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Cornell Sees Decrease in Gorge-Related Deaths One incident reported since 2011

By GRACE HURLEY Sun Contributor

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Shut it down | President Barack Obama speaks to workers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters Monday. He said the shutdown has made the agency’s ability to respond to disasters “more difficult.”

Furloughed Students Interning in D.C.‘Disappointed’ by Shutdown

By EMMA COURT Sun City Editor

David Schatz ’14 chose to spend the first semester of his senior year in the Cornell in Washington program, where he hoped to gain real world experience as an intern at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Instead, Schatz spent the last week watching a lot of Netflix.

Schatz is one of several Cornell students interning at government departments who were furloughed as a result of the government shutdown on Oct. 1. Because Congress failed to pass a spending bill that would fund government functions for the upcoming fiscal year, all government agencies deemed “nonessential” have been closed, and their

employees have been furloughed, or forced to take temporary unpaid leave.

Eight of the 42 students participating in the CIW program this semester have been furloughed, according to Prof. Robert Hutchens, economics, who is also the director of CIW. Four other students have federal government internships but were not furloughed, Hutchens said.

“We are very much concerned about the effect the shutdown will have on the experiences of our students,” Hutchens said in an email. “That said, we are keeping an eye on the situation. At some point we may want to join the furloughed students in looking at alternative activities.”

Schatz said the shutdown has been particularly See FURLOUGH page 4

Over the past few years, the University has attempted to combat the temptation of cool gorge waters on a hot summer day through education about the dangers of the gorges.

The efforts seem to have been successful. Only one gorge-related death has been reported since President David Skorton’s approval of the Gorge Safety Report of December 2011; in contrast, three incidents that were reported in 2011, according to Todd Bittner, director of natural areas and chair of the Gorge Safety Committee.

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2011 established an ongoing plan to implement new gorge safety measures in order to add to the community’s enjoyment and awareness of the gorges, according to Bittner.

Bittner said the four main elements of the report are infrastructural rehabilitation, enforcement of the safety guidelines, alternatives to unsafe swimming areas and education.

Since the report’s release, Bittner said improvements to the physical condition of the gorge trails have been achieved by upgrading the quality and quantity of the lighting surrounding the gorge trails to See GORGES page 4

Flaming Lips Will Return To Barton in November American rock band The Flaming Lips will perform at Barton Hall on Nov. 10, according to an email sent by the Cornell Concert Commission.

This show will not be The Lips’ first performance at Cornell.

The band performed at Barton Hall in April 2010, The Sun previously reported.

The group — which formed in 1983 in Norman, Oklahoma — is known for its live shows, which frequently feature costumes, balloons, puppets, giant hands and large amounts of confetti, according to the band’s website.

In 2002, Q Magazine named The Lips as one of “50 Bands to See Before You Die.” — Compiled by Tyler Alicea

New Initiative Will Provide Support for Women of Color

By NOAH RANKIN Sun Senior Writer

In an attempt to increase the satisfaction of women of color with their experience at Cornell, a new initiative will provide professional mentoring and other events stressing solidarity throughout the academic year.

The project will act as a liaison between undergraduate students and graduate and professional women of color and be funded under the University’s 2012 diversity policy, Toward New Destin-

ations, according to Theoria Cason, residential hall director of Ujamaa, and Risë Nelson Burrow, assistant director of the Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives, the founders of the project.

“There are a number of needs that we’re recognizing in the various undergraduate communities of color, where the women just need some guidance, or they are lacking mentorship,” Cason said, referring to information gleaned from surveys taken last academic year.

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Listen | Stacy Delapenha ’14 (right) attends a panel on mentorship and community-building hosted by the Women of Color Coalition, which aims to foster further awareness of issues that affect women of color.

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Gluten-Free Students Lament Dining Options at Cornell

By JOANNA GAO Sun Contributor

Despite Cornell Dining’s attempts to increase gluten-free offerings on campus, students who follow a gluten-free diet say their dietary restriction still makes eating on campus a struggle.

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Eat it up | Students check out gluten-free options at Trillium Cafe in Kennedy Hall Monday.

Cornell Dining has made several improvements to their Dining’s website.

“I think that items on dining hall menus should be menus to improve and diversify options for all students, including those with dietary restrictions, according to labeled gluten-free online so that we know what’s available.

The allergens listed in the dining halls, such as wheat, dairy Michele Lefebvre, nutrition manager for Cornell Dining.

Within the past year, Cornell Dining has expanded its [and] soy, should be all shown online,” Kearney said. gluten-free options, specifically targeting prepared foods “Sometimes a dish sounds like it’s gluten-free, like baked offered at on-campus cafes, Lefebvre said. For example, tofu or grilled fish, and then you get to the dining hall and Trillium now has premade gluten-free sandwiches and salads find out that wheat was used in it.”

Koehler agreed that online updates would be helpful in available in a cooler. The expansions are meant to help the University provide a healthy, diverse array of dining choices, choosing where to eat on campus.

“I’d like to see the allergens listed online for each meal.

Lefebvre said.

Despite the expansion of choices, students say they still That would make finding a dining hall I can eat at so much feel limited in their dietary options. Carly Rosenberg ’15 easier,” Koehler said.

Lefebvre noted that Cornell Dining staff are well-trained and William Koehler ’16, who are both gluten sensitive — meaning they have difficulty in digesting food containing in preparing gluten-free food. Cornell Dining allows stugluten — both noted the difficulties of maintaining a dents to request gluten-free sandwiches to be made at various on-campus eateries. gluten-free diet on campus.

“If somebody comes up and says ‘I need “I like diversified options. It’s a nuigluten-free bread,’ our staff is trained to take sance when all of my friends want to go to “I like diversified one place to eat and there aren’t any off their gloves and put down deli wrap options.” paper to protect the area,” Lefebvre said. gluten-free options there. Instead, I just sit “We’re trying to be good about cross-contact there or I have to bring my own food,” Carly Rosenberg ’15 Rosenberg said. with food allergens. You can’t just call someKoehler echoed Rosenberg’s sentiment, thing gluten-free unless you get a certification to know it is 100 percent gluten-free.” saying finding a dining hall that caters to gluten-free students can be difficult.

Despite Cornell Dining’s attention to some aspects of “The biggest issue with eating gluten-free on campus is gluten-free food preparation, Koehler said he occasionally that at every meal, I become the focus of where my friends has issues with cross-contamination in Cornell’s dining halls. can eat,” Koehler said. “I wish I could just find something to “The allergen information in dining halls is certainly eat anywhere I went. I also get frustrated when I look up the helpful, but I have to stay vigilant because it’s occasionally menus for the dining halls online and there is no allergen wrong,” Koehler said. information.”

However, Koehler said that he is grateful for the availOther students also said they struggled with the inconsis- ability of gluten-free bread on campus. tent availability of gluten-free options, with gluten-free “The availability of gluten-free bread in cafes is what options often running out before they arrive at their dining makes eating lunch on campus possible,” Koehler said. “It’s destination. a life saver.”

Lauren Kearney ’16, who chooses to maintain a glutenfree diet for nutritional reasons, said she wishes the Joanna Gao can be reached University would add the allergen information on Cornell at jg872@cornell.edu.

Cornell LGBTQ-Ally Ambassadors Program Kicks Off Fraternity, sorority ambassadors will promote and educate chapters on LGBTQ issues and tolerance

By AIMEE CHO Sun Contributor

A number of bias incidents — such as the bottle-throwing incident at Sigma Pi and an incident involving racial and homophobic slurs last semester — have prompted outcry from minority student organizations.

One organization working to combat bias incidents is the LGBTQ-Ally Ambassadors Program, which held its first meeting Saturday. Founded last spring, the organization is comprised of fraternity and sorority members who serve as LGBTQ “ambassadors” in their chapters, according to the organization’s mission statement. The program provides training and resources to the ambassadors, who then use that training to educate their brothers and sisters on LGBTQ issues and tolerance.

According to Jadey Huray ’14, president of Haven: The LGBTQ Student Union and the LGBTQ-Ally Ambassadors program, the organization’s goals for this year are to reduce bias within the Greek community and promote awareness of LGBTQ issues.

“The Greek community is one third of the campus, so we thought what better way to start than with the chapters themselves? Stereotypically, there hasn’t been the most positive perception about the Greek community’s attitudes towards the LGBTQ community,” she said.

At the meeting, Huray said one of the main issues the organization will address on campus is the use of offensive language.

“Someone could be very accepting, but they could still say things like ‘That’s so gay’ or ‘fag.’ So we’re trying to teach them that that’s not okay,” she said.

Huray said she feels Cornell is, for the most part, very accepting “on a sober level” of LGBTQ students.

“But there’s something to be said for

events in Greek houses and stationing when you have alcohol in the mix. When because she wanted to raise awareness.

“Some people resist the idea of ambassadors at the various house tables you’re at a party or when you’re drunkenly stumbling around Collegetown, that’s LGBTQ [people] because they think during “Recruitment Goes Live” in when these incidents are most likely to we’re weird or that we have problems. November.

Huray said she hopes the ambassadors happen. The word ‘fag’ is thrown But everybody should have the same around, people are beaten up [and] opportunities to be part of society,” she will be able to promote more engagement between the LGBTQ community derogatory hate speech comes up,” she said.

Wu said she chose to and the Greek community. said.

“There has been a hesitance in both According to Huray, “Everybody should have live in a single dorm this there are about 75 the same opportunities year to avoid potentially communities to talk to each other. Some making other people people believe it’s not possible to be both ambassadors in the proto be part of society.” uncomfortable.

LGBTQ and Greek. We’re here to show gram, with each sorority “I preferred to live in that it is,” she said. “A lot of the time we at Cornell having at least Wensi Wu ’15 a single because I wasn’t tend to self-segregate into our own comone ambassador. sure how a roommate munities. But we’re only here for four “Having an ambassador within each chapter [allows for] would feel about living with a queer,” years, and there’s so many different people here from all walks of life. It would be bystander intervention in addressing Wu said.

At the meeting, the members planned so brilliant if we could all just talk with bias. Ambassadors are also a resource and mentor for anybody in the chapter who ways they can increase awareness within one another.” might be thinking of coming out,” the Greek system this year. Their plans included organizing Peer Educators of Aimee Cho can be reached at Huray said.

Steven, who did not want to be iden- Gender and Sexuality discussion panel aac85@cornell.edu. tified by his real name because he has not revealed his sexuality to his family, has Libe it up been an ambassador since the program’s inception last spring. He added that he has reached out to his fraternity brothers regarding LGBTQ bias.

“In one email, I talked about how I’ve heard the word ‘fag’ in the house and how much it offends me because of past personal experiences. I haven’t heard it used since,” he said.

Steven said he was nervous during rush week because he didn’t know how he would be received.

“When I got my bid, I made it clear to the frat that I’m gay. I said I wouldn’t accept the bid unless they were okay with it,” he said. “They made it clear to me that this shouldn’t be an issue as they already had two other gay brothers in the house and they accepted them for who they were. They didn’t care that I was gay; they just wanted me to join them.”

HAEWON HWANG / SUN CONTRIBUTOR Another student at the meeting, Students work and socialize during prelims in the Amit Bhatia Libe Cafe in Olin Library Wensi Wu ’15, said she joined the Monday afternoon.

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Cornell Students in D.C.Furloughed in Govt.Shutdown FURLOUGH

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disappointing because CIW, which combines Cornell classes with internship experience, is structured so the internship is the “focal point” of the program. The result is that the program has been “stunted” for him and his fellow furloughed students, Schatz said.

“It’s definitely an unfortunate situation,” Schatz said. “[For CIW,] classes are at night and the paper you’re writing is about what you’re doing at your internship, so it’s a little bit odd now that everything has come to a halt. There’s been a lot of sitting around.”

Hutchens said that students’ final projects could be on any topic, so “the eight furloughed students will usually have the opportunity to reallocate their time to their academic work.”

Still, Schatz said the shutdown has definitely affected his experience in the program, both in obvious and more subtle ways. In one of his classes, the students and professor even took bets about when the government shutdown would end.

Schatz went from aiding economists in conducting research about unemployment to being effectively unemployed himself.

Lauren Avery ’15, a Sun senior news writer who is also interning at a government agency, described the shutdown as “disappointing.” Students, as well as others

in Washington, are “just kind of waiting it Memorial Museum, according to The out,” she said.

Huffington Post.

“This is one of our only chances, prob“At first it was great to start catching up ably in our lives, to see the government on sleep and relaxing, but it’s getting to the from inside out. For a lot of people, me point where I’m running out of things to included, it’s a matter of whether or not we do and getting bored,” said Molly Ganley want to work in the government someday,” ’15, who is completing a credit internship Avery said. “It’s hard because we really want with the US Senate Committee on Health, to take advantage of our short time here.” Education, Labor, & Pensions and is curStudents said said the shutdown had a rently furloughed. marked impact on Avery said along with the climate at the many popular D.C. “I don’t think I would have attractions being closed, capitol. the economic costs for “Regardless of been affected by the government employees partisan beliefs, have also been on disthere’s a feeling — at shutdown much at all if I play in D.C. Many least here — that was [in Ithaca].” restaurants have been something has to get offering free meals and done. … [Although David Schatz ’14 drinks to furloughed I’m] an unpaid employees. intern, people workEven though she is missing out on part ing for the government are in a state of uncertainty,” Schatz said. “Regardless of of her internship, Avery said she also felt how people feel about Obamacare or the excited to be in Washington, D.C. at such budget deficit, there’s a sense … of dissatis- a “pivotal time.”

“This is something we’ll remember and faction with Congress right now.”

For students who are out of work, many say we lived through,” she said. “It’s disapof the Washington, D.C. tourist sites they pointing that we can’t work, but it’s pretty would visit in their free time have been amazing we’re here during such a crazy closed because of the shutdown. The shut- period in American politics. It’s been a down has closed the museums on the rollercoaster that we’ve gotten to see and National Mall, along with the experience first hand.”

For Ganley, it has been the opposite.

Smithsonian’s National Zoo, Smithsonian “At first it seemed like this exciting idea museums and galleries, the National Gallery of Art and the U.S. Holocaust — ‘oh, will the government shut down or

not?’ Everyone was talking about it. It sounded like it could be a nice couple days off,” she said. “Now I’m realizing that my whole semester is centered around this internship — so not being able to go in definitely affects me.”

Yet, both Avery and Schatz said at the end of the day, they were in Washington for the semester to learn about the government, and the shutdown itself was full of lessons.

“I came to Washington with a very basic understanding of how the government works. Seeing it hit this wall has certainly taught me a lot about the limitations of government, the way power is broken up and how it can affect an entire city and an entire country,” Avery said.

Schatz echoed Avery’s sentiment.

“It’s definitely one of those ‘only in D.C.’ experiences,” he said. “When you’re in Ithaca, there’s a sense of an intellectual bubble. I don’t think I would have been affected by the shutdown much at all if I was there,” Schatz said. “Down here, what with not being able to go to work, being that affected by government action is a unique experience.”

Still, students said they are ready to get back to work.

“Everyone is on the edge of their seat waiting for this to end,” Avery said.

Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun.com and twitter.com/dilemmaincourt.

C.U. Program Focuses On Safety, Education GORGES

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improve their visibility at night.

In addition, wood railings have been replaced by more stable metal fences and many of the staircases, once made of wood treated lumber, have been restored with concrete, which is a more durable material, according to Bittner.

Various spots along the trails have also been redeveloped into safe areas designed for people to take in gorge views in a responsible way. Signs explaining the area’s history, along with a space for an outdoor classroom or temporary art exhibit, have been added, Bittner said.

These destination sites, according to Bittner, offer an example of how the new safety measures complement the overall gorge experience.

“These are the iconic spots of the University; we didn’t want that to be diminished,” Bittner said.

The Gorge Safety Committee has also expanded eduation regarding gorge safety, with 15,000 brochures now dispersed annually to students across campus explaining gorge safety issues, Bittner said.

Also, in August, the committee launched the website gorgesafety.cornell.edu to increase gorge knowledge. The website provides an outline of gorge safety regulations, options for safe hiking trails and updates on gorge conditions, as well as explaining safe alternatives to swimming in the gorges — such as the free shuttle buses at the beginning of the school year to the safe swimming area in Buttermilk Falls State Park.

The Gorge Steward Program –– which consists of a team of trained gorge trail experts who

patrol the gorges and conduct guided tours from mid-May to September –– is another measure the University has enacted to ensure gorge safety.

Jamie Sternlicht ’14, one of three gorge stewards from this past summer who trained with Cornell Plantations staff said the program is very well-rounded in its scope.

“It was intended to benefit safety, but it doesn’t just help there. It is a benefit in itself that people are becoming more informed about the gorges, especially because they play such a key role in Cornell history,” Sternlicht said.

Sarah Kennedy, a Cornell employee who is also a summer gorge steward, echoed this reflection on the benefits of the program.

“In addition to asking folks to abide by the gorge regulations, stewards also talk about the geological development of the gorges; we talk about the native people of Ithaca and how the University developed the trails systems,” Kennedy said in an email.

“Stewards also try to keep the trails clean and we report on any unsafe conditions. Overall, we try to take a holistic approach to using the gorges in a safe and responsible manner.”

Bittner added that a significant enhancement to gorge safety enforcement came in 2012 when the Judicial Code of Conduct was amended so students would receive Judicial Action for swimming in the gorges.

“I’m happy to say there has been a significant decrease in inappropriate gorge use,” Bittner said.

Grace Hurley can be reached at gkh29@cornell.edu.

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“They’re performing academically, and statistically they are matriculating through the University, but their satisfaction with their experience is very low,” Cason said.

According to Cason, women of color grapple with issues regarding self-worth and anxiety, which may stem from a lack of personally knowing professional women of color in their fields, especially when a student at a predominantly white university may be the only woman of color in their classes.

Beginning in Fall 2012, Cason and Nelson Burrow held a series of focus groups to gauge what undergraduates needed in a mentor. In Summer 2013, they crafted a proposal for this initiative, — which has not yet been named — that would fit in line with Toward New Destinations.

“Many of the women of color here are the only ones like them who identify as they do in a department or an academic field,” Nelson Burrow said. “Part of it is wanting to see other people who look like them and have the same needs as them.

There aren’t that many opportunities for department organizations and for individuals to come together purposefully to talk

about connecting, to talk about their expe- are very similar, and we might not even think so. We’re so focused on connecting riences in a very authentic way.”

According to Nelson Burrow, the initia- with our own race that we forget to contive stresses both professional development nect with other women that might be going through the same thing.” and personal interaction.

Cason said the organization is aimed at “I think a lot of times the women of color here who are participating in leader- eliminating the sense women of color may get that they need to ship positions are so compete, due to a misstretched thin, because they’re holding up the perception that only a “We’re all wonderful few can have the opporcampus community, they and awesome.” tunity to represent their may have family obligacommunities in a field. tions, they may have a Theoria Cason “Sometimes there’s a number of jobs they’re sentiment that within working [or] they may be society we are typecast, or in a number of fellowship programs,” Nelson Burrow said. “[The we are selected to be the one person who program serves] to say, ‘I see you, I see diversifies an organization or institution, what you’re doing. Great job, congratula- Cason said. “Recognize that you don’t have tions, thank you for your work, we value to compete against your sister to be the it; how are you? That often goes missing.” one, you can support one another, and Another issue that the project seeks to there are opportunities for everyone. We’re resolve is the lack of communication all wonderful and awesome, and we can be between minority groups of women, and wonderful and awesome in the same space provide a sense of unified energy between at the same time.”

Stacy Dalepenha ’14, co-chair of the the events already planned by individual Women of Color Coalition, which holds groups focusing on women of color.

“Everyone is so focused on trying to an annual conference centering around represent their own ethnicity that people issues faced by women of color, said that don’t really think of uniting women of the new initiative was much-needed on color,” Shamail Shahid ’14 said. “I feel like campus.

“There are so many different women of it’s very important because our experiences

Libyan Government Bristles at U.S. Raid Capturing Militant A suspected Libyan al-Qaida figure nabbed by U.S. special forces in a dramatic operation in Tripoli was living freely in his homeland for the past two years, after a trajectory that took him to Sudan, Afghanistan and Iran, where he had been detained for years, his family said Sunday.

The Libyan government bristled at the raid, asking Washington to explain the “kidnapping.”

The swift Delta Force operation in the streets of the Libyan capital that seized the militant known as Abu Anas al-Libi was one of two assaults Saturday that showed an American determination to move directly against terror suspects — even in two nations mired in chaos where the U.S. has suffered deadly humiliations in the past.

Hours before the Libya raid, a Navy SEAL team swam ashore in the East African nation of Somalia and engaged in a fierce firefight, though it did not capture its target, a leading militant in the al-Qaida-linked group that carried out the recent Kenyan mall siege.

“We hope that this makes clear that the United States of America will never stop in the effort to hold those accountable who conduct acts of terror,” U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday at an economic summit in Indonesia. “Members of al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations literally can run but they can’t hide.”

Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known by his alias Abu Anas al-Libi, was accused by the U.S. of involvement in the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, which killed more than 220 people. He has been on the FBI’s most wanted terrorists list since it was introduced shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 attack, with a $5 million bounty on his head.

U.S. officials depicted his capture as a significant blow against alQaida, which has lost a string of key figures, including leader Osama bin Laden, killed in a 2011 raid in Pakistan.

However, it was unclear whether the 49-year-old al-Libi had a major role in the terror organization — his alleged role in the 1998 attack was to scout one of the targeted embassies — and there was no immediate word that he had been involved in militant activities in Libya. His family and former associates denied he was ever a member of al-Qaida and said he had not been engaged in any activities since coming home in 2011.

But the raid signaled a U.S. readiness to take action against militants in Libya, where al-Qaida and other armed Islamic groups have gained an increasingly powerful foothold since the 2011 ouster and killing of dictator Moammar Gadhafi and have set up tied with a belt of radical groups across North Africa and Egypt.

Libya’s central government remains weak, and armed militias — many of them made up of Islamic militants — hold sway in many places around the country, including in parts of the capital. Amid the turmoil, Libyan authorities have been unable to move against militants, including those behind the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, in which the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed. Libyan security officials themselves are regularly targeted by gunmen. The latest victim, a military colonel, was gunned down in Benghazi on Sunday.

color organizations that all do different things on the surface, but at the end of the day, we all share one common mission: to empower the women of color here on our campus and provide a voice for our peers who identify as women of color,” Dalepenha said.

According to Nelson Burrow, the mentoring initiative has a schedule already set for this academic year, including participation in the volunteer program “Into the Streets” in late October as well as different outings and regular meetings with women of color professionals.

But the first active step, as decided in a gathering of Cornell women of color on Monday, was working on a name for the initiative.

“We thought it would be extremely important for the group to name itself,” Nelson Burrow said. “Something that I think we all have experienced as being women of color is being called out of our name, or being called anything that is not necessarily affirming to our realities and our identities or how we express ourselves.

We want to be very careful of how we name ourselves, and we want to give that opportunity to the women in the room.”

Noah Rankin can be reached at nrankin@cornellsun.com.

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Fair & Honest MOU Negotiations CORNELL AND ITHACA HAVE SPARRED over the University’s financial contribution to the City for nearly two decades, but the fight came to a head last week when discussions over the City’s 2014 budget led to a public skirmish between Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 and University officials. The appropriate financial relationship between nonprofit colleges and cities across the U.S. is a debate worth having, and the University should seriously consider whether its current level of contribution under the Memorandum of Understanding is fair to the City. But we find fault with some of the mayor’s recent statements, in which he has seemed to vacillate between starkly different portrayals of Cornell’s expected role in bolstering the Ithaca economy.

Myrick’s characterization of the University’s financial support as “shameful” strikes us as antithetical to the shining praise of the Ithaca-Cornell relationship he sang to The New York Times this summer. The Aug. 4 article, “Colleges Help Ithaca Thrive in a Region of Struggles,” presented Ithaca as a paragon of town-gown relations, attributing the City’s supposed booming success to its universities pouring “hundreds of millions of dollars into the economy” and creating “thousands of jobs” for residents. Myrick told The Times that Ithaca has been successful “because our universities have partnered with our private industries” and suggested that the leaders of other Ivy League cities in the Northeast come and see how “we built in Ithaca the lowest unemployment rate in the state.”

Yet just last week, the mayor stood before his constituents at a public budget hearing and said, “[Cornell] is thriving and booming, and [the City is] struggling.” Which is it: Is the University making the City a thriving haven amid countywide economic hardship, or is it bleeding Ithaca dry of public services without paying for them through property taxes? The former is more compatible with Cornell’s contention that it provides invaluable support to the City economy through employment, consumerism and new business development. The latter seems to sweep under the rug the University’s additional contributions to services outside of the government operating budget, which are set to total more than $3.24 million this year, according to Cornell officials. We imagine the answer lies somewhere in between, but inconsistencies in Myrick’s statements lead us to question some of his most recent criticisms of the University.

In his scathing remarks, Myrick also compared Cornell to its peer institutions, citing Harvard and Yale in particular. Myrick contrasted Cornell’s $1.25 million expected contribution for 2014 with Harvard’s $2.1 million and Yale’s more than $8 million. What he failed to mention is that — compared to Ithaca’s expected budget of about $65 million for fiscal year 2014 — the cities of Cambridge, Mass., and New Haven, Conn., have approved budgets of about $500 million each. When measured as a percentage of the City’s total budget, Cornell’s contribution to Ithaca is equivalent or greater than Harvard’s and Yale’s to their respective hometowns. We believe Myrick’s evidence does not adequately support the argument that Cornell’s contribution is below the norm.

Nonetheless, the question of whether this national standard for contributions is fair is certainly up for debate. It may be argued that non-profit universities, which are exempt from property taxes and often benefit from significant fire and police support, are insufficiently supporting the cities that house them. This claim can be fairly used to pressure the Cornell administration to increase its contribution, and Myrick should certainly look out for his city’s best interests by continuing such negotiations. But we challenge the mayor’s contradictory assessments of Cornell’s impact on Ithaca’s economy and the assertion that University is lagging behind its peers.

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veryone and their crazy uncle has been weighing in on the government shutdown this week. At least people are paying enough attention to be angry; it’s almost heartening to see that this most basic indicator of civic consciousness — popular outrage at federal incompetence — is still operating.

Sadly, I’m not prepared to give the American people much more credit than that. As stubborn, mendacious, ignorant and heedlessly destructive as some of our representatives have been, we are, after all, the same electorate who put them in power. If you haven’t already, check out the melancholy true-life parody of The American Voter that Jimmy Kimmel enacted by prompting people on the street to denounce Obamacare in favor of the Affordable Care Act. Our capital may be broken but voters who can’t be bothered with facts can’t pretend to be guiltless victims.

Of course, with billions of Koch brothers dollars devoted to disinformation on the healthcare law, it can be hard to keep it straight. A quick run-through of the legislative history of the law in question may be instructive. While the insurance exchanges promised by it only opened for enrollment this week, the Affordable Care Act was signed into law by the President more than three and a half years ago after a protracted process of negotiations that lasted from 2008 until 2010. Since 2010, the law has been subject to review twice by two groups which have the power to abolish it. First, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Act in its June 2012 decision, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.

Then, in the 2012 elections, Americans reelected President Obama and increased the Democratic majority in the Senate at a time when the healthcare debate was one of the signal issues of contention. Contrary to what some believe, the moniker “Obamacare” does not actually mean that the legislation was handed down by executive fiat. The provisions of the ACA have been reviewed by every possible check built into our government and survived.

The hypocrisy of the instigating party verges on the surreal. Having failed to repeal the law through all the conventional avenues, the Republican-controlled House upped the ante, vowing to vote against any continuing resolution to fund the government that didn’t repeal or delay implementation of the ACA. In effect, the radical cabal, that has come to dominate the meeker moderates of the Republican Party, has decided not to govern by the rules. This is an interesting development for a group of politicians who consider themselves Constitutional originalists.

Tea Party representatives have elevated their opportunistic and narrow interpretation of patriotism to a quasi-religious dogma (replete with hounding inquisitions against any fellow Republican judged to be insufficiently orthodox). They regularly flaunt their pocket Constitutions as if holding a document you don’t understand at all times makes that document mean what you want it to mean. Yes,

the government has been shutdown before.

But as Professors Ellen Fitzpatrick and Theda Skocpol note, “in none of these episodes did a minority attempt to undo a major law by the sorts of threats against democratic decisions we see today.”

So, why are these same characters acting as though the only way to get their way is to subvert the very legislative framework they so fervently claim to protect? If the Constitution is the ultimate guidebook for governing America, in deciding to cripple the government by inventing new, extra-constitutional ways around standard law-making procedures, the radical conservatives in Congress are, by definition, committing one of the most egregious anti-Constitutional offenses in our nation’s history.

The hypocrisy just thickens from there.

Conservatives claim that the primary rationale for obstructing the ACA is the economic stress the program will put on business owners to provide healthcare for their employees, and the uncertainty this requirement will inject into American markets.

There’s plenty of evidence that this muchhyped concern has been enormously overblown. But even if it weren’t, the rationale is truly head-scratching in the context of the massive economic risk — and ongoing financial damage — the shutdown itself poses. If they are worried about consumer and investor confidence, it might behoove them to avoid jeopardizing the American government’s status as a credible borrower and lender. Meanwhile, the direct costs of the shutdown have been estimated to be at least $300 million per day.

Maybe I’m not giving the Tea Party enough credit for its cunning. Maybe this is all part of a grand scheme to fatally wound the public credibility of the American government in order to create the libertarian utopia so many of their supporters dream of.

What smart young person will want to work for such a broken, dysfunctional, backward thinking institution when they can work in the dynamic private sector for a guaranteed wage? Or maybe the point is simply to create a diversion from the non-platform that their faction of the Republican Party presents — if they can make this debacle more about political in-fighting than about the policy issue at hand, disillusioned voters may let them stay in office long after their convoluted ideology has been exposed as incoherent.

This is why it’s so important that we, the voters, don’t chalk this debacle up to standard partisan feuding for which “they’re both to blame.” Misguided fatalism will undo our democracy if we accept this unprecedented devolution of political decorum as the new status quo. Pay enough attention to be able to assign fault, and act on your convictions.

The shutdown and the spectacle on the Hill may seem to unfold with the same morbid hilarity and implausibility as a bad dream.

The repercussions, however, are all too tangible.

Sam Kuhn is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He may be reached at skuhn@cornellsun.com. Fault Lines appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

CORRECTION A news article that ran Oct. 7, “Oceanography: The New Psych 1101?,” incorrectly identified Introduction to Oceanography as BIOEE 1540. Although the course is cross-listed in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (BIOEE), it is in fact a course within the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and should have been identified as EAS 1540.

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Ross Gitlin | Trustee Viewpoint

Learning Outside Of the Classroom T

he opportunities available to students at Cornell are numerous. First-year and transfer students, in particular, who have not done so already so, should try to join a club, organization or assist a professor in doing research. There are hundreds of ways to get involved on campus. Participating in such opportunities can enhance your experience at Cornell and simultaneously permit you to give back to the Cornell community. Perhaps, most importantly, such opportunities can enable students to grow in ways that augment learning within the traditional classroom setting.

Cornell University is a large school and joining a club or participating in extra-curricular activities allows you to create a smaller, more intimate community for yourself. Further, every experience outside of the classroom enhances our journey at Cornell. Each new activity you get involved in provides an opportunity to explore emerging interests and meet new friends, whether, for example, it involves a club sport, a pre-professional organization, a Greek fraternity or sorority, student government, writing for the Cornell Daily Sun or conducting research in a lab.

During my time at Cornell, I have been fortunate enough to participate in a number of activities in addition to taking classes. Through these opportunities, I have met new friends, and explored new interests.

Each new activity you get involved in provides an opportunity to explore emerging interests and meet new friends.

Through my past work on the Student Assembly, I have learned a lot about many different cultural organizations that I may have never interacted with otherwise. With every new person I met through these interactions, I have grown as a person, while still trying to navigate my way through school.

That being said, there are also unique opportunities within the classroom to reap many of the same benefits found outside the classroom. This past summer, as I was creating my fall schedule, I read about a class that I never knew existed: Education 2200: “Community Learning and Service Partnership” (or CLASP).

Students enroll in the course and commit to taking two classes, one in the fall and one in the spring semester. During that year, Cornell employees and students work together, through learning partnerships. The Cornell students provide learning assistance and tutoring to Cornell staff.

In the program, the Cornell employee sets learning goals and the student assists that staff member in reaching those goals. The goals range from improving math skills to GED preparation to learning new computer skills to strengthening reading or writing abilities. Many of Cornell’s departments have agreed to allow employees to participate in this program for as many as three hours each week. The staff member’s participation is kept confidential and the employee decides whether to share this experience with co-workers.

The semester has just begun, but the CLASP experience has already made students feel like they can make a difference within their community. Likewise, the participating employees feel more connected to the students they work with. I share this story as an example of the possibilities available to all students at Cornell outside of the conventional class setting.

I urge you to seek opportunities that will provide new learning experiences, whether it is through a program such as CLASP or a club of your choosing.

Consider searching the student organization roster or course catalogue or speaking with friends and professors for recommendations.

As always, please feel free to contact me at rhg68@cornell.edu if you have any questions or comments.

Ross Gitlin is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the undergraduate student-elected trustee. He may be reached at rhg68@cornell.edu. Trustee Viewpoint appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Comment of the day “I agree especially with the fact that the costume contest is rather racist and uncalled for. [It] does nothing but parodies and stereotypes cultures. However, the use of Cinco de Mayo as a marketing tool doesn’t seem racist to me. If anything, it seems American (or specifically, capitalist). Tell me a holiday that is known in America, and I’ll tell you a holiday that is used for marketing. Whether it is other cultures’ holidays (Cinco de Mayo, Oktoberfest, Saint Patrick’s Day), religious holidays (Christmas, Easter) or even “American” holidays (Thanksgiving, 4th of July), all holidays in the states are used and abused in marketing.”

Z2014 Re: “Cornell Athletics Apologizes for ‘Culturally Insensitive’ Marketing Campaign” News, published October 7, 2013

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What the Cornell-Ithaca Partnership Can Teach Congress T

he relationship between Cornell University and the City of Ithaca, if not quite at its nadir, is nowhere near its full potential. When City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 recently slammed the tax-exempt University’s paltry contributions to the municipal coffers, the University swiped back with its usual refrain: Ithaca would be incontrovertibly damaged if Cornell did not provide a constant stimulus.

This rationale, though surely tainted by an undercurrent of Ivy League pomposity, is not untrue. Likewise, the mayor’s contention that the University does not do enough to support Ithaca is not entirely unfounded. In short, neither side monopolizes the facts.

I was planning on writing a column in which I took a definitive stance on the issue: Perhaps, calling on President David Skorton to balloon Cornell’s donation to Ithaca so that it more closely resembles Yale’s $8 million yearly endowment to New Haven.

Perhaps, if my logic were to swing me in the opposite direction, I would have exhorted Mayor Myrick to appreciate the magnitude of the implicit financial contributions that the University makes to Ithaca with each passing Parents’ Weekend.

However, I realized that while it was my instinct to make this rhetorical scuffle into a grandiose battle between Myrick and Skorton, Ithacan and Cornellian, such a dichotomous approach was inappropriate.

Despite Myrick’s remarks on the “shameful” lack of Cornell contributions to the city, and the University’s understandably robust response that slammed the mayor’s “counterproductive” public demands, the

University still plans to increase its donation to Ithaca by about $20,000 (small, yes, but still an increase). There has been no sudden revocation of University funds to Ithaca, nor has Ithaca’s new budget included an attempt to curb the use (and abuse) of the municipal TCAT system by drunken Cornellians. There is no sign that the Ithaca Police Department will lessen its coordination with their counterparts on campus, nor any other sign of a diminished institutional bond.

There has, in short, been no shutdown.

As I tried to formulate a stance on the Cornell-Ithaca

who have hijacked control of John Boehner’s asylum and who now exert an undue amount of leverage over their exasperatedly orange Speaker. The crux of the Tea Party’s argument revolves around a withdrawal from the modern American social contract; it seeks to mangle the longestablished coordination between the maligned federal government and its state counterparts. Tea Party members of the House have seized upon a genuine, legislative disagreement over the Affordable Care Act (never mind that this is a battle they have already lost) and made it an excuse to blow up the

The two parties, though they continue to disagree on substantive and impactful budgetary issues, have not shattered the social contract that has governed their relationship for decades. showdown, the most salient conclusion I stumbled upon was that it was not a showdown at all. The two parties, though they continue to disagree on substantive and impactful budgetary issues, have not shattered the social contract that has governed their relationship for decades. There have been harsh words exchanged (it’s politics, after all), but there has been no hint — by Cornell or by Ithaca — that this disagreement is a dealbreaker. The lack of brinksmanship in this admittedlylower stakes budget battle brought me back to the resoundingly idiotic stalemate that has paralyzed the federal government of the United States of America.

At the core of this shutdown is a motley crew of about 30 House Republicans: Tea Partying lunatics

carefully maintained relationships between the federal government, state governments and the American public. Make no mistake: The specter of “Obamacare” is only the means to a much broader and far more radical end.

As Congress seeks to remedy this shutdown situation before a United States default shatters the global economy, frustrated Republican leaders — those who have not given up on a basic preservation of our social contract — can learn from the recent squabble between Cornell and Ithaca.

The University and the City essentially operate on two different infrastructural grids; aside from the TCAT, Cornell utilizes its own security and emergency response forces, undergoes its own maintenance, funds itself

through entirely different sources and answers to entirely different authorities.

Yet, as Don Oh ’14 eloquently stated in his Sun column yesterday, there is a storied, mutually beneficial relationship that belies the undeniable independence of these two entities. Cornell and Ithaca work better when they are united than when they are solely self-reliant.

To admit that is not to diminish either institution; it is only to acknowledge the basic truth that human governance is not easily accomplished without coordination. That is what Congress must remember.

No inter-institutional relationship will be perfect, whether it is between Cornell and Ithaca, Congress and the White House, or the federal government and its counterparts in the states. But substantive disagreements on the nature of these governmental relationships should not negate the fact that these relationships exist for a reason. President Skorton and Mayor Myrick have shown themselves to be exemplars of level-headed governance, in which the nature of financial and institutional dynamics can be parsed, debated and tweaked without disabling the very government that our leaders are, presumably, trying to improve. We cannot delay the work of the people — in Ithaca or in the nation at large — until our unions are all perfected; perfection, after all, is not something easily achieved.

Jacob Glick is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jglick@cornellsun.com. Glickin’ It appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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8 | The Corne¬ Daily Sun | Monday, September 30, 2013

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Ten Minute Playfest: Flawed, Raw and Full of Potential

BY KAITLYN TIFFANY Sun Staff Writer

Friday’s Ten-Minute Playfest at the Schwarz Performing Arts Center, coordinated by Sarah Byrne ’15, featured six plays written by undergraduates and performed on a minimalistic set in the center’s Black Box Theatre. The goal of this collaboration between Cornell’s performing and media arts department and the Red Shadow Productions student theatre club is: “to give students the opportunity to see their work on stage in a more full-fledged production than is usually granted to student-written pieces,” and “to provide everyone involved with an accessible first step into the world of theatre,” Byrne said in Spring 2013.

The first ten-minute episode, Four One, was a dark drama written by Darah Barnes ’15 and directed by graduate student Nick Fesette. Jazlin Gomez ’16 gave an effectively creepy performance as the lead, Diane, whose boyfriend is about to awaken to discover that some of his body parts (specifics are undisclosed) have been lost to a drunken accident. Then we learn that she used to do “stuff like this” (Dismemberment? Murder? Spandex shorts with hooker boots?) all the time, on purpose, for fun, with a doubly sinister character named K.C. (Enoch Newkirk ‘14). Individual actors sell their parts, but the dialogue falls flatter than the diced-off piece of skin K.C. carries around during the denouement.

Creepy to the core, the darkness is for show and nothing more and never becomes satisfyingly so.

The Thirty-Minute Waltz, written by Anna Brenner ’16 and directed by Aleksej Aarsaether ’17 is the clear stand-out of the series. A comedic look at what it would be like to hang out in the belly of the whale with the infamous Jonah, the script is sharp, smart, and loaded with cultural allusions that bring the familiar Bible tale into full swing with modernity. A misguided Spring Breaker played by Gwen Aviles ’17 knocks heads with the notorious intestinal denizen played by Sam Morrsion ’17 while she waits out the thirty minutes she has before being digested. It’s a silly premise but one that makes no assumptions of grandeur — it’s true to itself and is geared for laughs, not insightful reflection.

Morrison’s handle of physical comedy and exceptional comedic timing steals the show, epitomized in his gruff, awkward rendition of Kelis’ “Milkshake” to open and close the act.

Continuing on the same light note, the show proceeds with Danny Bernstein ’15 and Carol Bass ’14’s Human Nature, a quick look at the gender relation dynamics within your typical collegiate Starbucks. The actors, notably Kevin Qiao ’17 and Hannah Zlotnick ’14, have a firm grasp on what makes satire funny and execute hilarious caricatures of your standard C-Town

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bozos. But that’s all they’re allowed to do. Human Nature doesn’t really say anything about “human nature,” unfortunately, and mostly just has a really good time calling other people stupid for ten minutes. The ending is an unsatisfactory meet-cute between the two characters whose plainness is meant to foil the other couple’s cartoonishness, in which they have a not-so-

convincing love connection over ordering the same vanilla bean frappuccino. Add an eye-rolling barista for some sit-com irony and stir; the plot-line might make you queasy but the acting ability is impossible to ignore.

Cameo, written by Whitney Wenger ’13 and directed

by Claire Stack ’15 stars Hannah Zlotnick ‘14 as well — this time in a dramatic role. Cami, a girl seemingly in conflict with a jilted lover is revealed to be warring not with another person, but in actuality with another manifestation of herself (played by Surya Kumar ’14). An interesting dichotomy between the true self and the selfsabotaging maniac within was completely disrupted by Kumar’s character’s impromptu screaming rant about all the times he had saved Cami from instances of date-rape and incest, yelling details at her that made her writhe on the floor in ostensible trauma. This wouldn’t have been as much of a problem if hadn’t been so clearly used for shock factor and so sadistically narrated as to seem like it was written explicitly for the intent of making the audience uncomfortable. This discomfort leads to a jarring murder-suicide, but it doesn’t lead to any kind of recognizable take-away aside from a “Made you squeamish, huh?” Yes. Yes you really, really did.

The Patriots is a quick and believable family comedydrama penned by Jessica Evans ’15 and directed by graduate student Aoise Stratford featuring another strong performance from Qiao, this time as a die-hard New

England Patriots fan the day before his wife’s funeral.

Elly Valastro ’17 is incredibly convincing as the ladderclimbing lawyer-to-be prodigal daughter, returning for her mother’s funeral with a new law professor husband in tow. Valastro is given ample room to shine within the confidently-written dialogue which circles a group of family members ‘round and ‘round their obvious issues until something catastrophic forces them to stab at them. While the disapproving backwards parent archetype is tried and true, and too-tried and too-true, Evans’ script uses solid jokes and believable characterization to make this into a story we can still be interested in.

Cornell Confesses, written and directed by Claire Stack ‘15 opens on three actors reciting real Cornell Confessions from the notorious Facebook page — benign ones like “I like my cat more than I like my boyfriend” and “To whoever didn’t flush the toilet in Goldwin-Smith, you are a dirty bird,” which audience members met happily with laughter. But then, the play takes a darker turn: suddenly there’s a robotic voiceover talking about suicide as the actors list off dates and times of recent notable instances. Suicide awareness at Cornell is an incredibly complicated issue and it is completely a given that not everyone here treats it with sufficient sobriety. However, in my opinion, this play seemed like an unfair assault. The structure effectively proclaimed that audience members should feel guilty for treating the topic of suicide lightly, despite the fact that the two sequences were completely unrelated. The actors go on to read heart-warming responses to Cornell Confessions that encourage people not to feel alone, to reach out for support, to stay strong. This is a welcome and positive message, but it didn’t hit home with me; I was too frustrated by the play’s attempt to exploit Cornell’s suicide problem. It feels less like a serious discussion of psychological processes, cultural norms or the stigma of asking for help and more like the easy thing to do. I respect Stacks’ ambition in taking on this sensitive topic, but I do not think she applied enough sensitivity or critical thinking to this controversial topic.

In regards to the goals stated by the orchestrators of the Playfest, the event was an obvious success — tickets were hard to come by and the positive energy of an audience of friends and fellow students was palpable — proof positive that “something good can work” and that Red Shadow Productions is now providing a cultural service that Cornell students are more than happy to indulge in. Hopefully, as this event becomes a standard part of Cornell’s cultural fare, writers and directors will be pushed to provide increasingly intellectually challenging and dynamic works, and continue to help showcase the obvious plethora of performance talent that we have here on campus. While some of the specific pieces of the Playfest were dissatisfying, I am entirely sincere in advocating that this event be repeated — it’s a great idea which will only get better with practice.

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

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Wednesday, October 2, 2013 | The Corne¬ Daily Sun | 9

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Six Artists to Jam With

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elow, I present to you artists who have gained tons of popularity over the past two years, and seen recent breakthroughs in their careers. Obviously, even with the success they have attracted, many of you still have not heard their music. So here it goes: six semi-new artists of the past two years that you need to hear.

1. AUSTIN PAUL: This Miami native garnered a lot of attention when, in a tweet, Pharrell called him “the future.” His E.P. Velvet came out earlier this year on Kastle’s Symbol Recordings, and it really showcases this musician’s talent as a singer-songwriter and producer. Paul serenades us with his chillingly emotional voice on piano-accompanied tracks like “Hallelujah,” but also has a knack for producing chill, slow hip-hop beats to back up his provocative vocals on tracks like “Bones.” The 20 year old has raw talent, and is going to make a splash when bigger labels realize his potential.

2. R.L. GRIME: Clockwork, an electro-house D.J. and producer, decided to take a chance on a side project when the recent trap movement was burgeoning.

Thus, RL Grime was born. His “Mercy” remix with Salva became an instant club banger, and he solidified his position at the top of the trap scene with his chart-topping remix of Benny Benassi’s classic track “Satisfaction.” He is constantly producing new music and touring as both Clockwork and R. L. Grime, and often performs together with his close friend Baauer. With over 100K Soundcloud followers, he is quickly becoming one of the most talked-about producers on the scene. He also frequently tweets with R. L. Stein, the children’s horror writer from which his name derives.

3. DISCLOSURE: Brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence aren’t necessarily NICK PARISI / Zach newcomers to the SUN CONTRIBUTOR Reisler music industry, but their phenomenal, genre-crossing album Settle and the fame that came with it are absolutely novel. This album is one of the best reviewed of the year; it is also a personal favorite. Utilizing a mix of deep-house, ’90s 2-step, U.K. garage and disco (if you haven’t heard of most of these, it’s okay — chances are you will dig their sound), these young brothers (21 and 18) have made a name for themselves with tracks like their hit single “Latch” featuring Sam Smith. Expect big things from these guys in the future, including more album releases and collaboraNILS AXEN / tions with underrated vocalists.

SUN STAFF ILLUSTRATOR 4. EARL SWEATSHIRT: After returning from what was essentially a boot camp in Samoa, Earl Sweatshirt got right back into churning out tracks. His distinct delivery and intriguing rhymes make him a standout in the Odd Future crew. His first studio album, Doris, dropped recently and features unique beats and great collaborations with the likes of Tyler the Creator, Domo Genesis and Frank Ocean, just to name a few. For me, the highlight is his track “Guild,” featuring Mac Miller. The innovative track includes vocals by both MIller and Earl are slowed down to produce a pitched-down, almost drugged-out sound. At one point, Mac rhymes “Myrtle Beach,” “purple fleece,” “Fur Elise” and “Hercules.” Another track, “Hive,” is probably the most popular song from the album — and with a simple bassline and annunciated flows, Earl kills it on this one, with a sweet video to match.

5. TNGHT: Producers Hudson Mohawke (Scottish) and Lunice (Canadian) teamed up last year to create TNGHT (pronounced “tonight”). The duo produced what Jon Caramanica of the New York Times once called “sledgehammer hip-hop.” With their heavy, thudding bass, trap influences and catchy hooks, this duo has taken the festival circuit by storm, and has played all over the country and the world. Their self-titled E.P. blew up with the popularity of the addictive track “Higher Ground.” Their newest track, Acrylics, mixes childhood nursery rhyme with head-banging bass (no seriously, it’s actually weirdly awesome). These guys are individually on the cutting edge of electronic hip-hop, and together, their combined producing abilities know no bounds.

6. XXYYXX – Orlando producer XXYYXX has one of the strangest artistic names in the business. His music is also incredibly creepy. He uses distorted, short vocal samples on top of minimalist trap beats. The reverberating Roland 808 bass drums boom throughout the album, and the crisp snares and ticks give rhythm and form to his somewhat amorphous tracks. The most popular song on his self-titled debut album is “About You,” which has an incredible music video directed by Jeffrey Vash. For reference, said video has over 10 million views on Youtube featuring hot girls in animal masks blowing out smoke in H.D. super slow-mo. His haunting vocal samples, slow tempo and trap influences reveal an underground artist who makes chill music from a dark place in his heart, no matter how many substances may be coursing through it.

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Zach Reisler is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at zreisler@cornell.edu. Guest Space runs every Tuesday.

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Orange Is the New Black: Teen Drama in Jail

BY EMILY KLING Sun Contributor

As Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), Orange is the New Black’s central protagonist, gets out of her prison shower, Taystee (Danielle Brooks) remarks, “You got them TV titties. They stand up on they own, all perky and everything.” As Piper rushes away, Taystee finishes her thought, telling Piper to “get the fuck out of my way.”

This is the interaction that starts off Netflix’s new original series — and it properly sums up what the show does right and how it falls short. In this scene, Piper has just gotten to prison and is incredibly worried about being raped. However, this first scene presents prison rape as a sort of joke — Taystee’s comments on Piper’s body seem harmless, platonic and jocular, rather than sexually aggressive.

So begins day one of Orange is the New Black, which tells the story of Piper Chapman, a thirty-something woman who seems to have her life together before she is suddenly sentenced to serve time in the fictional Litchfield Correctional Facility in upstate New York for 15 months.

Her charge? Transporting drug money a decade earlier per the request of her ex-girlfriend, Alex (Laura Prepon). Part of what makes the show so entertaining is that neither Piper nor Alex monopolize the show. Each episode features a different prisoner’s backstory and aims to explain, or at least imply, how each person ended up involved in crime.

Featuring a myriad of different races,

sexual orientations, socio-economic (Michael Chemus), develop a relabackgrounds and temperaments of tionship which becomes increasingly the mostly-female characters, in entertaining to watch as Cal offers many respects, Orange is the New insight into what it means to be an Black is a breakthrough. Still, the ‘outsider.’

Yet, similarly to the backstories, show falls short when it brushes over the complexities of what drives peo- the storyline outside the prison feels a ple toward crime, and as a result, the bit sugar-coated. While the show backstories tend to be rather one- does explore the troubles of Piper and note — each one aims to invoke Larry’s deteriorating relationship, it some level of sympathy for the char- does so in a pretty teenage-dramaacters. Not one backstory truly por- tized fashion. Larry complains, he trays the criminals as bad people, but masturbates, he talks (worries) about rather as people who were dealt an how Piper used to be a lesbian, he tells his story to anyone who will lisunlucky hand.

Still, once the viewer can accept ten and he cries only once. Larry’s this kind of lack of complexity, the behavior does not seriously portray backstories are varied enough in their the impact of what it means to be a settings, crimes and racial and soci- family member or loved one of a prisetal factors that they remain perfect oner, but more accurately, as the for binge watching, as is suitable with show explores, what it means to be in the Netflix model of putting a full a difficult long-distance relationship.

All in all, Orange is the New Black season online at once. The show does make up for this at some points, and is enjoyable. The writing is smart, the gains some complexity when it stories are simple but sweet and the explores the characters’ lives once characters are almost all lovable. Red (Kate Mulgrew), Nicky (Natasha they are inside the prison.

Of course, the plot doesn’t just Lyonne) and George “Pornstache” take place inside prison and in the Mendez (Pablo Schreiber) particularpast. In a parallel storyline, the show ly deliver great performances.

So the trick to enjoying this show follows Piper’s fiancé Larry (Jason Biggs), along with her friends and is to take it for what it is — a teenage family on the outside. Larry’s charac- drama that just so happens to be set ter changes every episode. In one in one of the most politically and scene, he will be particularly likable socially charged settings you can and admirable — and the next, think of. Most importantly, it is annoying, untalented and childish. incredibly easy to binge on since However, he does serve an important whole first season is up on Netflix — function in understanding Piper’s you’ll be in and out of prison within transformation and showing the a week! growing disconnect that occurs between people in prison and those Emily Kling is a sophomore in the in the “real world.” Over time Larry College of Arts and Sciences. She can and Piper’s Thoreau-ian brother, Cal be reached at eak243@cornell.edu.

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The Last 5 Years: Love and Loathing at Risley Theatre

BY SEAN DOOLITTLE Sun Contributor

“No matter how I try, all I could do was love you hard and let you go.”

Risley Theatre’s production of The Last Five Years closed over the weekend to a sold-out crowd and a love disavowed.

Jason Robert Brown’s experimental 2001 musical recounts the budding (and withering) relationship of aspiring writer Jamie Wellerstein and starving actress Cathy Hiatt. What makes an otherwise cliché story powerful is the musical’s innovative structure: Cathy opens the show lamenting a love lost over the course of her late marriage and continues to travel back to happier times. Jamie travels through the plot in a more conventional chronological order, from first meeting to final goodbye. The interesting juxtaposition of the two rarelyintersecting timelines makes for a very emotional night at the theatre.

The musical, a perennial favorite among theatre companies across the country, found new ground under the everimpeccable direction of Danny Bernstein ’14. When I first heard the cast album years ago, I must confess that I found the premise somewhat gimmicky and overrated. The plot is simple: boy and girl meet and fall in, and out of, love. With very little dialogue, the musical relies on a constant cycle of songs and the strange chronology to drive the plot. This comes with a certain amount of difficulties to overcome, and without the right amount of expertise, the musical comes off as a lazy revue-type show. After witnessing Mr. Bernstein bring the ill-fated love story to life, I think the show found someone with the skill needed to pull off the balancing act. It wasn’t simply the directing efforts that made the production so successful, however. Special mention must be given to the

production designers, who create a character of their own in the minimalist set, lights and costumes that illustrated the night. The set, a dock softly illuminated by lanterns and surrounded by sand, was beautifully and simplistically designed, subtly complimenting the performances being given on stage.

The real highlight of the night, however, was the twoperson cast, Cornell sophomore Sarah Coffey and IC senior Dave Klodowski, who gave their all in capturing the essence of the flawed and relatable characters. With the responsibility of carrying all of the emotion, feeling, and humor of the musical, the performance was truly a testament to the talent that we have here in Ithaca.

And boy, were they talented.

Coffey’s performance as the ambitious, slightly neurotic Cathy had just the right amounts of raw emotion, confidence, and self-deprecation to make the character believable, without becoming melodramatic.

Coffey’s remorseful opening number, “Still Hurting”, was heartbreaking, haunting and one of the most memorable moments of the night. Later on, when she tackled the hilarious “Climbing Uphill”, I was struck by the versatility of her acting. Both comedy and drama seemed to come naturally to the performer, as she flitted between the two effortlessly.

Look out for more of Ms. Coffey in the Flexible Theatre Company’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company in

December.

Klodowski’s egotistic but lovable Jamie was an equally challenging and impressive performance. At first, Klodowski came across as a little too childish and flippant, mostly in contrast to Coffey’s early melancholy. Later on, it becomes clear that the acting choices made were deliberate and well made.

Jamie’s upbeat songs at the beginning of the show, including “Shiksa Goddess” and “The Schmuel Song” lighten the mood and provide the audience with most of the laughs and levity in the first half. When Jamie’s relationship begins to fall apart in songs like “If I Didn’t Believe in You” and “Nobody Needs to Know”, Klodowski’s shift from happy and hopeful to angry and remorseful becomes all the more powerful.

For a rather vocally and musically demanding show, all those involved in the pit band and on stage performed the music admirably. While there were the uncommon audio complications and singing missteps, these kinds of problems are to be expected after belting out the difficult tunes so often.

These issues did not overshadow the sheer impressiveness of the vocal performances, however.

As one of the first productions to open in Risley Theatre this year, The Last Five Years set a standard that I hope continues into the season. It isn’t often that a musical production swings the audience from uproarious laughter to verging on tears — let alone as deftly as here. Here’s looking to a fruitful Ithaca theatre season for all.

Sean Doolittle is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He can be reached at spd64@cornell.edu.

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N.Y.Giants Fall to 0-5 for First Time Since 1987

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — As Eli Manning walked to the sideline, his helmet in his hand after yet another interception, he looked like a beaten man.

He has been exactly that — five times in as many games this season. His New York Giants fell to 0-5 for the first time since the 1987 strike-interrupted season with a 3621 loss to Philadelphia on Sunday in which Manning was picked off three times in the fourth quarter. The two-time Super Bowl MVP has thrown 12 interceptions already.

With the season spiraling out of control, and a short week ahead — the Giants play at Chicago on Thursday night — Manning couldn’t fathom how his team could be keeping company with Jacksonville at the bottom of the standings.

“We’ve got to keep working and start playing better football and put our team in a better situation,” Manning said. “I still feel like guys are hanging in there tough, hanging in there strong, and doing all the preparations. But we’re having mistakes, having bad plays, and doing too many things that are costing us the game.”

The Giants rallied from a 19-7 halftime deficit to take a 21-19 lead. Then their defense turned into a sieve and their offense stagnated. Worst of all: four turnovers while not getting any takeaways.

The once mighty Giants’ defense has now given up at least 31 points in each of its first five games, tying an NFL record set by the Chicago Cardinals in 1954.

Manning blamed himself, but there were plenty of dropped balls, weak blocks and missed assignments on offense. And plenty of phantom tackles, poor coverages and damaging penalties on defense.

“I know I can play better,” he said. “Sometimes, things are going to go wrong, but you’ve got to make the best decision. Throw it away, take a sack. I know I can’t keep turning the ball over every time.”

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“It’s 22-21 and we’re in a good football game,” Tom Coughlin said. “We’d just scored twice in the third quarter and no reason to think we wouldn’t continue that type of play, and then the turnovers start. That gave them the short field, the quick scores, and it’s very, very demoralizing for the sideline.

“They didn’t stop us, we stopped ourselves.”

The Eagles (2-3) got key plays from their bottom-ranked defense and a timely performance from Nick Foles after he replaced an injured Michael Vick late in the first half. Foles threw fourth-quarter touchdown passes of 25 yards to Brent Celek and 5 yards to DeSean Jackson as the Eagles snapped a three-game losing streak.

Vick, who ran for a team-high 79 yards and threw for another 105, left with a hamstring injury late in the second quarter after a 13-yard scramble.

LeSean McCoy added a 1-yard touchdown run and Alex Henery kicked a careerhigh five field goals for the Eagles, who gained 439 yards.

David Wilson scored on a 5-yard run for the Giants and Manning threw two touchdowns to Rueben Randle.

Right after the Giants took the lead on Manning’s 6-yard pass to Randle, Foles led a drive to Henery’s 41-yard field goal late in the third quarter.

Linebacker Mychal Kendricks intercepted a pass by Manning (24 of 52 for 334) and returned it to the 25 and Foles hit Celek, who got away with a push-off on safety Ryan Mundy in the end zone. That increased the lead to 29-21.

The touchdown pass to Jackson just minutes later was set up by an interception by Brandon Boykin near the Giants 40.

After being outscored 69-7 in their last two games, the Giants’ offense scored on its opening possession. Wilson capped a 62-yard, five-play drive that featured a 49yard pass to Hakeem Nicks with a 5-yard run. Wilson injured his neck on the final play of the first quarter and did not return.

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was able to create lots of opportunities, and finally, with five minutes left to play, Weeks scored from the top of the circle to tie the game up at three. In the overtime period the Red wasted no time in claiming the win, a penalty corner just one minute into overtime allowed Bannon to find sophomore back Marisa Siergiej, who finished the chance to give Cornell the big overtime win.

Balleza commented on the importance of winning in overtime and the momentum it will give the Red, “The win we got in overtime was huge because previous to this game we had lost all of our overtime periods to other teams. It was even better that we scored on a corner because that is one aspect of our game we have struggled a bit with in past games. The overtime win was a huge motivator for our team,” she said.

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counterparts in straight sets.

“I think we did really well, we played some good teams and won most of our matches, both singles and doubles, so I’m pleased with our performance. I don’t think anyone stood out more than anyone else, we all played very well,” Young said.

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Coughlin Apologizes for Blaming Manning for Giants’ Five Losses EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — If somebody is going to take the blame for the New York Giants miserable start, it’s Tom Coughlin.

The 67-year-old coach pointed the finger at himself for the Giants’ worst start since the 1987 strike season.

And he was a little miffed that two-time Super Bowl MVP quarterback Eli Manning seemingly is getting the majority of the blame for the 0-5 start.

“The guy is trying to play the best he can,” Coughlin said Monday in a conference call.

“He’s certainly trying to do too much. He knows his team and he knows his responsibility. He’s an extremely accountable guy and he’s going to do everything he possibly can.

Sometimes it’s not to be done that way.”

Once clutch in the fourth quarter, Manning has struggled with the game on the line this season.

He has thrown a league-high 12 interceptions, including three on consecutive series in the fourth quarter in Sunday’s latest flop, a 3621 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. New York trailed 22-21 before the interceptions.

Nick Foles turned two of those picks into touchdowns that iced the game for Chip Kelly’s team.

On the flip side, Manning has not had much help. His offensive line has been a work in progress since the start of the season and he has been sacked 15 times.

The running game has been non-existent, averaging 57 yards, and that was before top running back David Wilson sustained a neck injury in the first quarter this past week.

While the receivers have made a number of catches, they have dropped several deep throws

by Manning this season that could have been difference makers. A couple of poorly run patterns have also contributed to the interception total.

Still, Manning has taken the heat. It’s not the type of play expected of quarterback who came into the season with 24 fourth-quarter comeback wins. That was third among active quarterbacks, behind big brother, Peyton, and Tom Brady.

“We did visit today and he feels bad about the game, just as we all do,” Coughlin said after meeting with Manning on Monday.

“We’re suffering from remorse from an opportunity lost, but he’s certainly going to get right back up again in preparation, a very short preparation for the next opponent.”

The Giants have a short week. They play the Bears in Chicago on Thursday.

“I wish I could bring his spirits back up, but it takes a little bit of time,” Coughlin said.

“Unfortunately it’s very, very close to yesterday and he’ll bounce back. He’ll bounce back.”

Receiver Victor Cruz said Manning seemed to be OK on Monday.

“He seemed like himself,” Cruz said. “He didn’t seem stressed.”

Cruz wasn’t surprised Manning was getting the heat for the losing streak, noting that the quarterback is his own worst critic.

“He is so proud of the way he plays, and wants to play great each and every week,” Cruz said. “When things go the opposite way, he is the type of person that takes a lot of that blame.

“But that’s not the way it is. It’s everyone, the receivers, the offensive line. Everyone is to blame for some of these losses.”

The Giants had a chance to win every game this season except the one against the Carolina Panthers. Kansas City took control of their game with a late third-quarter punt return for a score.

The games against Dallas, Denver and Philadelphia were there for the taking if the Giants made enough plays.

“It’s pretty frustrating,” Cruz said. “We understand that one of these games has to turn for us, one of these games has to be the one where we minimize our turnover and penalties and be able to break through to the other side.”

Linebacker Spencer Paysinger appreciated Coughlin taking the blame for the team, but he said the players need to share the responsibility.

He also said they are the ones who need to step up.

“For us, we’re not even thinking about the playoffs now,” Paysinger said. “That’s too far away for us to think about. Right now we are 05 and looking for our first win, hopefully coming on Thursday.”

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Red Falls in Tight Match to Quakers

By ELANI COHEN Sun Contributor

After a two game winning streak, winning against New Jersey Institute of Technology and first Ivy League win against Columbia University — both played at Berman — the women’s soccer team confidently went on the road to verse its competitors this past weekend.

The team’s long weekend started out on a negative note with a tough 1-0 loss against the University of Pennsylvania. However, the team stayed positive, and on Sunday, won in a 1-0 game against Delaware State University.

The Red started its journey on the road to Philadelphia, where it lost against the University of Pennsylvania on Friday. For both teams, it was a low shot game with a combined game total of 15 shots on goal. The game, played mostly in the midfield, was tough with both teams competitively playing the ball.

It was a tough first half for both the Quakers and the Red. The teams were a true match in skill and determination, making it a strenuous game.

The Red almost had a goal 15 minutes into the game when Cornell was rewarded a free kick, and junior defender Kelly Abrams kicked the ball into the box. The UPenn defense was unable to contain the ball, and freshman forward Dempsey Banks headed it towards the goal. Unfortunately the ball missed the goal and hit the far goal post, which sent the ball back to the other side of the field.

Suddenly, in the 44th minute of the game, UPenn received a penalty kick due to a handball by a Cornell defender. The ball, shot by the Quaker’s senior forward Kerry Scalora, couldn’t be saved freshman goalkeeper Kelsey Tierney and the Quakers were up by one. The loss for the Red was only its second loss in the last seven games.

As the team traveled to Delaware to verse the Hornets, the Red did not allow its past loss against UPenn to plague play. Coming into the match, Cornell had the advantage with a record of 6-3-1 compared to Delaware State University’s record of 0-10-0, both teams battled throughout the 90 minutes.

With about 39 seconds left in the first half, the Red’s sophomore defender Charlotte Tate passed the ball up the field to junior midfielder Claire MacManus — who scored with a looping shot over the Hornets goal keeper — making the score 1-0 in favor of Cornell. The Red outscored their opponents in both the score and skills. Cornell earned more than double the amount of corner kicks and outshot the Hornets as the game progressed. Therefore, it was no surprise that Cornell won the game — allowing the Red to end the weekend with a record of 7-3-1.

The Red will now finish up its Ivy League season; first with the Red’s game Saturday against Harvard, and with games against Yale, Brown, Princeton and then Dartmouth.

Elani Cohen can be reached at ecohen@cornellsun.com.

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Doubles flight and Luu and Sinclair earning the third place spot in the Green Doubles bracket.

One doubles strategy Tanasoiu has implemented is creating pairs of upperclassmen and lowerclassmen, which allows the older members of the team to share their previous knowledge with the Red’s newest members.

“The goal is to combine the upperclassmen and the fact that they bring a lot of experience to the doubles game if I compare them to the freshmen,” Tanasoiu said. “I make sure that the upperclassman is guiding the freshman through the match as to strategy, shot selection [and] positioning on the court. Those things are very important — we try to implement them in the first two years here — and I feel like the upperclassmen have a much

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Cornell nation | Junior Jason Luu finished third in White Singles at the UVA Fall Classic this weekend. The team stayed with Richard Booth ’82, a baseball alumnus, which provided valuable insight for the athletes.

better idea of what it takes to stay with a host family, an play disciplined doubles.” extremely successful host famiSinclair said playing with an ly, I might add, and they were older teammate is beneficial, just so knowledgeable about not only for strategic tips, but also to “[Being] hosted by one of the help the freshmen adjust to most renowned Cornell athletics the atmos- alumni ... was a wonderful phere of colle- opportunity for our guys. From a giate tennis. “ [ C o l l e g e life-lesson standpoint, I think doubles] is a being around someone like lot more structured.

The Richard ... might have been upperclassmen more impactful and meaningful [give advice], but also, than the whole tournament.” they’re pretty motivating,” Silviu Tanasiou Sinclair said.

“College tennis is just a totally different not only career paths — they atmosphere to high school ten- were knowledgeable about nis. [Seeing] the other teams life,” Sidney said. “We had a lot getting really pumped up, the of discussions about how we [upperclassmen] do the same want our team dynamic to be thing for you — they’ll just for the spring. We discussed help you out and not let you what our goals are for the team get intimidated.” mentality, day-to-day practice, Sidney added that mixing going into matches, going into up the ages of the doubles tournaments … how we teams helps the upperclassmen approach all these opportunias much as it does the fresh- ties that we have to improve.” “[Being] hosted by one of men. the most renowned Cornell “I think it’s definitely a way for the freshmen to improve, athletics alumni … was a wonand for us to improve as well,” derful opportunity for our he said. “By stressing the con- guys,” Tanasoiu said. “From a cepts to them, it solidifies it in life-lesson standpoint, I think our minds too. It’s a good strat- being around someone like Richard and his family might egy.”

Along with a strong tennis have been more impactful and performance at UVA, the Red meaningful than the whole also had a pretty remarkable tournament … Spending time off-court experience in with him and seeing how Virginia. Richard Booth ’82, a someone that successful can be former Cornell baseball player , so unassuming and so helpful and encouraging to some hosted the team this weekend, young guys, it was very refreshproviding them with valuable ing for all of us.” insight on being a college athlete and other lessons he has learned.

Olivia Wittels can be reached at “We were lucky enough to owittels@cornellsun.com.

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the Bulldogs at the end of gameplay.

Despite starting slow in many games this season, in its Sunday showdown against Holy Cross (3-8, 0-2 Patriot), the Red had minimal issues. In the second minute, freshman forward Katy Weeks found junior back Katherine Stone open in the box and her pass was on target.

Stone finished the excellent play by burying the shot in the net to give the Red the 1-0 lead.

It did not take long for the Red to score again as it was Weeks who recorded her second assist of the game when she passed to Mallory Bannon, who shot it first touch and converted another goal scoring opportunity for Cornell.

The Red was unable to put Holy Cross away in the second half due mostly to the play by Crusader goalkeeper Kat Matchett. Matchett managed to save six of the Red’s nine shots in the second half.

Offensively, the Crusaders came alive in the second half and scored three unanswered goals in 14 minutes of play. A rebound goal in the 40th minute was then followed by a tip-in goal six minutes later, and finally in the 54th minute Holy Cross’s Lauren Sutherland knocked in a goal during a scramble in front of the net.

With only 16 minutes to play, the Red took a timeout in which Mallory Bannon said the team emphasized the necessity for cohesive team play in the final minutes, “We knew our intensity had to change; and we needed to play together to come back from being down,” she said. “We were able to increase the ball speed and string passes together to move up the field and create more opportunities in the circle.”

The strategy worked well as the Red See FIELD HOCKEY page 14

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MEN’S TENNIS

Tennis Returns From UVA Fall Classic

By OLIVIA WITTELS

round that he passed in the draw,” head coach Silviu Tanasoiu said. “That was very exciting to watch. A lot of the things we’ve been working on with him in practice, he The Cornell men’s tennis team returned from the UVA was able to apply them. I think he solidified the good form Fall Classic with another solid performance under its belt, that he’s been showing in the last couple of weeks.” in which the Red saw two of its four players earn the third Junior Alex Sidney attested that Sinclair’s consistency is place spot in their respective brackets. part of the reason why he has done so well this fall.

In the White Singles flight, junior Jason Luu fell to the “[Colin] has yet to have a bad match. He’s played every No. 1 seed Diego Nunez, of East Tennessee State, 6-4, 6- match so solidly and even picked up his level in the past 1, in the semis, but defeated Princeton’s couple matches in this tournament,” Ben Quazzo, 6-1, 6-1, in the third place “Colin [Sinclair] was Sidney said. “To be honest, he annihilated match. In the Green Singles bracket, [Pimentel]. He just plays at such a high freshman Dylan Brown also reached the improving and he felt level, at such a solid level, and he sustained semis before losing to Liberty's Jorge confident with each it throughout the entire match and didn’t Azuero, 7-5, 6-4. Brown defeated give the guy any chances to get back in the fourth-seeded Josh Yablon of Princeton, round. ” match.”

7-6, 6-1, for his third place title. In Blue Silviu Tanasoiu The added pressure that often comes Singles, junior Alex Sidney reached the with competing against a No. 1 seed was consolation finals of the bracket before nowhere to be found on Sunday, as falling in a tight third-set tiebreak, 1-6, 6-3, 10-8, to Sinclair went into the match unaware of his opponent’s Virginia Tech's Jai Corbett. rank.

Freshman Colin Sinclair won the Black Singles brack“I didn’t really look at the draw at all. I didn’t know et, beating the No. 1 seed, Virginia Commonwealth’s about [Pimentel’s seeding], I just knew the match times Wider Pimentel, in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1. Sinclair did not because Silviu told us,” Sinclair said. drop a set en route to the finals, once again delivering a The Red also did well in doubles this weekend, with performance that impressed both his coach and his team- Brown and Sidney finishing in fifth place in the White mates.

“Colin was improving and he felt confident with each See MEN’S TENNIS page 15

Sun Staff Writer

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Taking charge | Junior Alex Sidney reached the consolation finals of the Classic before falling in a third-set tiebreaker.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Red Grabs Multiple Wins

By HAMDAN AL YOUSEFI Sun Contributor

Cornell’s women’s tennis team returned from the Akron Invitational in Ohio on Sunday after putting on strong performances in both the singles and doubles competitions. Though strong results were obtained throughout, it was in the doubles competition that the Red excelled in.

The Akron Invitational does not use a traditional bracket format; rather teams match up against one school in singles and another school in doubles on the day of the match. There is no team scoring.

On Friday, the Red went up against Ohio State in singles, winning three of its six matches.

Freshman Alexandra D’Ascenzo,

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Ohio or bust | The Red returned to the Hill after the Akron Invitational.

freshman Marika Cusick and sophomore Laila Judeh were all victorious, with D’Ascenzo winning straight sets. The team also went up against West Virginia in doubles, winning both its matches. D’Ascenzo and junior Lauren Frazier defeated Hailey Barrett and Ikttesh Chahal, 8-4, while Cusick and senior Ryann Young beat Kaja Mrgole and Oana Manole in a tiebreaker, 8-7(4).

On Saturday, the women’s team won five out of six singles matches and one of its doubles against University of Akron and Ohio State respectively. Lauren Frazier was the outstanding player on the day, winning both her matches. Although the Zips took advantage of a tiebreaker to win the first match in singles, the Red cruised to victory after winning the next five games in straight sets with Young, Cusick, Judeh, Frazier and Perelman emerging victorious.

The pairing of D’Ascenzo and Frazier then went on to win their doubles game, defeating the pair of Miko Kowase and Grâinne O'Neill, 8-7(4).

The Red wrapped up its trip, easing to straight victories in doubles and winning two of its five single matches against West Virginia and Akron respectively.

The pairing of Frazier and Young defeated Akron’s top offering Olga Shkundina and Ksenia Berestetska, 8-6, while the pairings of D’Ascenzo and Judeh and Cusick and Perelman annihilated their opponents, 8-1 and 8-2, respectively. Young and Cusick were victorious in their singles matches, beating their Virginia See WOMEN’S TENNIS page 14

FIELD HOCKEY

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Fight on | The Cornell field hockey team lost against the Bulldogs in a 3-0 game and lost a double overtime game against Holy Cross on Sunday.

C.U.Snatches O.T.Win at Holy Cross

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

This weekend was full of ups and downs for Cornell field hockey (4-5, 1-2 Ivy), but was capped by a thrilling double overtime win at Holy Cross. Despite starting the weekend with a disappointing 3-0 loss to conference foes Yale (3-6, 1-2 Ivy) the Red were able to refocus and beat Holy Cross, 4-3, in a thrilling overtime contest on Sunday.

On Saturday, in New Haven, the Bulldogs came out strong and were able to take an early lead when Junior Midfielder Emily Schuckert beat Cornell goalie Elizabeth Schaeffler in the seventh minute. According to senior captain Hannah Balleza, conceding early goals has been an

area where the Red has struggled this season.

“I think it comes down to how focused each individual is when it comes to the start of play. We need everyone on the same page, and when we aren’t, that’s when we breakdown as a team,” she said.

The Bulldogs dominated the first half as Yale outshot the Red, 10-2, and held the advantage in penalty corners, 4-1. In the 15th minute of gameplay, Yale would strike again to take a 2-0 lead. A penalty corner from Yale’s Erica Borgo found teammate Georgia Holland whose shot was saved by Schaeffler, but Holland followed her shot and was able to finish it off the save.

The second half was a different story, as the Red came

out and put together a much more efficient half on both sides of the ball. Although the Red was unable to find the net, the team rattled off 10 shots and earned six penalty corners to Yale’s two.

According to senior back Mallory Bannon, at times this season, the Red has had trouble finishing scoring opportunities and is working on improving the team’s finishing abilities.

“We are looking to be stronger in the circle in terms of both the initial shots and the second phase shots off of rebounds from the goalie,” she said.

Yale added one final goal in the 55th minute to make the final score 3-0 in favor of See FIELD HOCKEY page 15