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MEN’S HOCKEY F O R W A R D S

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J. LOWRY SOPHOMORE #28 185 lbs 6-2

A. de Swardt JUNIOR #18 210 lbs 6-5

G. CANCER SOPHOMORE #1 178 lbs 6-2

J. CHERRY

SOPHOMORE #14 225 lbs 6-2

JUNIOR #25 198 lbs 6-4

E. PECK JUNIOR #5 223 lbs 6-9

H. HARMON FRESHMAN #30 220 lbs 6-4

K. COLE SOPHOMORE #29 195 lbs 5-11

G. MILLER SENIOR #16 195 lbs 6-0

D. MOWREY JUNIOR #20 185 lbs 5-9

D. SCELFO JUNIOR #12 179 lbs 6-3

N. CRESSLER FRESHMAN #3 198 lbs 6-4

P. McMILLAN SENIOR #21 203 lbs 6-7

M. ASAFO-ADJEI

J. ESPOSITO SENIOR #26 170 lbs 5-10

C. BARDREAU

SOPHOMORE #22 184 lbs 5-10

B. FERLIN SOPHOMORE #17 211 lbs 6-2

J. GRAY SENIOR #23 185 lbs 6-3

D. CHERRY FRESHMAN #24 180 lbs 6-3

S. MILLER SOPHOMORE #32 202 lbs 6-7

D. TARWATER JUNIOR #33 223 lbs 6-6

R. CRAIG JUNIOR #15 215 lbs 6-5

E. AXELL SENIOR #21 197 lbs 6-4

V. MIHALEK SENIOR #11 185 lbs 5-11

J. FIGINI SENIOR #34 215 lbs 6-9

D. LaMore SOPHOMORE #4 225 lbs 6-9

D. GIDDENS SOPHOMORE #50 192 lbs 6-9

E. CHEMERINSKI

B. BIRCH SENIOR #7 205 lbs 6-4

J. RYAN SOPHOMORE #5 182 lbs 5-10

K. GOTOVETS JUNIOR #24 194 lbs 5-11

N. D’AGOSTINO

J. MacDONALD

SENIOR #6 181 lbs 6-2

SOPHOMORE #23 195 lbs 6-0

J. McCARRON

G O A L I E S

R. WILLCOX SENIOR #3 193 lbs 6-4

Colorado College W, 2-0 Colorado College W, 3-2 at Colgate* W, 3-1 Colgate* T, 2-2 at Princeton* L, 3-5 at Quinnipiac* L, 1-4 Harvard* 7:30 p.m. Dartmouth* 7 p.m. University of Michigan+8 p.m. Clarkson* 7 p.m. St. Lawrence* 7 p.m. Ferris State 4:05 p.m. Maine/Minnesota-Duluth~ 4/7 p.m. at University of Denver 7:37 p.m. at University of Denver 7:07 p.m. at Union* 7 p.m. at Rensselear* 7 p.m.

HOCKEY

Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Feb. 1 Feb. 2 Feb. 8 Feb. 9 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 22 Feb. 23 March 1 March 3

STANDING FAR ABOVE CAYUGA’S WATER: THE LYNAH FAITHFUL

Hockey Fans Imbue Lynah Rink With Culture

4 FORWARDS

Senior Greg Miller Returns And Helps Forwards Excel

5 GOALIES/DEFENSE Sophomore Andy Iles Holds The Fort Down In Net, While Junior Nick D’Agostino Leads the Defense

6&7 ECAC & IVY PREVIEWS

SENIOR #55 218 lbs 6-8

V. MAROZZI SOPHOMORE #30 175 lbs 6-0

Yale* Brown* at St. Lawrence* at Clarkson* Quinnipiac Princeton* at Dartmouth* at Harvard* Rensselaer* Union* at Brown* at Yale*

Men’s Hoops Schedule 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.

* ECAC Hockey League game + Madison Square Garden ~ Florida College Class, Estero, Flor.

What’s Inside

SENIOR #22 170 lbs 6-2

A. ILES JUNIOR #33 180 lbs 5-9

Men’s Hockey Schedule Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 28 Dec. 29 Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Jan. 18 Jan. 19

BASKETBALL

Union (Men’s Hockey) and Princeton (Men’s Basketball) Are Picked to Come Out on Top

FORWARDS/CENTERS Cornell Utilizes Depth From Forwards To Give Team an Advantage; Shonn Miller Returns for the Red

9 GUARDS

Red Looks to Guards for Support This Season

10 THE SWEET 16 TEAM Looking at Where the Members Of Cornell’s Sweet 16 Team Are Now

Nov. 11 Nov. Nov. 16 Nov. 18 Nov. 20 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 28 Dec. 1 Dec. 17 Dec. 19 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Dec. 30 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Jan. 26 Feb. 1 Feb. 2 Feb. 8 Feb. 9 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Mar. 1 Mar. 2 Mar. 8 Mar. 9 * Ivy League game

Western Michigan L, 58-79 St. Bonaventure W, 76-62 St. Peter’s College 8 p.m. at University of Wisconsin 5 p.m. at Arizona State 7 p.m. Presbyterian College TBA Longwood/ Florida A&M 7 p.m. Stony Brook 7 p.m. Colgate 4 p.m. at Vanderbilt 7 p.m. at Duke 7 p.m. at Boston 1 p.m. at St. Francis University 7 p.m. at Binghmaton 2 p.m. Bucknell 7 p.m. at American 2 p.m. The College at Old Westbury 2 p.m. Columbia* 7 p.m. at Columbia* 7 p.m. at Princeton* 7 p.m. at Penn* 7 p.m. Harvard* 7 p.m. Dartmouth* 7 p.m. at Yale* 7 p.m. at Brown* 7 p.m. Penn* 7 p.m. Princeton* 7 p.m. Brown* 7 p.m. Yale 7 p.m. at Dartmouth 7 p.m. at Harvard 5:30 p.m.

Credits EDITORS Lauren Ritter ’13 Dani Abada ’14, Scott Chiusano ’15, Haley Velasco ’15

DESIGN Supplement Design: John Schroeder ’74 Cover Photos: Oliver Kliewe ’14 Cover Designs: John Schroeder ’74

PHOTOGRAPHY

CORNELL UNDER COURTNEY

Oliver Kliewe ’14, Bella You ’15, Crystal Lu ’13, Lauren Ritter ’13, Tina Chou grad, Xiaoyoe Guo ’15

Cornell Basketball Under Head Coach Courtney

Special thanks to Jeremy Hartigan, Brandon Thomas and Athletic Communications.

HOCKEY COVER STORY:LYNAH FAITHFUL F R I D A Y, N O V E M B E R 1 6 , 2 0 1 2

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Standing Far Above Cayuga’s Waters:

The Lynah Faithful By HALEY VELASCO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

he 4,267-seat arena filled with Cornell throughout. The intensity of the athletes on opposition. Traditions like the boring cheer hockey fans encapsulates the best of the ice every time the team takes the ice sets where fans read and then throw newspapers Cornell athletics and the fanfare that the stage for the actors of the arena: the fans. when the other team is introduced before the In the stands sits the notorious Cowbell Chris start, yelling sieve at the goalie, or even follows. “[Lynah] is over the top … It is probably Spencer, the hordes of student fans who attend singing the alma mater between the second the best expression of school spirit that we every game, the man on the Zamboni that and third periods keep the Lynah Faithful culhave at Cornell. It’s one of those where people dresses up in costume to resurface the ice, the ture alive. “There is a tremendous amount of energy who are from all different backgrounds come townies that are just as invested in the team as in the atmosphere here. It is one of the reasons the students and of course the Big Red band to together two nights a week and they have one why I chose to come to Cornell. It’s a great common interest which is rooting on our top it all off. Cornell hockey team,” said the man with the cowbell, Chris Spencer. “We have a lot of fun “ ynah is so aithful; ynah will never give up on you even with it. Anybody can be a part of when you are down and out. ometimes ynah smells like fish, it … I love going to games [at] Lynah.” but other times it smells like olgate toothpaste. he stands Only a handful of rinks can combine history, camaraderie all night and never takes a seat. he is very controlling and and good hockey all under one roof. makes others bend over for her. f you are bored she gives you “The first Cornell hockey game that I went to was with my a newspaper to read. here is no other place would rather brother when he was a freshman play in this world. hanks ynah for being so aithful.” or sophomore here, about five or six years ago and those [games] were always at Lynah. That’s — author unknown how I first got introduced to the atmosphere. All of the students “We love playing at Lynah. Just the energy atmosphere and a great place to play in front yelling at the opposing goalie,” said sophoat the rink, we feed off of it. On the road it is of the fans,” said senior defensemen Braden more Mikey Hintsa. “After those experiences, I thought it was a given that I get season tick- tougher to get ourselves motivated,” said Birch.“It is always great to look up and see all of your peers in the stands cheering you on, ets when I got to Cornell … I love the atmos- senior forward John Esposito. “You never are going to get the attention of especially [with] Harvard. It is a tradition. I phere of the student section. It is just so much fun and you get to the know [all of ] the fans 4,000 people for doing something so simple at think that my mom is looking to throw a fish any other point in your life,” Spencer said. “It this year … It’s just great [playing] in front of around you.” The atmosphere of Lynah Rink is unparal- is a lot of fun. It is just being part of the expe- all of your friends and family … It’s aweleled many other stadiums or by many other rience. It is an honor to be the cowbell guy some.” fans. Experts say that Lynah is one of the most because this is a [Lynah] tradition that has intimidating hockey arenas in the country been passed down for years.” For just under two hours, the mostly in part because of the Lynah Faithful fans. It is also statistically proven that, since thousands of people that come out the opening of the ice in 1957, the Red has to support the team are tied together by one lost fewer than 20 percent of its games at bond: to to home — due in part to the high spirits and take down the intense commitment to Cornell hockey that is apparent once you walk through the doors. “It is just the energy that you feed off of the crowd if something goes wrong. You know you are killing a penalty and you hear the crowd go crazy or you start to build momentum in a game, that crowd can electrify the bench and get a team rattled,” said head coach Mike Schafer ‘86. “For us, we have to get the crowd into it and play the type of hockey that gets the fans excited.” The spirit of Lynah relies on the diverse personalities of the many frequenters and a little bit of mutual Cornell spirit mixed

MATT HINTSA / SUN FILE PHOTO

#LGR | Fans cheer for Cornell from the stands with their Cornell Daily Suns in hand, yelling, “Boring!” to the opponent as they take the ice for the first time.

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GREG MILLER: Key Role

Excellence Out Front For the Red By DANI ABADA Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Senior forward Greg Miller has solidified a role as a staple to the Red’s offense over his years on the Hill. As a sophomore, he led the team in scoring and assists with four goals and 25 assists for 29 points. Last season as a junior, he retained his role as team leader in points, but this year at a higher margin. Miller had 14 goals on the season — more that triple his previous career total — and added 17 assists for a total of 31 points. “Just learning how to score I think was something that I really worked on last year that I’m trying to bring over to this year and pass on to my linemates and other guys,” he said. But Miller’s importance to the team does not end with his scoring capabilities. He also finished last season with a plus-21 rating. This impressive posting earned him a spot as a finalist for ECAC Hockey’s Best Defensive Forward Award. Miller, who hails from Toronto, also posted a 54.4 perfect faceoffwinning percentage. “His value goes both ways,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86 “He’s a key guy on face-offs, a good guy in a five-on-five against another teams top forwards if you need [him] to be so he’s done a great job, he’s becoming a great player … He’s done the job, he’s in great shape and he’s ready to have a great year.” So far this season, Miller has already notched up three goals and one assist, for a total of four points. He also has a plus-2 rating and a faceoff-winning percentage of 56.7. “I try to help out where I can — I seem to be one of the face-off guys to go to and I’ve been on penalty kill for the last couple of years, and I’ve gotten some shots on power play which as been awesome,” he said. “We’ve done well over the last little bit so yeah, just kind of wherever is needed I see myself as trying to help out and fitting in and trying to do the best job that I can.”

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Making magic | Senior forward Greg Miller continues into his fourth year with the Red as one of the top scorers on the team.

T H E C O R N E L L D A I LY S U N

SENIORS LOOK TO LEAD TEAM ON OFFENSE As Campaign Continues, Forwards Hope to Add More Scoring Opportunities LAUREN RITTER / SUN SPORTS EDITOR

He shoots | With some older talent, such as junior forward Dustin Mowrey, and some new addtions to the squad thanks to young freshmen talent, the Red continues to trudge ahead desptie a slower start to the season than usual.

By CHRIS MILLS

ECAC in shots on goal, the Red has converted more than 10 percent of shot opportunities into scores — makAs the season progresses, the Red ing them the sixth best team in the forwards continue to improve under conference. The Red also boasts a 21.9 the leadership of head coach Mike percent power play conversion. Schafer ’86 and execute in key situaThe experience of the Red forwards tions. has helped the Red to excel in clutch Although the No. 10 Red is only situations. Despite the hard work necaveraging 2.3 goals per game this seaessary to form a disciplined playing son, Cornell’s forwards have exhibited style, for players such as junior forward experience and consistency in getting Armand de Swardt time with the Red the puck in the net. The Red (3-2-1, has gone by quickly. 1-2-1 ECAC) has yet to be “It’s definitely weird — I held scoreless and remains feel like I just got here yesterundefeated (3-0-1) in games day,” de Swardt recollected. “I in which the team has only know the first day I came I saw 2011-12 FORWARD STATISTICS allowed three goals or fewer. Mowrey — it was kind of like, “It’s pretty well known ‘wow I’m going to be here for PLAYER YEAR GOALS ASSISTS that we are a defensive team,” four years’ but it really flies by Greg Miller Senior 14 17 said junior forward Dustin and I can’t believe I’m already John Esposito Senior 7 8 Mowrey. “We have a lot of in my junior year.” systems as far as defense goes, Although Mowrey and de Joel Lowry Soph. 6 16 and when we play our sysSwardt’s Cornell careers have Vince Mihalek Senior 2 3 tems we’re probably one of paseed the half-way mark, the the best teams in the country Red has brought in a talented when everyone buys in.” group of freshman who will For Mowrey and the other veteran sophomore season — including four pick up where the veterans are leaving Red forwards, experience has been during the postseason and the game off. Freshman forwards Christian invaluable. winner in the ECAC quarterfinal Hilbrich, John Knisley and Teemu “I’ve definitely learned a lot,” against Dartmouth. This season he has Tiitinen have already accounted for a Mowrey said. “The systems that coach already knocked in a goal and grabbed combined seven in-game appearances. [Schafer] plays [are] definitely not an assist. “You have a group of three forwards something you pick up your first couThis season, execution in critical that are older, that have been involved ple of weeks here. You kind of grow — situations has characterized the in of junior hockey and have had sucyou learn from guys. I [knew] guys my offense. Nine of the Red’s 14 goals cess,” noted coach Schafer. “They fresh year from Patrick Kennedy to have come during the third period and come in as a lot more mature group of Sean Collins ... All the older guys just despite ranking near the bottom of the forwards than we’ve had in awhile.” Sun Staff Writer

really bring you on board and really help you out day-to-day in practice. It’s been a great experience so far ...” Schafer echoed Mowrey’s assessment of the team and the way that it works. “I’ve always believed it’s the improvement within the team [that makes room to grow] from the guys returning,” he said. “We saw that with a guy like Dustin Mowrey last year who emerged as a great player.” Mowrey scored eight goals in his

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THE KING OF THE RINK RETURNS TO LYNAH ILES IN GOAL FOR THIRD SEASON By BEN HOROWITZ Sun Staff Writer

As the final line of defense against opposing offenses, Andy Iles plays a crucial role in Cornell Hockey’s recipe for success. Goalies influence the outcome of each and every game, and therefore have great opportunity and responsibility to the rest of the team . Iles relishes the competition and enjoys fighting for victory with his teammates. “I’m a competitive guy and I love playing and I always want to be out there,” he said. “It’s not like a wearand-tear on me. It’s fun, and I love being out there with the guys and going to battle every single night, so I wouldn’t have it any other way.” In tight contests with high-pressure finishes, where one goal or one save could decide the outcome, Iles’ role seems even bigger. He enjoys those nail-biters more than easy, lopsided games. “It’s a lot easier to play in games when they’re blowouts, but its fun to play in close games, and as a competitive athlete those are the types of games you want to

play in,” he said. “For a team, especially early on in the season, those are the games you want to play in. Because when its crunch time and your pushing for championships at the end of the year, you're not playing in blowouts. You're playing in close games. So to establish a culture and a certain way of playing in those games early in the season can really pay dividends at the end of the year. Iles has had a strong start to the 2012-13 season. He shut out Colorado College in the third game of the season and was named ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week for that week of play. He made 44 saves in the Red’s first road victory of the season, a 3-1 victory over Colgate. Iles is a fan-favorite at Lynah rink, where crunchtime saves frequently usher in rounds of “Andy-Iles!!” from the Lynah Faithful. He also has earned praise from his coach, who appreciates his competitiveness, consistency, and allout effort. “He is such a mentally tough kid,” said head

coach Mike Schafer. “He’s extremely competitive, and he focuses, and is consistent. He’s been great. He was extremely consistent last year and we expect him to be very consistent this year as well.”

Now in his junior year, Iles has high expectations for this season. “We have high expectations for ourselves,” he said. We expect to be one of the top teams in this league and

to contend for the ECAC title and the national title. We’re here because we want to win the National Championship, and we’re excited about that opportunity.”

Third year’s a charm | Junior goalkeeper Andy Iles will start for the Red for his third season and maintain his dominance in the goal this year.

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Defense Is Crucial to Future Season Success By DANI ABADA Sun Assistant Sports Editor

A team cannot exist without its defense, and the Cornell hockey program is definitely aware of that fact. “One of the main reasons I came to Cornell was to learn how to play great defense,” said senior tri-captain Nick D’Agostino. D’Agostino and tri-captain Braden Birch are the two seniors that lead the Red’s defense. Juniors Kirill Gotovets and Craig Esposito join them behind the blue line. Last year, the Red recruited now sophomores Joakim Ryan and Jacob MacDonald to join the defensive squad. This year, Cornell has added two more strong recruits in the form of freshmen Reece Wilcox and Gavin Stoick. Coming in as a freshman is not always easy, as there is a lot to learn when adjusting to the Red’s defensive style.

2011-12 DEFENSE STATISTICS PLAYER

YEAR

GOALS

ASSISTS

Nick D’Agostino

Senior

Joakim Ryan Kril Gotovets Braden Birch

Soph. Junior Senior

7 1 1

10 7 6

“There are so many different ways to play team defense ... when you come to a team like Cornell who really relies on one-on-one defensive play in the zone it’s almost a little bit of a shock because if you get beat in your assignment, usually that ends up in a scoring chance so it’s a lot of responsibly obviously, but once you get used to it I think you actually enjoy the challenge,” D’Agostino said. “Every assignment you have, every player you’re playing against is a one-on-one, you versus him thing. I enjoy it alot, I think it’s fun.” So far, D’Agostino seems satisfied with the freshmen’s ability to adjust and learn the systems. “We’ve gotten two really big, good defensemen who are going to be good defensively in this league … They’ve been doing great in practice ... it’s only going to get better from here.” Ryan added that comi n g back as a

sophomore, getting ready for the season has been much easier. And his statistics reflect that, as he has already racked up six points on the season. “This is my second year here and I feel more comfortable with all of our systems, our penalty kill [and] stuff like that — our forecheck, neutral zone,” he said. The Red currently has eight players that have been drafted to the NHL — five of them defensemen — a reflection of the amount of emphasis on defensive play. “From a team standpoint, we make defense our focal point day in and day out,” D’Agostino said. “Every single year, we have new freshmen coming in, [and in] countless practices in the beginning, early on in the year we work on neutral zone defense and defensive zone coverage because at Cornell we like to win our games 10 and 2-1. Without being sound technically on the ice with our defensive systems, that’s not going to happen.” D’Agostino has already posted a goal and two assists this season. Even the two newest additions to the team, Wilcox and Stoick, have each earned themselves a point so far. “[There is] an awful lot of pressure on our defense to defend all the time and be mentally tough,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “Because playing defense is really where character comes out. When it really comes down to working [the] defensive part of your game, it takes character and it takes someone who is committed to a team game.” LAUREN RITTER / SUN SPORTS EDITOR

Fast starters | Nick D’Agostino leads the Red with eight points, while freshman linemate recorded a threepoint game in the season opener.

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UNDEFEATED DARTMOUTH SURPRISES LEAGUE

Tight Race in ECAC Hockey By SCOTT ECKL Sun Staff Writer

DARTMOUTH

5-0-1, 4-0 ECAC Coming into the 2012-2013 campaign as one the of the breakthrough teams, the Big Green has not lost a game yet. Finishing last year at 8-11-3 in the ECAC, Dartmouth has beaten Yale, Brown, Rensselaer, and 2012 Frozen Four finalist Union, all at home. Junior forward Eric Robinson leads the team and is tied for first in the league with seven goals. Junior goaltender Cab Morris leads all ECAC goalies with a 1.22 goals against average (GAA), and had an impressive shutout, 4-0, against Rensselaer with 18 saves. Look for senior forward Dustin Walsh to lead the Big Green to a surprising season.

UNION

6-2-1, 3-1 ECAC The Dutchmen were 60 minutes away from a spot in the National Championship game last year before falling to Ferris State, 3-1, in the Frozen Four. This year Union comes in as one of the favorites in the ECAC. With two early blowout wins against Rensselaer and a 6-2 victory over Harvard, the Dutchmen are on the right track. Senior forward Kyle Bodie leads the ECAC with 10 assists while junior goaltender All-American candidate Troy Grosenick continues to excel with a .910 save percentage and a .786 winning percentage.

HARVARD

3-2, 2-2 ECAC The Crimson has had early wins against Brown and Rensselaer, but lost to Yale and Union. Harvard lost senior forward Alex Killorn, who had 20 points in the team’s last 13 games in 2011-2012 that led them to a berth in the ECAC Hockey Championship Game. Freshman forward Jimmy Vesey has been impressive early on in 2012-2013 with five goals and two assists in just five games. The Crimson is up for an important early season showdown at Cornell, today, Friday, Nov. 16 at Lynah.

YALE

3-2-1, 2-2 ECAC The Bulldogs have benefitted early on from senior goaltender Jeff Malcolm’s league leading .949 save percentage and five goals from star senior forward Antoine Laganiere. A big road victory at Harvard, 5-1, and a home win against St. Lawrence, 4-2, has Yale off to a decent start as the team has a break this weekend before going to Colorado during Thanksgiving week to play Denver and Colorado College. Yale has the most shots on goal in the conference with 1 4 2

and owns the league’s best penalty kill, not allowing a goal 94.4 percent of the time.

CLARKSON

1-4-4, 1-0-1 ECAC While the Golden Knights have not lost yet in the ECAC with an early win against Yale, 1-0, Clarkson may have a long season ahead of them. They lost four of the top seven scorers from last year, including goaltender Paul Karpowich. Freshman goalie Greg Lewis earned the shutout against the Bulldogs, Nov. 9, while junior forward Jarrett Burton leads the team with five goals.

CORNELL

3-2-1, 1-2-1 ECAC The Red made it to the second round in last year’s tournament, but lost to Ferris State, 2-1. Along with Union, Cornell is the other favorite to win the league and make it to the Frozen Four. Sophomore forwards John McCarron, Joel Lowry, and Cole Bardreau seem to be the key to the Red’s success this year. Senior forward John Esposito has had early season success coming off an injury-

PRINCETON

2-2, 2-0 ECAC The Tigers are a perfect 2-0 in the ECAC defeating Cornell, 5-3, and earning a shutout against Colgate, 4-0. Top scoring junior forward Andrew Calof is perhaps the team’s most talented player and a key to their success in 2012-2013. Despite the early season success, insidecollegehockey.com, had the Tigers at ten in the preseason ECAC rankings. Princeton leads the conference with a 36.4 power-play percentage.

BROWN

1-3-2, 0-2-2 ECAC The Bears have suffered early season losses at Harvard and Dartmouth and two ties at home against St. Lawrence and Clarkson. Brown came into the season with little expectations from experts and so far the team’s play has proven predictions correct. The Bears have one of the league’s worst power-plays converting only 11.1 percent of the time and one of the league’s worst goals-per-game average at 2.25. Sophomore forward Matt Lorito leads the team with three goals in just six games.

ST. LAWRENCE

5-2-1, 0-1-1 ECAC The Saints’ senior forward Kyle Flanagan is perhaps the league’s most consistent and less-talked about players. Flanagan leads the league in points with 16 and is tied for the league lead in goals with seven. St. Lawrence has only played two games in the ECAC, losing to Yale, 4-2, and drawing even against Brown, 3-3. The Saints were not projected to be a contender in the ECAC, but Flanagan, the team’s star forward, is an AllAmerican and Hobey Baker candidate and will play an important role if they want to be spoilers down the stretch.

COLGATE

QUINNIPIAC

5-3-1, 2-0 ECAC Quinnipiac has two early wins in the ECAC against Colgate in overtime and against Cornell, 4-1. The Bobcats’ senior forward Russell Goodman scored two goals — including the game winner in the 3-2 victory over Colgate while their other senior forward, Jeremy Langlois, is among the league leaders with a +7. Going forward, Quinnipiac looks forward to big production out of junior forwards Jordan Samuels-Thomas, a transfer from Bowling Green State, and Connor Jones — two players listed in the preseason as offensive threats.

plagued 2011-12 campaign, with three goals and one assist. Junior goaltender Andy Iles remains the Red’s opponents’ biggest focus, as he is fourth in the league with a .927 save percentage. Cornell plays Harvard and Dartmouth this weekend before the Madison Square Garden game on Nov. 24 against Michigan.

4-6-1, 0-3-1 ECAC The Raiders lost two key players to the NHL, Austin Smith and Chris Wagner, and have had a rough start in 2012-2013. Colgate lost early games to Cornell, Quinnipiac and Princeton. The team looks forward to a road weekend November 16-17 at Dartmouth and Harvard. Junior goalie Eric Mihalik has 205 saves, good for second-best in the league. Freshman forward Darcy Murphy leads all Raiders’ with five goals.

ECAC HOCKEY PRESEASON MEDIA POLL 1. UNION (18) 2. CORNELL (11) 3. HARVARD 4. QUINNIPIAC 5. YALE (1) 6. ST. LAWRENCE 7. CLARKSON 8. COLGATE 9. RENSSELAER 10. DARTMOUTH 11. PRINCETON 12. BROWN

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1-5-2, 0-4 ECAC The Engineers have struggled to get off on the right start in 2012-2013. Two losses to Union, one to Harvard and one to Dartmouth puts Rensselaer in big hole to begin the ECAC season. Sophomore forward Jacob Laliberte leads the team with four goals and six assists. The Engineers are among the league’s worst in total goals, assists and power-play goals. The one thing that the Engineers have going for them is the team’s ranking as number one in the league in home attendance average with 4,345 fans per game.

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Year-End Bash May Become‘Slope Week’ By SARAH SASSOON Sun Staff Writer

A Cornell tradition may look very different, very soon. As a result of the University’s recentlyapproved calendar changes, the last day of classes — and thus Slope Day — will fall on a Wednesday starting in Spring 2014. The shift, which condenses the last week of classes to three days, may give rise to “Slope Week,” an expansion to the currently one day festival, according to members of the Slope Day Programming Board. “We ... thought it would’ve been nice to make [Slope Day] more of a week-long celebration where there’s a build up,” SDPB

President Yang Zhao ’12 said. “Slope Day on a Wednesday makes that more of a possibility.” Slope Week would occur during the few days leading up to the last day of classes and culminate with Slope Day, which will continue to be a day of climactic, end-of-year partying, SDPB said. During the few days leading up to Slope Day, smaller events such as carnival-style celebrations would be held on Ho Plaza, West and North Campuses and in campus dining halls, according to Joe Scaffido, assistant dean of students for student activities and the SDPB’s advisor. He said these smaller events would be used to generate excitement for Slope Day.

Zhao said SDPB hopes that the creation of Slope Week would also encourage other student groups to hold their own events that are relative to the celebration — particularly organizations that promote safety, such as Cornell EMS and Environmental Health & Safety. “We wanted to popularize the idea of Slope Day and give other groups and organizations the chance to participate as well,” he said. SDPB Vice President Graham Chapman ’13 said the board hopes to hold two or three events this spring as a trial run for 2014, when the schedule changes go into effect. If See SLOPE page 4

Slope city | Students dance and celebrate at Slope Day 2012, a favorite Cornell tradition that falls on the last day of classes each May. RYAN LANDVATER / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

News Living Life to the Fullest

Since beating cancer at age 11, Nisha Drummond ’14 has overcome many obstacles and hopes to become a doctor one day. | Page 3

Opinion Go Big or Go Home?

Tom Schultz, law, discusses the moral predicament law students face when deciding to work for big law firms. | Page 3

Arts Shaken, Not Stirred

Zach Zahos ’15 reviews Skyfall, the newest James Bond movie starring Daniel Craig, as film that does not dissappoint. | Page 10

Sports We Didn’t Go to Harvard

Be sure to grab the centerfold from this paper and bring it to the men’s hockey game against Harvard tonight. | Page 8

Sports Football Farewells

Cornell faces off against Penn on Saturday for the University’s Senior Day. | Page 16

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Clashes Kill Israelis,Gazans GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants targeted densely populated Tel Aviv in Israel's heartland with rockets for the first time Thursday, part of an unprecedented barrage that threatened to provoke an Israeli ground assault on Gaza. Three Israelis were killed. Air raid sirens wailed and panicked residents ran for cover in Tel Aviv, Israel's commercial and cultural capital. Israel responded by moving troops and heavy weapons toward Gaza and authorizing the call-up of tens of thousands of reservists. There was no word on where the two rockets aimed at Tel Aviv landed, raising the possibility they fell into the Mediterranean. A third rocket landed in an open area on the southern outskirts of Tel Aviv. The fighting, the heaviest in four years, came after Israel launched a ferocious air assault Wednesday to stop repeated rocket fire from Gaza. The powerful Hamas military chief was killed in that strike, and another 18 Palestinians have died over two days, including five children. Some 100 Palestinians have been wounded. Israeli warplanes struck dozens of Hamas-linked targets in Gaza on Thursday, sending loud booms echoing across the narrow Mediterranean coastal strip at regular intervals, followed by gray columns of smoke. After nightfall, several explosions shook Gaza City several minutes apart, a sign the strikes

were not letting up, and the military said the targets were about 70 underground rocket-launching sites. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the army was hitting Hamas hard with what he called surgical strikes, and warned of a "significant widening" of the Gaza operation. Israel will "continue to take whatever action is necessary to defend our people," said Netanyahu, who is up for re-election in January. There were mounting signs of a ground operation. At least 12 trucks were seen transporting tanks and armored personnel carriers toward Gaza late Thursday, and a number of buses carrying soldiers arrived. Israeli TV stations said a Gaza incursion was expected on Friday, though military officials said no decision had been made. Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he authorized the call-up of reservists, and the army said up to 30,000 additional troops could be drafted. "We will continue the attacks and we will increase the attacks, and I believe we will obtain our objectives," said Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, Israel's military chief. Hamas, meanwhile, warned it would strike deeper inside Israel with Iranianmade Fajr-5 rockets, acknowledging for the first time it has such longer-range weapons capable of hitting targets some 47 miles (75 kilometers) away. Tel Aviv See GAZA page 5

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To frack or not to frack? | Walter Hang, founder of watchgroup Toxic Targeting Services, argues against hydraulic fracturing at a debate on the process at Cornell Thursday.

Experts Debate Effects of Fracking On NYS Economy, Environment By CAROLYN KRUPSKI Sun Staff Writer

At a debate over hydraulic fracturing on Thursday night at Cornell, six experts from various disciplines debated the practice’s implications for the environment and the economy in New York State and the U.S.

The speakers drew on their personal experiences with the controversial practice, which involves injecting chemicals and water into the ground at high velocity to extract natural gas. John Holko, president of Lenape Resources, an oil and gas company that has drilled in New York State

for 30 years, opened the debate by arguing in support fracking for what he called its economic and energy benefits. We need to “move forward,” Halko said. “You can’t prevent the process, just mitigate issues.” However, Walter Hang, See DEBATE page 5

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Today Moosewood Tasting and Book Signing Noon - 2 p.m., The Cornell Store One Community: A Resource Fair Noon - 3 p.m., Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall International Language Fest 5 - 8:30 p.m., First Floor, Robert Purcell Community Center Café con Leche: 19th Anniversary of the Day Hall Takeover 6:30 p.m., Latino Living Center, Anna Comstock Hall The a Cappellowship of the Ring 9 - 10 p.m., Tammany, Risley Hall

News, “Cornell Law School Seeks Surge in Number of Minority Professor,” Monday Speaking about the need to increase the number of African-American and Hispanic faculty in Cornell Law School “I do think that right now, the law school definitely needs to focus on increasing diversity. There’s only one Latino professor, and he’s leaving at the end of the semester, which is not very encouraging for Latino law students. Trying to find methods to recruit Latino professors should be a priority for the law school.” Erika Lopez law, president of the Latino American Law Students’ Association News, “Cornell Investigates Hazing Allegations Against TEP Fraternity,” Tuesday Speaking about the climate for fraternities as the investigation unfolds on the allegations of alcohol-related hazing at Tau Epsilon Phi “We’re under a little more scrutiny right now with everything that’s going on: preserving the Greek system in general, preserving safety. We want to try and stop the problem at its root. We don’t want to be sending kids to the hospital.” Alan Workman ’13, executive vice president of the Interfraternity Council

Tomorrow History of Art Graduate Student Symposium 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Guerlac Room, A.D. White House C.U. Men’s Hockey vs. Dartmouth Hockey Noon, Lynah Rink C.U. Football vs. UPenn Football 12:30 p.m., Schoelkopf Field

News, “Ithaca Officials Slam Plan for Cornell Cooling Plant,” Wednesday Speaking about Cornell University’s decision to increase use of its cooling plant on Cayuga Lake “It would have been nice if Cornell had contacted us ... Cornell University and the DEC [Department of Environmental Conservation] knows full well where the Town of Ithaca has stood on this for the last 10 years … We said consistently that Cornell was adding to the pollution of phosphorus in Cayuga Lake. That has never changed in the last 10 years.” Herb Engman, Ithaca Town Supervisor Arts, “An Interview With Jay Pharoah (and Other Voices),” Tuesday Speaking about how he does celebrity impressions “You stalk them. You go in [their] house and leave little bugs, you know, so you can hear. You follow them around and threaten to take the children if they don’t give you their VoiceBox number. It’s like a sport: It’s like playing basketball [or] football. You have to be intuitive, you have to listen, you have to look at the person and see what they do and try to match. I usually try to picture their face, saying stuff I would say at the same time, that kind of helps.” Jay Pharoah

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S.A. Mulls Mandatory Rape Education Prog. for O-Week

By DARA LEVY Sun Staff Writer

After a string of sexual assaults on campus this semester, the Student Assembly is considering asking the University to create a mandatory sexual assault and rape education training program for first-year students during Orientation Week. If a proposed resolution is passed, the S.A. will ask the administration to develop a comprehensive personal safety program focused on issues of consent as well as mental health and diversity. The program’s proponents say they would like to see the initiative implemented for the next incoming class in Fall 2013. Freshmen arriving on campus are the least likely to have had honest, informative conversations about consensual sex compared to their older peers, said Geoffrey Block ’14, at-large representative to the S.A. “Many individuals haven’t had social interactions with alcohol or such a diverse group of people before, so it is important to create guidelines on how the community should behave,” Block said. Block presented the most recent version of the proposal at the S.A. meeting Thursday with co-sponsors Narda Terrones ’14, women’s issues representative to the S.A., At-Large Rep. Anisha Chopra ’13 and Melissa Lukasiewicz ’14, vice president of internal opera-

tions. The resolution did not go to vote and will be reassessed after its proponents meet with the Orientation Steering Committee, Block said. Terrones said the OSC has expressed support for the idea of implementing a sexual assault education program for incoming freshmen. She said she believes that it should be done as soon as possible, preferably for the upcoming year. She added that although there have been similar programs during Orientation Week in the past, they have never been mandatory or seen a high turnout of students. The program will be modeled after the Tapestry program, which is the most well-attended event during Orientation Week, according to Chopra. At events held by Tapestry, students’ IDs are scaneed upon entry to ensure attendance, a model that the SA hopes to incorporate into the new program. A lack of visibility surrounding the issues of sexual assault in the past resulted in people not taking them seriously enough to make such a program mandatory, according to Terrones. Now, the issue is at the forefront of the University’s consciousness. “I personally think that it’s always been important,” she said. “It just takes a crisis for certain people to open their ears and their minds, which is tragic.” The sponsors of the resolution said they are still considering whether the

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program would be most effective if given in a larger setting within orientation groups, or in smaller groups with resident advisors at the dorms. Block said there is not just one ideal approach for how to properly educate everyone. He said he plans to work with Residential Programs to ensure that discussion of sexual assault becomes an ingrained part of the North Campus community. “It doesn’t matter when the [mandatory] session is … it should be a constant conversation,” Block said. “You’ll still remember that you went to that session the next time you talk about sexual assault.”

Terrones echoed Block’s sentiments. “It is all of our responsibility to continue the conversation and keep ourselves informed,” she said. It is important to make sure that rape prevention is continually discussed throughout the Cornell experience in order to more rape, Block added. “The worst thing to do would be to not acknowledge the problem. We need to make [first-year students] aware and allow them to explore it over their four years here at Cornell,” Block said. Dara Levy can be reached at dlevy@cornellsun.com.

Students’ Stories After being cured of cancer at age 11, Drummond ’14 pursues career in medicine By REBECCA FRIEDMAN Sun Staff Writer

When she was 11 years old, Nisha Drummond ’14 noticed a mysterious swelling on the side of her neck. After initially telling her that the symptoms did not appear to be the result of cancer, her doctors called back to say they had made a mistake: In fact, Drummond was afflicted with a form of lymphoma — a diagnosis that she said has permanently altered her health, study habits and career goals. Drummond had acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer characterized by an overproduction of white blood cells in the bone marrow. At just 11, Drummond had no idea what “lymphoma” meant. While at school, after receiving the diagnosis, she googled the word. “Nah, I don’t have that,” she remembers thinking to herself. But she soon began the disease’s two-and-a-half-year treatment series. She underwent cycles of chemotherapy, spinal taps, bone marrow aspirations and myriad other medical procedures. Fortunately, Drummond said a solid support

system from her family allowed her to keep a positive outlook throughout her treatment. One of her parents stayed with her every night she needed to stay in the hospital, she said, and despite missing about a year’s worth of classes, she did not fall behind in

has acute lymphoblastic lymphoma Drummond said the aftereffects of the disease will likely remain with her throughout the rest of her life. The common cold, for instance, is more complicated for Drummond than for the average college stu-

“I reall did handle treatment very well emotionally and was always laughing and was just a very happy kid.” Nisha Drummond ’14

school. “I really did handle treatment very well emotionally and was always laughing and was just a very happy kid,” Drummond said. “So going through treatment wasn’t [too] detrimental to my life.” Now 20 years old, Drummond is still cancer-free. She visits her doctor at home every six months for a checkup, but since the cancer has not returned more than five years after her original diagnosis, Drummond is considered “cured.” But although she no longer

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dent. “My body’s just different now than it ever was. A cold that would last a few days for most of us will linger on for weeks, or turn into something more serious,” she said. During Drummond’s freshman year, an ordinary flu turned into bronchitis and then pneumonia. “It’s an interesting life,” she said. In addition to physical complications, Drummond has had to adjust to new roadblocks in learning as a result of the treatments she underwent as a child. “Now I’m finding that I’m kind of losing the memory part

of [my mind] because of the treatment,” she said. Without sitting and making a concerted effort, Drummond finds it difficult to recall much of her middle school and high school years, she said. After receiving grades that were lower than she had hoped for during her freshman year, Drummond assumed it was because she was not putting enough time into school. But by “sophomore year, I knew that there was something missing,” she said. Drummond went to see a doctor and was diagnosed with proactive interference — a condition in which traces of a person’s previous knowledge and memories interfere with their ability to absorb new information. “When I’m talking, especially to professors or people that I need to speak eloquently to, I can’t remember words. Sounding smart has become an issue,” she said. Since the diagnosis last year, Drummond has been working with psychologists and doctors to figure out ways to work around her condition. Still, Drummond said she has not let her past experience with cancer, or her ongoing efforts to deal with its aftereffects, prevent her from being active on campus. In addition to being vice presi-

dent of Cornell’s club softball team and in-game promotions chair of the Cornell Sports Marketing Group, Drummond is pre-med, Human Development major keeps her busy. “Especially since I’m here and blend in with the students, I don’t think of myself as anything special,” she said. Drummond, choosing to look on bright side, credits the time she spent as a patient in the hospital with solidifying her desire to become a doctor. Specifically, she wants to become an anesthesiologist, she said. “I always loved science and animals, and I always wanted to be a vet,” she said. “But as soon as I was diagnosed and got to learn what [my doctors] did … I knew this was what I wanted to do.” And Cornell has given her the opportunity to pursue her career aspirations, she said. Drummond participated in Cornell’s Urban Semester program in New York City, where she worked at the New York Presbyterian Hospital and was given the opportunity to shadow doctors and to further explore her love for medicine. “I want to be the doctor for other kids that my doctor was for me,” she said. Rebecca Friedman can be reached at rfriedman@cornellsun.com.

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SDPB: Changes Would Not Hurt Slope Day SLOPE

“[The University] definitely wouldn’t [lift restrictions] for many days throughout the week — that’s the reason we’re looking into other implemented, the Slope Week events this spring types of events that aren’t necessarily concerts,” would take place during the two or three days he added. leading up to Slope Day, which falls in 2012 for Additionally, students have expressed that the last time, on Friday, May 3. they favor a large, one-day celebration over sev“We’ve always taken baby steps [with Slope eral days of large-scale festivities, according to Day],” Scaffido said. “We’re not going to jump Scaffido, who said that those sentiments give right into it in 2013 and go from one day of further incentive to make Slope Week events Slope Day to five days of major programming.” more low-key. Both Chapman and Scaffido said the develop“The surveys that we have seen reflect that ment of Slope Week will occur as a gradual pro- the students want one major event, one major gression over several years. concert, one huge headliner,” he said. The administration will work with SDPB to In addition to adding Slope Week events, ensure that Slope Week events are sustainable — having Slope Day on a Wednesday could also reasonably priced and staffed to avoid draining benefit the selection of a musician, Chapman the human and financial resources required on said. Slope Day, according “Wednesday would to Scaffido. Slope Day probably allow us to requires hundreds of “For the most part, Slope Day’s a pretty have more availability” faculty, staff and stuto bring desirable dent volunteers, he well-oiled machine — it’s pretty hard to artists to campus since shake it up.” said. performers are less SDPB receives likely to have major about $240,000 each Yang Zhao ’13 commitments during year from the Student the week, Chapman Assembly, with some said. additional revenue generated from the sales of Still, Scaffido, noted that it is the limited guest tickets, Scaffido said. The programming sound check time available to the artist on Slope board will want to avoid planning Slope Week Day — since classes are still in session throughevents that spend too much of its budget, he said. out the day — that is the primary obstacle to “You can only use so many resources at a attracting performers to Cornell for Slope Day, time. If you start draining those resources early he said. in the week, by the time [Slope Day] rolls Scaffido and SDPB leaders said they were around, there’s a good chance there won’t be excited about the prospect of Slope Week — and many left,” he added. “We don’t want that, espe- expressed confidence that the move to cially if you talk about maintaining Slope Day as Wednesday will not have negative consequences the climax of the entire week.” for the time-honored tradition of Slope Day. SDPB emphasized that it is the board’s goal “For the most part, Slope Day’s a pretty wellto keep Slope Day as exciting as possible. oiled machine — it’s pretty hard to shake it up,” Chapman noted that the University, which Zhao said. enforces strict noise ordinances for outdoor concerts, lifts those requirements only one day each Sarah Sassoon can be reached at year: Slope Day. ssassoon@cornellsun.com. Continued from page 1

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Israel Kills Hamas Military Chief Local Experts Clash Over GAZA

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is 40 miles (70 kilometers) from Gaza. By nightfall Thursday, Hamas said it had fired more than 350 rockets into Israel. Israel, which estimates Gaza militants have as many as 12,000 rockets, said some 220 rockets struck the Jewish state and another 130 were intercepted by an antimissile shield. Israel believes Hamas has significantly boosted its arsenal since the last Gaza war four years ago, including with weapons from Iran and from Libyan stockpiles plundered after the 2011 fall of the regime there. “After four years, we became stronger, we have a strategy and we became united with all the military wings in Gaza,” said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum, referring to Hamas’ setbacks during Israel’s last major offensive in late 2008. In the current round of fighting, Israel is facing an emboldened Hamas with a stronger arsenal and greater regional backing. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, like Hamas a member of the region-wide Muslim Brotherhood, said he was sending a high-level delegation to Gaza on Friday in a show of support for the fellow Islamists there. Both Israel and Hamas had largely observed an informal truce over the last four years, marred by occasional flare-ups. In recent days, however, border tensions escalated, then exploded into major violence Wednesday when Israel assassinated Hamas’ secretive military chief, Ahmed Jabari, with a missile strike on his car. Jabari led Hamas’ 2007 takeover of the territory, turning small squads of Hamas gunmen into a fighting force and supervising Gaza’s fledgling arms industry, including rocket production. He was long No. 1 on Israel’s most-wanted list, particularly for his role in capturing Israeli Sgt. Gilad Schalit and holding him for more than five years. On Thursday, Hamas gunmen fired machine guns in the air as frenzied mourners carried Jabari’s body, wrapped in a white burial shroud, through the streets of Gaza City on a wooden stretcher. At the cemetery, young men surged toward the corpse, trying to touch Jabari’s face before he was lowered into the grave in a chaotic scene. Hamas’ top leaders have dropped out of sight since the assassination, but it was not clear if they would be targets. The Hamas prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, said in a televised speech Thursday that the group “will not forget and not forgive” the killing of Jabari. Late Thursday, Hamas security said an Israeli navy vessel fired toward a building about 50 yards (meters) from Haniyeh’s house, where a generator supplies electricity for the prime minister and his neighbors in Shati, a beach-front refugee camp in

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Gaza City. It was not clear if Haniyeh was home at the time. In Israel, a rocket hit a four-story apartment building in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi on Thursday, killing two men and a pregnant woman. A 4-year-old boy and two babies were wounded in the attack. Many Gazans stayed indoors and streets were largely empty, though there was no sense of widespread panic. Some said Hamas should take revenge, even at the price of further Israeli retaliation. “If Israel strikes us, we have to strike back,” said Ahmed Barakat, a 33-year-old laborer from Gaza City attending the Jabari funeral. “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” In Jerusalem, thousands of mourners attended the funeral of Mira Scharf, a 26-year-old mother of three who was killed in Thursday’s rocket strike in Israel. Israeli media said she was pregnant and had recently returned to Israel from New Delhi to give birth. In central Tel Aviv, Adrian Cisser, a 35-year-old electrician, was in a bicycle shop when an air raid siren went off. “People on the street started running,” he said. “The public shelter nearby was locked so we just stayed in the shop, and two minutes after it started we heard this big bang.” Cisser said he had gotten a preliminary call from the army and expects to be called up for reserve duty next week. In the southern Tel Aviv suburb of Rishon Lezion, where a Hamas rocket landed in an empty field, a siren sent people rushing for shelter. “There is panic in our house and we can hear shouts from the street,” a resident who gave her first name, Lital, told the Israeli news site YNet. “Children were running away, trying to find shelter. It was very stressful. I am shaken up.” From Israel’s perspective, Hamas escalated the fighting with a pair of attacks in recent days, an explosion in a tunnel along the Israeli border and a missile attack on an Israeli military jeep that seriously wounded four soldiers. An Israeli ground offensive could be costly to both sides. In the last Gaza war, Israel devastated large areas of the territory, setting back Hamas’ fighting capabilities but also paying the price of increasing diplomatic isolation because of the high civilian casualty toll. The current round of fighting is reminiscent of the first days of Israel’s three-week offensive against Hamas that began in December 2008. At the time, Israel also caught Hamas off-guard with a barrage of missile strikes and threatened to follow up with a ground offensive. However, much has also changed since then. Israel has improved its missile defense systems, but is facing a more heavily armed Hamas.

Fracking Merits, Dangers DEBATE

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founder of Toxic Targeting Services, a watchdog group for environmental violations, argued that brine, a liquid containing toxic metals produced in fracking wells, could potentially contaminate drinking water and have a negative impact on the environment. Asked to address the potential economic effects that the fracking industry could have on New York State, Hang said that the economic success experienced by communities where fracking occurs would not be sustainable in the long-term. No matter how you look at it, Hang said, “fracking hurts New York State.” Dr. Bill Podulka, co-director of the Marcellus Accountability Project and a New York landowner, echoed Hang’s sentiments. “Fracking is capital intensive, so not many jobs are created” by the process, Podulka said. Podulka also raised several other negative economic impacts fracking could pose for New York State — especially in the agriculture sector. Citing fracking’s effect in Pennsylvania, he forecasted overall price increases for New York’s agricultural commodities, including milk, one of the state’s most important food products. He said increased ozone emissions from fracking could hurt agricultural production, particularly for soy and grapes. However, Nancy Schmitt, an energy investment specialist, said that the U.S. could become the world’s largest oil producer by 2030 and could achieve energy prices four times lower than the world average if it expands its fracking operations. In response, Prof. Robert Howarth, ecology and environmental biology, said that Schmitt’s data, provided by a report from the International Energy Agency, is misleading. “The IEA report said that fracking is disastrous, if you read the whole report,” Howarth said. The speakers then turned their discussion to the effects of fracking on climate change. Howarth said the only way to combat climate change is to reduce methane emissions. “Climate change gives us reason to expect more intense storms like Sandy,” Howarth said. “Shale gas aggravates methane emissions.” Carolyn Krupski can be reached at ckrupski@cornellsun.com.

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Portraying the Brazilian Reality Through Film

ast week, I had the opportunity to attend the Department of Romance Studies’ Brazilian Studies Colloquium. In this colloquium, Neil Larsen — a professor of comparative literature at UC Davis — spoke about current political developments in Brazil. In doing so, he brought into his discussion José Padilha’s Tropa de Elite, which — along with its sequel — is considered

and watching both Tropa de Elite movies later at home, the relationship became clear to me. Roger Ebert — the Chicago Sun-Times’ decorated critic — said it best when he admitted that, “[this] Brazilian thriller [is] so angry and specifically political, [that] it’s hard to believe they got away with making it.” Although the first movie is undeniably political, it is confusing to under-

Abdiel Ortiz-Carrasquillo I Respectfully Dissent one of the most famous productions in the history of Brazilian cinema. The Tropa de Elite saga is essentially about BOPE — the equivalent to the SWAT in the U.S. — and its role in fighting drug lords and corruption in Rio de Janeiro. At the beginning of the lecture, I could not understand how this film was relevant to Brazil’s current political scene. However, after watching several video clips in Professor Larsen’s lecture,

stand what political message it is actually conveying. To Professor Larsen, this was particularly interesting. According to him, the film sometimes seems to celebrate the ruthlessness and violent nature of the BOPE. For instance, there are scenes in which BOPE officials torture civilians living in the favelas as a means to obtain information about drug lords and other targets. I agree with Professor Larsen; sometimes the film

does seem to present the BOPE’s as heroes to be admired. I believe that this is the case because the BOPE functions in the film as the antithesis of the drug world — which has caused innumerable problems and fatalities in Rio de Janeiro. The BOPE is order and the drug world is chaos; the BOPE is loyalty and the drug world is corrupt; the BOPE is good and the drug world is bad; etc. However, by “celebrating” the BOPE’s work, the film can sometimes be labeled as fascist. After the film’s release, director José Padilha was heavily criticized in Brazil for this very reason; many people thought that, through Capitan Nascimento — the saga’s protagonist — he fetishized order and romanticized violence. Padilha denies such accusations, and attributes the criticisms to the fact that Tropa de Elite was “the first Brazilian film to have a cop as a protagonist.” He argues that Tropa de Elite is a Marxist film, but that it is shown through the unconventional lens of a cop. To be fair to Padilha, the truth is that Tropa de Elite does portray Marxist ideals. The issue of class struggle is frequently presented to the viewer. Clear examples are the discussions of Foucault’s Discipline and Punish, and how rich people play a key role in

financing Brazil’s drug war. For these reasons, it is not surprising that Professor Larsen admitted that while the film seems to glorify BOPE, it is also extremely critical of Brazilian society. The problem with Padilha’s film is that Capitan Nascimento’s adventures seem to obscure the film’s critical value. I believe that this is the case because Tropa de Elite’s main focus is just on the drug war. As a result, it becomes somewhat simplistic. Fortunately, Padilha resolved this issue in the sequel. As he later admitted, “Tropa de Elite 2 has no debate; everyone who thought Tropa de Elite was fascist loves the sequel.” In Tropa de Elite 2 — O Enemigo Agora é Outro the enemy is no longer the drug war — as the title suggests — but the entire establishment and its corruption. The film’s ending is very explicit in conveying this idea. The camera takes us to Brasilia, Brazil’s geographical and political center, zooms on a Brazilian flag and critiques the political status quo as the root of many evils — including favelas and drug wars.

Abdiel Ortiz-Carrasquillo is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at aortiz@cornellsun.com. I Respectfully Dissent appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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ccording to a recent survey by the National Law Journal, 38.3 percent of Cornell law students will work in something called “BigLaw” after they graduate. BigLaw refers to a collection of large, NewYork-centric law firms that advise the world’s largest banks and commercial conglomerates on financial transactions and securities litigation. BigLaw lawyers work incredibly long hours, make a lot of money and generally burn out in about two to four years before joining one of their respective firms’ clients as in-house counsel. For many law students, the decision of whether to join BigLaw requires a difficult calculation involving size of law school debt divided by years lost from one’s life by going for days without sleep or significant social contact (if BigLaw lawyers were Sims, all of their mood meters would be red and they’d alternate between sleeping while standing up and crying). For some subset of these students, this decision involves a second calculation: whether the cushy salary and unparalleled professional experience BigLaw affords is worth the karmic hit one takes from serving at the feet of corporate oligarchs. This is not to say that BigLaw really is an evil empire inhabited by grey-faced mercenaries — only that this perception exists. Some of the moral hand wringing over BigLaw can be written off as knee-jerk anti-corporatism: the American financial industry and its remora, BigLaw, creates immense social value by connecting investors with entrepreneurs. And in the same way that public defenders are not pro-crime, BigLaw lawyers are not necessarily in favor of the corporate largesse that sometimes pays their salaries. Nonetheless, the perception of BigLaw as an instrument of economic entrenchment persists. And indeed, it feels a bit strange — perhaps even disingenuous — to hear someone express concern about income inequality over lunch on the 45th floor of a skyscraper that Occupy Wall Street, camping in the park outside, has dubbed the Death Star. Even assuming that BigLaw really is “evil,” however, there are at least two reasons to believe that nonsociopaths can comfortably join BigLaw without selling their souls. So, prospective BigLawyer, if you ever find yourself in a moment of self-reflective crisis because you’ve chosen a career as a tool of the plutocratically entrenched, or if you’re ever at a dinner party and need

a quick response to the bearded man with a Master’s in social justice, consider the following: First, BigLaw creates a significant positive externality in the form of first-rate legal training. Many public interest organizations are so woefully underfunded that they cannot afford to provide robust training and mentorship to young lawyers, let alone hire out of law school at all. BigLaw provides this incubator for aspiring public interest lawyers at no cost to the public interest firms themselves. The problem with this justification is that it depends on one’s intent to leave BigLaw. Under this theory, BigLaw is justifiable only as a necessarily evil prelude to a career in public interest law. This theory thus shields only young associates while conceding the moral bankruptcy of BigLaw lifers. A more universal moral justification for working in BigLaw derives from the game-theoretic observation that uncoordinated individual action cannot induce widespread reform: Even if you quit BigLaw forever to represent indigent asylum-seekers, life in the aggregate would change very little. Another lawyer would take your place at your former firm, and America’s financial machinery would continue to hum. Meanwhile, your acceptance of a public interest job would put another public interest lawyer out of work, and the great majority of indigent asylum-seekers would continue to lack adequate legal representation. Thus, uncoordinated individual action is of little practical consequence in a vacuum. BigLaw abstinence, like recycling, is a collective action problem that altruism alone cannot solve. One person’s choice to recycle will not affect the status quo unless others follow suit. But few will follow suit without a guarantee that their sacrifices will make a difference.

This fatalistic result can be overcome by the democratic process. If enough people consider certain practices (such as pollution or financial speculation) anathema to society’s interests, they can elect a government that regulates or prohibits those practices. Thus, the proper course of action for a conscientious objector to BigLaw is not to abstain in the economic sphere but to seek redress in the political sphere. This theory, of course, depends on an unfettered political process, a notion some call quaint in the age of

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unlimited campaign finance. More fundamentally, this theory isn’t really a justification for working in BigLaw as much as it is an excuse: BigLaw may be evil, but there’s nothing we can do about it except vote. This all seems very unsatisfying. But the tepidness of this solution does not diminish the reality of the underlying problem: Collective action problems can only be addressed by coordination, and coordination depends on actual popular sovereignty. BigLaw is merely one small symptom of this endemic problem, and blaming BigLaw for the excesses of the financial industry is akin to treating cancer with Tylenol. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to get back to finding regulatory loopholes for the plutocratically entrenched. Vote Obama.

Tom Schultz is a third-year law student at Cornell Law School. He may be reached at ts494@cornell.edu. Barely Legal appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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James Bond Falls into Place ing — and M face a conflict that is, in more ways than one, the fault of their own actions, particularly M’s. A hard drive containing the files of cover MI6 agents falls into the hands of the baddie (Ola Rapace) Bond fights in The first image we see in Skyfall is an out-of-focus sil- the opening sequence. Since he gets away, his boss, Silva houette at the end of a narrow hallway. We know this is (Javier Bardem), now has the power to slander the image James Bond, for obvious reasons — who else could it be? of MI6 and enact vengeance on M, who he believes — yet we cannot be sure. The scale of the shot matches betrayed him in the past. The compelling part is that M the trademark “gun barrel” sequence that has opened did, indeed, fail him, which places her cold-blooded almost all other Bond films. Instead of obscuring Bond in determination to shadow, as in the early films, or bathing him in bright get the job done light, as in the more recent ones, Skyfall does both. — “Take the Backlit by the sunny window and masked by the dark bloody shot!” — hallway, Bond just stands there in a distorted haze. This on shaky moral teasing shot captures Skyfall in micro: an immaculately ground. Dench photographed film that places Bond between past and has been the series future, paying tribute to his history while forming a dis- steady since tinctly new identity. 1995’s Goldeneye Movies today obsess over being the next big thing so and Skyfall affords much that they overlook the pleasures of fusing multiple, the Dame her smaller things. Skyfall is not a “high concept” film, in that meatiest role yet. it cannot be summed up in a one-sentence pitch. Casino Only Bond surRoyale, the first in the so-called franchise reboot with passes M in screen Daniel Craig, aggressively distanced itself from its legacy time, and she — “Vodka martini.” “Shaken or stirred?” “Do I look like rivals in lines spoI give a damn?” — while the last film, Quantum of Solace, ken. M treats posited Bond as an action hero when, as Roger Ebert puts Bond like a son, it, “he is an attitude.” That attitude returns, with Bond with all the impaonce again bedding beautiful women (Bérénice Lim tience a mother Marlohe) and taking time to adjust the sleeve of his suit would have for after jumping onto a collapsing train. But director Sam such cheek, and Mendes and screenwriters John Logan, Neal Purvis and the script has fun Robert Wade shroud Bond in a layer of doubt and mys- with their relationship, inverting romantic staples like tery that the recent films have flirted with yet never fully “Why didn’t you call?” to mix arch authority with materdeveloped. nal concern. In action films, there are few ways to trigger an exisEven Silva has some strange “mommy” thing with M, tential crisis both profound and palatable, but killing off though his obsession with killing her belongs more in the the main character 15 minutes in must be one. After a house of Atreus than any working relationship. Javier reliably thrilling pursuit through the linen shops and fruit Bardem balances the camp of the Blofelds and Goldfingers markets of Istanbul, M (Judi Dench), the head of British before him with the composed anarchy of Heath Ledger’s intelligence agency Joker. Silva takes more than a few cues MI6, orders field agent from The Dark Knight: Always one Skyfall Eve (Naomie Harris) to step ahead, he compares himself to a “take the bloody shot,” “rat” (remember The Joker’s dog analDirected by Sam Mendes with both Bond and a ogy?) and fascinates us with a mix of Featuring Daniel Craig, bad guy in the humor, sadism and disfigurement Javier Bardem and crosshairs. The bullet (and I’m not referring to the wig). Of hits Bond, who falls off course, Bardem owns the part. What Naomie Harris a moving train and starts as a superficial display of plummets into a raging strength — pay attention to how he waterfall a good 100 rolls his eyes and forces a laugh — feet below. This scene transitions into Adele’s title song, stiffens to homoerotic queasiness before unraveling to with visuals dominated less by the usual naked lady out- full-out animalism. This is the best Bond villain in lines and more by Gothic, visceral and M.C. Escher frac- decades and the best movie antagonist since Hans Landa tal imagery. There is one animation where Bond shoots in Inglourious Basterds. mirrors surrounding him, suggesting a split in identity or Skyfall may be the first “auteur” Bond film, and I’m some Freudian metaphor primed for over-analyzing. It all not referring to the work of director Sam Mendes. The sets the tone for the “resurrection” motif that runs soul of this film is indebted to cinematographer Roger through the film; both Bond and M must confront their Deakins, Hollywood’s greatest living cameraman, age and failings in order to reconcile them with their known for his collaborations with Mendes and the duties. Coen Brothers (Barton Fink through True Grit). Bond — who doesn’t really die, in case you’re worry- Deakins enhances the globetrotting adventure typical of ZACHARY ZAHOS Sun Arts and Entertainment Editor

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a Bond film by imbuing each locale with a distinct color and lens technique. The Chinese port city of Macau glows yellow against inky black skies, balancing fantasy with sharp acutance. Harsh sunlight saturates the ransacked island colony where Bond first meets Silva. The fog of the Scottish Highlands extends into oblivion through careful manipulation of natural light reminiscent of Days of Heaven (a nod to The Third Man in a sewer chase and Apocalypse Now during a helicopter attack). Skyfall’s most stunning set piece is in Shanghai, which apparently radiates blue everywhere — tunnels, road signs, computer screens, escalators, you name it. The metropolis looks like the futuristic nightclubs in the Mass Effect video games. It serves well for a noir-esque action scene in a skyscraper, where shadows cloak Bond as he sneaks through glass doors to take out an assasPHOTOS COURTESY OF MGM FILMS sin. The hand-tohand brawl is pitch-black, save for a few muzzle flashes from the assassin’s rifle. Even with such theatrical presentation, the sparse use of light and exacting audio pack a punch. Deakins heightens the exoticism intrinsic to the series by transporting Bond not only to different cities but singular worlds. Skyfall reminds us how old Bond is — surely a metacommentary during the franchise’s 50-year anniversary. James Bond’s redemption in this film doubles as a resurrection of the character’s vitality for our age. Skyfall takes on new with old (Albert Finney plays a figure from Bond’s childhood), old with new (youthful Ben Whishaw brings the MI6 Quartermaster “Q” to the 21st century) and composite with middle-aged (Ralph Fiennes as the male complement to Dench’s M). But as Q reminds Bond at their first meeting inside the National Gallery, “Age is no guarantee of efficiency.” For those unfamiliar with names like “Bernard Lee” and “Desmond Llewelyn,” Skyfall remains a uniquely modern film, approaching a story that began in the Cold War with relativist sensibility and production values both visionary and state-of-theart. And for those of us who consider the Bond canon one with our own, let us collectively weep at the sight of 007 driving his Aston Martin DB5 across the Scottish countryside as the soundtrack strums “duh dadada duh da da da duh dadada duh da da da …” Zachary Zahos is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at arts-and-entertainment-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Talk trending children’s books with a librarian and you’ll likely evoke a groan. Critics cringe at the vapidity of modern children’s literature: a genre that, excepting gems like the Harry Potter series, is overshadowed by millions of girls (and their mothers) swooning over suave vampire protagonists. But sex, and adult themes for that matter, infiltrated children and adolescents’ books centuries before Twilight. Venture to Kroch Library’s newly-opened exhibition, “Wardrobes and Rabbit Holes — A Dark History of Children’s Literature,” and you’ll find that parents have been reading their children bedtime stories thick with death, racism and violence since the days of Mother Goose. Take James Janeway’s collection of stories, A Token for Children. The Puritan minister published his book in 1672 to prepare rosy-cheeked children to … well, die. Not quite Peter Rabbit, the children’s book proffers vignettes of youth dying in their beds and seeks to lecture (read: scare silly) mere babes into seeking salvation. If parents had doubts about the necessity of the good death, Janeway was quick to rebuff them. “They are not too little to die … [and] not too little to go to hell,” he wrote. The words caught on. In an era of rampant tetanus and plague, when one in every three English children died before his or her sixth birthday, Janeway’s book became a bestseller — claiming widespread popularity for the next two centuries. It certainly didn’t make for light reading. The fables that emerged out of the last two centuries also sought to save children from eternal damnation. The exhibition’s curator wryly noted that authors did not

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hesitate to wield graphic imagery or violence in fables to issue lessons on good Christian behavior to children. A cursory look at this portion of the exhibition’s works was enough to convince me of that. The titular characters of Wilhelm Busch’s 1865 fable, Max und Moritz, are dumped into a sawmill, ground up and fed to ducks for misbehaving. (Busch, perhaps a simple grounding would have sufficed?) Heinrich Hoffman issues an equally jarring admonition in his book, Struwwelpeter, in which a son who continues sucking his thumb has both his thumbs cut off by a tailor. Again, a little extreme. I would have nixed my childhood thumbsucking habit in a heartbeat had my parents put me to sleep with Hoffman. The exhibit also put the spotlight on the

racism, xenophobia and the glorification of imperialism that began to seep into children’s literature as globalization occurred. If Janeway sought to teach children how to obtain eternal salvation, some 19th century authors took up storytelling to impress “proper” views of the world on children. Thomas Nelson’s Picture Alphabet of Nations of the World taught young girls and boys that T is for Turks, and “The Turks are lazy and stupid.” Underlying the singsong alphabet of Nelson’s picture book is a disturbing message: Those who are similar to us are good, and those who don’t look or act like us are bad. That theme would be reprinted in stories like the Third Reich’s children’s book, The Father of the Jews is the Devil — a darker genre of literature that, through carica-

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tures, prodded the growth of ethnocentric, nationalistic views in children. Leaving the exhibition, I was struck, and perhaps disturbed by, the power that children’s literature has yielded over its audience through the ages. It is not surprising that authors insert their morals and values into their works, but it is disorienting to see authorial agendas scripted into the outwardly innocent primary colors and rhymes of children’s books. After all, children are impressionable. Their values are molded from everything around them — including the stories their parents tell them, and the battered-up picture books their sticky fingers pick up from the library. Just as you might have claimed, at some point, that your life was altered by a song, it is likely the younger you began shaping conceptions of death, sex and morality from books. At the last, you developed the groundwork for some of your beliefs before you could test their integrity beyond the playground. I began to understand the uproar that books like To Kill a Mockingbird have evoked, spawning “Banned Books” lists and ferocious calls for removal from libraries and schools through the decades. While I certainly don’t believe in censorship, I acknowledge that many children’s books, despite their simple plotlines, squeeze their own definitions of good and bad into each “happily ever after” — messages that you may or may not agree with. A few minutes spent exploring Kroch’s exhibition were enough to convince me of this. It is never too early to be educated. Don’t assume that children’s books, not bearing the outward didacticism of a Machiavellian treatise, lack agendas of their own. Akane Otani is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at news-editor@cornellsun.com.

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Ithaca Film Festival Preview BY HENRY STALEY Sun Staff Writer

To many, Ithaca can seem too secluded and detached from the rest of the world. Every so often, however, Ithaca provides an opportunity to access rare cultural achievements from the entire globe. This weekend, the first Ithaca Film Festival will be celebrated at Cinemapolis and Cornell Cinema. The festival will feature first-class entertainment from South Korea, Australia, Japan, France, Germany and the U.S. Even if you don’t consider yourself a film connoisseur, do not shy away. I sat down with festival organizer Hugues Barbier grad, plant biology, who promises that the festival will reward every type of student and viewers of any degree of cinematic understanding. Barbier had organized a similar festival in Strasbourg, France that took place every month and focused more on horror movies and underappreciated genre titles. Upon arrival at Cornell, he was disappointed by the absence of a comparable gathering. With the help of other cinephiles in the area, he selected a broad array of films. He described the selection process, “we chose for three different parts: an international competition, a retrospective and special screenings.” “The international screenings will feature some films that have not been released yet. We have anticipated foreign releases that we think are going to be super good and we want to promote them,” he said. These include films such as Wrong, an absurd tale from French actor-director Quentin Dupieux that follows a lonesome man in search of his dog. King of Pigs, which will be screened at 6 p.m. on Saturday, is a Korean animated feature that flashes its characters back to their revolt against high school bullies.

Resolution, an American film which he calls “one of the most original low-budget genre movies of 2012,” at 8 p.m. Saturday, followed by a 10 p.m. showing of Inhuman Resources, an Australian serial killer thriller with a heavy dose of social commentary and humor. Pay special attention to the retrospective, which will revisit the glories of Australian Exploitation films. The classic Mel Gibson revenge film Mad Max (1979), often cited as one of the most influential action movies to date, will be screened. The film was directed by George Miller who was a Biology/Pre-Med student, a fact Barbier believes emphasizes how these screenings will entice students of any major. Also influential are Patrick, Stunt Rock and Peter Weir’s college tale Picnic at Hanging Rock. Weir is the most noteworthy export of Australian directors and, after his days of Australian New Wave features, came to the U.S. to direct Dead Poets’ Society, The Truman Show and Master and Commander. Quentin Tarantino fans might be glad to learn that the Kill Bill series pays overt homage to Patrick and that Tarantino once said of the Stunt Rock director, “If you don’t like Brian Trenchard-Smith . . . get the fuck out of here!” Among the special features is Society, a film that Barbier predicts will have a cult following in the near future. Director Brian Yuzna will be at the screening to introduce the film and answer questions from the audience. Also playing are Holy Motors, a French picaresque featuring Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue and My Amityville Horror, an American documentary recounting the inspiration for the 1978 Long Island haunted house classic, Amityville Horror, and its countless sequels and remakes. However esoteric these films appear, they are high quality entertainment with universal appeal. Barbier

explains, “We’ve seen around 300 different movies and chosen the best. The selection is a trade-off between diversity of locations and quality.” For a student body representing 110 countries of origin, the festival will reach many of the different cultures present at Cornell. These showings hark back to many languages, myriad folklores and countless international film cliques. Those of you hesitant to pay the ticket prices, keep in mind the caliber of film you could be choosing from. The festival ensures that “not only are these movies great and cool to watch with your friends, but they also have a political statement behind them,” Barbier corroborated that independent film “is the perfect way for saying something that in a studio framework, you would not be able to say.” Take advantage of these windows to foreign countries and historical periods that Ithaca is providing. Ithaca has the ability to float events that would sink amongst apathy and bureaucratic pacing in other larger cities. Barbier credited the residents of Ithaca as especially helpful in producing the event, “Ithaca is interesting. The community is really nice and has lots of possibilities for grants and if you’ve got a nice festival, the institutions and the citizens will support you ... I think here we’ve got a crowd of interested college students and a community that is very supportive of the arts. These two things groups build a very strong community here.” The Ithaca International Fantastic Film Festival will be held from Friday to Sunday at Cinemapolis and Cornell Cinema. Henry Staley is a freshman in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning. He can be reached at hstaley@cornellsun.com.

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look to pick up the slack in a powerful Quakers offense. “Penn is big and physical — they’ve always been big and physical,” Minor said. “They have really big running backs, they have a really big offensive line and they’re just athletic everywhere. They’re really disciplined, so we’re going to have to focus on execution and being able to stop the run.” Limiting Penn’s rushing attack would also put Cornell’s young secondary in the comfort zone it was in during the first half against the Lions. Freshman cornerback Jarrod-Watson Lewis recorded the first two interceptions of his career and junior defensive lineman Kevin Marchand snatched another pick before halftime last Saturday to help the Red build a 17-10 lead. Speaking of interceptions, Cornell threw three more last week to bring its season total to 12 and spur its second-half collapse in the 17-point defeat. The Red offense must be squeaky clean to pull off the upset and prevent a three-game losing streak. A perennially strong Penn defense has recorded 11 interceptions in 2012 and the Quakers held Harvard to 295 yards of total offense while tallying six sacks. Tasker praised the visitors’ defense but insisted that Cornell’s approach remain the same. “They have a good defensive line and a good pass rush,” Tasker said. “They’re smart players and they play their defense the way they want to. But if we start hurrying, that’s when things are going to start falling apart. They’re going to make their plays, too, and after that the most important thing is the next play and getting back on track. We just need to keep the ball in our hands and move the ball a little better than we have the past two weeks.” In the fifth-most played rivalry in college football, Cornell has zero outright titles in its history, a sting that will persist for at least another year. As consolation, a last-stand victory against the Quakers could force a three-way tie for the championship between Penn, Princeton and Harvard — which includes two teams the Red would have beaten. “It’s not as good as being the Ivy League Champs, but not many people can say [they were] 2-1 against the Ivy League Champs — we beat Princeton, if we win we’ll have beaten Penn and we lost to Harvard,” Minor said. “Even though it’s not really an improvement from last year because we’ll still end up being 55, we’ll have proven that we can play with the top teams.” Perhaps spending two years competing with the top teams will soon enough catapult the Red towards being one of those top teams. Quintin Schwab can be reached at qschwab@cornellsun.com.

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And now, because your mother makes men out of boys, presenting the only REAL rank M in the Ivy League: Corey “Racism Hurts” Chang Evan “Udder Lover” Holmes Inky “Hop and Scream” Lamson Baba “Cookies > Trash Cans” Yaga Peter “Dancing Machine” Csernica Kelly “Gotta Catch ‘em All” Rico Michelle “Late Bloomer” Yanda Darren “Slap My Fro” Hale Jess “GILF” Kane

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putting together 60 minutes.” Schafer also discussed how the team’s mentality is an extremely crucial part of the Red’s game. “It’s about understanding what kind of hockey team we need to be to be successful,” he said. “We are a blue collar team that’s got pretty good skill, that has to play physical, push the pace, wear teams down and be good in special teams. And that’s who we are — we step outside that box, we’re in trouble. I think any team once they step outside the box of their identity is in trouble.” According to Esposito, the team has been working

hard at this and is hoping it will lead to better results this weekend. “I think for us to be who we want to be, we have to work hard,” he said. “We know what we want to do, we just have to go out there and do it.” Schafer feels confident that if the Red can manage that, it will see more success on the ice. “If we address that issue, we’ll give ourselves an opportunity to be successful … Hopefully that mentality comes out loud and clear seven o’clock on Friday night,” he said. Dani Abada can be reached at dabada@cornellsun.com.

Seniors Look to Go Out on Top With Victory FOOTBALL

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The Quakers, under Football Championship Subdivision’s winningest active coach Al Bagnoli, are not satisfied with just tying for the title, especially since a little revenge is on the line. Cornell handed the current Penn senior class its only ever home loss with last year’s 48-38 season-ending triumph in Philadelphia, Pa. “We all know that Penn remembers that we beat them on their home field,” said Cornell junior defensive end and defensive co-captain Tre’ Minor. “So we need to make sure that we can just keep the energy up that we had last year and still make sure that we have something to play for.” Cornell has the same goals tomorrow as it had when entering the 2011 finale, namely a .500

record and a farewell win for its seniors. Due to the club’s high expectations for 2012, the team probably feels more discouraged now than at this time last year, but senior wide receiver and special teams co-captain Luke Tasker said the battle with the Quakers still offers a significant opportunity. “This season has had its ups and downs, but it’s been a rewarding process and it would just mean the most for me and the [23] other seniors to go out on top this week,” said Tasker, who set the program’s single-season receiving yardage record (1,097) in the loss to the Lions said. “It’s just about making the most of the last opportunity as a class with this team and this group of guys.” “We’re really trying to dedicate this one to our seniors,” Minor added.

Penn, meanwhile, has the championship on its mind, though the Quakers’ quest for sole possession of Ivy bling is in the hands of senior backup quarterback Alex Holland. Senior Billy Ragone had started 25 consecutive games before injuring his ankle against the Crimson, but his absence may not deliver as big of a blow as the Red would like. Holland has played in every game this season, completing 63 percent of his passes for 572 yards and four touchdowns and, in fact, a better passing efficiency than Holland. Ragone was Penn’s leading rusher though. Senior running backs Lyle Marsh (6-0, 235 lbs.) and Jeff Jack (5-11, 215), who have combined for 804 yards and four touchdowns on the ground, See FOOTBALL page 12

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SPORTS ROUND

DANI ABADA

SCOTT ESTHER ANNIE RUBY CHIUSANO HOFFMAN NEWCOMB PERLMUTTER

LAUREN RITTER

UINTIN SCHROEDER Q SCHWAB

JEFF STEIN

HALEY VELASCO

CORNELL V. PENN

PENN

CORNELL

PENN

CORNELL

YALE V. HARVARD

HARVARD

COLUMBIA V. BROWN

BROWN

COLUMBIA

BROWN

COLUMBIA

BROWN

COLUMBIA

BROWN

PRINCETON V. DARTMOUTH

PRINCETON

DARTMOUTH

PRINCETON

DARTMOUTH

PRINCETON

DARTMOUTH

PRINCETON

DARTMOUTH

USC V. UCLA

USC

UCLA

USC

UCLA

USC

TEXAS TECH V. OKLAHOMA ST

OKLAHOMA ST

TEMPLE V. ARMY

ARMY

TEMPLE

ARMY

TEMPLE

ARMY

RAVENS V. STEELERS

RAVENS

STEELERS

RAVENS

STEELERS

RAVENS

STEELERS

EAGLES V. REDSKINS

REDSKINS

EAGLES

REDSKINS

EAGLES

JETS V. RAMS

RAMS

JETS

RAMS

JETS

RAMS

LAST WEEK

4-6

6-4

5-5

7-3

5-5

3-7

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60-30

53-37

55-35

43-47

56-34

55-35

61-39

51-39

54-36

OKLAHOMA ST OKLAHOMA ST OKLAHOMA ST

OKLAHOMA ST

OKLAHOMA ST OKLAHOMA ST OKLAHOMA ST

OKLAHOMA ST OKLAHOMA ST

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2012

MEN’S HOCKEY

Cornell-Harvard Rivarly Returns to Lynah Rink By DANI ABADA Sun Assistant Sports Edtior

In what is sure to be a big weekend, #10/10 Cornell (32-1, 1-2-1 ECAC Hockey) — the defending Ivy League champion — hosts Harvard on Friday and Dartmouth on Saturday. Harvard (3-2, 2-2) will be hitting the road for the first time this season as it heads to Lynah for the annual RedCrimson rivalry. The game on Friday is set for 7:30 p.m. “It’s one of those things you kind of look forward to, it’s on your calendar every year and you’re counting down the

OLIVER KLIEWE / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Counting down | The Red is finally set to take on rival Harvard at home tonight.

days until we get to play Harvard, so I’m excited,” said defenseman and tri-captain Braden Birch. “It never loses its excitement so I think we’re all ready to go.” The Cornell-Harvard hockey rivalry has a rich and vibrant history. “The game itself is a great environment — it’s electric,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86 “It’s exciting for fans and players alike and we’ve enjoyed the rivalry over the course of many, many years and I’m sure this game will live up to the hype as it does every year.” The Lynah Faithful take this very seriously and traditionally throw fish on the ice. “It’s always a great game,” Schafer said. “I hope our fans just throw fish — in the last couple years they’ve started throwing all kinds of stuff on the ice that just doesn’t make any sense. It’s a great tradition, one we don’t want to ever see die here, but it’s just about if the fans are going to throw it, throw it. Throw the fish early and get it out of there and enjoy the tradition and don’t throw anything in after that.” Last year, the Red and the Crimson went 1-1-1. Cornell won the teams’ first meeting on Nov. 11 at the Bright Center, 4-2, and then tied with Harvard at their Lynah meeting, 2-2, on Jan. 21. The Crimson went on to earn a 61 victory over the Red in the ECAC Hockey semifinals on March 16 in Atlantic City, N.J. Cornell holds a 71-60-8 lead over Harvard in the all-time series match-up. “They are going to bring it either way,” Birch said. “It’s their first road trip. They are going to come hard, so we’re excited … I think we’ve got a lot more to prove definitely. Every weekend is a big weekend, especially playing college hockey we are only playing I guess 36 games so every weekend is important, but I think a lot of guys have things to prove and as a team we have things to prove [this weekend].” This year, the famed Cornell-Harvard game will be broadcasted on a national scale on NBC Sports Network. Furthermore, the network is sending Mike Emrick and Pierre McGuire — who usually cover NHL match-ups — to handle play-by-play and color analyst duties, respectively. “[Playing on televsion] is great for our alumni, and for our fans across the country to be able to see,” Schafer said. “Especially when hockey is not going on at the NHL level,

FOOTBALL

Red Takes On Ivy League Leading Penn at Home By QUINTIN SCHWAB Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell football team will have a role in determining the 2012 Ivy League Champion after all, but not the way the Red had hoped. Tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. on Schoellkopf Field, Cornell (45, 2-4 Ivy) aims to end a disappointing season by playing spoiler on Senior Day against rival Penn (5-4, 5-1), who can clinch its third outright conference title in four

years with a win. The Red’s inconsistent year reached rock bottom last weekend when hapless Columbia forced four second-half turnovers and scored 27 unanswered points to roll to a 34-17 victory in Manhattan, N.Y. Penn, on the other hand, earned at least a share of the Ancient Eight crown with a thorough 30-21 home win over preseason favorite Harvard. See FOOTBALL page 14

OLIVER KLIEWE / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Spoiler alert | Junior quarterback Jeff Mathews and the Red look to prevent Penn from sharing part of the Ivy title with a win on Saturday.

it gets out to a national level to people that are hungry to watch a game of hockey.” Dartmouth (5-0-1, 4-0) is the only ECAC team that remains undefeated in the league. Saturday’s game — which has a 7 p.m. puck drop — will also be televised, this time regionally by Time Warner Cable Sports. “They are 4-0 and watching them on video, their forwards are extremely strong, they seem to have really good special teams,” Schafer said. “We matched up well with them in the past. We had a great series against them last year here so [we are] looking forward to both games. Both games are extremely important with them sitting at 4-0 in the league, it is going to be important for us to come in here on Saturday and get victory and bring them back to the pack.” The Red is coming off two weekend losses last weekend. Cornell fell to Princeton, 5-3, on Nov. 9 and then again to Quinnipiac, 3-1, on Nov. 10. “They came out to play and we didn’t … that’s the bottom line,” said senior forward John Esposito. “They outworked us, they out battled us, they out hit us.” Despite last weekend’s disappointing results, Schafer is trying to move forward and prepare his team for the upcoming weekend battles. “You always learn from losing a hockey game,” he said. “Good teams learn from losing and from winning. You don’t want to ever get too low or too high coming off of a great weekend … You want to address your issues that you have as a team and we have addressed that this week in practice and we’re looking for that to translate into a better performance this weekend.” According to Birch, one thing the team has been working on is keeping the momentum going for a full 60 minutes. “[We] have to be focused, also we have to have a higher compete level,” he said. “I think there are parts of the games where we lost some focus and lost some energy and that kind of hurt us, so I think it’s competing for the full 60, it’s playing Cornell hockey for the full 60 … I don’t think we really put together a full game yet so I think it’s really about See M. HOCKEY page 14

Men’s Basketball Comes Up Short in Late Game Run A second half comeback effort was not enough to lift the Red (1-1) over St. Bonaventure (2-0) on Wednesday night. Though the Red fought back from a 14 point deficit — outscoring the Bonnies by seven in the second half — it was unable to come up with a big shot in the waning seconds of the game, and eventually fell 72-68. The length and physical play of the Bonnies in the first half gave the Red a hard time on offense. Though sophomore guard Devin Cherry put up six points in six minutes off the bench, the Red went into the locker room down by eleven. The second period was a different story, though. When Bonnies’ big man Youssou Ndoye went to the bench with an injury three minutes into the half, the Red’s offense came alive. Led by senior forward Errick Peck — who had 17 points and seven rebounds — the Red exploded for an 11-2 scoring run, to put them down by two with 12 minutes left. Cherry had eight more points in the second half, helping the Red to get back into its quick transition game by pushing the ball up the floor. Though the Red continued to chip away on offense, the Bonnies seemed to find an answer every time down the court and were still up by eight with 1:30 left in the game. The Red were not ready to give up, though, and a jumper by Cherry followed by an And-1 by sophomore guard Galal Cancer cut the lead in half. After the Bonnies missed two free throws, sophomore forward Shonn Miller connected at the rim to put the Red down by two with 23 seconds left. After a turnover, Cherry drew a foul on the other end, but only made one. Coming out of a timeout with nine seconds

left down by three, the Red got a great look at the basket. Senior forward Josh Figni — who had hit a big three earlier in the half — found the ball in his hands at the top of the key, but was unable to connect and the Red could not corral the rebound. The Red will try to shake off the disappointing loss tonight at 8 p.m. against St. Peters at home. --Compiled by Scott Chiusano

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Although it looked like Harvard was a runaway favorite for the Ivy League championship last year, Penn surprised many Ancient Eight fans by coming within one game of forcing a tiebreaker to decide who would wear the crown. The Crimson may have escaped with an NCAA tournament bid, but the magic of a Top-25 ranking and first bid in almost 70 years evaporated with a first round exit. This year, the Ivy League — with the Crimson’s roster rocked by a cheating scandal at the start of the academic year — looks to be wide open and full of surprises once again as the teams head into the season.

BROWN BEARS

2011: 7-3, 4-3 Ivy The Bears finished second to last in the conference and last in scoring defense, allowing just under 70 points per game to Ivy opponents last s e a s o n . Nevertheless, Brown returns its top two scorers in junior guard Sean McGonagill and senior guard Stephen Albrecht. The Bears’ lineup is guard heavy, though, with only one player on the roster — sophomore center Rafael Maia — taller than 6-8. Maia did not play a single game as a freshman, and will have to become accustomed to being a big man on the collegiate level very quickly in order to compete with the frontcourts of teams like Princeton and Cornell.

COLUMBIA LIONS

2011: 1-9, 1-6 Ivy Though the Lions struggled with only four wins in the conference last year, the squad returns all three of its top scorers in senior guard Brian Barbour, junior guard Meiko Lyles and senior center Mark Cisco. The trio combined for 36 points per game last season, with Barbour leading the attack with 15.5 points. Cisco was fifth in the league in rebounding with 7.2 per game. The Lions are the only team in the Ancient Eight to return this much offense. Combine this with the fact that the team was second in the league in scoring defense — only allowing an average of 62.5 points per game — the Lions have an opportunity to quietly climb up the ranks of the Ivy League this season.

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2011: 9-1, 7-0 Ivy Caught up in a school wide cheating scandal, the Crimson lost its co-captains and leading scorers in Brandyn Curry and Kyle Casey coming into this season. After being implicated in the scandal, both players withdrew from the school in order to retain eligibility to play one more year of college basketball. Casey and Curry combined for 19 points per game last season, and Curry led the

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and eleventh in Ivy League history in blocks with 149 in his career. After suffering these losses, in order to repeat as Ivy champions, the Crimson will need production out of junior guard Laurent Rivard and sophomore guard Wesley Saunders, who were both important role players for the squad last year.

PENN QUAKERS

2011: 5-5, 4-3 Ivy The Ivy runner-ups from last season have a lot of offense to make up for if they want to compete at the top of the conference again. The Quakers lost top two scorers in Zack Rosen and Tyler Bernadini. Rosen — an explosive player offensive who averaged 18.2 points per game — finished the season as the Ivy League’s leading scorer. Bernadini was not far behind at seventh in the league with 12.2 points per game. The Quakers do have the return of junior guard Miles Cartwright, who chipped in with 10.8 points per game last year. With a roster devoid of seniors, Cartwright will have to be a leader both on the floor and in the locker room, if the Quakers are to make some noise in the league.

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PRINCETON TIGERS

2011: 1-9, 1-6 Ivy The most decorated Ivy League basketball team, with 26 Ivy titles and 24 tournament appearances are the Tigers, who have the good fortune of returning the league’s third leading scorer and fourth leading rebounder from last season — senior forward Ian Hummer. Hummer averaged 16.1 points and 7.3 boards per game, and remains one of the league’s top big men. The Tigers have suffered the loss of guard Doug Davis, though, who graduated as the second-leading scorer in program history. Hummer is joined by junior guard T.J. Bray — who is averaging 5.5 assists so far this season — and 6-11 center Brendan Connolly, the Tigers have the length and speed to return to the top of the conference this season.

YALE BULLDOGS

2011: 5-5, 4-3 Ivy The Bulldogs had a solid 201112 campaign with nine wins and a fourth place finish in the Ivy League. However, the squad also said goodbye to its top two scorers in Greg Mangano DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN and Reggie 2011: 5-5, 4-3 Ivy Whillite. Mangano Dartmouth had a dismal 2011— a lanky 6-10 center — was second 12 campaign, finishing in the cellar in the league in scoring with 18.2 of the league with just one conferpoints per game and first in reboundence win. The sole ing with bright spot for the 9.7 boards. Green was the play IVY LEAGUE Senior of freshman Jvonte guards PRESEASON Brooks, who led OLIVER KLIEWE / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER Michael the squad in scorMEDIA POLL Scandalous | After receiving their first NCAA tournament bid in nearly 70 years, Grace and ing with 9.4 points Austin the Harvard Crimson has slowly slipped off the radar after a cheating scandal per game. He was a four-time recipM organ forced the team’s co-captains and leading scorers to withdraw from the school. 1. PRINCETON (134) ient of the Ivy League Rookie-of— who the-week and was the team’s MVP. 2. HARVARD (109) Freshman guard Alex Mitola has also shown team with 4.9 assists. This shock comes side-by- combined for 17 3. COLUMBIA (90) some promise in early on this season, scoring side with the loss of the Crimson’s formidable points last year — 4. CORNLL (80) 17 points in a loss to in-state rival UNH this big man, Keith Wright and craft point guard will have to use 5. PENN (74) week. Brooks and Mitola will need to provide a Oliver McNally to graduation. Wright and quickness to generate 6. YALE (55) significant chunk of the Green’s offense if the McNally tore up their Ivy competition in their offense without the 7. BROWN (50) team wants to improve at all this season, and senior campaign, combining for an average of presence of Mangano 8. DARTMOUTH (20) relying on two underclassmen could be the 18 points. Wright was also named to the All- as a go-to option in Ivy first team and ranks first in school history the paint. squad’s downfall.

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score against St. Bonaventure on Wednesday, scoring 17 points and grabbing seven boards before fouling out in the final minutes of the loss. According t o

In its first game against Western Michigan, the Red was relentless on defense, holding the Broncos to just 30% shooting from the floor. This solid defensive effort was led by the forwards, who combined for eleven blocks and five steals. With length and depth at this position, the Red will look to its for- Chemerinski, wards especially for defensive pres- the depth the squad has at sure. “Defense is always emphasized in this position somepractice, it’s going to be an important is part of our success,” said senior for- thing that ward Eitan Chemerinski. “We did a will benefit good job [against Western Michigan] the team as getting onto the help side and getting the season wears on. some weak side blocks.” “Coach Leading the attack defensively and offensively is sophomore forward e m p h a s i z e s on Shonn Miller — the reigning Ivy resting League Rookie of the Year. Miller the bench averaged 6.1 rebounds per game last in order to year, and finished the season second play with in the conference in blocked shots a lot of e n e r g y, ” with 48. said. On Saturday, Miller was a wall in he paint, the swatting six shots — two FRONTCOURT 2011-12 STATS of which ended up PLAYER YEAR PPG RPG behind the Shonn Miller Sophomore 8.9 6.1 home team’s Eitan Chemerinski Junior 5.9 2.8 bench. Joining Josh Figini Senior 4.3 2.1 Miller in the 3.3 2.8 Dwight Tarwater Junior frontcourt is Dave LaMore Sophomore 1.9 1.2 senior forward Errick Peck, who is returning from an injury that sidelined him “We’ll always for his entire junior year. However, have guys to Peck was one of the Red’s main step in and options in his sophomore campaign, there won’t be averaging 11 points and 3.6 a drop off.” Because rebounds off the bench. His explosive moves to the basket and ability C h e m to get to the free throw line will take e r i n s k i , and some of the pressure of scoring off Miller are all Miller. Peck proved his ability to Peck

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Dynamite defense | Senior forward Eitan Chemerinski will help the Cornell forwards maintain dominance for the rest of the season.

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RELENTLESS RED LOOKS TO FORWARDS ON DEFENSIVE END DEPTH ON THE BENCH GIVES STARTERS REST starters, an integral part of that depth will be senior forward Josh Figini and junior forward Dwight Tarwater. Figini gave the Red an important spark off the bench last season, putting up 4.3 points and 2.1 rebounds a game. At 6-9 with the ability to step out and hit from beyond the arc as well, Figini can draw larger defenders out to the perimeter and open up space for offensive rebounding. Ta r w a t e r made seven starts as a junior, giving Cornell a solid 3.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.

Beyond these five forwards who have already been given significant minutes, the Red can also look to senior Peter McMillan, sophomores Dave LaMore and Nenad Tomic and freshman Holt Harmon to give the starters some extra rest. Sophomore Deion Giddens and freshman Braxton Bunce also provide some significant height as centers, though Giddens can also play forward. At 6-11, Bunce is the tallest player on the Red’s roster, but is sidelined for the start of this season with an injury. Chemerinski noted that this extra rest would be especially important considering the style of basketball the Red plays. “We’re a quick team, the transition game will be a way to get easy baskets,” he said. “As bigs, we have to run the floor to get guys open and create those easy opportunities.” With all three starting forwards healthy for the first time this season, and with plenty of options off the bench that can give the starters a breather from the squad’s fast paced transition game, the Red’s frontcourt will be a steadfast backbone for the defense.

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Rookie of the Year Miller Returns By SKYLER DALE

of the Year Award],” Miller said. And according to Courtney, he’s “continuing to get better.” On Monday night the men’s Though he matched his basketball team blocked 13 point-scoring average from last shots — one shy of its all time season with 9 points in the record. Of those 13 rejections, team’s opener against Western six of them came from one man: Michigan, Courtney says he can sophomore be even forward more proS h o n n “If it wasn’t for other people to set me up, I would not have gotten ductive this Miller. season. In the [the Ivy League Rookie of the Year Award.]” “He did2011-2012 —Shonn Miller n’t have the campaign offensive Miller made game that his presence known on defense ly took home the Ivy League he’s been having in scrimmages blocking more than forty shots Rookie of the Year award. He for us. We know he’s going to and setting the team’s all time also ranked among the top 10 pick that up also.” record for blocks from a fresh- freshman scorers in school hisWith tremendous skills on man. His total of forty-six was tory with his 250 points, aver- both the offensive and defensecond in the Ivy League. Miller aged 8.9 points per game, and sive ends, Miller has one big also finished the season with recorded three double-doubles goal in mind for his career on 170 rebounds and averaged 1.3 last season. the hill. steals a game. “I would like to be known as “If it wasn’t for other people “He’s just a tremendous to set me up, I would not have one of the best guys to play [at defender,” says head coach Bill gotten [the Ivy League Rookie Cornell].” Sun Staff Writer

Courtney. “He can guard one through five position-wise, he can rebound the basketball, [and] obviously his shot blocking is unbelievable. Last season, Miller picked up Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors five times and eventual-

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Returning in Red| Sophomore Shonn Miller returns for the Red as the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year last year.

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few to graduation, the team look to replace them at the guard position.

Gray Works His Way Up By SCOTT CHIUSANO Sun Assistant Sports Editor

RED RELIES ON BACK-HALF DEPTH

Fresh Guards Ready To Take Court

By ALBERT LIAO Sun Staff Writer

Last year, Cornell’s two leading scorers were the two senior captain guards, Chris Wroblewski ’12 and Drew Ferry ’12. With the gradation of both, it will obviously be hard to replace the production and leadership of both players on the court. The Red will attempt to replace the impact of the duo by relying on great depth in the backcourt. Seniors

Losing this shooting ability is not easy; although the Red will still be a threat from deep, the team plans on getting more points near the rim, according to Asafo-Adjei. “This year, we won’t shoot as many threes as we have in the past,” Asafo-Adjei said. “A lot of our focus this year is on getting out in transition and scoring easy baskets, whether that is layups or quick post ups. However, when we have the opportunity to shoot threes, we still

Gray, Cressler and Scelfo should contribute to Red’s three-point game this season. Miles Asafo-Adjei and Johnny Gray, sophomore Galal Cancer and freshman Nolan Cressler are all expected to play big minutes at the guard positions. “I think our depth at the guard position is something that we’ll depend on all year,” Asafo-Adjei assessed. “Against Western Michigan, it was tough for us to get started offensively, but Nolan [Cressler] came in and had a great game for us and got it started on the offensive end; this speaks to the depth we have at the guard position and all the different guys who can contribute at any time.” Along with Wroblewski and Ferry, Max Groebe ’12 has also graduated from last year’s team — arguably the best three shooters from last year.

will. With Gray and Cressler and some other guys like [junior guard] Dom Scelfo, we’re still a good threepoint shooting team, but it will not be our emphasis like it has been in the past.” One key player to watch for this year will be Cressler, who won Ivy League Rookie of the Week after his spectacular 20 point performance. According to Asafo-Adjei, although he’s just a freshman, the Red expects huge production from him this season. “Nolan is the first name that comes to mind,” Asafo-Adjei responded when asked who he expects to have a breakout year. “From watching him in practice, we all know what he can do, but for him to come out and drop 20 points and 6-of-8 from three in his

first game was incredible and a welcome sight. If he can continue to play at that level, we’re going to do well this year.” “[Cressler] averaged like 30 points a game in high school,” senior forward Errick Peck commented. “He can score and is a good defender as well. He’s going to give us a lot of energy off the bench ... He’s going to make plays on offense and we’re glad to have him around.” Gray will also be an intrical part in the Red’s crew of guards as he has experienced the team from on and off the court. Last season he finished sixth in the Ivy League for scoring and hopes to make that big of an impact on the court for Cornell in his last season. “ I n your last year, you really want to try to be a vocal leader,” he said. “Being a leader on the floor means taking accountability for my mistakes, but at the same time correcting the freshmen’s mistakes … whatever I can do to make their game better and put them in the right direction for when I leave.”

Almost four years ago, senior guard Johnny Gray was watching his team play from behind the bench as a manager. Last year, he earned himself a regular spot on the floor. Now, he is an everyday starter, a vocal leader and a go-to player offensively for the squad as it looks to return to the top of the Ivy League. “It’s been quite a journey, going from nothing to something like that,” Gray said. “It was a very humbling experience.” As a freshman, Gray spent the first half of the year trying to make his name known by just being around the team. “I wanted to be part of the team in any way, shape or form,” he said. “So I took everything in small steps.” He was added to the team in December of that year and joined a roster of talented, bignames. “When I walked on to the team in the middle of the year, I made that last step,” Gray said. “I made it known that I could actually play basketball, and then I really wanted to try to stand out.” According to Gray, watching the cohesive unit of players like Jeff Foote ’10, Louis Dale ’10 and Ryan Wittman ’10 was an inspiring experience. It gave him the opportunity to understand what it takes to make a great basketball team. “It was awesome getting the chance to see how great a team could be when they work together like that. Practice was always really intense…I’ve never seen a team play basketball at that level, which is what we’re trying to do here now,” he said. “It kind of helps to understand the amount of work it takes to get to that level.” Gray only played in four games that year, but surprised everyone sophomore year by averaging 4.7 points and 2.3 rebounds in only 13.4 minutes per game. After solidifying his spot in the starting rotation junior year — averaging 12.3 points per game in conference games and scoring in double figures 12 times — Gray took the next step in his game, this time to the professional level. Last summer he made the U.S. Virgin Islands National team, a squad that competed in the FIBA Centrobasket Championship in order to try to qualify for the Olympic games in London. Although his team went 1-4 in his time there, the opportunity to play high-level basketball against overseas and NBA players was a lasting experience for Gray. “It was a great chance to travel, to get out of the country and play against top-notch competitions” Gray said. Now, in his final season with the Red, Gray is embracing his role in the future of Cornell basketball. “Being a leader means taking accountability for my mistakes, but at the same time correcting the freshmen’s mistakes...whatever I can do to put them in the right direction when I leave.” CRYSTAL LU / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rags to riches | Senior guard Johnny Gray goes from manager to star player in four years.

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nprecedented. While the magnitude of such a word carries strong implications, it is hard to not apply it to the 2009-10 men’s basketball team. After finishing the regular season with a near-perfect 27-4 record and clinching the Ivy League title, the Red earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Under the leadership of former head coach Steve Donahue and thenseniors Louis Dale ’10, Jeff Foote ’10 and Ryan Wittman ’10, Cornell advanced through to the second round of the national tournament — marking the first time since 1979 that an Ivy League team made it that far into the post-season and the first time in program history that Cornell played in the Sweet 16. After beating Temple, 78-65, in Round 1 and Wisconsin, 8769, in Round 2, Cornell eventually fell to top-seeded Kentucky, 45-62, in the third. Watching the men’s basketball team write its history throughout the 200910 season with each new win and then play in the national spotlight was a source of great pride for Cornell sports fans. “Witnessing how much school pride everyone had from alumni to current students [was one of the best expereinces of making the Sweet 16,]” Dale said. “We received so much support and it felt great to know that everyone was proud of our team and university.” The current senior class witnessed the historic Sweet 16 season; however, for many current Cornellians, players like Dale, Foote and Wittman are just legends. Three years after the historic Sweet 16 run the Cornell bench has seen faces come and go. Donahue traded his coaching position at Cornell for one at Boston College, while the Red welcomed current head coach Bill Courtney into the locker room. Dale, Foote and Wittman have long since traded their lockers in Bartels for ones across the country and across the globe, but where are they now?

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During his time on the Hill, Dale was a razor-sharp point guard, known for his big offensive presence on the court. Despite standing just 5-11, the guard was one of the Red’s top rebounders during his Cornell career. Dale’s list of accomplisments and awards is formidable, boasting multiple All-Ivy and Ivy League honors. The 2007-08 Ivy League Player of the Year

By LAUREN RITTER Sun Sports Editor was a large contributing force to the Red’s NCAA Tournament run, as he notched 21 points and seven assists against No. 5-seeded Temple and a career-high 26 points against Wisconsin. After wrapping up his Cornell career, Dale packed his bags and set off on a whirlwind trip around the world

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Standing at 7-0, Foote left quite the impression on Newman Arena during his three years with the Red. A transfer from St. Bonaventure, the skilled center and tri-captain immediately began

points, seven rebounds and four assists against Wisconsin. Like Dale, Foote has played professionally around the world, moving from Israel to Spain, Poland and the D-League of the NBA before settling in Lithuania, where he currently plays for Zalgiris Kaunus – the No. 2 team in Europe. Despite a worldly professional career, Foote said that his biggest highlight of the past three years has been his stateside adventures with his former teammates. “My biggest personal highlight has been living with [Wittman, Dale and Jon Jaques ’10] two summers ago and just [Dale] last summer and continually beating his ass in fight night,” Foote explained. “He's not any good.” While basketball is still Foote’s main priority, law school or veterinary school are other options on the horizon. However, beating Dale in fight night will always factor in.

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Where are they now? | Louis Dale ‘10, Jeff Foote ‘10 and Ryan Wittman ‘10 all played in the 2009-2010 historic season where the Red made a run in the Sweet 16 Tournament. Now, three years later, the trio has traded in playing at Bartels for venues all across the country and worldwide.

– playing in Ukraine, Serbia, Georgia, France, Italy, Greece, Belgium and Turkey. Dale also had a unique opportunity to play against a basketball great, who many NBA fans would recognize. “I got to play against Allen Iverson that probably was the highlight [of the past three years,]” Dale said. Currently playing in Greece for KAO Drama, Dale said that he hopes to continue to compete as long as his body can stand the pressure of the professional level of play. “I plan on playing ball professionally until the wheels fall off,” he said.

contributing a great passion and energy on the court. The 2008-09 and 2009-10 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year had a strong footwork base that aided him on both ends of the court. A unanimous first-team All-Ivy League pick during his senior year, Foote led the conference in field goal percentage (.633) and rebounds (8.1). A force to be reckoned with on the court, Foote anchored the Red’s defense which held opponents to shooting 42 percent from the floor. He contributed 16 points and seven rebounds against Temple and 12

Rounding out the legendary trio, Wittman was arguably one of the all-time greats in 3-point shooting in college basketball history. The 6-7 forward made a name for himself as a defensive rebounder during his career at Cornell. Joining Dale and Foote as an Ivy League Player of the Year honoree for 2009-10, Wittman set a conference record with 109 3point field goals during his senior campaign. He shot 47 percent from the field, 43 percent from beyond the arc and 83 percent from the line. After graduating from Cornell, Wittman played professionally in Italy for a while before moving to the NBA Developmental League for a few months and eventually Poland, where he reunited with Foote. However, after dealing with recurring back problems, Wittman decided to hang up his jersey and pursue other career options. “I am not playing basketball professionally anymore, the only time I play now is in a recreational league with some old high school teammates,” he said. “That three point line feels farther and farther away every time I go out there now.” Wittman now has a position as an Asset Management Analyst at a Real Estate company in Minneapolis, Minn., but like Foote is not ruling out the idea of graduate school in the future.

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fter making the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history in 2010, the Red graduated six seniors – including five of their top six scorers – and head coach Steve Donahue left Cornell to coach Boston College. The man put in charge of making the most out of this situation is head coach Bill Courtney, who was hired in April 2010 after Donahue’s departure. Although clearly a tough task, if Courtney’s past has proven anything, it’s that he is more than capable of facing this challenge. Courtney went to college at Bucknell University, where he starred on the basketball team, being named to the First Team All-Patriot League in both 1991 and 1992. As a junior, he averaged 20.0 points, 3 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game. As a senior, he was the team captain and led the team to an appearance in the Patriot League championship game. He was elected to the Bucknell Hall of Fame in 2007. “I had a great experience at Bucknell,” Courtney said. “I played for Charlie Woollum, a great coach and a great man who taught me a lot and recruited me before a lot of people noticed me. I had a great experience as a basketball player and a student and it helped me grow into an adult.” After graduating Bucknell, Courtney continued his basketball career, playing for the Philadelphia Spirit in the USBL and playing in the NBA Summer League and attending training camp with the Milwaukee Bucks. After being cut, he played overseas in Hong Kong and the Philippines for two years before returning back to the USA to pursue his dream of coaching basketball. “I could have kept playing if I knew… that [teams were going to start] paying more for American guards, but it worked out well because I got to start coaching, which is something I always wanted to do,” Courtney recalled. “I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to start my coaching career a couple years after college.” After returning to the USA, his first coaching opportunity came from Lafayette College, a school in the Patriot League, who offered him just $2,000 for the year. To m a k e

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enough money to support himself, he picked up a job at Chili’s on the side as a waiter. Eventually, American University offered him a position, paying him $16,000 a year, which he ultimately accepted. He moved on to Bowling Green University to work under Jim Larranaga, who he followed to George Mason and helped turn the program into a powerhouse that led to a Final Four appearance in 2006. “I followed Coach Larranaga, who’s my mentor, to George Mason, who had eight straight losing seasons

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use every day in practice. He taught me how to run a program in a first-class manner, there’s so much more than just coaching your basketball team. Working for Dave Leitao [at Virginia], he taught me about toughness and working hard and how guys can be pushed to reach things they don’t even think they can. Seth Greenberg [at Virginia Tech] is just an incredible basketball mind; he’s taught me so much about the game, skill development and offensive execution. I’ve had success as an assistant and I understand what it will take to get there just from the guys who I’ve worked for.” At Cornell, changing coaches from Donahue to Courtney and losing all those great players has been a process, but it has gotten easier as Courtney can recruit the players he wants. “When you take over after the greatest run in school history and all those guys leave, it’s a rebuilding process,” Courtney said. “Now for the first time, we have the guys we’ve recruited — we have two recruiting classes now — so it feels like it’s our team now. Everybody understands what we’re doing a little bit better and the new guys … have raised our talent level and we feel like we can compete at a very high level this year.” Something that Courtney has shown a great ability to do is recruit and something that will keep Cornell competitive and relevant as long as Courtney is the coach of Cornell basketball. “My assistants Mike Blaine and Marlon Sears do a great job ... of identifying student athletes; guys who can do the work here but are also great basketball players,” Courtney explained. “Once he identifies those guys, he works very hard to get those guys in front of me. One thing about me as a recruiter — and the reason I’ve had successes — is that if I believe in something strongly enough, I’m going to sell you on it; I’m not going to sell you something if I don’t believe in it. We’ve got a great staff, some great … players and Cornell University speaks for itself. When I have a great product to preach about, it becomes pretty easy for me.”

Cornell Under Bill Courtney

As the coach enters his third year, the Red strives for improvement By ALBERT LIAO Sun Staff Writer and four straight last place finishes in the CAA,” Courtney said. “By our second year, we were in the NCAA Tournament; we built that school into a power in the CAA. It culminated in the Final Four Appearance in 2006, but [I actually left] for Providence [in 2005], after I recruited all those guys,” Courtney laughed off. Courtney then made stops in Virginia, VCU and Virginia Tech before becoming the head coach of Cornell. Along his journey, he has learned a lot from his mentors. “I’ve learned a lot from all the guys I worked for,” Courtney exuded. “Working for Larranaga, I learned how to run a program; he taught me stuff that I

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Taking charge | Entering his third season as head coach for Cornell, Courtney continues to lead the team with enthusiasm and his belief in the program.