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Community Members Debate Plastic Bag Ban

By KEVIN MILIAN Sun Staff Writer

Imagine a Tompkins County without plastic bags.

Members of the Tompkins County Environmental Management Council, present at a forum Wednesday, debated a proposal to ban retail stores from providing single-use plastic bags to customers at checkout. Supporters of the proposal say would cut down on waste, while critics say it would unnecessarily inconvenience consumers.

The EMC first thought of banning single-use plastic bags in January and has been discussing it on a monthly basis ever since, according to Brian Eden, a member of the EMC’s executive committee.

“This is not a new issue to this community. Many organizations have been working on this for awhile, such as the Ithaca Farmer’s Market or GreenStar,” Eden said.

Still, whether or not the ban is enacted — and how quickly or slowly it is implemented — is still dependent on the community’s feedback, according to Tompkins County Legislator Carol Chock.

“We don’t want to look at a specific resolution until we know what our community agrees on. Our process involves tonight’s meeting, recommendations, See FORUM page 4

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“This is not a new issue to this community. Many organizations have been working on this for awhile.”

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Bag lady | Community members discuss the implications of banning plastic bags in Tompkins County at a forum held in the Tompkins County Public Library Wednesday evening.

The Onion Headed to Cornell

Senior writer or editor will address students,CUPB says

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Preach | Martha Robertson ’75, a congressional candidate for New York’s 23rd Congressional District, addresses the Cornell Democrats Wednesday.

Congressional Race‘Winnable,’ Martha Robertson’75 Says

By TYLER ALICEA Sun Senior Writer

Democratic congressional candidate Martha Robertson ’75, who is seeking to defeat incumbent Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y. 23) in the 2014 Congressional elections, said to Cornell Democrats Wednesday that she is running in a “winnable” race.

Robertson has served on the Tompkins County Legislature since 2002 and acted as its chair since 2010. The predominantly conservative district she hopes to win over gained national attention last year after Democratic challenger Nate Shinagawa ’05 M.A. ’09 lost the race to Reed by only four points, The Sun previ-

ously reported.

The district was also the subject of attention because the 2012 election was the first to be held after congressional districts were redrawn in New York State, according to Robertson.

According to Robertson, Shinagawa ran in a “hard” and “tough” race last year. Despite his loss, the election was determined by a smaller margin than any poll had previously predicted.

“People didn’t give [Shinagawa] much of a chance,” Robertson said, adding that Reed scared Reed, coming within only 10,000 votes from defeating his Republican opponent.

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Onion, will give Cornell students an inside look at the satirical newspaper.

“We expect them to be doing a humorous conversation about what they do at

The upcoming event will not be the first time a member of The Onion stepped foot on A writer or editor from the campus. Rob Siegel, senior edisatirical publication, The tor for The Onion, came to Onion, will give Cornellians an Cornell in 2002 and had a wellinside look at the news received show, according organization on Oct. 16, to Wong.

“I think the way [the Onion] the Cornell University He said he anticipates Program Board announced is able to highlight the that the Cornell student Wednesday. will enjoy this show absurdities of current events body “The Onion is a very as well. popular publication with a through satire is great.”

“I’m definitely excited strong online presence, and to go,” Chang Ha Kim Chang Ha Kim ’15 it is well known among ’15 said. “I think the way Cornell students, and we [The Onion] is able to think it will be a great, fun The Onion, how content highlight the absurdities of curevent,” CUPB Chairperson gets produced and [let stu- rent events through satire is Richmond Wong ’14 said. dents] take a look a little bit great. Despite it being a fake Wong said the event, which behind the scenes and get to newspaper, it really reveals a lot will be held at Statler see the popular clips and about the public’s unsaid views Auditorium and led by either a headlines on the Onion,” senior writer or editor from The Wong said.

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Protesters Picket Rep.Reed’s Office

By HELEN DONNELLY Sun Contributor

Rep. Tom Reed (RN.Y. 23) is a “fat cat” who refuses to pay his taxes on time, said 12 protesters who gathered outside the doorstep of Reed’s Ithaca office Wednesday.

Reed is currently

serving his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a member of the Committee on Means and Ways, the chief tax-writing committee for the House.

Democrats have slammed Reed in recent weeks after The Buffalo News

reported in August that the representative was late in paying his property taxes 38 times since 2005.

Although Reed’s campaign maintains that Reed not only paid his taxes in full but also paid $3,486.51 in late fees for failing to make timely payments, protesters at

the event Wednesday said they do not support Reed in his reelection effort.

The protesters — whose signs read “I pay my taxes, why doesn’t Congressman Reed?” and “Politicians aren’t above the law” — ranged from students See REED page 5

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Two University Profs Named ‘Genius’ Fellows

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By HALEY ROSENSPIRE Sun Contributor

Cornell has two more geniuses working on its faculty.

Prof. Craig Fennie, applied engineering physics, and Prof. Sheila Nirenberg, physiology and biophysics, were among 24 individuals who were named MacArthur Fellows by the Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Wednesday.

As recipients of the “Genius Awards,” Fennie and Nirenberg are entitled to a no-strings-attached $625,000 grant that will be distributed over five years. Contenders for the award cannot apply for the “genius grant,” but instead are anonymously nominated by leaders in their fields.

The MacArthur Fellowship search committee looks for “exceptional creativity, promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishment and potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work,” according to the foundation’s website.

Fennie came to Cornell in 2008 after spending two years conducting research at the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory, according to a University press release. He is a materials scientist who focuses on applying theoretical physics to solid-state chemistry in order to discover new elemental materials, according to his profile on the MacArthur Foundation’s website.

“What I love about this award is that it’s not an award that’s just for scientists. In my opinion, it’s an award that

ANTHONY CHEN / SUN CONTRIBUTOR

Rachel Siptroth ’14 participates in a creative arts therapy workshop sponsored by Cornell Minds Matter in Willard Straight Hall on Wednesday.

celebrates creativity,” Fennie said in a video interview posted on the foundation’s website.

Nirenberg, who teaches at Weill Cornell Medical College, has worked at Cornell for eight years. Prior to coming to the University, she taught at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Nirenberg has spent the last 10 years working on neural coding research, which concerns the relationship between external visuals and how the brain interprets them. She said that, more recently, she has worked on developing a prosthetic that could restore eyesight to those with degenerative

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vision loss.

Currently, Nirenberg has created a working prototype for mice and has the neural code to create one for primates.

Nirenberg’s project still needs to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration before it can advance, but she said she hopes to move into the clinical trial stage soon.

Nirenberg said this award does “great things” for her work.”

Haley Rosenspire can be reached at hjr46@cornell.edu.

CALS Internship Prog. Kicks Off

By CHRISTOPHER STANTON Sun Contributor

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Paul Merrill, Gussman Director of Jazz Ensembles, discussed all things musical Cornell with students at the Carol Tatkon Center Wednesday.

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Harvard University’s endowment grew 11.3 percent during the most recent fiscal year, to a total of $32.7 billion, The Harvard Crimson reported Monday. Harvard’s endowment declined slightly from the previous year, according to The Crimson.

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A 20-person group consisting of interns, employers and Cornell administrators met in the Physical Sciences building Tuesday to celebrate the New York State Internship Program’s first year of existence.

The pilot program, which debuted this year and seeks to help upstate N.Y. retain an educated workforce, had eight participants, all of whom are returning students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Each student worked in a different region of upstate New York with a company of his or her choosing. The participants had a range of majors, from applied economics and management to animal science, and their employers ranged from Chobani to the Tompkins County Administration.

Bryan Williamson ’15, who worked at Sysco Syracuse, a food service marketing and distribution company, said he found the internship program to be very hands-on.

“The CALS NYS Program was such an eye-opening experience,” Williamson said. “It taught me skills that you simply can’t learn in a classroom or from a professor.”

Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman, community development coordinator of the University’s Community and Regional Development Institute, launched the CALS NYS internship program with the help of a colleague.

According to MouillesseauxKunzman, the program aims to provide CALS students with opportunities for regional internships.

“This event, in particular, is important as it provided the students with an opportunity to synthesize, reflect on and share all they have learned throughout the entire program,” Mouillesseaux-Kunzman said. “It also provided our hosts with an opportunity to hear, first hand, their intern’s thoughts on what they took away from the experience, as well as all of the interns’ ideas on how their respective hosts and host-communities might increase their attraction and retention of young professionals.”

Mouillesseaux-Kunzman said the CALS NYS internship program differs from similar programs because it combines the usual work experience of an internship with a community outreach component, where students research and evaluate the seven “community capitals” of their respective regions.

Robin Blakely, senior extension associate with the Community and Regional Development Institute, added that students were directed to focus these community studies on “youth retention and attraction,” or how rural areas can better appeal to younger workers and prevent them from leaving to seek employment in more metropolitan areas.

“There’s definitely the presence of a ‘brain drain’ issue, where young minds leave these rural areas for various reasons,” Blakely said. “These rates aren’t any more drastic for upstate [N.Y.] than for other places across the country. What is different is the brain gain aspect.

Our program seeks to slowly start reversing these trends and contribute to a more vibrant and sustainable upstate econo-

my and lifestyle.”

In his closing speech for the event, Max Pfeffer, senior associate dean of CALS, praised the program for its ambition to add the community aspect to its agenda.

“The organization and the community sides brought together make this different than other internships,” he said. “Youth attraction and retention is important to the longevity and vitality of the region.”

Students participating in the program were required to dedicate one-fifth of the time spent on their internship to the program’s community outreach portion. Many of the participants said this requirement helped them achieve the goals they set at the beginning of the program.

Bryan Chan ’15, who worked at Beech-Nut Nutrition’s Quality Assurance Department, said community outreach helped shaped his viewpoint throughout the program.

“The community networking aspect of the program definitely changed how I assess a community and determine my role in it,” said Chan, who is The Sun’s Associate Multimedia Editor.

While seven of the eight students were New York natives, all of them worked in a region in which they had not lived previously, and many of the students said it was a good experience learning how to analyze new areas from such an academic and sociological viewpoint.

Pfeffer also said he hopes the program continues.

Christopher Stanton can be reached at cms459@cornell.edu.

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County Mulls Proposed Ban FORUM

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EMC discussion, bringing it up to the legislature and bringing it up officially to the public to make law,” Chock said.

Several communities in the U.S. have already banned single-use plastic bags, according to a presentation displayed at the forum.

“We don't have to have what they do in Austin, San Francisco or Washington, D.C., but we can develop something uniquely for Tompkins County,” Eden said.

Jan Rhodes Norman, a local business owner, said that many local businesses have set a good precedent on this issue.

“Wegman's has done a fabulous job at paving the way [by] using their brand of reusable bags. GreenStar has done similar thing — they banned bags a couple of years ago. Having been paved by the big guys is good for our initiative,” Norman said.

According to Norman, visibility is key in using reusable bags. She provided an example of storing bags in the car for easy access during grocery trips.

“We have seen an increase in people who are remembering to bring their bags because of the high consciousness in all the big stores,” she said.

According to the proposal, retail spaces larger than 5,000 square feet will be required to provide these reusable bags, and a future determined period would be decided to enforce the ban on smaller spaces. The penalty for a second violation of this ban would be up to $150, and further penalties would be exacted for continued violations, although the numbers are negotiable, Eden said.

Some community members expressed concerns that reusable bags from prepared food retailers would be unsanitary.

But proponents of the ban said Tompkins County would be able to slowly, rather than abruptly, implement it. Citing similar bans in Austin, Texas and the State of California, Norman said that exceptions to the ban could be given, for example, for retailers who recently purchased plastic bags in wholesale.

“It's not cut and dry. Even if this were to make it to the legislature next year, it takes place [at] a point in the future. It’s a process; there's lots of time for people to weigh in and to shift to use something else,” Norman said.

Eden said he is confident the ban has a chance of being enacted.

“There has been very little resistance in other communities. [Ithaca Mayor] Svante Myrick ’09 put this meeting notice on his blog and commentators spoke highly on this. I think we can do it,” Eden said.

Kevin Milian can be reached at kmilian@cornellsun.com.

Legislator Tackles Election Issues ROBERTSON

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When Shinagawa determined he was unable to run in the 2014 election due to family obligations, he went to Robertson to suggest she run in his place, she said.

In response, Robertson — who announced her campaign in April — said “absolutely.”

Just five months after she announced her campaign, Robertson said she believes the opportunities for change are tremendous, despite the number of issues that need to be addressed.

She said the the most pressing issues facing the district include bolstering jobs and economic development, protecting Medicare and Social Security programs and improving the quality of education.

Robertson also said the environment is a priority of hers, and that if the environmental problems are not dealt with, nothing else will matter.

She added she was surprised that no one asked her about hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, which she said Reed supports.

“If you care about the environment, you do not want Tom Reed in Congress,” Robertson said.

Robertson also criticized Reed’s stance on women’s rights and said he is the only member of the New York delegation who voted on a bill to cut funding to Planned Parenthood.

Robertson attested to the importance of programs like Planned Parenthood and told a story about someone she knew who had received an illegal abortion from an individual who had blindfolded her in an apartment and performed the abortion.

“Is this what we want?” Robertson said, adding that banning abortions does not prevent them from occurring.

She was also asked by a student about her views on the NY SAFE Act, a law enacted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) in January in response to an elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn. The law — which was given support from the Tompkins County Legislature in April — expands restrictions on the sale, transportation and possession of firearms in New York State, The Sun previously reported.

Robertson said that she was concerned about the way the NY SAFE act was pushed through the state legislature and said that the gun control is a “cultural issue” within the region.

Robertson added that she supports Second Amendment rights as well as “common sense” measures regarding gun safety.

At the conclusion of the meeting, many students said they were pleased by what Robertson said.

Eric Pesner ’15, public relations director for the Cornell Democrats, praised Robertson and said he thinks she is a great candidate.

Tyler Alicea can be reached at talicea@cornellsun.com.

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Rep. Reed: Number of Late Payments Were Made by Partners PROTEST

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to local business owners, who said they came to raise awareness of Reed’s failure to pay his taxes.

“The point is to make people aware that our leaders aren’t always held to the same standards as us, and we should expect a minimum from our leaders. In this case, the minimum is to pay your taxes on time,” Georgia Crowther ’14 said.

Reed defended himself in an email to The Sun, saying all of his taxes are currently “paid and paid in full.” He added that a number of the late payments were not made by him, but rather by his employees and business partners.

“Out of over 500 tax payments since 2005, some of the payments were late,” he said in the email. “All payments, whether made directly by me or not, were paid in full. I take full responsibility and have taken preventive measures to ensure that future tax payments will be made on time.”

One of the protest’s organizers, Frank Xie ’15, said Reed should be expected to pay his taxes on time like everyone else.

“I’m here to speak a little about Tom Reed’s failure to pay taxes on numerous occasions. I think it’s kind of embarrassing that Tom Reed has failed to pay his taxes 38 times over the course of about seven years,” Xie said at the event.

Xie added that Reed’s inability to pay his taxes reflects a lack of responsibility.

“Personally, I work two jobs and I still pay my taxes while I’m going to school full time, and I think it’s ridiculous that he can’t do the same.

Being a congressman is a lot of responsibility, and if he can’t even take responsibility for his own personal businesses, then maybe he should rethink his career choices,” he said.

According to Crowther, another one of the protest’s organizers, Reed has failed to act as an example for the community by paying his taxes in an untimely manner.

“I’m here because I believe in leading by example. As a student leader and a member of student teams and clubs, I know the importance of leading by example in order to be effective. Tom Reed should pay his taxes on time like he expects of his constituents,” Crowther said.

Reed’s failure to pay taxes on time was not the only issue picketers took issue with. John Dennis, one of the protest’s main organizers, said he did not think Reed is the best person to represent the his congressional district.

“I would love to see a Democrat representing the 23rd district in Congress. I’m very disappointed with Tom Reed. He was also a lackluster mayor of Corning for two years,” Dennis said.

Dennis said Reed has also been hypocritical during his two terms as a congressman.

“He complains about the debt ceiling, and yet he signed a pledge not to raise taxes. But that’s the role of the federal government, to tax people and spend money, and to get the economy moving,” he said. “I don’t think he understands economics.”

When asked about the number of people at the protest, Dennis said he was pleased with the turnout.

Helen Donnelly can be reached at hkd27@cornell.edu

The Onion Is Funny, Sharp, Students Say THE ONION

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of certain controversial issues.”

Mike Mongelli ’15 echoed Kim’s sentiment.

“It’s exciting that such a well-known satire newspaper will be on campus,” Mongelli said. “I love sarcasm, so I always find The Onion really entertaining.”

Ben Gandesbery ’15 also expressed appreciation of The Onion’s work.

“I think [The Onion is] very funny and very witty,” he said. “I wouldn’t really call it a news source, but it’s very funny because it tends to poke fun at more serious issues. It gives a sarcastic lighthearted twist on the news, so I think that’s very cool.”

Other students felt that a different publication should have been invited instead.

“It's cool that a senior editor for a relatively major publication like [The Onion] is coming to Cornell,” Ariel Smilowitz ’15 said. “But I also think that I would be more excited if someone from another publication came. I don’t really think The Onion is too relevant anymore.”

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

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Four Things Cornellians Should Know About Obamacare I ’ve noticed a funny thing about Obamacare: Everyone I know has a strong opinion on the law, but few really know anything about it. In 2010, the Democrats lost more than 60 seats in the House of Representatives mainly because of Obamacare. In 2012, President Barack Obama mailed out free “I Like Obamacare” bumper stickers and this coming week the Republicans might shut down the government in an attempt to defund Obamacare. All of this commotion and few people I know can even describe what Obamacare is, let alone form a rational opinion about the law. So, I thought I’d go all BuzzFeed and call my article Four Things Cornellians Should Know When Talking About Obamacare. (If there are no adorable pictures of cats they were removed by my editor, blame her). Hopefully this provides a bit of information and piques your interest to learn more.

1. YOU PROBABLY WON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT My first point is probably the one thing that surprises most people about Obamacare.

Despite what you’ve heard about insurance mandates and President Obama personally coming to your next check-up to slap the stethoscope out of your doctor’s hand, most students at Cornell have health insurance that will be relatively unaffected. The reality of the bill is, if you or your parent has a job that provides health insurance, then you’re not going to deal with Obamacare. This characterization is true of a large majority of Cornell students and recent graduates (as

well as all Americans). The bill mainly helps means it’s okay (see point one). That said, if the poor and those with preexisting medical you’re still reading because you want to underconditions get healthcare. For those of us at stand Obamacare, here’s what it means in the Cornell that Obamacare does affect, it means simplest possible terms. The Health Insurance that health insurers can’t deny us coverage Exchanges are a signature part of Obamacare. because of health conditions that are out of Because most Americans will be required to have health insurance, the exchanges are set up our control — pretty cool if you ask me.

2. YOU CAN STAY ON YOUR PARENTS’ to create a state and federal marketplace where HEALTHCARE PLAN you can compare different plans. Buying Okay, forget that I said it doesn’t affect you health insurance is confusing and sometimes because this might. Many health insurance unnecessarily expensive. These problems are companies combated by used to kick the exdependents changes. The You are probably going to expectation off their parhave health insurance is that the ent’s insurance before through your family or October 1 age 26. With employer. The said, if you rollout will Obamacare, be marked don’t have it, you by you can website should get it. glitches, but remain on your parent’s the states and healthcare the federal plan until you are 26, an age when you are government has until Jan. 1 to make sure the more likely to have a job that provides health exchanges all work. I wanted to mention that insurance. For those of us who did not find there will be glitches because that will probathe Consulting and Finance — I mean bly be the next headline you read about “Career”— Fair very helpful, this is good Obamacare. That said, because there is no difnews. This addition has already greatly ference in enrolling on Oct. 1 and Dec. 15, it’s increased the number of insured people unlikely that the system will be too crowded between the age 18-26, which is good for the before the glitches can be resolved. entire healthcare system.

4. YOU SHOULD SERIOUSLY HAVE HEALTH 3. THE HEALTH EXCHANGES GO LIVE INSURANCE OCT. 1 (AND THERE WILL BE GLITCHES) Okay, this isn’t explicitly about ObamaIf you have no idea what this statement care, but it relates. As stated in points one and

two, you are probably going to have health insurance through your family or employer.

That said, if you don’t have it, you should get it. Unlike, say, the “tuition insurance” Cornell offers or fire insurance for your house, health problems are statistically likely to occur to you eventually (whereas you dropping out of school or your house catching fire is more unlikely). Getting health insurance when you’re young, particularly because of the Obamacare subsidies, is going to be pretty cheap. Going to the hospital, particularly the emergency room when you don’t have insurance, is not.

It’s possible the penalty for not having insurance will be less than the cost of getting health insurance. Even if that’s the case, buy some health insurance. You don’t want to resort to selling meth because you can’t pay for your cancer treatment (It’s the last week of Breaking Bad, I had to make a Walter White reference).

Obamacare, and health policy in general, is so much more complicated and interesting than I could do justice it in this piece. If you’re interested or confused please, do further research! Even if you don’t, I hope you now have some facts to back up the passionately held beliefs on Obamacare that everyone seems to have.

Max Schechter is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and the president of the Cornell Democrats.

He may be reached at mschechter@cornellsun.com.

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Obamacare’s Biggest Problem?

The People Don’t Want it

ust days after the 2012 Presidential election, House their communities. It seems Americans are not as comfortable Speaker John Boehner gave the Democrats a cherry on top with big government as those on the left would have us believe. of their victory: a declaration to ABC News that The administration, meanwhile, does not appear ready to “Obamacare is the law of the land.” Obama administration unleash all of Obamacare on the American people at once. officials, and their supporters, lined up to agree with the While going on about the alleged benefits of the law ad infiniSpeaker. Any chance of repealing Obamacare, they argued, tum in campaign-style public appearances, the President has ended on election night.

Their confidence is understandable. At a time of anemic economic growth, the White House mar- No one can definitively know whether shaled considerable resources to push an overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system. Obamacare seemed Obamacare will ultimately be invincible in the face of numerous obstacles, includ- accepted by the American people ing the loss of Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, opposi- — there are simply too many tion from dozens of House Democrats, a record-setting victory for Congressional Republicans in the variables at play for any accurate 2010 midterms and a landmark 5-4 Supreme Court prediction to be made. ruling on the law’s constitutionality. Today, Democrats are confident that in a few years, opponents of Obamacare will be considered as radical as those who been quite willing to unilaterally alter “the law of the land.” In wish to abolish Social Security and Medicare. After all, oppo- the past few months alone, the employer mandate and limits sition to the major healthcare reforms of the 20th century has on out-of-pocket insurance costs have both been delayed for generally faded away over time, as Americans have changed one year past their statutory starting points. While the admintheir notions about the proper role of the federal government istration accuses Republicans of disrespect for the law, the in daily life.

President openly abdicates his constitutional responsibility to As of right now, however, it seems that Democratic hopes “take care that the laws be faithfully executed” by simply ignorof a quick end to this debate amount to wishful thinking. ing the parts he dislikes.

When Obamacare was being considered in Congress, Former At a time when stagnant wages and a “jobless recovery” may Speaker Nancy Pelosi infamously said that Congress should persist for years, many Americans do not see the wisdom in pass the legislation so “that we can find out what is in it.” Thus imposing more requirements on businesses and individuals. far, it seems that the American people do not like what they When Obamacare goes into effect, the employer mandate will see. Polling data has indicated that the country opposes the law require all employers with 50 or more employees to provide by double-digit margins, as Americans continue to be anxious insurance to all of their “full-time” workers (defined as workabout how the law will affect themselves, their families and ing 30 or more hours per week). Not only will this discourage

job creation by increasing the cost of every new hire to the employer, but it will also cause employers to cut back the hours of workers they already employ. Furthermore, millions of Americans will be forced to pay penalties for refusing to purchase health insurance that covers whatever the federal government deems “essential.” This hurts younger people in particular by forcing them to pay exorbitant prices for health insurance products they are very unlikely to need. Throw in a new excise tax on medical devices and the fact that premiums continue to rise and it should come as no surprise that many Americans think they are getting a raw deal.

As long as the public remains skeptical of the Obamacare, it will remain politically advantageous for the Republican Party to oppose it. But the party must go further than mere opposition. Republicans must articulate an agenda on how to improve the nation’s healthcare system to defeat Democratic charges of callousness toward those in need. Being perceived as “the party of no” might get you a few votes in the next election from those who oppose the status quo, but does little in attracting the type of long-term support that strengthens the base of a party.

No one can definitively know whether Obamacare will ultimately be accepted by the American people — there are simply too many variables at play for any accurate prediction to be made. As of right now, however, it is clear that Democrats are far from convincing the public that the President’s healthcare reforms will do more good than harm.

Julius Kairey is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jkairey@cornellsun.com. Always Right appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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By HANNAH MEZHERITSKY Sun Contributor

With the summer weather winding down and as the temperature lowers, I figured now would be the perfect time to sample a few salads as a closer to the season. To those of you who are not salad enthusiasts, I urge you to keep looking around, because a perfect salad is something than can really make not only your meal, but also your day. Upon beginning my search for salads throughout Ithaca, I searched long and hard for the perfect restaurants, ingredients and even dressings. With the “create your own” salad idea so popular around campus now, it is easy to forget the appeal of a salad that was specially designed with its own ingredients meant to fit in with the restaurant’s cuisine. Though every restaurant, pub and café around Collegetown and the Commons seems to have its own spin on a classic salad, I decided to wander into the ones that offered distinct salad options.

THE STRAWBERRY FIELDS SALAD AT RULLOFF’S Rulloff ’s in Collegetown doesn’t exactly strike many as a place to find some healthy greens, but its Strawberry Fields salad is a great healthy alternative to the tempting bar food offered. This salad, filled with strawberries, cherry tomatoes, grapes, goat cheese, asparagus and caramelized walnuts atop a bed of romaine lettuce is the perfect salad to make you forget about Ithaca’s harsh weather and take you back to a more tropical location. The lettuce was crisp and fresh, and the goat cheese added sharper flavor to balance with the fruit. The honey balsamic dressing was the perfect tangy flavor combined with the sweetness of the grapes and strawberries, and the walnuts guaranteed even more of the sweet and salty mix.

The combination of textures, from the creamy

goat cheese to the crunchy walnuts made each bite a unique combination and surprise Many people underestimate the power of a one of a kind, supplemental dressing, but Rulloff ’s has the perfect list of dressings to choose from, each bringing its own special flavor. For those who enjoy salads on the sweeter side or who are simply looking for a healthy alternative to the usual burger, this salad will not disappoint.

THE FALAFEL SALAD AT SAHARA Beside other cafes and small restaurants in the Commons on Aurora Street sits Sahara, a restaurant with accommodating outside seating for a sunny afternoon in Ithaca. With a rather extensive Mediterranean menu including hummus, falafels and gyros, this downtown restaurant also includes a list of hearty salads with plenty to offer from its menu. When I ordered the falafel salad, I was surely not let down when I was presented with a huge plate filled with what seemed like a mountain of colorful, delicious looking salad.

Included in the salad are mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, feta cheese and falafel, tossed with the light house dressing and a thicker, rich tahini sauce. I was able to tell right away the freshness of the delicate falafels, blending perfectly with the crunchy vegetables and feta cheese cubes. The feta cheese crumbled right into the salad provided a balance with all the other flavors, while not overpowering the focus of the salad: the falafels. The falafels spread throughout the salad were like hidden gems, crispy and spiced, and each bite of a falafel was paired with the tahini sauce. The creamy tahini drizzled atop the salad was the perfect finishing touch, down to the very last bite.

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As a current freshman, Ithaca’s foodie scene is both exciting and daunting for me to explore.

When there are so many delicious things to try, eating healthy is difficult and the fear of the Freshman 15 is ever present. To be honest, I’m not usually the type to order a salad when eating out, but I accepted the challenge to discover some of the best in Ithaca. These salads will excite your taste buds, leave you feeling satisfied and be something anyone can feel good about eating.

THE ROMAN SALAD AT ALADDIN’S This small restaurant is a hidden gem on Dryden and can easily be missed when exploring the streets of Collegetown. Described as a “natural eatery”, this seemed like the place to find a unique salad. The restaurant itself is cozy, with a warm yellow tone brightening the walls and casual seating creates a comfortable vibe. This is a place to take family from out of town or to find an inexpensive, tasty meal with friends. The mellow oldies station playing in the background and the friendly, prompt and polite service will keep you coming back.

With 12 salads on the menu, it’s hard to choose just one. The Roman Salad was my final choice, and it elevated my expectations of a simple lunch salad. Served on a gigantic, colorful plate, the salad is full of all sorts of goodies: mixed greens with sliced green apple, tomatoes, cucumbers, scallion slices, chunks of goat cheese, toasted pita bits and seasoned olive oil

Roman dressing. It was noted as one of the house all-time favorites, and I could understand why. The crunchy fried pita provided a nice alternative to the typical crouton and the green apples added a needed crisp, sweet bite to the salad.

When combined with the creamy goat cheese, it was reminiscent of a cheese plate. The scallion was not overpowering, and the fresh vegetables added juicy healthy flavors.

The mix of flavors, colors and textures created a satisfying salad that was truly memorable.

THE MARYLAND CRAB CAKE SALAD AT ITHACA ALE HOUSE The atmosphere of this downtown restaurant would not suggest it would be a place to find a great salad. However, this clean, wellmaintained bar with neon signs on the wall and oldies rock playing from the speakers is home of the Maryland Crab Cake salad, something I discovered last summer.

This mountain of mixed fresh greens came topped with grape tomatoes, cucumbers, avocado slices, croutons and served with house-made chipotle citrus vinaigrette. The remoulade sauce dollops and paprika sprinkled around the plate edge added a nice kick to the perfectly golden brown mini crab cakes. The crab itself was tender and moist, and the subtle sweetness of the dressing complimented it nicely. The buttery, rustic croutons and vibrant vegetables rounded out the enormous salad. With eight salads on the menu, there are plenty of choices for everyone, and you definitely won’t leave this place hungry!

Catherine Elsaesser can be reached at celsaesser@cornellsun.com.

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Drake Nothing Was the Same Universal Republic

O James Rainis Sure, sure, whatever. Drake is super famous, I guess.

Releasing eight platinum hip-hop singles sure is nothing to sneeze at, and pioneering an emo-rap sound that is being aped like nobody’s business at the moment is exceptionally impressive. But, when it comes down to it, Drake’s biggest identifying factor (and struggle) is this: Everyone thinks he’s soft. The Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah made this most clear by not only naming Drake, the official number one “Softest Rapper in the Game,” but by placing him as numbers two and three on the list as well. Recently, while eating lunch at Mac’s, I heard a wayward Hotelie, donning a pastel button-down, boat shoes and a backward baseball hat, calling Aubrey “a soft-ass pussy.” When preppy white dudes are calling you soft, you know you have a problem.

Maybe it’s the whole Wheelchair Jimmy thing. Maybe it’s his penchant for breaking off into a wispy croon and eschewing straight raps for R&B ballads. Likely, though, it’s just his whole, “I’m successful and sad and sad about being successful” shtick. To Drake’s credit, it’s a look that fits him: Take Care was a concept album about relationship-induced malaise.

“Marvin’s Room” turns a night as a world-famous rap star going to a club into a navel-gazing, self-pitying analysis of desperate drunk-dials. Oh, and it was really good.

Nothing Was The Same, Drake’s latest, is a bald-faced lie of an album title. Drake mines his usual mopey territory and doesn’t really break any new ground here, aside from completely glossing over his origin story with the myth-making

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lead single “Started From The Bottom” (something he undoubtedly learned from mentor and former corrections officer Rick Ross). However, there’s a reason every song on the radio sounds like “Drake” featuring Drake: Dude knows how to make a great song.

Lots of credit goes to Noah “40” Shebib and the other super producers Drake enlisted for album number three.

Shebib steals the show early with “Tuscan Leather,” a track that flips a Whitney Houston sample from a laid-back chipmunk groove to a hectic, chest-beating climax and back again.

The track lingers in the lavish production (“How much time is this nigga’ spending on the intro?”) and Drake is able to hold his own for its entirety. This is a breath of fresh air from Drake, whose debut was loaded with so many features that I’m not sure it even technically qualifies as a solo album. His confidence has gotten to the point where his only collaborators are hook-singers (Jhene Aiko, in particular, kills it on the commitment-phobic “From Time,” and Sampha puts in a soulful performance on slow jam “Too Much”) and, uh, Jay-Z. Sure, Jigga mails it in with an almost hilariously mediocre and cakefilled verse, but it’s still pretty impressive to pull the man away from his busy schedule to actually put in some studio time, no matter how rushed.

Drake may tread the same ground on Nothing Was The Same, but it’s undeniably fertile. “Hold On, We’re Going Home” is the sultry torch song, with Drake playing balladeer.

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the sparse, airy production style that Drake jacked from Jamie xx and made his own. The lyrics in “Own It” are standard Drake, with its admissions of affection (“Next time we fuck, I don’t wanna fuck, I wanna make love”) and played-out tough guy rhetoric (“Niggas talk more than bitches these days”), but Shebib’s expert utilization of a pitched-down vocal sample and a rattling snare effect creates a cacophonic middle section that shows Drake experimenting with traditional hip-hop song structure. And, as played out as it’s gotten, “Started From The Bottom” is an even more fitting tribute to the Shaolin style than “Wu-Tang Forever”: The sinister, minor-key piano and simple percussive racket is just a couple of kung-fu samples away from being mistaken for a RZA track.

For you ladies and gentlemen keeping track at home: No, Nothing Is The Same is not Drake’s attempt at being a hard-ass.

He’s still screwing up things with all the worthwhile women in his life and he’s still questioning the presence of all the people he didn’t know last year (“no new friends,” amen). Sure, there are moments where Drake gets too … Drake-y, but his sad bastard routine is part and parcel to the entire experience. At this point, Drake’s become such a vital and persistent presence in modern hip-hop that his idiosyncrasies have become clichés. If that’s not a testament to some impactful (albeit soft as two-ply) art, I don’t know what is.

James Rainis is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached jrainis@cornellsun.com.

Bewitched by War Witch COURTESY OF CORNELL CINEMA “Kill them. If you don’t kill them, I will … with a army comes back machete. They will suffer a lot.” These are the orders 12- and kills Magician, year-old Komona receives from a rebel soldier who is kidnapping her and referring to her parents. “Komona, do as he says,” says her pairing her with a father right before she blows both him and her mother new commander away with the AK-47 the rebel soldiers have given her. (Alain Lino Mic Eli And so begins Komono’s journey as an adolescent soldier. Bastien).

A l t h o u g h Komono’s (played by non-professional actress Rachel Mwanza) story is told retrospectively using intermittent inspired by a real voice-over as she addresses her unborn baby. She works story that took her way up in the ranks of Great Tiger’s rebel army as his place in Burma, the Kim War Witch, a title she receives for being the only child director from her village to survive in a battle against government Nguyen decided to soldiers. As a War Witch, Komono is believed to have film War Witch in powers that enable her to locate government soldiers in The Democratic the forest. In fact, it is such an honor to be named the Republic of the without War Witch that Komono gets to meet Great Tiger Congo, (Mizinga Mwinga), a privilege many of her commanders giving a specific haven’t had the chance to have. In this way, there is a location in the plot. strange sense of security the audience feels for Komono — He worked on the we don’t necessarily believe that her life is safe, but that it film for 10 years, watching and catching children’s points is safe from the rebel army who values and needs her. As of view with his camera, adding to the film’s ultra-realistic and violent nature even with the supernatural she explains, “Since I elements of Komona’s ghostly visions. But in became Great Tiger’s addition to being haunting, War Witch is also witch, those who incredibly poignant and filled with love, pictried to hurt me turesque images and even light, joyful moments would risk getting such as Magician chasing around a white rooster. killed.” That sense of is no surprise that War Witch won both the security, however, Cornell BestIt Picture and Best Actress awards at the 2012 fades when Magician (Serge Kanyinda), Cinema Tribeca Film Festival and was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The film does her albino overseer and only friend, explains to her that Great Tiger had not romanticize or sensationalize the stories of these killed three witches before her when they did not do a African rebel soldiers, but rather uses an everyday tone that makes its themes all the more frightening. good job.

Komono and Magician flee the rebel army and get Additionally, the emphasis on Komono’s inner thoughts married. For the first time, Komono can experience the help to humanize her. She is not as a victim or killer, but joys of a peaceful and loving life. That is until the rebel simply human. Because the film is told through Komono’s

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eyes, it barely acknowledges the political and economic factors behind the war these soldiers fight in — combatants are identified only as the government or the rebels. In this way, the movie stays true to itself as being a story of one girl’s horrors and her journey. The last image we see in the film is of Komono sleeping in the back of a truck.

Komono is on her way to The Butcher, Magician’s uncle, who took them in during one of the film’s brief but touching portions of carefree happiness. As she drives off down the road, the audience is filled with neither joy nor despair, but rather faith in her future and acceptance of the horrors she will undoubtedly face along the way.

War Witch is showing at Cornell Cinema tonight at 7p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the box office.

Emily Kling is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at eak243@cornell.edu.

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BY MARISSA TRANQUILLI Sun Staff Writer

There is no attempting to deny that there exists a population of women in the world who would rather sit around fantasizing about Jane Austen’s regency era gentlemen than pursue romance and life in their own time. Youtube videos such as “Jane Austen is my Homegirl Rap” and endless “Keep Calm and Find Mr. Darcy” memes can attest to that. But writer-director Jerusha Hess took it so much farther with her adaptation of Shannon Hale’s novel, Austenland.

Austenland centers on the story of Jane Hayes (Keri Russell), a woman who has taken loving Jane Austen and the heroes of her novels a bit too far, as in lifesized posters, creepy dolls and the words, “Mr. Darcy was here” printed over her bed far. How this woman ever managed to find a date is quite a mystery.

However, disappointed and unlucky in love (I wonder why?), Jane finds the all-immersive Austen experience, Austenland: a corner of England in which women who throw around extreme amounts of money get to live out their Jane Austen fantasies.

Bewitched by the concept of living this romantic ideal, Jane spends nearly all of the money she possesses to run off to England in a ridiculous red dress, cape and bonnet and live out her fantasies. There, she meets another woman embarking on the same journey who is entering the estate under the pseudonym

“Elizabeth Charming” (Jennifer Coolidge). “Miss Charming,” a loud, wealthy, boisterous American looking to sleep with any man in a codpiece, enters the film inquiring of Pride and Prejudice, “What’s that?” Her forced, awkward humor in the elegant regency setting attempts and fails to lighten what, for the first hour or so, is a tedious and uncomfortable progression of the plot.

Miss Charming and Jane, forced to eschew everything modern by the head of the house Mrs. Wattlesbrook (Jane Seymour), are transformed into 19th century ladies and taken to meet the others with whom they will be interacting: Lady Amelia Heartwright (Georgia King), another guest, Colonel Andrews (James Callis) and Mr. Henry Nobley (JJ Field, Northanger Abbey), actors hired to play the perfect English gentlemen and create the romantic atmosphere for the guests. Though her character is from more “reduced circumstances” due to paying for the less expensive package, Jane, in true romantic comedy fashion, must soon choose between two options of romance before her. The first is the almost Darcy-like Mr. Nobley who confronts her with the romantic ideals she has always craved. The second is Martin (Bret McKenzie), the stable hand who offers her a romance outside of the parading and show of the Janeite world.

Watching this film, I had trouble pinpointing its ideal audience. A rudimentary knowledge of Pride and Prejudice was required to understand anything

that was happening, but any true Janeite would cringe at the film’s the blatant disregard for the true nature of Jane Austen’s works.

Austenland is a romantic comedy through and through, and it is the first movie in which I was unsure which man the heroine would choose since I saw Pocahontas 2 — I will give it some credit for that.

Other than that, there was nothing special enough about the film to recommend it. For those who know very little Austen, the film is simply about women who are bordering on psychopathic, parading around with men paid to woo them. It was almost like prostitution.

For those who are avid Austen readers, Austenland completely misses the point of the Austen heroine and the social commentaries of her novels. Instead, it focuses on the mainstream idea of over-the-top romances that people who have never touched a book

by Austen believe her books to contain. With films like this in existence, it is no wonder there are people out there calling Stephenie Meyer a modern Jane Austen. With Ms. Meyer as one of the producers of this film, it comes as no surprise that anything of actual consequence in the plot never made the final cut.

The trailer had made it obvious that the resort, at least, was going to be a superficial sweep over the surface of Austen, but I had high hopes for Keri Russell’s character, who claimed to be such an Austen aficionado. Jane Hayes, however, embraced everything that makes people hate Janeites. The “character” that she received upon entering the resort was the only female role in the movie that resembled an Austen heroine: Not very wealthy, dressing in common, everyday dresses and staying in a room that was the only believable Austen heroine bedroom of the film.

Instead of seeing this, however, she laments her inability to pay for the expensive package and “takes charge of her own Austen fantasy,” changing into the wealthy parading women who are also housed within the manor. Were we supposed to applaud her for this?

This is a film for overly romantic women who have watched a version or two of Pride and Prejudice and have watched the Austen films that bastardize the actual works. Films like this are the reason there are anti-Jane Austen people out there in the world. I am sorry, Ms. Hess and Ms. Meyer, but the modernization of Austen should be kept to the experts like Bernie Su and Hank Green (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Emma Approved). Overly romanticized versions of Austen’s works like Austenland are just embarrassing.

Austenland is playing every day at Cinemapolis through Oct. 3.

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

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Ten Questions:Tennis Captain Ryann Young TEN QUESTIONS Continued from page 16

Palmer and we tried to learn all of the lyrics and shoot footage. That just became like our team song so that every time that we are together, we jam out to it. We put it on blast and have a dance party. When other teams walk in, they think that we are insane but we love each other and don’t really care.

5. So you are supposedly a big dancer, like bust a move wherever you go?

I like to dance on tables in my apartment when I am getting ready to go out. It’s kind of weird but I just like to have fun. I am not going to lie, if I am in the middle of someone’s apartment, I must just break out into some dance moves. I am a terrible dancer but I like to embarrass myself and think it’s fun.

6.

There’s a story about you beating Serena Williams?

I have an indirect win over Serena Williams. When I was 12, I played in clay court Nationals and I played against a girl who no one had heard about before and her name was Sloane Stephens. Now if you look up Sloane Stephens, you will see that she is No. 15 in the world and I am playing college tennis and have no plans of going pro. I beat her when we were 12 and then last year in the Australian Open, she beat Serena. So I like to say that I have an indirect win over Serena Williams.

7. Why does love hurt?

Last year, I was sitting in class and I received a screenshot from one of my teammates Dena and it was from an email that I had apparently sent to her from the screen name whydoeslovehurt91@hotmail.com. And the 91 is kind of my signature thing like rygirl91, my license plate has a 91 at the end of it. Well, she actually believed that that was my original screen name, whydoeslovehurt because it sounds so ridiculous and it was an email sent

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Pro connections | Due to a victory at age 12 over Sloane Stephens, who is now one of the top-20 ranked women’s tennis players in the world, Young has an indirect win over tennis superstar Serena Williams.

from me. It said Ryann Young and then next to it, it said whydoeslovehurt91. It turned out to be spam but she went around telling everyone so people were texting me all day, why does love hurt? And it just kind of caught on. Now they cheer it for me on the court. Like here we go WDLH91.

8. I heard about your entourage at matches, I hear they are the best of the Ivy League?

They are. I have amazing friends and they come to every single match. If my opponent is sort of sassy or mean to me or calls bad lines, they will get in her face.

My friend Shamari has been there since freshman year.

She is actually probably more into the match than I am.

My friends are always there to support me. They are amazing. They know our entire team now and our coach Mike. They are just tennis groupies.

9. If you could pick one place to eat on campus, where would it be? What would you get?

Terrace. Terrace salads. I have been eating there since the first day of freshman year. I am going to miss it so much next year.

10. If you could trade places and be on any of the men’s athletic teams here at Cornell, what team would you be on?

I would have to go with men’s tennis. They are a great group of guys, especially Quoc. He’s been a really good friend of mine for the past three years. Overall, they are all really fun and nice guys.

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

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With Regular Season Almost Finished,Time for MLB Awards B efore I give out any awards, let’s first acknowledge the fact that the A’s didn’t just win the AL West, they ran away with it. The A’s won a division by eight games that features an Angels team whose top three salaries exceed the A’s payroll. The Oakland A’s are two-time reigning AL West champions and have

and get hung up on the concept of value. Value, if anything, could be tied to player salary rather than team performance. A team’s wins that a player contributes to still count even if that team doesn’t make the postseason. I would give the MVP to a player on a last place team, and there is a precedent of that. Alex Rodriguez won the 2003 MVP on a fourth place

John Zakour Point Blank a real shot at the pennant. Any other year and A’s third baseman Josh Donaldson would be an MVP candidate or even the favorite.

I’ve noticed that people get caught up in the semantics of the phrase “Most Valuable Player”

Rangers team, and deservingly so.

So now let’s hand out some awards.

My American League MVP is Miguel Cabrera. He’s hitting .349/.445/.647 with 44 home runs. He’s the best hitter in the league and near impossible to

pitch to. His plate discipline is elite, yet he can still pull pitches inside and off the plate for homers. The AL MVP should be an open and shut case.

But it’s actually not.

Mike Trout, the best all around player in the game, is having another sensational season, and he, too, plays in the AL. I’m not sure people realize how great a year he’s having. Trout is hitting .327 with 26 home runs and nine triples to go along with leading the league in walks and runs.

Trout is an elite defender and maybe the best defensive outfielder in baseball. Baseball players are more than the sum of their offensive numbers, which everyone seems to agree with, yet we can’t say Mike Trout is an MVP. It seems wrong that Trout has produced two MVP caliber seasons, and will likely have no hardware to show for it. It’s easy to say Trout will keep producing, but what if he doesn’t? Will he always be the man robbed of an MVP? Even less controversial than AL MVP is my choice for

National League Cy Young, Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw and his curveball are dominating the NL, leading the league in just about everything — meaning ERA, innings, shutouts and WHIP. A healthy Matt Harvey would have at least made this a conversation, albeit a quick one, but now there’s absolutely no question who the best pitcher in the NL is. Kershaw is in historic company with his 1.88 ERA, and we should just mail him the Cy Young now to save on shipping.

The National League MVP race is a lot tighter. It comes down to two men, although you could even make a case for Kershaw or David Wright, it boils down to two candidates: Andrew McCutchen and Yadier Molina. Both men play important defensive positions where offense comes at a premium and anchor the lineups as well as defenses.

McCutchen is an electric player who has blazing speed and great defense to go along with his bat. Molina is a great defender, but playing his position of catch-

er, is a lot less flashy. Molina is sturdy and reliable, and most of his value comes from runners not even bothering to test his arm.

His pitching staff loves him.

Yadier Molina’s numbers are great for a catcher, but Andrew McCutchen is my MVP. He simply does it all. One of the few veteran players on the Pirates roster (at the beginning of the year), McCutchen is earning his recent contract. McCutchen is hitting .319, while showing considerable power with his 20 home runs and 38 doubles. McCutchen showcases his speed with his 27 stolen bases and five triples. A true five tool player, McCutchen leads the league in WAR (according to Fangraphs). Yadier is a great player, but his offensive production would not be MVP worthy at any other position, and is lacking in comparison to McCutchen.

Yadi has only 12 home runs and his OBP is a good but pedestrian .355, while McCutchen’s is .405.

The AL Cy Young is a similarly tough decision. Chris Sale is a worthy choice, having thrown over 200 innings to go along with over 220 strikeouts. Max Sherzer is 20-3, which in the near past would have landed him the Cy Young no questions asked. Felix Hernandez is putting together another sensational season, seemingly anonymously. What sticks out is all of these guys are near the tops of innings pitched, showing they can go deep into ballgames.

Not to mention Red Sox reliever (yes, reliever) Koji Uehara, who features an absurd 0.57 WHIP. But my choice for Cy Young is Japanese import Yu Darvish. In a year where the top pitchers in the American League are bunched together statistically, the stat that jumps out at you is his astounding 260 strike outs, 30 more than his closest competitor. Yu is simply the most dominant pitcher in the league full of them.

Other awards to dish out: Jose Fernandez for NL Rookie of the Year, Wil Myers for AL Rookie of the Year, Clint Hurdle for NL Manager of the Year and Joe Maddon for AL Manager of the Year.

John Zakour can be reached at jzakour@cornellsun.com.

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Still Searching for First Win, Red Prepares to Take On Penn

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The sprint football team looks to get back on track tomorrow night after losing its second straight game last weekend against Franklin Pierce (1-1 CSFL) to open the season at 0-2. The Red aims to snap its losing streak against Penn (1-1), playing at home for the first time this year.

Last week, the Red struggled on offense, scoring just six points, mostly due to mental mistakes. The team will need to shore up these issues in order to compete against the Quakers, senior captain and quarterback Brendan Miller said.

“We just really have to stop beating ourselves,” he said.

“We were running the ball pretty effectively and established a ground game, but then mistakes just started piling up, and we couldn’t get anything offensively. … We have to go back and eliminate those types of mistakes. We have the talent and I’m confident in the guys we have, but we just have to do better as a whole unit mentally.”

The defense played well against Franklin Pierce, giving up just 10 first downs, but also seemed to struggle from the same mental lapses, according to senior captain and defensive lineman Kyle Higgins.

“The mistakes that we made were a couple of mental ones,” Higgins said. “Each game, there’s been a few mental mistakes here and there that have proved to be pretty costly, so I think it’s just all about each person individually trying to be perfect in everything that they do.”

Although the defense has performed well, the team does not yet have a win to its name.

“From an outsider’s perspective, we played pretty well but we’re never satisfied,” Higgins said. “If we need to keep them from scoring any points to win the game, then that’s what we need to do. There were some good things, but there’s always room for improvement and that’s the focus

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this week. … There’s a lot of faith in our offense that they’ll get the job done, but we can only help by having the defense improve even more.”

The Red will continue relying on junior captain and defensive back Chris Sitko and senior middle linebacker John Kelder on defense, who have been reliable on that side of the ball.

“Chris Sitko is always really solid back there and came up with a big interception for us against Post; he’s been able to come up and hit pretty hard,” Higgins said. “John Kelder is the heart of the defense and he’s sitting there at middle linebacker and always does his job right and always helps us out up front.”

On offense, the Red has been particularly impressed by the recent play of sophomore running back Ben Herrera, according to Miller. “[Herrera] is probably our best positional football player; he’s very smart, very intelligent and I can be sure he’ll always be in the right spot,” Miller said. “He does job on every play and is one of the guys I entirely trust.”

After starting the season with two straight games on the road, Higgins said the Red is ready to get back to Schoellkopf Field. “[Playing at home] is just easier; everything about it is easier,” he said. “Logistically, you can sleep in your own bed on Thursday night, get up, take care of your body all day and don’t have to worry about doing anything else.

Also, I think being distracted by your normal life helps you to focus whenever game day comes; traveling the night before, it allows you to get in a funk mentally. We’re excited to play at Schoellkopf and in front of our family and friends.”

The team understands it will be a big challenge, according to Miller.

“Penn is our biggest rival,” Miller said. “We started going through their basic blitzes and defensive alignments

1. Ryann, you are a senior captain on the Cornell women’s tennis team.

What has tennis meant to you over the last four years?

Tennis has been an unbelievable experience, especially since we have such a small team. I have gotten really close to my teammates and I don’t think that I could go through everything that we go through without them. I have had an unbelievable support system with our coaches and they are always there for me.

I am pretty lucky to be able to represent a university like Cornell and that’s what I think about every time I step on the court. It’s so sad to me that this is my last year here but my most memorable memories have been either from van rides or on the tennis court or with my teammates off the court. It has definitely made my experience what it is.

2. I heard you have quite a few nicknames. One of them is RG91, can you tell us about that?

RG91 came from my original screen name, rygirl91@aol.com and then Twitter

needs to improve its mental play in order to capture a win.

and it’s definitely going to be a challenge. They always have a bunch of good players on their team and we have to be ready for that.”

Higgins added that the prospect of playing such a big rival has fired up the team.

“We consider Penn our rival, so we’re really focused on it,” he said. “We’re excited for this week and it’s a great opportunity for us to get a great win and beat a good Ivy League opponent that we’ve always played very closely.”

Albert Liao can be reached at aliao@cornellsun.com.

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Sports Editor and 10 Questions columnist Haley Velasco sat down with senior captain Ryann Young to talk about her plethora of nicknames and her obsession with Chicago.

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Mental mistakes | Captain Brendan Miller said the team

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saw, they obviously wanted to watch it.

Until about the age of eight, I had a unibrow and they discovered this and started calling me Frida after the Mexican artist.

3. You are obsessed with Chicago obviously, that’s where you are from.

What would you say your favorite part of Chicago is?

U.S. Cellular Field. It’s where the White Sox play and they are my favorite team. My family has had season tickets for over 60 years so every time that I got to a game, it is just such a special experience. Everywhere in Chicago is amazing. You can’t go wrong. There are amazing parks, a beautiful beach — but don’t go in the winter. I don’t recommend it. I have never lived anywhere else so I can’t say, but all New Yorkers think that New York is the best city in the world, but I would have to go with Chicago.

4. I heard that you like to put your bottom up? Or go bottoms up?

That is not true. Every year we try and make a music video but it only worked my sophomore year. But last year, we tried to make it to “Bottoms Up” by Keke See TEN QUESTIONS page 14