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Citing sexual attacks, students urge shuttle expansion

By SYLVIA RUSNAK

surrounding areas,” the petition says.

The Blue Light User Extension shuttle, which currently runs five Stressing the importance for stu- times a year, for three to four nights dents to feel safe returning home late each time, during prelim, midterm at night, students are calling on the and final exam seasons, stops at four University to expand the B.L.U.E. locations on campus and also drops late-night shuttle program, a van ser- students off at their homes anywhere vice that provides rides to students. As on campus, in Collegetown or in Cayuga Heights.

Only one shuttle “[Expanding the shuttle van runs from 11 p.m. to 3:45 a.m., service] is something our but students say community has been asking Cornell should fund five vans to operate for for some time.” daily throughout Cornell Police Chief Kathy Zoner the academic year.

The program is funded by the of Wednesday night, about 530 peo- Cornell Women’s Research Center, ple had signed an online petition. which receives byline funding “Due to the prevalence of hate through the Student Activity Fee. crimes and increased reporting about The petition calls for the adminispublic sexual assault perpetrated by tration to have five vans operate daily strangers at Cornell University, many from 9:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. On weekstudents have expressed concerns days, the proposed vans would run about their safety when walking home See B.L.U.E. page 4 alone after dark on campus and its

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Now what? | At a panel discussion Wednesday, four Cornell professors debate what President Obama’s re-election means for the future of the U.S.

After Obama’s Victory,Profs Debate Future of America After years of speculation over the next president came to a sudden conclusion Tuesday night, four professors met Wednesday to contemplate the implications of President Barack Obama’s reelection and how it might affect America in

the years to come.

In a panel discussion Wednesday afternoon entitled “Now That They’ve Won, What Will They Do?”, a crowd of about 40 students gathered in an Ives Hall auditorium to listen to input from Prof. Glenn Altschuler, American studSee DEBATE page 5

Athens Mayor Visits Ithaca in U.S. Despite Officers’

News Young Bloods

Voter turnout among America’s youngest voting bloc was as strong as it was in 2008. The demographic helped propel Obama’s victory. | Page 3

By DAN TEMEL Sun Staff Writer

Giorgos Kaminis, the mayor of Athens, Greece, faces a city struggling to

recover from an economic mess that left unemployment at about 25 percent and at more than 50 percent for young people.

Still, he took the time

Opinion Sex and Politics

In this week’s Sex on Thursdays, Mona G. ’13 gets into the spirit of election season and explores how you can determine your partner’s political leanings. | Page 9

Dining Just a Taste

The Sun reviews Just a Taste, the tapas restaurant located downtown on the Ithaca Commons that the reviewer says truly hits the spot. | Page 10

Arts Reviving the Dead

Zachary Zahos ’14 recently sat down for a chat with Ken Winokur, director of Alloy Orchestra. | Page 11

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The road to Ithaca | Giorgos Kaminis, the mayor of Athens, Greece, speaks at the A.D. White House Tuesday.

Tuesday to drop in at Cornell — a decision that was both questioned and appreciated by members of the Greek-American community on campus.

At the A.D. White House, Kaminis delivered a lecture entitled “ReLaunching Athens in a Time of Crisis: Urban Development, Decentralization and Democracy in the European Union Context.” While the talk underscored the difficulties of rebuilding the metropolis as rioting and an economic crisis threaten to break apart the fabric of Athenian society, Kaminis also remained optimistic that policy changes can improve the city.

Saying an over-centralized Greek government is a key element in his city’s economic troubles, Kaminis suggested that the government of Greece’s must become more approachable.

Kaminis called for a restructuring of the Greek political system to See ATHENS page 5

Warnings, Ithaca Approves Budget

By EMMA COURT Sun Senior Writer

Despite prolonged opposition from emergency responders, the Ithaca Common Council approved an amended version of Mayor Svante Myrick’s ’09 budget Wednesday, closing the city’s impending $3 million deficit through a mixture of spending cuts and revenue increases.

The budget, passed by an 8 to 2 vote, had met opposition from members of the Ithaca Police Department, who decried a reduction to the size of its staff.

The chair of the budget process and the Common Council member of Ithaca’s First Ward — where two recent high-profile shootings in Ithaca have recently occurred — also questioned the

decision to reduce the city’s police force, and voted against the budget.

The budget will cut about 22 city positions, including about eight police officers, and consolidate two city departments. It also raises property taxes in the city, but at the smallest rate in 13 years, according to the mayor.

The city’s financial difficulties caused many of those at the meeting to suggest an increased contribution from Cornell to the city budget as a solution.

“All signs are pointing at Cornell," Alderperson Seph Murtagh Ph.D. '09 (D2nd Ward) said. “Their contribution should be increased. If you compare Cornell to other universities of their size See BUDGET page 4

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Watch at cornellsun.com Congressman Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) was re-elected Tuesday to represent the 23rd Congressional District, which includes Tompkins County. Although he said the campaign was a grueling process, he added that it was a successful team effort, for which he thanked his volunteers, supporters and family.

Reed said Tuesday that it is time to come together as a country and put aside political rhetoric and bickering. He said he plans to be a strong voice in Washington and to visit Cornell often.

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Youth Flock to Polls for Obama; Turnout Nearly as Strong as 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday’s presidential election results showed the American voting public has not only become more permanently diverse in its makeup, but also in its mindset.

Obama bet, and won, on the assumption that the electorate would retain much of the age, ethnic and racial diversity he brought out in 2008. But across the country, voters affirmed changes in social policy that show a culture changing along with it.

The trend is troublesome for Republicans, who nominated in Mitt Romney a candidate who was more socially moderate than his rivals for the GOP nod and who tried in the campaign’s closing days to reach out to the broader electorate.

“The country is changing and the people our party appeals to is a static group,” GOP strategist Mike Murphy said.

Younger voters and minorities came to the polls at levels not far off from the historic coalition Obama assembled in 2008.

Voters also altered the course of U.S. social policy, voting in Maine and Maryland to approve same-sex marriage, while Washington state and Colorado voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana.

In the heartland, where the conservative Christian tradition still runs deep, Minnesota voters defeated a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. In Iowa, where opponents of gay marriage ousted three state Supreme Court justices two years ago, a fourth judge beat back a similar attempt Tuesday and Republicans intent on pursuing a constitutional ban failed to gain the single seat they needed.

On social issues, exit polls conducted Tuesday for The Associated Press found a public more apt to take the liberal position. For example, roughly 60 percent of voters said abortion should be legal in all or most cases, the highest share since the mid-1990s.

The reality caught off guard Republicans, who banked on an electorate more monolithic and more conservative than four years ago. And it foreshadowed changes over the next generation that could put long-held Republican states onto the political battleground maps of the future.

“Clearly, when you look at African-American and Latino voters, they went overwhelmingly for the president,” said John Stineman, a Republican strategist from Iowa. “And that’s certainly a gap that’s going to require a lot of attention from Republicans.”

The exit polls showed that voters mirrored the makeup of the electorate four years ago, when Obama shattered minority voting barriers and drove

young voters to the polls unlike any candidate in generations.

White voters made up 72 percent of the electorate — less than four years ago — while black voters remained at 13 percent and Hispanics increased from 9 percent to 10 percent.

That flew in the face of GOP assumptions that the fierce economic headwinds of the past three years and the passing of the novelty of the first AfricanAmerican president would trim Obama’s support from black voters, perhaps enough to make the difference in a close election.

However, Obama carried Virginia, the heart of the Old South, in part by having increased his record support from black voters there in 2008, which reached 18 percent, to more than 20 percent, according to Obama campaign internal tracking polls.

It was also reflected in turnout that matched his 2008 totals in places like Cleveland, which helped Obama carry Ohio solidly despite Romney’s all-out effort there in the campaign’s final weeks.

“Republicans have been saying for months” that Obama’s black support would slip, Democratic pollster Paul Maslin said. “And what happens? When African-Americans had the chance to affirm him, they came out in droves.”

Obama won in 2008 by carrying several long-held Republican states, including North Carolina, Virginia and Indiana. And while Romney easily carried Indiana and narrowly peeled back North Carolina, the fact that Obama held Virginia points to a long-term demographic shift that survived the pressures of the poor economy.

Obama carried every contested state except North Carolina by aggressively registering first-time voters.

He matched his share of the youth vote from 2008, and nearly matched his support from seniors.

In a sign these changes are more glacial than seismic, Obama, who announced his support for gay marriage in May, lost North Carolina, where voters there overwhelmingly voted against allowing gay marriage the same month.

There also were signs divisions between opponents had deepened.

Voters were more ideologically polarized than in 2008 or 2004. The share of moderates dipped slightly to 41 percent, while 25 percent called themselves liberal, the highest share saying so in recent surveys of voters as they leave their polling places. Thirty-five percent called themselves conservative, about the same as the previous two presidential contests.

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Addie Lederman ’16 weighs food scraps at the Food Sustainability Competition Dinner at Dickson Hall Tuesday night.

The majority of faculty and staff at Princeton University who contributed to the 2012 presidential campaigns donated to President Barack Obama’s campaign, according to The Daily Princetonian. Total donations to Obama exceeded $169,000, while donations to Gov. Mitt Romney totaled $1,901, The Princetonian reported.

The Columbia Spectator reported that among the Ivy League schools this year, Penn University spent the most on lobbying in Washington on issues related to higher education, spending $382,513. Dartmouth College spent nothing, and the remaining Ivies fell in the middle, according to The Spectator. Cornell spent $100,000 this year, The Specator reported.

— Compiled by Sylvia Rusnak

Alumni Affairs Sees Promotions After Leaders Leave C.U.

By NIKKI LEE Sun Staff Writer

Two top leaders in Cornell’s Alumni Affairs and Development division will leave the University this month, prompting a flurry of rapid promotions within the department, according to Charles Phlegar, vice president of the department.

Chris Marshall, senior vice president for alumni affairs, and Patricia Watson ’83, senior vice president of alumni affairs, will depart for other job offers this month, leading to the addition of three new members to the senior leadership team. Jon Denison, Claude Johnson and Jeremy Weaver will join a team of five other top department staffers by Nov. 15.

Marshall will leave to assume a vice presidency position at consulting firm Grenzebach, Glier and Associates. For Marshall, his decision to leave what he called his “dream job” at Cornell was prompted by the needs of his family.

After four and a half years of driving several hours back and forth each weekend to visit his children from a previous mar-

riage, Marshall said he decided and important responsibilities.” that “it was time to put family Over her eight years working at first” and to “consolidate” his per- Cornell, Watson hired or promoted nearly 70 people who will sonal life.

Watson will depart for Brown work with the Cornell staff to University, where she will be “carry the program forward,” she senior vice president for universi- said.

Marshall, too, cited hiring ty advancement beginning Dec. nearly 40 people and 1. Watson said she will getting to know hunwork closely with dreds more during his Brown’s president and time at the University. administration to According to “raise private support Phlegar, Watson’s and for academic priorities Marshall’s adept hiring and to engage Brown’s have created a succesalumni and parents sion plan to ease the throughout the world.” loss of the two senior Watson, who studMARSHALL leaders. ied design and envi“As much as I hate ronmental analysis at to see Pat and Chris Cornell, spent two leave, I truly believe decades after graduaour new structure tion working as a promakes us stronger fessional dancer, immediately,” Phlegar choreographer and said. instructor. She later Marshall added that earned her masters in Phlegar “has done a public administration WATSON ’83 masterful job of movfrom Syracuse Uniing the puzzle pieces versity before returnaround” to make up for the douing to work at Cornell in 2004.

Of her work at the University, ble loss.

The three department staff Watson said hiring and promoting staff within the department members newly promoted to the was one of her “most meaningful senior leadership team expressed

enthusiasm over their promotions and eagerness to begin work this month.

Denison, who will join the senior leadership team as associate vice president for colleges and units, said he is excited to continue working with “a gifted development staff, as evidenced by the record-setting year ending June 30.” In part due to the generosity of alumni donors, Cornell had its best fundraising year on record, raising $777.8 million in the 2011-12 fiscal year, compared to $308.2 million in 2010-11, Phlegar told The Sun last month.

As the new associate vice president for alumni affairs and development for the Northeast corridor, Johnson said he hopes that his vision to “build strong cohesive Cornell communities throughout the northeastern part of the United States … will come to fruition.”

Weaver, the new associate vice president for major gifts, said she will work to “continue to build upon the already strong foundation of donors to the University” by identifying and cultivating the “next generation of philanthropic leaders.”

Weaver added that she believes

Phlegar’s decision to fill the vacancies left by Marshall and Watson with existing members of the Alumni Affairs and Development division demonstrates a trust in the department’s staff.

“That all of the moves came from within the organization shows the breadth of our team,” she said.

Despite their excitement for their new jobs — and their pride in seeing staffers in the Cornell department move up the ranks — both Marshall and Watson said their decision to leave the University was a difficult one.

“I leave many wonderful friends that I rely on day to day — and a place that I have lived since 1976,” Watson said. “Yet, as I have encouraged others to steer their careers and to be open to opportunities, I am following my own advice by joining [the administration at] Brown.”

Marshall said he too will miss the relationships he has built in his time at Cornell. But, he added, “it’s not a goodbye … it’s a change.”

Nikki Lee can be reached at nlee@cornellsun.com.

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Students: Improve Late-Night Shuttle Mayor Says Cuts Are B.L.U.E.

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along the route already established for exam periods, while an alternate route would be created for the weekend to better match students’ social lives, according to the petition.

Dominique Thomas ’13, a B.L.U.E. coordinator and co-author of the petition, said in an email that B.L.U.E. shuttles “should be a staple in the Cornell community” because, she said, they provide a necessary means by which to ensure students get home at night “safe and sound.”

“People should feel safe no matter if they are returning from studying at the library or socializing with friends,” Thomas said.

While the students who distributed the petition emphasized that expanding the services offered by B.L.U.E. will not put an end to all sexual assaults, they said incorporating the shuttle into the daily campus culture will contribute to a sense of a safe community — something they say has been lacking in recent years.

“Having a dependable ride home contributes to building a sense of safety and community, which have slowly diminished in recent times for many Cornell students,” Ashley Harrington ’13, an advisory board member of the WRC and a co-author of the petition, said in an email. “The urgency and the need for a shuttle immediately, and the desire to create a petition, arose from the diminishing sense of safety that many students were feeling on campus as a result of the increased crime alerts being sent out to the community.”

On Sept. 2, two forcible touchings were reported — one in Collegetown and the other in the parking lot near Hughes Dining. Within hours of these incidents, a rape was reported near the suspension bridge north of the Arts Quad. Then, on Sept. 27, an attempted rape was reported near the trolley bridge connecting the engineering quad and Oak Avenue.

Students who drafted the B.L.U.E. petition say that providing a safe mode of transportation for students leaving campus late at night would be a good first step to increasing students’ safety.

Still, Harrington cautioned that the petition was drafted “in response to safety concerns — not as a solution to sexual assault and hate crimes on campus.”

Margo Cohen Ristorucci ’13, an advisory board member of the WRC, a B.L.U.E. coordi-

nator and petition co-author, and a former Sun news editor, added that B.L.U.E. efforts are not meant to “distract our campus community from the real roots of discriminatory violence.”

“The B.L.U.E. shuttle is undeniably a service that would better Cornell, but nighttime and walking home alone do not perpetrate rape — and B.L.U.E. does not prevent the danger that comes from unequal social relationships and power dynamics,” Cohen Ristorucci said.

Cornell Police Chief Kathy Zoner added that the desire for late-night transportation has been expressed by students for several years and that recent sexual assault reports have bolstered awareness of this need.

“It’s been clear to us that [a late-night system of transportation] is a need that the students have had for at least a little while. So I’d definitely support a program for that,” she said. “It doesn’t have anything to do with any specific incidents, it’s just something our community has been asking for for some time.”

Both Harrington and Thomas agreed that the need for a late-night transportation system was brought to the foreground, but not created, by the recent incidents. The increased shuttle is a dream the coordinators and drafters of the petition said they have had for a while.

“We live in a very cold climate, on a large campus, with demanding academic schedules and transportation home is a basic function that the University should provide,” Harrington said. “A free means of transportation, in my opinion, is a necessity, regardless of the campus climate.”

Thomas added that although the Blue Light Escort Service and Walkshare programs have their place on campus for those that wish to walk home, she has observed that most students would rather be driven home, especially during the cold weather months.

“People should not have to pay for taxis to take them home or wait for TCAT [buses] that do not run past 2 a.m.,” Thomas said.

Zoner said students have complained that the University does not provide a late-night ride option, leading CUPD to fall “under a lot of criticism” for its walking escort program.

B.L.U.E. coordinators will present the petition to President David Skorton and relevant upper-level administrators once 1,000 people have signed it.

Sylvia Rusnak can be reached at srusnak@cornellsun.com.

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and stature, you’ll see that [those other universities] are paying more. We can’t find a way to pay for these departments, and we're going to see the same problem for years into the future.”

While recognizing it as a “very painful budget,” Myrick, however, has said his plan is a necessary effort to head off the city’s “fiscal crisis.”At Wednesday’s meeting, the chair of the budget process, Alderperson J.R. Clairborne (D-2nd Ward), described the budget as one where “we’re making decisions between bad and worse.”

Despite the difficult circumstances, Myrick said, his budget will

“Drugs proliferate by the minute, we have people ... with guns selling drugs. People are afraid.”

Fay Gougakis close a $3 million deficit with minimal reliance on city reserves.

Additionally, it reduces staff through retirements rather than firings — a point Myrick made at the meeting.

Still, speakers at the public hearing on the budget criticized the reduction in police staff in light of violence in the city. Fay Gougakis, a city resident, said some crimes have increased this year.

“Drugs proliferate by the minute, we have people coming in with guns selling drugs. People are afraid,” Gougakis said. “When you have constituents starting to call in, the council and mayor need to be concerned.”

Gougakis also pointed to Cornell as a solution to the city’s financial woes, pointing to record numbers of alumni donations this year.

Clairborne, who proposed an eventually rejected motion to add another officer to the IPD, emphasized the need to have a wellstaffed police department. He described the present staffing situation of the department as “disconcerting.”

“We basically have a department that goes out for the night with its fingers crossed, hoping that all is well,” Clairborne said. He pointed to the expansion of the city and a corresponding increase in calls to the police department, saying that the city was asking the department to “do way more with much less.”

Common Council member Cynthia Brock (D-1st Ward), who voted against the budget, called the proposal “bold in the depth and breadth of its cuts.” She said that although she supported the budget’s goals she did not endorse the means it used to achieve those goals.

She said that cuts in staff would result in losses of productivity and morale, that the merging of departments needed to be considered more thoughtfully and that the cuts to the police and fire departments would hurt both the departments and Ithaca residents’ quality of life.

Despite the opposition of Clairborne and Brock, the budget passed. Myrick described it as “remarkable,” particularly noting the tax levy and that it closed a $3 million dollar deficit.

Another provision in the budget will result in the consolidation of the Office of the City Chamberlain into the Office of the City Controller, and the consolidation of the Building Department into the Department of Planning and Development.

Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun.com.

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event with the Cornell Institute for Continued from page 1 European Studies’ Mediterranean Initiative, the Mario Einaudi Center for increase local political responsibility and International Studies and the Department decrease the role of the federal government of Government. in day-to-day life.

“Among anyone I’ve heard speak in the Kaminis also said an absence of tangible past, he was the most frank, the most clear policy changes is a source of tension in and straightforward in terms of just Athens. He said he understands the frustra- explaining the situation now and how he tion on the streets and sees more direct pol- got there,” Orfanos said. “He is someone icy-making as central to quelling riots in who has really had experience in dealing the city. with this; he really lives this day to day.”

“Inability for national politicians to Zander Abranowicz ’14 echoed deliver [translates] into public frustration Orfanos’ praise but questioned the timing and disillusion [with] politics,” Kaminis of Kaminis’ visit — since Athens is currentsaid. “Democracy is a fragile thing: It ly dealing with a new wave of riots and demands respect for the [electorate] and strikes. their concerns. If they are treated with dis“I think at first when I heard he was dain, if they feel their rights have been coming, I was wondering why he was going hijacked — in this case, by national institu- to be in Ithaca and not Athens, where there tions — if they feel austerity is not shared have been strikes,” Abranowicz said. “But I equally, we should not be surprised if their guess I was curious to hear from a mayor of allegiances break down and they try some- a city that is facing problems [on] so many thing else, something that promises them a different levels.” greater say.”

For Katerina Athanasiou ’13, vice president of the HSA and a senior editor at The Sun, Kaminis’ “For many Greek-Americans, it was a visit held personal significance.

“I know that my family and rare opportunity to get this ... exposure.” other families are really feeling the brunt of what is happening Alex Orfanos ’13 in Greece. Having him come during a time of such crisis was Economic development was also a cen- interesting because on the one hand, I wontral topic in Kaminis’ speech, as he men- dered what he was doing leaving Athens in tioned the creation of a new stadium for the a time of such dire need ... on the other Panathinaikos Soccer Club and the con- hand, I appreciate that he came so that he struction of new roads as keys to urban could share with us what is happening,” growth in Greece.

Athanasiou said. “It is a really scary time for Kaminis said his country also faces the Greece and you can see it in the unemploychallenge of incorporating an increasing ment, so it was really interesting to have the population of undocumented immigrants insider perspective.” into the social fabric of the nation. He said Orfanos also touched on the signifihe has met with mayors across Europe to cance of the event for the Greek communitackle racism. ty on campus in terms of understanding the “The problems we are trying to confront experiences faced by families back home. right now — racism, xenophobia — are “We feel very removed from what is more or less European problems. We can going on, but we do have this sense that propose to do something; everyone togeth- there are so many problems and there is not er,” Kaminis said. much we can do from where we are.

Members of the Greek-American com- Students are very interested in knowing munity on campus who attended the what’s going on,” Orfanos said. “For many speech responded positively to what they Greek-Americans, it was a rare opportunity said was Kaminis’ honesty about the issues to get this kind of exposure ... as an organifacing Greece. zation I would say this is a premier event Alex Orfanos ’13, president of the for us for the year.”

Hellenic Student Association, praised what he called Kaminis’ transparency and unique Dan Temel can be reached at perspective. The HSA co-sponsored the dtemel@cornellsun.com.

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Fredrik Logevall, history, Prof.

Elizabeth Sanders, government, and Prof.

Richard Booth, city and regional planning.

The professors discussed a range of issues, but seemed to zero in on a few: whether Obama could enact successful policy in his second term; the role of demographic changes in party politics; and structural aspects of the U.S. political system, such as term limits.

Booth predicted an unsuccessful second term for Obama marked by failure to achieve policy goals.

“The history of presidents in the second term has not been a hopeful one. It’s not an easy road,” he said.

Sanders, on the other hand, predicted that Obama’s success for the duration of his presidency would depend in large part on the intensity of grassroots political movements on the left.

Altschuler took a more optimistic stance, saying that while “most professors see their role as leaving their students as depressed as they are,” he believes a steadily improving economy might lead to better prospects. The elimination of re-election pressure might also encourage the president to take more risks, he added.

Similarly, Logevall, who focused mainly on foreign policy throughout the discussion, said he imagined a secondterm Obama will be free to make bolder decisions on key foreign policy issues without the threat

of reelection. He predicted that the U.S. would soon reach a diplomatic deal with Iran.

Sanders echoed Logevall’s sentiments, saying that another war — “probably Iran” — would have been more likely under a Romney presidency. She said that second-term presidents have far less frequently instigated wars abroad.

The four panelists also spoke about some of the recent demographic changes to the American voting population that affected the outcome of Tuesday night’s election.

“Forty-five percent of people who voted for Obama were not white.

All of these changes are benefiting the Demo cratic party,” Altschuler said. He said comprehensive immigration reform will likely be the next step toward garnering the votes of minorities.

All four professors embraced the idea of lengthening the terms of elected officials in the U.S. Booth suggested four-year Congressional terms, while Sanders, Logevall and Altschuler all said a single, six-year term for the presidency could help improve the policymaking.

The panel, which was sponsored by the Cornell in Washington program, drew students from a range of political backgrounds, but all seemed to be driven by a general interest in politics.

“It is really important to engage with what is happening. It sometimes seems like we’re in a bit of a bubble,” Arielle Koppell ’15 said.

Several students in the audience said after

the debate that they found the professors’ discussion of foreign policy issues particularly interesting.

“I hadn’t thought about foreign policy much,” Lewis said. “[The panelists] seemed to think we dodged a bullet with Iran.”

Jake Atkins ’15 added that it was interesting to hear the professors talk about the possibility of significant changes to foreign policy over the next four years.

Others were more interested in hearing predictions about the economy. “[I] really just came to see what path the president would take us on fiscal issues, such as the deficit and the fiscal cliff,” said Zack Kuff ’14, a tepid supporter of former Gov. Mitt Romney who said he had been unimpressed with both candidates in the election.

Daniel Lewis ’15, who voted for Obama, said he probably would have been even more likely to attend the event if Romney had been elected, to see what the panelists would have predicted.

The panelists themselves seemed to be engaged in the debate, having just spent the previous night closely following coverage of the election. After all, Sanders said, “we are all election junkies.”

“Obama’s speech finished at 2 a.m.,” Logevall said. “I was so wired from the whole evening that I couldn’t go to sleep.”

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

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New Storm Bears Down On Sandy-Battered NYC, N.J.

NEW YORK (AP) — A nor’easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and wet snow, plunging homes right back into darkness, stopping commuter trains again, and inflicting another round of misery on thousands of people still reeling from Superstorm Sandy’s blow more than a week ago.

Under ordinary circumstances, a storm of this sort wouldn’t be a big deal, but large swaths of the landscape were still an open wound, with the electrical system highly fragile and many of Sandy’s victims still mucking out their homes and cars and shivering in the deepening cold.

Exactly as authorities feared, the nor’easter brought down tree limbs and electrical wires, and utilities in New York and New Jersey reported that some customers who lost power because of Sandy lost it all over again as a result of the nor’easter.

“I know everyone’s patience is wearing thin,” said John Miksad, senior vice president of electric operations at Consolidated Edison, the chief utility in New York City.

As the nor’easter closed in, thousands of people in low-lying neighborhoods staggered by the superstorm just over a week ago were urged to clear out.

Authorities warned that rain and 60 mph gusts in the evening and overnight could swamp homes all over again, topple trees wrenched loose by Sandy, and erase some of the hard-won progress made in restoring power to millions of customers.

“I am waiting for the locusts and pestilence next,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said. “We may take a setback in the next 24 hours.”

Ahead of the storm, public works crews in New Jersey built up dunes to protect the stripped and battered coast, and new evacuations were ordered in a number of communities already emptied by Sandy. New shelters opened.

In New York City, police went to low-lying neighborhoods with loudspeakers, urging residents to leave. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg didn’t issue mandatory evacuations, and many people stayed behind, some because they feared looting, others because they figured whatever happens

couldn’t be any worse than what they have gone through already.

“We’re petrified,” said James Alexander, a resident of the hard-hit Rockaways section of Queens.

“It’s like a sequel to a horror movie.”

All construction in New York City was halted — a precaution that needed no explanation after a crane collapsed last week in Sandy’s high winds and dangled menacingly over the streets of Manhattan.

Parks were closed because of the danger of falling trees. Drivers were advised to stay off the road after 5 p.m.

Airlines canceled at least 1,300 U.S. flights in and out of the New York metropolitan area, causing a new round of disruptions that rippled across the country.

The city manager in Long Beach, N.Y., urged the roughly 21,000 people who ignored previous mandatory evacuation orders in the badly damaged barrier-island city to get out.

Forecasters said the nor’easter would bring moderate coastal flooding, with storm surges of about 3 feet possible Wednesday into Thursday — far less than the 8 to 14 feet Sandy hurled at the region. The storm’s winds were expected to be well below Sandy’s, which gusted to 90 mph.

By evening, the storm had created a slushy mess in the streets in the metropolitan area. Eight-foot waves crashed on the beaches in New Jersey. The Long Island Rail Road, one of the nation’s biggest commuter train systems, suspended all service again after struggling over the past several days to get up and running in Sandy’s wake.

The early-afternoon high tide came and went without any reports of serious flooding in New York City, the mayor said. The next high tide was early Thursday. But forecasters said the moment of maximum flood danger may have passed.

Con Ed said the nor’easter knocked out power to at least 11,000 homes and businesses, some of whom had just gotten it back. The Long Island Power Authority said by evening that the number of customers in the dark had risen from 150,000 to nearly 187,000.

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N.Y. Man Who Lost Leg In Crucifix Mishap Sues Church

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — David Jimenez was so elated over his wife’s recovery from cancer that he offered to clean the large crucifix outside the Hudson Valley church where he spent many hours praying for her to beat the disease. On Memorial Day 2010, he was scrubbing grime off the cross when the 600-pound marble statuary toppled over, crushing his right leg.

The then-43-year-old immigrant from Mexico was flown to Westchester Medical Center, where doctors had to amputate his injured leg. He’s suing the Roman Catholic church where he was hurt, and early next year his $3 million lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial.

“He attributed her recovery to his devotion to the cross and Christ hearing his prayers,” Jimenez’s lawyer, Kevin Kitson of White Plains, told The Associated Press.

Kitson said he filed the lawsuit in March 2011 after the church denied it was liable for the accident that resulted in six-figure medical bills for Jimenez. The bills were paid by charitable foundations, Kitson said.

The lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial in state Supreme Court in Orange County in January, Kitson said.

The attorney described David and Delia Jimenez as devout Catholics who immigrated to the United States from Mexico nearly 20 years ago. They have three children, ages 3, 13 and 17, Kitson said.

During delivery jobs for a bakery and a pizzeria, David would pull into the parking lot at St. Patrick’s Church in the city of Newburgh to pray before the outdoor crucifix for his wife, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2008. When she was deemed cancer-free two years later, the grateful David received permission from church officials to remove trash from the area around the crucifix, and to clean the crucifix itself, Kitson said.

On May 30, 2010, Jimenez was standing on the crucifix’s base, using rags and soapy water to clean Christ’s face. While holding onto the cross beam for balance, the whole crucifix snapped off at its base, sending Jimenez crashing to the ground, Kitson said. Pieces of the crucifix broke off, but the bulk of it landed on Jimenez’s right leg, crushing it.

Kitson said only a single screw was holding the heavy crucifix to its base.

“There was no anchoring system, just that one screw,” he said.

The church raised more than $7,000 for Jimenez and his family, but Kitson said his client has been unable to work since the accident.

Frank Raia of Rikin Radler, the New York law firm representing the church, wouldn’t discuss specifics of the case. The church is part of the Archdiocese of New York, which isn’t named as a defendant in the lawsuit, Raia said.

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Pot Votes in Two States Challenge U.S. Drug War

DENVER (AP) — First came marijuana as medicine. Now comes legal pot for the people.

Those who have argued for decades that legalizing and taxing weed would be better than a costly, failed U.S. drug war have their chance to prove it, as Colorado and Washington became the first states to allow pot for recreational use.

While the measures earned support from broad swaths of the electorate in both states Tuesday, they are likely to face resistance from federal drug warriors. As of Wednesday, authorities did not say whether they would challenge the new laws.

Pot advocates say a fight is exactly what they want.

“I think we are at a tipping point on marijuana policy,” said Brian Vicente, co-author of Colorado’s marijuana measure. “We are going to see whether marijuana prohibition survives, or whether we should try a new and more sensible approach.”

Soon after the measures passed, cheering people poured out of bars in Denver, the tangy scent of pot filling the air, and others in Seattle lit up in celebration.

Authorities in Colorado, however, urged caution. “Federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug, so don’t break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly,” said Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, who opposed the measure.

As the initial celebration dies down and the process to implement the laws progresses over the next year, other states and countries will be watching to see if the measures can both help reduce money going to drug cartels and raise it for governments.

Governments in Latin America where drugs are produced for the U.S. market were largely quiet about the measures, but the main adviser to Mexico’s president-elect said the new laws will force the U.S. and his country to reassess how they fight cross-border pot smuggling.

Analysts said that there would likely be an impact on cartels in Mexico that send pot to the U.S., but differed on how soon and how much.

Both measures call for the drug to be heavily taxed, with the profits headed to state coffers. Colorado would devote the potential tax revenue first to school construction, while Washington’s sends pot taxes to an array of health programs.

Estimates vary widely on how much they would raise. Colorado officials anticipate somewhere between $5 million and $22 million a year. Washington analysts estimated legal pot could produce nearly $2 billion over five years.

Both state estimates came with big caveats: The current illegal marijuana market is hard to gauge and any revenue would be contingent upon federal authorities allowing commercial pot sales in the first place, something that is very much still in question.

Both measures remove criminal penalties for adults over 21 possessing small amounts of the drug — the boldest rejection of pot prohibition laws passed across the country in the 1930s.

Pot has come a long way since. In the 1960s, it was a counterculture fixture. In 1971, President Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs.

Twenty-five years later, California approved medical marijuana. Now, 17 states and Washington, D.C., allow it.

Meanwhile, many more cities either took pot possession crimes off the books or directed officers to make marijuana arrests a low priority.

On Tuesday night, broad sections of the electorate in Colorado and Washington backed the measures, some because they thought the drug war had failed and others because they viewed potential revenue as a boon for their states in lean times. A similar measure in Oregon failed.

“People think little old ladies with glaucoma should be able to use marijuana. This is different. This is a step further than anything we have seen to date,” said Sam Kamin, a University of Denver law professor who has studied the history of pot prohibition.

Four more years

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First Lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and wife Jill Biden celebrate on stage at Obama’s election night victory party in Chicago early Wednesday morning.

Army Doc Details Injuries From Afghan Massacre JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash.

(AP) — A U.S. agent who investigated the massacre of 16 civilians in southern Afghanistan last March recounted the volatile reaction from local villagers Wednesday and said it was three weeks before American forces could visit the crime scenes less than a mile from a remote base.

By that time, bodies had been buried and blood stains had been scraped from the walls, Special Agent Matthew Hoffman of the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command said Wednesday.

Other stains remained, on walls and floors.

Investigators recovered shell casings consistent with the weapons Staff Sgt. Robert Bales reportedly carried and a piece of fabric similar to the blanket prosecutors say he wore as a cape during the killing spree.

Hoffman testified during the third day of a preliminary hearing for Bales, who is accused of slipping away from his remote post in the middle of the night to commit the killings. The hearing will help determine whether his case advances to a court martial on counts of premeditated murder.

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ith the news of Barack Obama’s reelection, I think we’re all thinking the same thing. Would I date someone of the other political party?

Political views are an interesting thing about a person. You could know someone for years, spend every day with them and still not be sure of their political views. It’s the one characteristic about people that has almost no implication for their real-world actions. Besides voting on a bill in the

anytime anyone says “Christie 2016” or “socialist.”

I digress. I’ve always imagined my significant other to be my partner in life, trying to get through it all together. Does that include being a partner in politics?

The answer is complicated. I think it’s absolutely absurd to write someone off based on his or her political party. On the other hand, if they have opposing views on issues that I deeply feel passionate about,

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senate, if you aren’t an activist, your political views have little to do with how you treat your fellow man, how hard you work or how good you are in bed. Maybe if two people just never talk about their political affiliation, they can go through life and it will never matter.

I know people who have vastly different political views than me who I love and trust. My own mother and I voted for different presidential candidates, yet we are scarily alike in all of our other characteristics. Because politics is about policy, and policy is about sociology when it comes down to it. So believing in a policy is a belief about how you predict other people will act given certain constraints.

These beliefs rarely manifest themselves in daily life, let alone a romantic relationship.

So at first, it may seem like the politics question should be left out of any interviews with potential suitors.

Maybe it doesn’t matter which box your significant other checks on the ballot.

But then I think about my lifelong dream of having a cohort with me at Thanksgiving to glance over to in camaraderie after my uncle says something racist about Obama.

While my family talks in that way that people talk when they know everyone in the room agrees with them, my future husband and I will silently endure and eat our mashed potatoes. As we leave, we’ll be so thankful we have each other’s backs.

But until then, I’m alone. This Thanksgiving will be a particularly fun one. I may have to come up with a drinking game — take a sip of wine

it’s not going to work out. Just as an example, if you don’t think gay people are entitled to the right of marriage, then you don’t have the right to marry me.

How involved and passionate they are about their political ideology also matters. I think two people who are both extremely passionate and vocal about opposing sides of the same coin will struggle to stay together. If politics are important to you, it’s just like anything else that’s really important to you: You want your partner to feel the same way. While a passionate enemy may be sexy and exciting, when you’re 40 and you’re just trying to read the newspaper without a lecture on how your views are wrong, divorce might seem extraordinarily tempting.

So next time I’m dating someone, I’ll exhale a sigh of relief when they agree with me on an important issue.

Because sometimes a political view not only reflects who we choose to run our government, but reflects who we are at our core.

Then again, sometimes it doesn’t.

Maybe we’ll instead disagree on a foreign policy issue and have an informed discussion about it. It will have nothing to do with our relationship and everything to do with things neither of us fully understand. I’ll just have to wait and see.

Morgan Bookheimer is a senior in the College of Human Ecology. She may be reached at mbookheimer@cornellsun.com.

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here are a lot of ways to spice up your sex life. Some people use chocolate underwear and candy bras.

Some people go to exotic locations. Some use real spices. None of these are bad. If anything, they are quite a good way of getting out of repetitive sex. I, however, am a great supporter of the people that hearken back to days of yore, when in order to drown out the sounds of the cattle lowing, they turned on the radio and humped along with FDR’s fireside chat.

Now, I understand that most of you don’t have giant wooden radio sets that can aid you in foreplay and thus understandably have no access to new music. To assist you, I have listed some of my favorite songs to help the mood along.

THE BASICS: Obviously, you can tweak the ordering to suit your specific situation, but the following can be used to make a night go from, “Ok, so, looks like I’m going to give you an awkward hug goodbye” to “Do you want bacon with your eggs?”

“Electric Feel” by MGMT Start the denouement with this to either keep the energy going or to pick it up if it's starting to lag.

Don't forget that the whole point is to show the guy / girl your electric feel (or electric eel, if you

A Foreplaylist have one).

“Heaven’s On Fire” by The Radio Dept.

Sometimes the mood isn’t clear yet — this’ll make it clear that “Yes, I want to sleep with you.” Just ignore the “reach for a piano wire” line, unless, you know, you’re into that.

up. Throw in one of these two to give the night a new thrill.

“Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”

by Skrillex You and your partner have about 40 seconds to foreplay it up so that you’re both yelling “YES OH MY GOD” in time to the bass drop. For an extra chal-

“Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye The Radio Dept. will move the conversation to the bedroom, so it’s time to pop this baby on and get the night going.

are two songs that come up often that should be avoided at all cost. Trust me on this one.

“Fireflies” by Owl City If this song comes up, get out of there. Now. If you’re thinking to yourself, “Wait, what’s wrong with that?” then there’s nothing I can say to save

Jimothy Singh

“Paradise By the Dashboard Lights”

by Meat Loaf Now, not everyone hits a home run with Marvin, so you might need to quick switch to another tactic. It has a great lead and gives your partner a chance to give a final no. What’s better than orgasmic build up and consent?

lenge, try coming on as many drops as possible.

“Elephant Love Medley” from Moulin Rouge For the post-coital cuddling. As a compilation of all the best love songs, you’ll be able to find some line that your partner knows and it’ll seal the deal. I highly suggest memorizing the entire duet just to be on the safe side.

“I Would Do Anything For Love” by Meat Loaf Take a moment to try something out you wouldn’t normally think to do for the seven minutes of this song: Bring in a dwarf, put on the snorkel gear, dress up as Bill and Hillary Clinton — the possibilities are endless!

PUSH THE ENVELOPE: If you’re already comfortable with your partner, it might be time to try mixing it

GET OUT OF THERE FAST: Some men and women you might try to get with may already have a playlist. Here

Quest for the Perfect Tale you. Godspeed and good luck.

“I’ll Make a Man Out of You” by that dude from Mulan If you’re hearing this as a guy it is at best emasculating and at worst you're not so subtly being told you lack the ability to fight the Huns. As a woman, it’s a harsh way of finding out you’re not the preferred gender for nighttime fun.

Jimothy Singh is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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A How-To: Puzzle Out Your Partner’s Politics

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or good reason, people are sometimes quiet about their political views. Those of us who are loud mouths end up offending friends of opposing parties and alienating ourselves in the process. Screaming our views into the ears of whomever is nearby until he or she can think or hear nothing other than our opinions is not polite and bad for the eardrums. I prefer the method of randomly throwing in some off-handed comments as a more subtle ways to make known my political standpoint. To determine the political views of someone who you might not feel comfortable just ask-

Mona G. Erotic Epiphanies ing straight away, wait until 2:30 a.m. while they lie in bed next to you. I am confident that you will be able to determine his or her party preference with a good degree of certainty. (Although it does seem curious that you would invite into your bed someone with whom you could not hold a political conversation). This way you can judge him or her based not only on sexual prowess, but also on his or her gay marriage standpoint or wealth distribution view. Or take a stab at his or her position on the abortion debate. Let me give some guidelines on what to look out for based on my current selection of bedroom buddies.

Let me begin with neutral territory: the green party supporter. Garth votes Green each year to help fund programs such as saving the old growth forests.

Although this is an admirable cause, Garth may be taking it too far: into his personal life and hygiene. Garth refuses to step in when his old growth begins to overwhelm the forest floor. It’s not that I expect clear cut, but I think its time the forest service brought out the shears.

With Garth, I have to be overly cautious with my pounding, as it is a huge problem when the condom breaks. But it’s not because Garth is concerned about pregnancy or diseases; these things are only natural, after all. Garth has a rule: one condom a night.

Otherwise, he says, it is too much landfill waste created; latex cannot be composted.

If the first one breaks, it means raw-dog or nothing, unless lambskin condoms are your thing, in which case, Garth has the Costco size supply. Right after my one-time-only sex session with Garth, I feel that a shower is needed to remove the grime acquired by rubbing naked bodies with a man who detests deodorant. But Garth will be two steps behind because he only showers with friends.

Save the Manatees!

Now Rob votes Republican but his shlong votes doggy style. That is until I tell him I prefer doing it standing up, in which case, he quickly agrees that he wanted it that way the whole time. He never seems to be quite too sure of what he wants. He then bends me over and introduces me to his cocker spaniel. After I pet the little guy (his name is Pauli), Rob pulls down his pants and shows me his package. Quite a nice one he’s packing too: at least eight inches, perfectly manicured and fair-skinned and, oh, wide enough to fill me right

up on the hungriest of days. Then we really get going, and he knows just how to hit my spot: all the way on the right and not at all up front. Sometimes he hits it too hard, but that’s likely the most natural way for him to hit it.

Now Democratic Drew; he’s an interesting fellow, and very generous in the sack. Drew often asks what position would feel the best for me and then exactly how fast, hard and deep I want it. He tells me that it’s my body and I should be able to choose what I want inside of it. How considerate.

Yes, Drew might just be my kind of fellow (and he’s Jewish, so Mama G. would be quite happy if I told her I wanted Drew to step inside my Chuppah). He is often spicing things up in the bedroom, which gets me quite excited. Let me put this bluntly: Drew loves a tight, sweet and peachy, you called it, blunt. After all, Drew is from Colorado. Drew doobiously fills a doobie and begins to kiss me and touch underneath my shirt, massaging intensely. Then he uses his other hand to massage Wilma, and his feet to touch Georgina (whom you may remember as George from church). Oh yes, Drew and I often host orgies. It is important to Drew that his pleasure giving go to all his friends, even the ones who give him nothing in return. What a mench!

I hope this helped. I know it is quite the awkward conversation to have with a lover: “So I know you just fondled my entire body and tasted me all over, but what do you think about the immigration policy in Arizona?” I find it easier to use small sexual cues to hypothesize if your man or your lady lies a bit to the left, to the right or lies up in the trees.

Mona G. is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

She may be reached at monag@cornellsun.com. Erotic Epiphanies appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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There’s usually a weird emotional attachment between a customer and the dish he or she orders; in the moment, a full entrée is a pretty big commitment, beginning at the waiter’s notepad and lasting to the bitter (or hopefully delicious) end.

So naturally, as customers, we often feel the need to convince ourselves that we went with the best possible option, that our choice was not in vain, even if that chicken parm our buddy got has been staring daggers at us from across the table the entire time (hey, it’s your own fault for picking the eggplant casserole). This all makes for an oddly competitive environment at most dinner tables, where everyone is vying for Top Pick (“No no, you HAVE to try mine …”). The beauty of tapas is that they rather elegantly solve this problem. And few tapas are prepared quite as elegantly as those at Just a Taste, a trendy tapas and wine bar that is surely one of Ithaca’s best and most unique eateries.

Tucked away in a cozy nook of Ithaca’s premier dining district downtown, Just a Taste offers up a chic, candlelit interior, with walls lined with fancy wine bottles (most of them available by the glass) and sells local artwork (who says yummy food and postmodernexpressionism don’t go hand in hand?). As the Ithaca cold reigned outside, I found myself incredibly warm and comfortable, enveloped in dampened lighting and the good cheer of other people who were also warm and comfortable.

The place boasts a cuisine to match its eclectic decor, with a daunting variety of menu options ranging from house-made focaccia

with olive oil to succulent chicken wings to a platter of clams steamed in white wine with garlic. The frequently changing menu ensures a different experience with each visit.

Moreover, and perhaps most importantly, unlike in most entréeoriented restaurants, you and your group are wonderfully unrestrained in what you order, and very fair pricing (between $3-$10 per tapa) means that you can order a lot.

My friends and I certainly took this to heart; the dishes we ordered slowly trickled out one by one all through the evening, creating an unending chain of new tastes and textures, and as we passed each one around the table, spooning scoops onto our smaller plates, we marveled collectively at the delicate and attractive presentation of each dish.

Throughout the course of the meal, I don’t believe there was a single dish that was not universally lauded by the group (although there were certainly some stand-outs).

The fried polenta that was served with the house-made linguisa sausage melted so beautifully in my mouth that I teared up; the panfried scallops in pepperonata were encased in a beautiful crust that gently flaked at the touch of a fork, and the garlic braised greens with tomatoes, walnuts, Stilton cheese and sherry vinegar, an establishment favorite, was simply sans pareil. Even the chicken wings, a seemingly simple and straightforward item, presented complex tangs of curry and spices. The flavors were varied, and often surprising, inciting communal yummy sounds around the table. In fact, the chicken liver-apricot mousse that came with the charcuterie meat platter was so tasty that after dinner, my friend searched frantically around Wegmans for something

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that even remotely resembled it (alas, naught a daub), a detail that accentuates the utter uniqueness of this dining experience.

Our evening came to a sweet, buttery close with an order of warm banana-nut-bourbon bread pudding with caramel sauce and a shortcake with a fruity compote, both of which were smothered in a thick whipped cream. The shortcake was great, although a tad dry; however, after one small bite of the bread pudding, everyone at our table stared at each other in disbelief of the sheer magnitude of its lusciousness.

See, whereas an entrée is like a marriage, tapas are like a series of one-night stands: they offer mixed results without the harrowing pressure to finish what one’s started. Also, by inherently implying that everyone is going to try every dish, they successfully eliminate the need to shove your own food down other people’s throats just for some self-validation, allowing the focus of the night to lie solely on the food, the conversation, and the people you’re with.

As a student, or any person for that matter, it is very easy to become trapped in one’s own hermetic din-

ing bubble; it’s easy to forget that Ithaca is a town with a large supply of wonderful, inventive restaurants that are constantly challenging the notion of traditional dining. Just a Taste reinforced both my love of food and my love for Ithaca. The food here is eaten together, discussed together and enjoyed together. I enjoyed every minute of my time at Just a Taste. Simply put, this restaurant is good. Really, really good.

Jacob Lifton can be reached at jlifton@cornellsun.com.

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reviving the dead The Sun chats with Alloy Orchestra

BY ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor

Alloy Orchestra composes soundtracks for silent films. The three-piece ensemble not only studies art history but touches it, adds to it, improves it. Alloy Orchestra returns to campus this weekend to accompany three silent classics, starting tomorrow with Metropolis and continuing Saturday with The Overcoat and Not Just for Kids. The Sun corresponded with Alloy director Ken Winokur over email to talk influences, inspiration and working with dead directors.

SUN: Taking that question a step further: Is your role to reinforce the original filmmaker’s vision or add your own? Or both?

K.W.: It’s always our intent to reinforce the director’s vision, or at least what we perceive as his vision. Of course, there’s no way to know what they would have said about our scores. We don’t, on the other hand, restrict ourselves to musical styles of the silent era. We feel that modern audi-

SUN: The Cinematic Orchestra, a British indie group, also composed a popular score for the same movie. It’s far less grand than your arrangement and a tad solemn at times. Is your version of Man With a Movie Camera a different movie when compared to The Cinematic Orchestra’s version?

K.W.: I have only hears a few clips of The Cinematic Orchestra’s music on YouTube, so it’s impossible for me to really gauge its effect. I have liked what I’ve heard. Before we wrote our score, Alloy [read] some newly discovered notes that Vertov had written for the composer of the premiere performance. They are in the form of a storyboard (sequential list of scenes with descriptions) and not as music. We also had two Vertov experts on hand while we worked to help guide us through the process (Paolo Cherchi Usai of the George Eastman House and Yuri Tsivian of the University of Chicago). They were really helpful in interpreting the notes and giving us background about Vertov’s many theories and ideas on filmmaking. I don’t think the Cinematic Orchestra used those notes (at least if they did, they didn’t do the musical overture that is supposed to precede the film).

SUN: Is there more stress or freedom in composing scores to films made by people long deceased?

K.W.: It’s much easier to work with dead directors. We get to do whatever we want. It’s more like making fine art, than making commercial art. In my experience, directors just mess up a good composer’s work.

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THE SUN: Could you summarize the Alloy Orchestra’s “mission statement” in one sentence?

KEN WINOKUR: To bring the best films of the silent era to modern audiences with an exciting new musical score SUN: Your score for Dziga Vertov’s Man With a Movie Camera is all sorts of epic. That film has received more attention this year, jumping to number eight on the influential Sight and Sound poll. How does it feel to be a critical part behind one of the greatest films of all time?

K.W.: Although it is a little surprising to see a Soviet avant-garde documentary rise to the top of everyone’s favorite films, it’s really not that surprising. The film is fantastic. It’s wonderful to watch audiences get totally wrapped up in the film. It is a privilege to be able to work with this masterpiece.

up to a feature presentation, there’s really a lot of work to score the whole show.

ences, who have heard so much since these films were made, are more sophisticated and interested in many styles.

SUN: How does the Alloy Orchestra approach its work?

It’s a broad question, yes, but is there a difference in preparation between Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and Charlie Chaplin’s Easy Street?

K.W.: The process is the same for all films. We watch the films silently. I make up a storyboard with all the scenes. We transfer the film to our computer, put up a few mics and then go through the film scene by scene. We improvise simple musical ideas for a particular scene, and when we have something we like, we record it. We go through the whole film that way. When we get to the end, we start over again at the beginning — listening to our themes. If they’re satisfactory, we'll start to expand on the simple ideas — making them more complex, adding sound effects, figuring out transitions, etc. The whole process takes a couple months for a feature.

The short comedies are actually harder. The scenes are usually very short, so there is more need for a larger number of themes. And since they’re always shown in groups adding

SUN: Silent film music must require a thorough mastery of the history, theory and creation behind both film and music. What kind of education did you and the rest of the Orchestra need to get where you are today?

K.W.: Musically, the three of us have very diverse backgrounds. We’ve all done our tour of duty in rock bands, but we also have studied classical composing (Roger), African and Latin music (me), old time country music (Terry), some jazz and lots of performance art.

When we started doing silent film accompaniment, it became immediately obvious that somebody in the group needed to know the history of the medium. I made it my job. I watched every film I could, read every book and cultivated friendships with others working with silent films. This fit well with previous professional experiences — I was a media producer/photographer /journalist and teacher.

SUN: What contemporary film soundtrack composers do you most admire?

K.W.: Danny Elfman, Franz Waxman, Bernard Herrmann.

SUN: The physical medium of film is disappearing, yet classic movie labels like Criterion, Kino and Milestone continue to restore and release once-forgotten films. Is this an exciting or sad time for film buffs?

K.W.: Exciting! There is so much more access to older films than there ever was. Following the end of the silent era, these films were forgotten (and destroyed). When VHS came out, the films began to be known again. Now that we have really good restorations on Blu-ray and even DVD, it’s possible to watch many of the great films from the silent era.

SUN: Why should we still watch silent movies?

K.W.: You shouldn’t. Only I should have the pleasure of knowing Silent Films.

Zachary Zahos is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He can be reached at arts-and-entertainmenteditor@cornellsun.com.

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Sydney Ramsden Andrew Bird has had quite a career.

Between seven studio albums since 1996, constant touring that has resulted in several live albums, countless collaborations and a smattering of various projects here and there, Bird has still managed to go relatively unnoticed by the mainstream. Discovering his music is like stumbling upon some precious treasure that possesses each listener with a different power; to some, Bird’s work holds sentimental, precious value, while to others his sweeping epics have a sort of hypnotic force from which it’s nearly impossible to break free. Bird’s work is not as much music as it is art: It’s intricate, malleable and infallibly beautiful.

His latest release, Hands of Glory, is a joyous celebration of that uniqueness and is perhaps one of his best efforts.

There’s something to be said about a classically trained musician who has come to be universally recognized for his unparalleled whistling skills as well as for his violin expertise. This ironic yet genius combination of a casual habit and musical proficiency is just what defines Bird: His music is part whimsy

and spontaneity, part painstaking detail and arrangement.

Hands of Glory has been labeled the “companion piece” to the record Break it Yourself, also released earlier this year.

But the records could not be more different. While both albums were recorded in live takes in the comfort of Bird’s family farm in Illinois, Hands of Glory is distinctly more approachable and welcoming. Break it Yourself, while it contained exuberant whistling and strokes of the violin, was an overall somber record.

Hands of Glory is pretty much the opposite: Bird’s extraordinary whistling is rarely heard and his typically soaring violin is instead treated as a fiddle, an interpretation of his instrument that we haven’t heard his much earlier albums like 1999’s O! The Grandeur and 2001’s The Swimming Hour. The record is also decidedly more carefree; recorded live to tape by Bird and his backing band surrounding a single microphone, the songs evoke a sort of camaraderie not just amongst the players, but between them and the listener. Hands of Glory captures

what Break it Yourself does not: the magic of experiencing Bird in a live setting where he’s free to exercise his many talents without limit.

Break it Yourself was simply just another Andrew Bird album: lots of violin and lots of whistling. But Hands of Glory pretty much avoids the sound that has come to be associated with Bird’s name over the years. While it still contains moments that are undeniably Birdesque, the album is for the most part a foray into new territory for Bird in both sound and arrangement.

On the jazzy and bass-heavy opener “Three White Horses,” one of the few original songs on the album, the violin acts as the ambient undertone rather than the main attraction. His take on the traditional country hoedown “Railroad Bill” finds Bird using his violin as a fiddle rather than in the typical orchestral manner, a form also featured on his cover of The Handsome Family’s “When the Helicopters Come.” The fiddle sound is used to the best effect on the lovely cover of Townes Van Zandt’s “If I Needed You.” This new sound is an

A Time for Superstorms “Y

ou came at the right time,” another guest said to me, as I looked up, bleary-eyed, from the coffee dispenser (my inconspicuous lifeline at that San Francisco hostel). The Giants had swept the World Series, and fans were expected to pack the streets for the team’s victory parade. If you came late you had to climb a tree to get a good view. A day later her words proved true, as my friends and I were engulfed by waves of orange and black.

I felt criminal wearing purple.

I was caught in a historic moment, by accident. Two of them, to be precise: I was still wandering around San Francisco because my flight back to Ithaca had been cancelled, on account of Hurricane Sandy, the “super storm” that has certainly earned its moniker. That morning our rental car had been towed away, and we had to navigate our way through the buoyant parade spectators to get our car back.

It’s been a long week.

There’s a lot I don’t know what to make of. Millions of households in New York and New Jersey have lost power and communication services. The onslaught of wind and rain might make over 20,000 New Yorkers homeless. Hurricane Sandy has become nearly synonymous with “wake-up call” in recent press. How to prepare for the next incarnation of Sandy has dominated conversations — for instance, what kind of storm barriers to use, and the extent to which the chosen mitigation measures will suffice. $2 billion in campaign spending later, Barack Obama narrowly ended Mitt Romney’s six-year bid for president. Already, commentators are hailing Obama as the

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Democrats’ Reagan. I won’t venture into further comment, since political enthusiasts of all stripes have been out in full force for weeks. But change is in the air (even if it is no longer electric), and plans are already on the drawing board.

It was a strange feeling, confronting a steady stream of news reports and comprehending that I was a far-from-detached witness to these events. Of course, being stranded in California is hardly a bad thing.

Mostly I tried, with limited success, to catch up on homework in an overcrowded hostel room. With far greater success, since my hostel was a 15-minute trek away from Chinatown, I ate a lot of Chinese food at Zagat-rated establishments (one of these had, plastered prominently by the door, the requisite pictures of the restaurant staff smiling with President Obama).

Daveen Koh Darn That Dream But more importantly, any complaints I had seemed trite in the light of Sandy. All I could summon, in response to the chaos on the hostel television screen, were vague feelings or suspiciously contrived platitudes.

While waiting at the San Francisco airport, I chanced upon Anthony Lane’s excellent review of Cloud Atlas in The New Yorker. Lane observes that there is something “grindingly circular” in a film that has expended such “spectacular” energy to “connect people across time and space,” only to

conclude with the startling news that we are all connected.” This left me wondering if it wasn’t also “grindingly circular” to explain away a disaster by saying “it was meant to be.”

So I was immensely relieved when Kent Annan, writing for The Huffington Post, pointed out the sincere but silly things we say after a disaster. Such an act of God naturally compels people to, well, construe it as an act of God. But to say that “at least [the victims] are in a better place now” is to dismiss suffering, and the value that God placed on this life. To say “we might not understand, but it was part of God’s plan,” is to suggest that the master plan is flawed. The common assertion of faith, Annan notes, is that God overcomes evil with good, not that this chaos is a part of a meticulous plan.

The events of the past week have also raised another question: when is the right time to be political? I’ve been a little annoyed hearing political strategists discuss how President Barack Obama’s handling of the storm makes him look good — hugging New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and having media attention diverted away from jobs and the economy — and Mitt Romney bad. As Max Taibbi recounts in Rolling Stone: the fearless editorialists of The Wall Street Journal took a swipe at The New York Times for stockpiling “tendentious ideologcal arguments,” just as people are “stocking up on food, water and batteries.”

The Times’ alleged crime? Overtly politiciz-

unexpected yet welcome change of pace.

Another standout is “Orpheo,” a gorgeous acoustic reinterpretation of “Orpheo Looks Back” off Break it Yourself.

Of course, Hands of Glory would not be an Andrew Bird album without a nearly ten-minute looping tour-de-force of violin riffs and ambient voice effects.

Bird clearly has a blast in his countryfolk zone, but mesmerizing closing number “Beyond the Valley of the Three White Horses” finds Bird back in his element: Looped whistling, vocals, violin and xylophone abound. Bird’s venture into a folksier realm is a refreshing change, but the final track brings him back down the Earth to give us the Andrew Bird we all know and love.

Hands of Glory proves that Bird never fails to deliver breathtaking work, no matter what genre or mood he finds himself in.

Sydney Ramsden is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at sramsden@cornellsun.com.

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ing Hurricane Sandy, particularly with the headline A Big Storm Requires Big Government.

After jostling for Larabar samples during Octoberfest at Harvard Square over fall break, I drifted to a church, before which a large crowd had gathered. There, a man in a green kilt was juggling knives while riding a tall unicycle. Now this feat was arresting. But I was distracted. A small group had stumbled out of the church, dazed by the raucous spectators. Upon seeing the crowd, one quick-thinking Elizabeth Warren supporter held up a senatorial campaign sign, and kept it prominently raised for the duration of the show (I guess the move worked). She was free riding on the street performance, and I felt queasy watching.

Daveen Koh is a junior in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. She can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com. Darn That Dream appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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And what’s your favorite restaurant?

Moe’s. I love Moe’s.

Why? I am a die-hard burrito guy and I love their burritos there. Dustin got a chicken quesadilla there a couple months ago so I have kind of converted to those these days.

Their chipotle ranch sauce there is borderline unbelievable.

And it was actually chicken? [laughs] I think so. I love the atmosphere in there, too. They have unlimited free chips and salsa that are really good. Erik Axell and I have special drink there where we mix diet coke, cherry coke and a real lemon and it’s unbelievable. They just have a really great vibe there and I just love going there.

Kyushu and the Ale House are close seconds, with great food at both those places as well.

Do you do Moe’s Mondays?

I like to go to Moe’s whenever. There’s no specific day, but I go multiple times a week.

7. Do you like any video games?

NHL. A bunch of guys on the team are big gamers but we pretty much just have

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one game we play at a time. Right now we play a lot of NHL, so we’ll play multiple games every night after practice or on weekends when we’re not playing real hockey.

Everyone’s alright but I’m pretty good at it.

How would you say you rank?

I’d probably say that I’m the best on the team.

I heard that Braden Birch is the best.

Braden Birch is not the best. That is a false rumor that is being circulated by himself.

Dustin said that you rank third.

Dustin and Erik both think that they’re really good too, but they’re third and fourth on the team respectively.

Have you competed against anyone not on the hockey team?

We’ll play against some of the lacrosse guys, but they’re not quite at our level. Some of the squash guys like to play against us as well, but they should probably just start playing against the lax guys.

8. What type of movies do you enjoy?

I’m a big crime guy; I love crime movies, especially Blow and The Shawshank Redemption.

What about romantic comedies? [laughs] Nope, I don’t like romantic comedies, well maybe a little bit… I may

watch them once in a while but…

How about The Notebook? I was told that you watched that a lot over the past few months.

I think it’s just a great love story, to be honest. It just gets me every time, warms up my heart.

team event or something to get to in the morning. He’ll wake up and bang on my door, yelling ‘Omar, it’s time to get up!’ in a silly voice and he’ll keep yelling in a silly voice at me until I am awake. He’s been an awesome friend to me and definitely takes care of me.

9. Do you have any difficulty waking up in the morning?

Yeah, I have lots of trouble. In high school my mom used to come in my room and wake me up like three separate times and I would always just say, ‘five minutes please’ and then fall back asleep. She’d have to come back into my room repeatedly and eventually would have to get mad at me so I would get out of bed. When I got to university, I began to sleep in however late I wanted, and it was kind of awesome. I finally figured out halfway through my junior year how to get up. I have to put my cell phone, which I use as my alarm, on the other side of the room by my door. It’s legitimately the only way I can get to class on time, because it forces me to get out of my bed. Otherwise I honestly think I could sleep forever.

Have you ever had any of the other guys try to wake you up?

Erik wakes me up whenever we have a

10. What is your craziest experience at Cornell?

I would say that it was probably being a part of Red Hot Hockey at Madison Square Garden. It has been an unbelievable privilege to be a part of those games since I've arrived at Cornell. I don't think I'll ever be able to forget looking up in the stands during the national anthem and seeing the building sold out and filled with fans dressed in red everywhere surrounding you, it gives me the shivers just thinking about it.

Just being in that building is crazy, and when you see the Cup banners and see the jerseys of Ranger Hall of famers and think about all the history that's happened in there you kind of begin to understand how fortunate you are to be a part of those games.

Reena Gilani can be reached at rgilani@cornellsun.com.

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like as a coach … that mentality has been built [this season].

We have really gone into the water as a single block.”

The Red represents Binghamton, Colgate, Columbia, Hamilton, NYU, Rensselear, Syracuse and the Military Academy as the New York Division champion, when it heads to Nationals this weekend.

“It is a really big step for our program. We have really been building towards this. We came in my freshman year and we had a few experienced players, but hadn’t been able to put together the type of season to be in contention for a championship. Over my four years here, I have noticed improvement as a team,” Marrero said. “Each year, we have gotten an influx of stronger players and just our overall depth is much better than what it was … To be in a position now where we haven’t been in 12 years is awesome.”

The team begins the tournament facing off against the Missouri Valley Division Champion — Lindenwood University — at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 at Oregon State.

In 2010 and 2011, the team lost in the NY Division finals against Columbia — putting Cornell in second place at the end of both seasons. However, this season was different as the Red defeated the Lions, earning the right to represent New York at the national level.

“One of the reasons we were able to beat Columbia was that we kept things simple and didn’t try to get too fancy,” Marrero said.

Two weekends ago, the men’s team competed for the third time in the Ivy League tournament, which was hosted this year by Yale. The Cornell club team matched up with other Ivy club teams including Penn, Columbia, Yale and Dartmouth. The team returned to the hill with a 1-2 record from the tournament, despite missing two starters and not being used to the narrow Yale pool, which limited offensive opportunities for the Red. However, the team was able to take down Yale in that matchup and had some solid plays against Penn in the last game of the tournament for a successful weekend performance overall. However, the Red seems ready to

move past the Ivy showing and is mentally and physically prepared to head to Oregon with the hopes of solid team bonding and positive performances in the pool.

“I am expecting [Nationals] to be a completely different level ... I am expecting it to be a lot more talent on display [and] a lot more awe-inspiring,” Schlichting said. “I am definitely looking forward to seeing some really good water polo.”

Cornell’s women’s water polo team also had strong performances last season in the spring. Highlights of the season were winning the NY Division and advancing to Nationals as well. “[Nationals] was the climax of a four year experience playing water polo at Cornell. It was my senior year, my birthday weekend and I was co-captain so it was everything thrown together into an incredible amount of excitement,” said coach Diana Foster ’11. “Especially after junior year — getting destroyed by a lot of teams at Nationals — it was awesome to come back and see how much we had grown as a team together and be able to win a game.”

In the National run last year, the women defeated Syracuse in the division finals to take home the title for the second consecutive year. And in addition to the division title, the Red won a game at Nationals for the first time in the program’s history.

“It was really amazing … There were a lot of new players that even got a chance to play in [the winning game] so that was great,” said senior Heidi Roush. “Our team had a lot of seniors so I think that it was a great experience for them all coming through the program together … It was one of the most amazing things that they could have wished for.”

The team heads into the spring with high hopes that the new members of the team can help the Red come out victorious once again.

“This year, since we lost a lot of seniors … [it] is a huge rebuilding year. This semester we have been focusing on making sure that we are really strong on the basics of passing and shooting. We have a lot of new girls this year, as compared to the last couple of years,” Roush said.

Haley Velasco can be reached at hvelasco@cornellsun.com.

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“[The scrimmages] were good for us,” Smith said. “We were able to see different players in different positions.

With three freshmen on the roster this season, the scrimmages were also a good opportunity to see what the underclassmen have to offer. “[The] young players got some significant minutes and we worked on new things on the offensive and defensive ends,” Smith said.

Although the game on Friday will mark the Red’s first road trip this season, Smith is pleased by the close proximity between the schools. “[It’s a] day trip and it’s a nice short drive,” she said. “We’re just excited to be able to get started.”

Beyond a win in the first game, Smith’s goal for the season is to be in a competitive position for the Ivy League championship when March rolls around. She looks to the Red’s non-conference schedule to help prepare the team to be in that position.

“We want to play teams that run. We want to play teams that walk the ball up the court. We want to play teams that are taller and faster. We want to play teams that play zone and press,” she said. “Most importantly, we want to get better every day.”

Skyler Dale can be reached at sdale@cornellsun.com.

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1. How did you get started with hock-

Growing up in Toronto, hockey is the biggest sport around and it was always on television. I’m a big Toronto Maple Leafs fan and when I was a little guy I remember sitting in the family room and watching them play all the time. Because I liked the sport so much, my parents got me lessons to learn how to skate and that eventually led to playing hockey.

On youth hockey teams back home, everyone takes turns playing in net throughout the season. When my turn came I kind of fell in love with the position and all of the equipment, especially the masks and the big leg pads. From that point on I knew I wanted to become a goaltender.

Were you ever involved in any other sports?

I played competitive soccer growing up my whole life. I also played tennis and a little bit of golf. But as I got older I decided to take hockey more seriously.

I continued to play prep school soccer all the way until I graduated high school, but now, I just play hockey.

So you said you were from Toronto, but where are you actually from?

Believe it or not, I get this question a lot. My parents are actually from Tanzania, in East Africa.

Why don’t the guys on the team believe that?

Based on my appearance they think I’m Indian and won’t believe anything

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else, but I’m actually, technically speaking, a Canadian African.

Going back to the topic of your parents, is it true that your mom acts in movies?

Yeah, she’s actually a big-time Bollywood actress that’s starred in a couple of big movies. I’m just kidding. She works in downtown Toronto and she’s the mother to me and my little brother.

She’s an unbelievable woman and definitely one of my role models in life.

Where did that rumor start?

I’m going to take a stab in the dark here and say that it was a member of my class. I can’t really be certain but apparently my mother resembles an Indian actress and some of the boys love to joke around about it.

2. Can you tell me about the best chicken sandwich of your life?

I guess I should preface this by saying that I can’t eat pork in my religion and it is a sin. So…one day we were at R.P.C.C. after practice for dinner and the boys and I were all starving. We all got our food separately and I got a big plate of what I thought was chicken stirfry. We got to the table and we started eating it and I was like, ‘wow, this chicken’s unbelievable’. [senior] Erik Axell, [junior] Dustin Mowrey and [senior] Braden Birch were sitting across from me and they just looked at me, and then broke down and started uncontrollably laughing. Like laughing to the point where they couldn’t breathe. I had no clue what was going and started to feel really flustered. They then all got up and started high-fiving each other, going nuts, cheering and pointing at me. All I remember hearing was them saying ‘it’s pork!’ And then I had this sinking feeling in my stomach. Once the rest of the table figured out what was going on,

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their faces lit up with joy and they joined in on the celebration. It was just a disaster that night, and I wanted to cry.

Do you accidentally eat pork a lot?

No comment.

3. What does it mean to be ‘yoked’?

So I don’t know where it came from, but we have this term that describes how strong a person is or how jacked they look. The term for that is called ‘yoked’.

If a guy on the team is pretty strong, he’s considered yoked. If a guy like [junior] Andy Iles isn’t very strong and you see him without his shirt on, you’ll be like ‘oh my god Andy, you’re not yoked at all, please mix in a push up and throw a shirt on’.

What is the pinch test? I’m guessing that’s a good indicator of how yoked someone is.

You have to pinch under 10 percent body fat on our team and if you don’t meet that you have to do conditioning workouts until you do, and then you can play. It’s set so you give yourself the best opportunity to play well.

Have you ever failed it?

No, never.

4. Why do you only wear a white vneck and a ‘cut’? And what is a ‘cut’?

A ‘cut’ is like this North Face vest that I’m wearing right now. So the boys and I like Sons of Anarchy on TV and we have this big silly thing going where we pretend we’re part of a motorcycle club. All of the guys on the show wear their cuts around everywhere and never really take them off. Dustin likes to think of himself as president of the club, [sophomore] Kevin Cole likes to consider himself as Jax, then Braden, Axe and I are all founding members. [Sophomore] Joakim Ryan is currently a prospect and

he looks exactly like Gemma Teller on the show. We all go around wearing our cuts around campus and we pretend we’re members of the club and we’ll also choose who gets to join the club.

[Sophomore] Maddy Dias freaks out every time we talk about it because he really wants to join but we won’t let him.

Why won’t you let him?

He just hasn’t displayed the proper attributes that a club member displays.

5. I hear that you like to grow out your finger and toenails like an animal would. Can you comment on this?

Yeah, I can comment on it. I like to usethem as self-defense mechanisms.

Do you get into a lot of fights? [laughs] No, but I guess sometimes I just forget to cut my nails. Look at that [shows hand], they’re all cut but I forgot to cut that one nail. So Axe and Birchie will check up on my nails all the time and they’ll do length checks and make sure that my nails aren’t very long because it really bothers them.

Sometimes they do get a little long. It’s because I don’t have my mom or dad around reminding me to cut them like I do at home.

6. What is your favorite drink?

Diet coke. I’m a big diet coke drinker.

I probably drink two or three diet cokes a day. I don’t know why, but I just love diet coke.

Hasn’t anyone ever told you it’s unhealthy?

Well I don’t think it’s unhealthy.

There are zero calories in there, zero carbs.

It can ruin your teeth.

I mean yeah, but that’s why they have See KANJI page 17

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Three little pigs | Senior goalkeeper Omar Kanji describes how three of his buddies tricked him into eating pork, which is against his religion.

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After Strong Showing at Heps, Red Heads to NCAA Regional

By JUAN CARLOS TOLEDO Sun Staff Writer

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Lucky sevens | Going into the NCAA Northeast Regional Meet, head coach Artie Smith ’96 has the tough job of choosing his seven best runners to compete.

After strong finishes by both the men’s and women’s cross country teams at the Heps finals, the Red is headed to Hamonnasset, Conn. for the NCAA Northeast Regional meet. At this point in the season, coaches are restricted to fielding a squad of only seven runners for the NCAA regional meet.

According to women’s cross country coach Artie Smith ’96, selecting the team he wanted to field was both easy and difficult.

“On the one hand it’s easy, but it’s also tough,” he said. “It’s easy because there are certain athletes I know can run well, but it’s tough because we have such a deep team. Part of the reason we’ve been so good this year is because we’ve had great depth.”

Men’s cross country coach Zeb Lang ’03 said that he based his selection on individual performances up to this point.

“I selected our team based on performance up to date,” he said. “It’s my best seven to date that I’ll be taking to the NCAA Regional championships.”

While he’s happy that his team won the Heps, Smith spoke about how his team’s goal was to remain competitive all season, even beyond the Heps.

“I would say that with this group, the reason they were successful at the Heps is because they have aspirations of being successful above the Heps,” he said. “They’ve had the goal the whole season of being successful at the national level,

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and I think their focus has been consistent and straightforward all season.”

Lang echoed those sentiments, and went on to describe how his team has performed according to his expectations up to this point in the season, a team he characterizes as being very resilient.

“These guys have exceeded my expectations,” he said. “Every time we’ve had adversity or a bump in the road, they’ve responded. We’ve had younger guys step to the forefront and raise their game to another level.”

As one of the top teams in the Northeast Region, the women’s team is expected to fare well this weekend against the rest of the Northeast. Smith feels that his team doesn’t have to do anything out of the ordinary to compete well.

“They don’t need to do anything different or anything special,” he said. “If they continue to put in the effort and be competitive, they’ll be doing what they need to do.”

While the men’s team is not as highly regarded as the women are, Lang is still very optimistic about his team’s potential.

“I’m very optimistic,” he said. “We’re currently ranked 6th in the Northeast after the conference meet. We’re hoping to compete as well as we can against the teams in the Northeast.”

According to Lang, anything can happen.

“Who knows, we may have a surprise,” he said.

Juan Carlos Toledo can be reached at jtoledo@cornellsun.com.

WATER POLO

Squad Opens Up Against Colgate Red Makes Nationals

By SKYLER DALE Sun Staff Writer

The women’s basketball team will kick off the 2012-13 season this Friday when the squad travels to Hamilton, New York to battle the Colgate Raiders.

Preseason polls suggest that Colgate and Cornell will be at the bottom of their respective

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Dynamic duo | Senior Clare Fitzpatrick and junior Allyson DiMagno return to lead the Red on the court.

conferences. The Raiders are slated to finish seventh of eight in the Patriot league while the Red is predicted to finish sixth of eight in the Ivy League.

Cornell head coach Dayna Smith, however, is critical of the preseason polling process.

“We’re not really much into polls,” she said.

“The people who vote don’t really know much about the league.”

Smith claims that after doubling its win total from the 2010-2011 season and returning four starters who combined for over 30 points per game last year, the team is a force to be reckoned with in the Ivy League.

Cornell has won five of its last six matchups against Colgate and is currently 17-15 since its first game against the Raiders in 1978. This season, Colgate is led by Jhazmine Lynch, the 200910 Patriot League Rookie of the Year, as well as three sophomores — Mariah Jones, Missy Repoli, and Kelly Reid. “[They] match up pretty evenly [with us] as far as height and athleticism,” Smith said. “[They are] a tough, scrappy team.”

Cornell’s roster this season includes two Ivy League Honorable Mentions in senior forward Clare Fitzpatrick and junior guard Allyson DiMagno. Fitzpatrick and DiMagno combined for over 20 points per game last year, and DiMagno led the team in rebounds per game with 7.3.

The Red trains year round, conditioning throughout the summer in order to prepare the players both mentally and physically. Official practice began October 1 and the squad played two home scrimmages to ready itself for the season.

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After Twelve-Year Wait

By HALEY VELASCO

Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The Cornell men’s water polo team won the New York Division of the Club Water Polo Association and is headed to Nationals in Oregon this weekend, Nov. 9-10, to face off against club teams from all over the country.

“I am extremely proud of our team.

Since freshman year, Tyler [Marrero], Mario [Martone], Alex [Schlichting] and I have all been together. We have been through alot and have definitely come far as a team,” said senior captain Dylan Spitz. “I really do like how our team has been [this season] on offense and defense.”

The victory for the Red in the NY Division is only the

second time that the team has won since 2000.

“There is one thing that has definitely changed — the ability to play together as a team.

That has always been

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Oregon trail | The men’s water polo club heads to Oregon State to compete in the National Tournament this weekend.