year commemoration of two pivotal moments for both figures: This month, King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and, in November, Kennedy’s assassination. I suspect that the Kennedy Assassination will receive a lot more cable news documentaries, History Channel investigations and, in the future, filmic representations.

Ultimately, it’s not up to historians and writers to cement these men’s reputations; their iconography will be decided by the directors of the television programs and movies that the next generations watch. Since his assassination robbed him of the chance to play the protagonist of a great leftist or minority success story, let’s give the “catalyst” characterization to the man whose ideas, not his death, set progress’ ongoing narrative in motion.

Henry Staley is a freshman in the College of Art and Sciences. He can be reached at hstaley@cornellsun.com. Politicizing Art appears alternate Fridays this semester.

COMICS AND PUZZLES

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS 1 Use an updraft, say 5 Pacific veranda 10 Shoe site 14 “__ la Douce” 15 Mission attacked

by Santa Anna 16 “Betsy’s Wedding” director 17 Alfred E. Neuman expression 18 “I can’t believe ...”

20 See 56-Across 22 Winner of a record 82 PGA tournaments 23 Cheer from Charo 24 Bring down 28 Top 30 Book between Micah and Habakkuk 31 See 56-Across 38 Id checker 39 Get up 40 Comparative suffix 41 See 56-Across 46 Mail at a castle 47 SSA IDs, e.g.

48 Discrimination 49 Gay Nineties, e.g.

52 Catherine of “A Mighty Wind” 56 Some slogans, and what 20-, 31and 41-Across are?

59 Response to an awkwardly timed call 62 Whiff 63 Bed or bar attachment 64 Discussion group 65 Actress McClurg 66 “__ these days ...”

67 Signal to a runner 68 Negative impression?

DOWN 1 Chorus from adoring fans 2 Hatch of Utah 3 Nitrogen compound 4 Unger player

5 “This skull hath __ in the earth ...”: Hamlet 6 E’en if 7 __ passage 8 Knock the socks off 9 Eastern segment of the Louisiana Purchase 10 Purse 11 Unoriginal 12 Tribute in verse 13 Word with flung or reaching 19 Sumatran ape 21 Put in a word or two?

25 Win by __ 26 Ancient Mesopotamian kingdom 27 Buffing board 29 Flat-bottomed boat 31 Brought forth 32 Ancient gathering place 33 Towers (over) 34 Conciliatory offering 35 Advice after an injury, perhaps

36 Real end?

37 Commercial sign 42 Targets of many searches 43 Unexpected pleasure 44 Marshy wasteland 45 Red in the face 49 Fanfare 50 Van Gogh’s “Starry Night Over the __”

51 Nighttime disorder 53 Dramatic device 54 Frankincense or myrrh 55 Black-ink entry 57 Lights-out signal 58 Inferno 59 Rub the wrong way 60 Word of feigned innocence 61 Subtle assent

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Fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1-9 exactly once.

Each number in the solution therefore occurs only once in each of the three “directions,” hence the “single numbers” implied by the puzzle’s name.

(Rules from wikipedia.org/wiki /Sudoku)

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State’s Braxton Miller handled the question like he might a hard-charging lineman, by deftly eluding it.

Asked if he considered himself a running quarterback who could pass or vice versa, he laughed and said, “Both.”

Miller seems to handle everything with ease these days.

Heading into Saturday’s 2013 season opener against Buffalo, the junior is confident and comfortable, surrounded by solid players and assured that this will be a special year.

“The beginning of last year, they had thrown the new offense at me,” Miller said of the transition to Urban Miller’s new coaching staff and spread attack. “Sometimes, I’d be, like, ‘Man, I forgot what the route was backside.’ But I’m comfortable with everything this year.

And I’m ready.”

Miller, quiet and soft-spoken around strangers, now doesn't shirk at his name being mentioned prominently among Heisman Trophy favorites, and he’s also not flummoxed when facing media or speaking up in the huddle.

“It’s a little different for me. I think everybody else only sees his quiet side,” said his good friend and backup, Kenny Guiton. “But I’m with him all the time so I get to know exactly who he is. He’s the same person to me. He’s goofy, he loves to play around. His leadership has stepped up a lot, though. A lot. He's talking more on the field now.”

A year ago, while leading the Buckeyes to a surprising 12-0 season, Miller set a school record for total offense, leading the team with 1,271 rushing yards, scoring 13 touchdowns and also adding 2,039 passing yards and 15 scores with just six interceptions.

It’s doubtful he’ll run the ball very much this time around. He ran out of necessity in 2012.

“I hope that doesn’t happen,” Meyer said. “He was by far our best player and when I say by far, I mean, it wasn’t even the same hemisphere as far as who the next player was that could go make a play and help us win. ... If Braxton is leading (in rushing) this year, that means something's not going well.”

This year, he’s expecting to throw a lot more. Maybe, just maybe, he’ll become a passing quarterback who can also run it.

“Man, we’ve been throwing a lot,” he said. He figures he’ll probably throw 25 passes or so in the opener. Asked if he thought he might throw even more, he added, “I hope so. I’m going to call my own plays to get to 30.”

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New Recruits Show Early Promise; David Wright to Continue Players Will Strengthen the Team Rehabilitation in Florida TENNIS

advantage of that opportunity.”

Continued from page 16 The way the Red will most effectively integrate its newest members stems from what Tanasoiu This season, the Red is welcoming the number deems the team’s biggest asset — its leadership.

“We will grow and succeed based on the direcfourteenth ranked recruiting class in the nation.

Philip Antohi, Dylan Brown, Bernardo Casares tion given by our leadership within the team. It is Rosa, Christopher Vrabel, and Colin Sinclair will by far our greatest strength and I am counting on be making their way onto the courts at the Reis it,” he said. “Overall, we will go as far as our leadTennis Center from all over the world — Long ers will decide to take us.”

Fleck mentioned a few Island, California, Ecuador, other strengths to be on the Virginia, and Australia, “[The freshmen are] the lookout for this season. respectively.

“Our doubles play is now The high caliber of the future of the program, so one of our greatest strengths.

Red’s freshmen recruits will we look forward to We struggled at this in my certainly play a role in the freshman year, but last year team’s success this season. helping them improve in we won almost every doubles “[The recruits have] sigany way we can.” point. We hope and expect nificantly increased our that this will continue to be strength and depth, which Sam Fleck one of our strengths in means there will be much matches this year,” he said. more healthy competition “Another strength is our level for the starting spots than in previous years,” Fleck said. “[The freshmen are] of fitness compared to other teams, especially the the future of the program, so we look forward in Ivy’s. We work extremely hard during the fall to make sure we are in great shape for when the seahelping them improve in any way we can.”

Tanasoiu is also looking forward to seeing son starts.”

The increasingly strong bonds between the what the freshmen have to offer.

“First and foremost they are all adding depth team members will also serve as an asset.

“We have become much closer as a team in the to our practices and competition,” he said. “We are bringing five new players with distinct styles past year, which has made us more resilient in and rich junior careers. Besides solid junior matches,” Fleck said. “We now fight for one results, I am sensing a lot of hunger for excellence another as well as the team, whereas a few years from each one of them. It will be our job to help ago we were more of a group of individuals. It has them nourish that hunger and integrate them into also made the game more enjoyable for all of us.” our program right away. Each one of them will have a realistic shot of contributing both singles Olivia Wittels can be reached at and doubles and we expect them to take full owittels@cornellsun.com.

Three Red Alumni Drafted to the NFL FOOTBALL

Continued from page 16

“This has been my dream since I was a kid. The surrealism, the wow moment when you first walk in, that wears off pretty quickly," Tasker said to the Shreveport Times. “Right when you get here, it gets down to

work pretty fast. At this point now, it’s just football.”

Tasker's teammate, Tretter, seems to echo his statement as he pushes to show his stuff as an offensive lineman for the Packers.

“It’s a hard experience. You come in excited and ready to prove yourself and now you

can’t,” Tretter said to the Shreveport Times. “You have to stay positive, study the plays and make sure you’re learning everything every day that everyone else is learning.”

Haley Velasco can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

NEW YORK (AP) — Four weeks after straining his right hamstring, David Wright is ready for the next step in his recovery.

The All-Star third baseman was headed to the New York Mets’ complex in Florida on Thursday, a day before the team begins a nine-game road trip. He said he feels fine swinging and fielding, but he’s not running full speed and isn’t ready for rehab games.

Mets manager Terry Collins had said Wright might play in a minor league game this weekend.

“Hopefully soon,” Wright said. “I think I’m ahead of schedule.”

After playing through nagging soreness in his hamstring for about a week, Wright was injured Aug. 2 while legging out an infield single. He said the medical staff has told him it’s a six-week injury, which would put him on track to return in mid-September.

The Mets’ captain is determined to come back before the season ends because he doesn’t want to go into next year with any uncertainty about his health. But he wants to make sure he rehabs properly and heals completely so his hamstring doesn’t become a chronic problem.

“I want to finish the season strong,” Wright said. “All signs are good. I haven't had a single setback yet.”

A seven-time All-Star, Wright is hitting .309 with 16 home runs and 54 RBIs. While the team was home, he worked with the Mets’ medical staff at Citi Field. Now, he’ll report to Port St. Lucie, Fla. Philadelphia infielder Michael Young cautioned

Wright this week against rushing back from a strained hamstring.

Young said he did just that and got reinjured during the 2009 pennant race with Texas, costing him two more weeks.

Wright said he appreciated the gesture.

“Basically the cardinal rule I told him was — and this was told to me by other guys who had hamstring injuries — the second you think you’re ready to play, wait three more days,” Young said. “That way you know you're ready.”

It’s been a difficult month for Wright and the rebuilding Mets, who are 11-14 since his injury.

All-Star ace Matt Harvey was diagnosed with a partially torn elbow ligament Monday and hopes to avoid Tommy John surgery. One day later, New York traded two of its top run producers (Marlon Byrd and John Buck) to Pittsburgh for a pair of prospects.

“I think that the Matt Harvey situation obviously kind of blindsided everybody, as well as he's been throwing the ball,” Wright said. “But I’ve done my rehab with him the last couple days and he’s in good spirits.”

The 24-year-old Harvey has blossomed into one of baseball’s most dominant pitchers during his first full season in the majors.

But his injury jeopardizes New York’s aspirations of contending for a playoff spot next season.

Tommy John surgery would likely sideline Harvey for all of 2014, though the right-hander tweeted Tuesday that he’ll be back on the mound next April.

He was heartened after talking to other pitchers who had similar symptoms or injuries and didn't require surgery, including Philadelphia right-hander Roy Halladay.

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Cornell Hopes To Defend It’s Ivy League Title in Upcoming Season

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Kicking it forward | Senior tri-captain Patrick Slogic is hoping to progress in the NCAA tournament this year. Last season, Slogic was chosen for the Men’s National Top 100 list.

By ANNA FASMAN Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell men’s soccer team has much to look forward to this season, which will begin Sept. 6 at Hartwick University. The Red will play its first series of games, The Mayor’s Cup, against The University of Detroit Mercy on Sept. 6 followed by a game against host Hartwick on Sept. 8.

Head Coach Jaro Zawislan will start his fifth season as a coach for Cornell after a successful 2012-13 season.

After taking home the Ivy League title, the Red fell early to Syracuse in the NCAA tournament. The Orange was able to beat Cornell in the first round, ending the tournament early for the team. However, the men have been working on individual player’s physical abilities, as well as the team’s possession of the ball and tactical discipline.

“We’re just looking forward to the next game. We were focused only on that first game,” Zawislan said. “We had a short preseason, and we need to hit the ground running.”

In terms of overall goals for the season, senior tri-captain Patrick Slogic and Zawislan hope to take the title of Ivy League champions again, as well as advance even further in the tournament than last year.

“The team is a work in progress. We just want to see steady improvement,” Zawislan said. “It is important to focus on training session to training session rather than jump too far ahead. Staying ahead of the other teams is what is most important.”

With one senior, Daniel Haber, already signed and playing for Apollon Limassol — a professional team based out of Cyprus — the seniors who did return this year will have to work harder than ever to defend their title of Ivy League champions. Slogic was recently chosen to the Men’s National Top 100, but he is still prepared for what lies ahead. “[This honor] won’t affect how I feel about the upcoming season,” Slogic said. “I still have to perform

this season regardless of my [past] success.”

With the addition of fifteen new freshmen, this year will not only be about trying to win back to back titles, but will also focus on training these new players in order to put together a stronger team for the years to come.

“The freshman are looking promising,” Slogic said.

“They all show potential to make an impact right away. I am very happy with what the new players could add to our returning team.”

These freshmen come from places as close as New York City and New Jersey and as far as Cambridge, England. Many have held championship titles themselves, playing on national club teams and holding spots in the U.S. Development Academy — a program that connects youth players in top clubs around the country to United States soccer teams later on. However, Zawislan has made it clear to the team that there is no such thing as a guaranteed spot on the team — the players have to earn their time on the field in each practice and games.

“We’re going to put the best players on the field in playing time positions and we’re going to make sure we have a group of players who give us the best chance to succeed,” Zawislan said.

Senior tri-captains Jake Rinow, Ben Williams and Slogic were all starters and integral members of the team

last year. Rinow, one of the starting defenders, and Williams, a starting midfielder, played for the majority of each game, both averaging around 88 minutes of playing time. Slogic, after being nominated for many awards last season and making the National Top 100, hopes to ultimately sign a contract, at the end of his senior year to play professionally.

The first game of Ivy League play is scheduled for Oct. 5 against The University of Pennsylvania on the Quakers’ home turf. The following week, the Red will be back at home for its second league game against Harvard.

“I’m looking forward to all the Ivy League games this year, especially against Brown,” Slogic said. “We have a huge home game against them this year, and they are usually one of the biggest hurdles to overcome in order to win the Ivy title.”

Despite the loss of one key player, the Red is hoping for another successful season. With so much new talent joining the team this year, a strong group of returning players, and intense training to start off the season, Cornell will likely find itself playing with the same tenacity and heart that earned the Red the championship title last season.

Anna Fasman can be reached at afasman@cornellsun.com.

Football Returns Texas A&M Is Taking Advantage of Manziel’s Fame To West, Texas After Explosion HOROWITZ

Continued from page 16

WEST, Texas (AP) — Four months after the local fertilizer plant exploded, killing 15 people, transforming the lives of everyone in town and damaging buildings for blocks around, including their high school, the West Trojans were preparing to take the field for their first home game since the blast.

The field, which served as a triage site after the April 17 blast in the community 100 miles south of Dallas, has been replanted and repainted in preparation for the season opener against the Little River-Academy Bumblebees. Few Texas traditions are as celebrated or mythologized as high school football under the lights, but Thursday night's kickoff held particular importance for the people of West, who have endured months of struggle and uncertainty.

“Everyone is just really excited that we can do normal things like go to football games, when just a couple of months ago we were hurting so badly,” said high school English teacher Chelsey Lauer.

Many of the West’s 2,800 residents were expected to cheer on their Trojans. The community held a morning pep rally that included a Czech-themed dance group, in a nod to West’s immigrant roots more than a century ago.

with great potential but with a strong competitive streak, short temper, and craving for risk. After his burst to stardom in his freshman year, A&M crowned him with a new nickname, “Johnny Football.” The trail of trouble has elevated Johnny Football into a major media icon. The personality has taken on a life of its own, with the press eager to latch onto the next chapter in the ongoing saga. Lost on many, but not on his parents, is that he’s still the same Jonathan. He’s a kid from a welloff family with strong principles of proper conduct who’s struggling to mature. In this sense, he’s like all college adolescents, endeavoring to solidify his identity and navigate the road to adulthood.

Jonathan just can’t handle the pressure. He can’t escape the world that only cares to see Johnny Football get into trouble again. Even Texas A&M seems to care more about profiting from Manziel’s stardom than about supporting and defending him through his struggles. On this account, his parents are in complete agreement. When Jonathan and his parents requested that Jonathan’s copy of the Heisman be sent to the family home and it didn’t arrive, A&M told the family that it hadn’t yet arrived from New York. Yet, the Heisman Trust notified the family that

it was sent directly to A&M. The family suspects that the school deliberately misled them. And the problem is even more complex. The NCAA investigates every angle of of the Manziel family’s fortune and daily transactions, and Texas A&M is aiding the effort. The family has paid for the services of

[Manziel is] a kid from a well-off family with strong principles of proper conduct who’s struggling to mature.

Jonathan’s therapist, while A&M is building a new atrium designed to flaunt Jonathan’s Heisman to recruiting prospects. His parents know his situation isn’t fair, but they also know that Jonathan needs to endure the pressure while staying out of trouble. Breaking the law is no coping mechanism.

The latest allegations could have major consequences. Multiple autograph dealers have accused Manziel of accepting thousands of dollars to sign autographs. A.J. Green, now on the Cincinnati Bengals, received a four game suspension for selling a jersey in 2009. Multiple Ohio State players received five game suspensions for simi-

lar violations. The sums that Manziel is alleged to have accepted greatly exceed these previous violations, so the NCAA could impose even greater punishment if it can present adequate evidence.

Some probably hope that Manziel will receive the strictest possible punishment. They hope it will finally teach him the lesson that fame is no excuse for breaking the law. But this may not be the best idea. It may crush Jonathan to a point of no return, killing his drive for football success. That would be a major loss for the sport and its fans.

Does Manziel really even deserve to be punished? He endures the same scrutiny and swarming press coverage as professional athletes, yet they can be paid for autographs. If schools and the media treat college athletes like professionals and profit from them, maybe college athletes should be paid too.

Or, there is the opposite approach.

Let’s treat Jonathan like a 20 year old student, not a professional. Jonathan, and most 20 year olds, aren’t ready to be celebrities. The media should let the “Johnny Football” craze come to an end. Texas A&M should focus on helping Manziel feel welcome and cared for, not on profiting from him. True fans want Manziel to simply succeed and mature, so let’s just let Johnny be Jonathan.

Ben Horowitz can be reached at bhorowitz@cornellsun.com.

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Four to Floor in National Football League The NFL now features four players from the Red; three of them were drafted this season

By HALEY VELASCO Sun Sports Editor

When one thinks of Cornell University, many things come to mind — academics, Ivy League, Ithaca — but the National Football League is usually not one of them. At least, it hasn’t been the case in the past for a team that has gone 46 and 5-5 in the last two seasons. But times are changing, and

Cornell is starting to make its mark on the NFL. For the last six years (since the 2007 season), Kevin Boothe ’05 was the sole player representing the Red in the NFL. But as of this season, he has been joined by Bryan Walters ’10, J.C. Tretter ’13 and Luke Tasker ’13 who are all currently in professional training camps with Seattle, Green Bay and San Diego respectively, looking to secure spots for this season.

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Bleeding Red | Luke Tasker ’13 is one of three Cornell alumni drafted to the NFL this season. He is currently in a

“It’s even more exciting right now,” Boothe said in an April 12 interview with the Shreveport Times. “For a while, it was just me. It’s exciting to see younger guys getting an opportunity. I am always honored and proud to represent Cornell in the NFL." As the only Cornellian on the field in the pros for the last six years, Boothe did everything he could to make his almamater proud.

“I didn’t look at it as a burden or a responsibility. I was just proud and I realized that I was the only one in the NFL. I tried to do what I could to make the University proud,” he said. “I approach every day as if I am trying to make the team, regardless of my situation, whether I am starting or not. That’s always been my approach.”

As far as not being the new guy on the block, Walters — who was an undrafted free agent with the Chargers in 2010 — is working to start for his third team in four years. As a Seattle kid, Walters could be playing with the team that he grew up spending Sunday afternoons watching and cheering on.

“To get the chance to play for the team that you grew up watching and for it to become a reality, it’s pretty crazy. But you get past it pretty quick and realize it’s your job and you’ve got to focus,” Walters said to the Shreveport Times.

“Special teams, obviously, are where I need to show up during these preseason games.”

The road for Tasker has been different than the others.

He grew up as the son of seven-time Pro Bowler Steve Tasker, which meant spending a lot of his childhood around the Buffalo Bills organization, so he knows what the inside of a professional team looks like. But that doesn’t seem to be making things easier for the 22-year-old who has thrown his own cleats and stepped out onto the field to vie for a spot with the Chargers this season.

professional training camp working for a spot on the San Diego Chargers.

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MEN’S TENNIS

Cornell Tennis Looks to Build On Last Season’s Success,Victories

By OLIVIA WITTELS Sun Staff Writer

After finishing with a winning 14-8 record last season, including a 3-4 record in the Ivy League, the Cornell men’s tennis team is back in action with hopes of serving up some serious competition this year. The Red finished last season ranked 54th in the CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Raring to go | The men’s tennis team is ready to defend its ECAC Championship Title.

nation, and with the squad remaining mostly intact — Brett Cromwell, Jared Karson, and Charles Quay were the team’s only 2013 graduates — the Red is poised for another successful season.

In fact, none of the team’s starters graduated last season, according to junior co-captain Sam Fleck.

“Winning the Ivy League and qualifying for the NCAA tournament [are] very realistic and achievable goals,” he said. Another one of the Red’s aspirations is to “defend [its] title at the Eastern College Athletic Conference [ECAC] tournament,” Fleck said. The Red secured the title last February.

One of the ways the team is planning on continuing its successes from last season, as well as surpassing its prior achievements, is by becoming more comfortable with the challenges faced on and off the court. Head coach Silviu Tanasoiu emphasized that excellence includes both the positives of winning as well as the negative situations a player might encounter.

“Our main lesson from last year is to welcome challenges and search for the ‘uncomfortable,’ ” he said. “If we want to grow and become a feared team, we not only have to deal with, but pursue the uncomfortable. There is an opportunity for growth in every uncomfortable situation. It is not about adjusting to it but about searching for it.”

Tanasoiu hopes to build on what the team achieved last season.

“Our number one goal is to build on last year's foundation,” he said. “With the help of our team leaders, we are welcoming five new players in our program and we are looking forward to integrat[ing them] into our program and philosophy.”

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Let Johnny Be Jonathan

exas A&M quarterback Jonathan Manziel’s short college career has been one of unparalleled onfield success. In the 2012 season, he became the first player to win the Heisman Trophy as a freshman. He was the first freshman to pass for 3000 yards and rush for 1000 in the same season. A talented dualthreat quarterback, his on-

A&M’s bitter rival. He was dismissed from the Manning Passing Academy after he repeatedly overslept. After receiving a parking ticket for parking his car abnormally in front of his house at A&M, Manziel unleashed this angry tweet about his college: “Bulls-- like tonight is a reason why I can't wait to leave college station...whenever it may be.”

Ben Horowitz Guest Column field performance reveals nothing but boundless potential for a successful collegiate and professional career.

However, Manziel’s off-thefield record is replete with behavioral problems. In June 2012, before he ever played his first collegiate game, Manziel was arrested for presenting a fake ID when police caught him in a street fight. After his Heisman season, Manziel was thrown out of a fraternity party at University of Texas,

Worst of all, ESPN recently revealed allegations that Manziel took payment for signing autographs, a direct violation of NCAA rules. This most recent misdeed has the potential to carry serious consequences, including longterm suspension.

Yet behind the scenes of the “Johnny Football” scandal, Manziel’s parents have always known him as Jonathan, a son See HOROWITZ page 15