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Although HurricaneSandy wreaked havoc uponmuch of the East Coast as itswept through the regionearly this week, Ithacaremained relativelyuntouched by the storm.

While the city canceledgovernment meetingsMonday and several localschools shut down, Cornellremained open and classeswere in session Tuesday.

Public transportationclosed in New York City. InIthaca, however, TCAT busesoperated on their normalschedules Monday andTuesday, according to aTCAT press release.

“We’re pleased to say thatIthaca has once again beenspared from the brunt of thestorm,” Mayor SvanteMyrick ’09 wrote on hisFacebook.

Myrick added that “lossof electricity in the City wasminimal.”

In anticipation of the

storm, the City of Ithacaopened an EmergencyOperations Center — staffedby members of the IthacaFire Department, IthacaPolice Department andDepartment of Public Works— on Monday, a city pressrelease said.

As of 9 p.m. Monday,

members of the IFD hadresponded to five incidents oftree limbs falling on wires,according to the press release.

At least 39 people in eightstates were killed in thestorm, according to The NewYork Times. Additionally,more than eight millionhomes were left without

power. In NYC, Weill Cornell

Medical College closedexcept for “essential services,”according to WCMC’s web-site. WCMC will resumeoperation Wednesday.

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Seasonal AttireOwners of the Costume Place inthe Ithaca Mall, which is onlyopen during Halloween season,face the challenge of turning aprofit in a short amount oftime.

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Time Well SpentDarrick Nighthawk Evensongrad urges undergraduates toattend their professors’ andteaching assistants’ officehours.

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Rapping for PeaceThe Sun speaks with Jewishrapper Matisyahu to get thescoop on his facial hair, musicalstyle and views on Palestine.

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A difficult decision | Common Council members review Mayor Myrick’s ’09 proposed budget Tuesday.MORGAN GREENE / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Talk it out | Congressional candidate NateShinagawa ’09 speaks at Cornell Tuesday.

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The aftermath | Workers in Lower Manhattan clean after Hurricane Sandy hit the city Tuesday.HIROKO MASUIKE / THE NEW YORK TIMES

Shinagawa ’05Debates C.U.Republicans

Fight Over City Budget ContinuesMyrick ’09: Common Council faces ‘impossible choices’

Cornell, Ithaca Spared Wrath of Sandy Suspect Arrested forBurglarizing Charity

As Common Council members prepareto finalize the City of Ithaca’s 2013 budget,Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 said Tuesday thatthe council has a difficult task ahead of it.

“This is not a question of good choiceversus a bad choice. These are impossiblechoices,” Myrick said at a public meeting.“You will have to make the impossiblechoice.”

Though the proposed budget wouldreduce the number of firefighters by fourand the number of police officers by about

nine, some Common Council members saidthat the budget would still make public safe-ty a priority.

Common Council will suggest changesto the budget before it is voted on inNovember.

Cynthia Brock (D-1st Ward) said thatthe council’s “first priority” is to providepublic safety and other necessary services tocity residents.

“We need to keep the health, safety andwelfare of our citizens first and foremost,”Brock said.

In a debate at Cornell Tuesday, NateShinagawa ’05, M.A. ’09, Democraticnominee for Congress in New York’s23rd District, sparred with two mem-bers of the College Republicans on pol-icy issues.

The debate — which was moderat-

A charitable organiza-tion on the 300 block ofWest Buffalo Street wasburglarized by a man onMonday evening, accord-ing to the Ithaca PoliceDepartment. The manwas later arrested, policesaid.

The IPDreceived noticeof the burglarybeing in progressat approximately8:30 p.m. Mon -day. Several officers wereimmediately dispatchedto cover the perimeter ofthe 300 block building.

The suspect was soonfound inside the buildingafter IPD officers locateda broken window on theexterior of the building.According to the IPD, amale suspect was found tobe in possession of stolenproperty taken from the

charitable organization.After failing to

respond to commandsgiven by the IPD, thesuspect smashed anotherwindow, left the build-ing and fled the premiseson foot, police said.Several officers chasedhim on foot for a shorttime. The suspect was

then caught and takeninto custody. He is beingcharged with burglary inthe third degree forbreaking into and rob-bing the charitable orga-nization.

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See BUDGET page 5

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By LAUREN AVERYSun Staff Writer

By MATT ROSENSPIRESun Senior Writer

A male suspect wasfound to be in possession

of stolen property.

Lauren Averycan bereached [email protected].

Utsav Rai can be reached [email protected].

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Umpteen speedy televisions perused two sheep, then umpteen tickets towed Jupiter, and Dan untangles five progres-sive orifices. Umpteen quixotic aardvarks annoyingly bought two Macintoshes. Umpteen bureaux tickled twoextremely putrid botulisms. Paul sacrificed one lampstand, then Jupiter marries the very quixotic pawnbroker. Fivepurple poisons laughed, yet umpteen chrysanthemums kisses five aardvarks. Batman noisily untangles oneJabberwocky. Two Macintoshes laughed, then one extremely schizophrenic Jabberwocky drunkenly untangles twosheep, however Quark telephoned umpteen obese Jabberwockies. Five irascible botulisms slightly lamely auctionedoff the subway, and five chrysanthemums easily untangles one mostly speedy Klingon. Five dogs drunkenly perusedMinnesota, however the mats ran away cleverly, although one partly progressive subway quite comfortably sacrificed

Weird Newsof the Week

Wild Boar Attacks, InjuresFour People in Berlin

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin authorities say they shot andkilled a 265-pound wild boar after it attacked and injuredfour people including a police officer in a residential neigh-borhood.

Police said Tuesday the boar bit a 74-year-old man onthe back and leg, and knocked a 74-year-old woman to theground and injured her hip on Monday afternoon in theCharlottenburg area of the capital. It also bit a 24-year-oldwoman before she climbed aboard a parked car to safety.All three were treated in a hospital.

Police say when a police officer arrived, the boarattacked him and cut his leg before he pulled his gun andkilled the animal with “multiple shots.”

Wild boars are relatively common in green Berlin,though rarely cause problems beyond digging up gardens.

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SON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Virginia City has emerged asNevada’s “most bearded community” following a weekendcontest.

The Nevada Appeal reports Virginia City won by bring-ing 57 whiskered faces to the competition held Saturdayafter the annual Nevada Day Parade in Carson City, thestate’s capital.

The home team of Carson City had 46 bearded faces atthe event.

Nevada Supreme Court Justices Mark Gibbons andNancy Saitta served as judges of the hairy competition,along with Miss Nevada Outstanding Teen Ellie Smith ofLas Vegas. They chose winners in the community contestas well as eight other categories, including blackest beardand best salt-and-pepper beard.

British Army Dog Joins List Of Animal War Heroes

LONDON (AP) — British soldiers and military dogsgathered at a London army barracks Thursday to honor afallen hero with selfless courage, nerves of steel — and fourlegs.

Theo, a bomb-sniffing springer spaniel who died inAfghanistan on the day his soldier partner was killed, wasposthumously honored with the Dickin Medal, Britain’shighest award for bravery by animals.

Theo worked alongside Lance Cpl. Liam Tasker, search-ing for roadside bombs in Helmand province, a Talibanstronghold.

Tasker, 26, died in a firefight with insurgents in March2011, and Theo suffered a fatal seizure hours later. Tasker'smother, Jane Duffy, says the pair were inseparable. She’sconvinced Theo died of a broken heart.

“They’ll be watching us, and they’ll be so proud,” shesaid. “I just wish they were here to get it themselves.”

Since 1943, the Dickin Medal has recognized gallantryby animals serving with the military, police or rescue ser-vices.

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Seth Moore ’16, Maritza Medina-Olazaran ’16 and Katrina Ablorh ’15 makecards for hospitalized children for the Big Red Smile Project Tuesday.

Grinning ear to ear

Disrupting Carpenter HallA person not affiliated with the University behaved in a disorderly

manner Monday in Carpenter Hall, according to a report from theCornell University Police Department. The person was escorted offcampus, the report said.

Petit LarcenyStaff from the Robert Trent Golf Course reported a theft of four

unsecured golf cart batteries worth $800 Monday morning, accordingto a CUPD report.

Unlawful Possession of AlcoholTwo individuals — one in Clara Dickson Hall and one on

University Avenue — were referred to the Judicial Administrator forunlawful possession of alcohol Monday evening, according to CornellPolice.

Aggravated HarassmentAn individual was referred to the Judicial Administrator after an

incident of aggravated harassment in Barton Hall, according toCornell Police.

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As a store that operates for only sixweeks of the year, owners of TheCostume Place –– a Halloween shop inthe Ithaca Mall –– say the business facesa daunting task each year: turning a prof-it in a limited period of time.

But Debra Worthing of Owego, N.Y.,one of the store’s owners, said TheCostume Place is a “very profitable busi-ness.”

John Worthing, who owns the storewith his wife, said The Costume Placeremains open each year from the middleof September tothe evening ofOct. 31, occupy-ing a temporaryspace in the mall.

The Worthingsstarted at TheCostume Place asemployees. Thecouple bought thestore when their friends no longer want-ed to run the business, according toDebra Worthing.

Now, “we’ve been doing it for 24years,” Debra Worthing said. “It wassomething that just kind of dropped inour lap.”

Though Debra Worthing still workspart-time in a dental office, her husbanddevotes all of his time to the store, trav-eling between Ithaca Mall and the store’ssecond location in Horseheads, N.Y.

According to John Worthing, manag-ing the store is a yearlong enterprise,despite the relative brevity of theHalloween season. When the store is notopen, Worthing said the couple worksthroughout the year, taking inventory ofthe products in the store, as well as order-ing new costumes and pricing them.

“There’s a lot of work involved whenwe’re not open in the stores,” he said.“There’s constantly things to do, but

we’re notunder anytime pres-sure untilthis lastm o n t hhere.”

A n yitems thatare not

sold before Halloween are saved for thenext year, stored in his garage, JohnWorthing said.

“We always have a fair amount of stuffleft over,” he said. “Part of the job is get-ting figured out where and what it is.”

According to Worthing, the reason

that most costumes and accessories canbe reused from year to year is simple:quintessential costume ideas are often thestore’s most popular items.

“Superheroes have been popular everyyear. The Wizard of Oz is always popu-lar,” he said. “Generic stuff — witches,ninjas, all that kind of stuff–– is alwayspopular with kids and adults, too.They’re standards every year. I thinkthey’re more popular than any of the fadsthat come along.”

Still, Worthing said, The CostumePlace makes sure to stock up on costumesthat contain pop culture references. Thestore carries a variety of niche costumes,ranging from characters from the MTVreality series Jersey Shore to The

Annoying Orange, an Internet comedyseries –– though, he said, not all of theseitems prove to be top sellers.

For instance, Worthing said, thoughthe costume of Garth from Wayne’sWorld was met with greater enthusiasmthan he had expected this season, thestore has not sold a single AnnoyingOrange mask this year.

“We tend to go light on the licensed[costume characters],” Worthing said.“They’ll be popular for a year or two andthen all of a sudden you can’t get rid ofthem.”

Seasonal occupation | The Costume Place in the Ithaca Mall operates from mid-Septemberto Halloween night each year.

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Halloween Costume ShopA Yearlong Job for OwnersBy NOAH RANKINSun Contributor

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Debate Team Emerges Victorious

Last weekend, two Cornellseniors representing theCornell Forensics Society —the University’s speech anddebate program — bested over170 teams from around theworld to win the YaleIntervarsity DebateTournament.

The tournament is one ofthe largest and most presti-gious debate tournaments inNorth America, according toProf. Sam Nelson, director ofthe Cornell Forensics Society.

Alex Bores ’13, one of thetwo members of the championdebate team, called his experi-ence at the tournament “ablast.”

“It was a really competitivefinal round. There were teamsfrom University of Toronto,Stanford and Harvard,” Boressaid.

Both Bores and his partnerDanny Blackman ’13 — alongwith two other teams fromCornell — will advance to theWorld Tournament in Berlinin December.

The tournament wasdebated in the “worlds for-mat,” in which four two-per-son teams debate in eachround. Half the teams mustargue in favor of the topicwhile the other half argueagainst it, Nelson said.

“The 16 teams that do thebest go to the eliminationround,” Nelson said.“Blackman and Bores had towin three debates after theymade it through the sweet16.”

In the final round, Bores

and Blackman argued that“conscripted soldiers whocommit war crimes should notbe prosecuted if they are fol-lowing orders.”

The final topic was fairlytypical, according to Bores.Most debate topics are basedon current events, but occa-sionally a seemingly randomtopic will surface.

“There will be a wholerange of everything,” Boressaid. “We once debatedwhether or not Valentine’sDay should be a holiday.”

At the tournament, thedebaters are given only 15minutes to prepare before thedebate starts, so they do nothave a lot of time, accordingto Ryan Yeh ’13, president ofthe Forensics Society.

“You aren’t allowed to bringa lot of outside sources,” Yehsaid. “To prepare for debate,we read up on the news andpractice with our coacharound four times a week.”

Currently, the ForensicsSociety is ranked sixth in theworld, according to theInternational DebateEducation Association’s WorldUniversity Debate Rankings.Nelson, however, said heexpects that when the nextrankings are issued, “Cornellwill probably rank numberone or number two.”

There are over 150 mem-bers in the Forensics Society,ranging from engineers to ILRmajors, and the society sendsteams to over 20 tournamentsper year, according to Nelson.

“Unlike most sports teams,we don’t cut people,” Boressaid. “Anyone who is interest-ed can come and learn more

about debate.”Cornell creates the perfect

environment for successfuldebate, according to Nelson.

“Cornell students have acertain kind of intellect wherethey like to challenge eachother,” Nelson said. “There’s alot of camaraderie on theteam.”

Many people join the soci-ety because they want toimprove their ability to speakpublicly. However, the societypromotes speech and debatebeyond just tournaments,according to Nelson. The soci-ety recently co-sponsored adebate between RickSantorum (R-Penn.) andHoward Dean (D-Vt.).

“You don’t have to dig verydeep to find the ForensicsSociety on campus,” Nelsonsaid.

Bores said he considers hisexperience on the ForensicsSociety critical to his ability tospeak publicly and craft anargument.

“You gain a lot of greatskills, and getting to travelaround the world isn’t a bad[gig] either,” Bores said. “I’vebeen to Turkey, Botswana,South Africa, the Philippines,England — all throughdebate.”

Yeh said that regardless ofmajor major, the skills fosteredby debate teach critical think-ing.

“Absolutely everyone canbenefit from debate,” Yeh said.“Communication is essentialno matter where you end upafter college.”

C.U. Forensics Society beats over 170 teams in competitionBy EMMA JESCHSun Contributor

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“We’ve been doing it for 24years. It was something that justkind of dropped in our lap.”Debra Worthing

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ed by Ryan Yeh ’13, president ofthe Cornell Forensics Society —covered five subjects: the debt anddeficit, taxes, bipartisanship, healthcare and education. Alex Pruce ’13and Julius Kairey ’15 representedthe Cornell Republicans in theevent –– in which Rep. Tom Reed(R-N.Y. 29), Shinagawa’s incum-bent opponent, declined to partici-pate, according to Prof. SamNelson, director of the CornellForensics Society.

Shinagawa opened the debatewith a speech touting his service inthe Tompkins County Legislatureas an example of bipartisanship. Heattacked the Republican majorityin the House of Representatives for“not investing in the middle class.”

Pruce, delivering theRepublicans’ response, said, “Webelieve wholeheartedly asRepublicans in the individual, notreliance on the institution.”

The debaters disagreed starklyon a number of issues.

When Yeh asked each side to

name a specific path to closing thedeficit, Kairey said the RepublicanParty should focus on reducinglong-term entitlement spending,specifically through a voucher pro-gram and a means testing ofMedicare, which would give poor-er seniors more generous benefits.

“Not doing anything toMedicare is ending it,” Kairey said.

Shinagawa thanked Kairey foridentifying a specificprogram, saying, “Icommend you for hav-ing more specifics thanthe rest of your party.”

Shinagawa, however,proposed reining inmilitary spending byending the war in Afghanistan andshutting down select military basesabroad, which he called “relics ofthe Cold War.”

Shinagawa also proposed elimi-nating or raising the Social Securitytax cap and allowing parts of theBush tax cuts to expire for citizenswith incomes above $250,000 –– asuggestion that Kairey said wouldnegatively affect small businesses.

The most significant area of dis-

agreement centered on bipartisan-ship and the leadership style ofRepublicans in the House ofRepresentatives.

When asked whether theRepublican Party should beblamed for the lack of bipartisanaction in the Republican-con-trolled House of Representatives,Kairey said, “No, it’s our responsi-bility to stand up against bad poli-

cies.” He added that the results of the

2010 midterm elections, in whichHouse Republicans gained amajority, signaled the Americanelectorate giving Republicans amandate to oppose PresidentObama.

Shinagawa, however, asked theaudience to compare Republicanand Democratic leadership.

“We have a very good example

with a House run by Republicansand a Senate run by Democrats,”he said. Shinagawa said the FarmBill, which passed the Senate withbipartisan support but was stalledin the House, is representative ofproblems with House Republicanleadership.

On the subject of healthcare,the two sides found a rare area ofagreement when Pruce said that

the Affordable Care Actwas correct in coveringpre-existing conditions,risks that are not typicallycompensated by standardinsurance premiums.

However, Pruce saidthat the law was compro-

mised by the taxes and fees itincluded and that the individualmandate that allows the federalgovernment to force individuals topurchase an item they may notwant or need.

Nelson said he was pleased withthe substance of the debate, butregretted Reed’s absence.

“I thought it was good. I wasjust happy it happened,” Nelsonsaid. “Cornell is one of the largest

employers in the new 23rdDistrict, so it’s nice that at least oneof the candidates was brave enoughto come here and have his ideastested by those who disagree withthem.”

Nicolette St. Lawrence ’15, amember of the CornellRepublicans, echoed Nelson’s senti-ments.

“I half-liked Nate,” St.Lawrence said. “There were a fewmoments where I could tell he bor-rowed some Obama-isms, butthere were some moments wherewe could agree. I was just disap-pointed that Reed couldn’t makeit.”

Dalton Vieira ’14, a member ofthe Cornell Democrats, was equal-ly balanced in his appraisal of thedebate.

“Nate did well in most areas,though there were some areaswhere the Cornell Republicansbrought up points that I’d like tosee him respond to,” Vieira said.“Overall, I thought it was good.”

C.U. Republicans Debate Congressional Candidate Shinagawa’05DEBATE

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Matthew Rosenspire can be reachedat [email protected].

“I half-liked Nate ... There were somemoments where we could agree.”Nicolette St. Lawrence ’15

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Graham Kerslick (D-4th Ward)echoed Brock’s sentiments. Although thecity is looking to expand its tax base tohelp fund the 42 percent of the city’sbudget that is currently spent on publicsafety, the costs of safety services aregrowing, Kerslick said.

“[Public safety] is definitely one of mytop priorities,” Kerslick said. “It’s justmore and more expensive to providethese public services.”

To increase the city’s revenues withoutincreasing residents’ property taxes,Common Council is looking to attractbusinesses to downtown Ithaca, whichBrock said would create sources of taxrevenue.

“We cannot cut our way out. We haveto grow our way out,” Brock said.

Despite city officials’ defenses, mem-bers of IPD and IFD voiced their oppo-sition to the cuts, arguing that theywould jeopardize the departments’ safe-ty.

IPD faces a “staffing crisis,” DeputyChief Pete Tyler said.

Especially in the wake of the shootingof IPD Officer Anthony Augustine onOct. 11, the city must address thedepartment’s staffing shortages, Tylersaud,

“It doesn’t look like it’s getting betterin terms ofcrime,” hesaid. “Wereally needto thinkabout whatwe want todo in thereally nearf u t u r eabout the staff.”

Augus tine’s wife also spoke at themeeting, saying that she hopes theCommon Council will consider savingsome of the IPD positions slated to becut in the budget.

“For all the people that saved my hus-band’s life that night, it’s priceless,” shesaid, referring to the assistance each offi-

cer lends to the department.According to Deputy Chief John

Barber, IPD received 21,391 callsrequesting assistance last year. With thatvolume of calls, Barber said that the IPDneeds to have at least four more officerson staff to adequately respond to resi-dents.

“ Y o udon’t wantyour policedepartmentto become ar e a c t i v ed e p a r t -ment. Weare [a] reac-tive and

proactive department,” Barber said. IPD officer Kevin Slattery echoed

Barber’s sentiments, saying that IPD isoperating at its “bare minimum.”Cutting staff from the police departmentwould “[place] the burden on those whoare already overburdened,” he said.

“While we’re crunching numbers,we’re forgetting one of the most impor-

tant parts of the equation: What’s thecost of crime?” Slattery said. “Our workis often misunderstood and unfairly crit-icized ... Now you’re asking us to domore.”

As the demand for its services rises,the IFD would also be jeopardized ifMyrick’s budget passes, several firefight-ers said at the meeting.

Even while the city has grown, thenumber of firefighters who responding toresidents’ calls for assistance hasdecreased across the years, firefighterssaid.

Myrick acknowledged the officers’concerns but defended his budget.

He said that, although he wishes thecity could maintain the current staffinglevels of IPD and IFD, the CommonCouncil must confront the realities ofthe city’s budget crisis. With a $3-mil-lion deficit, the City of Ithaca cannotpostpone painful budget cuts, Myricksaid.

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“You don’t want your police departmentto become a reactive department. We are[a] reactive and proactive department.”John Barber

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Prioritizing Social JusticeEditorial

Look at the syllabi you received atthe start of the semester. At thetop of the first page, probably in

the right or left corner, appear thewords “office hours;” after thesewords are a series of numerals.

Students, these are not art nouveauor modernist attempts at decorativegraphics — something for you toobserve, but not to act upon. Theseare an invitation to further your edu-cation in an immensely meaningfulway. Instructors, these words and dig-its are not random bits of informationthat you write down before a coursebegins, which you can then forgetabout for the duration of the semes-ter. They are a promise to your stu-

dents not only to make yourself avail-able, but also to actively encouragethem to interact with you outside ofclass. As an instructor in a freshmanwriting seminar, I offer my thoughtshere on the purpose, meaning andopportunity of office hours.

First, to student readers:When I was an undergrad, I took

two courses that each had a total classof four students. Unless this is thestructure of all your classes, you prob-ably do not have much (or enough, Iwould wager) individual contact withyour instructors. Attending officehours can be hugely beneficial. Theyallow you to share your interests withyour instructor and learn better howthe course content relates to issuesyou really care about. Your discussionsmay also lead the instructor to tailorthe course content more to your inter-ests.

In individual conversations withan instructor, you can better under-stand nuances and connections thatare difficult to pick up in class, evenfrom the best instructors. Officehours also offer the opportunity todevelop and refine specific skills (e.g.,beautiful and / or laconic writing,analytical thinking, problem solvingor quantitative analysis).

Perhaps the greatest enticement toattend office hours is the not-so-secretsecret that doing so will likelyimprove your grade. You will under-stand better your instructor’s expecta-tions for assignments and ways tomeet those expectations. The profes-sor will observe that you truly careabout the course (which may not bean official component of your grade,but let’s be honest, it still may subjec-tively influence your grade).

If office hours are so great, whatkeeps the vast majority of students atbay? There are several myths, which Ihope to dispel, that keep instructors’offices empty:

1. Going to office hours takes extratime and effort. No, by better under-standing the instructor’s expectationsand by receiving help on assignmentsearly on, you will actually save timeand reduce stress. Without exception,

this was the case for me when Iattended office hours as an undergrad.

2. I can only go to office hours ifI have a very specific question/prob-lem to discuss. Nonsense. Instructorsgreatly value the opportunity to chatwith you broadly about topics in thecourse and any inchoate ideas youhave. The instructor might end upasking you more questions than youask him or her, perhaps leading you tonew insights about your interests.

3. I am not smart enough to talk tothese geniuses. Please, all instructorswere once undergraduate students.We are not teaching today because wehold authority over a corpus of sub-ject matter or because we are infallible

savants in our disciplines; we teachbecause, at some point, we becamedeeply excited about a particular areaof thought and then actively exploredit. Office hours are an opportunity foryou to engage in similar explorationand discovery.

Now, to the instructors:If we really want our students to

actively engage with us and our coursematerial outside of class, we need toencourage them to do so. Each week,I hold “informal” office hours in addi-tion to my regular office hours. I sit inManndible Café for a half hourimmediately following class two dayseach week. Students can stop by, in agroup or individually, to ask foradvice on assignments, to clarify con-cepts or to explore further an ideaintroduced in class. As instructors, weneed to cater to a range of learningstyles and comfort levels. I have eventaped, under random chairs in myclassroom, coupons for a free coffee ortea at the café, as a way to entice stu-dents to come.

Halfway through the semester, Istarted offering extra credit to stu-dents who came to my office hourswith a question about how to improvetheir writing. The enticements I offerto students to engage with me intel-lectually outside of class are justexamples, but I feel they point to theactive role we instructors can andmust play in establishing an energizedintellectual climate on campus.

Office hours are typically viewedlike antibiotics, something you usereactively after a problem arises. Letus begin to reconceptualize them ascloser to exercise — something weengage in proactively, not only to pre-vent illness, but also to expand thehorizons of our capabilities. StudentsAND instructors have a role to play inthis cultural shift.

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UNIVERSITIES INHERENTLY MOLD STUDENTS. An education is meant toserve students past graduation, producing better informed, more participative citizens insociety. As such, it is imperative that the University ensures students receive not just quali-ty education, but also responsible education. In the past months, our campus has con-fronted various acts of bias, prejudice and violence. The Assembly for Justice has proposedthat Cornell add a University-wide social justice requirement to its curriculum. In order toeffect cultural change, the administration should affirm social justice as a core value and anintegral part of a university education. A social justice requirement course is a potential wayto achieve this.

The University’s mission statement alludes to social justice: “Cornell ... aims ... toenhance the lives and livelihoods of our students, the people of New York, and othersaround the world.” In order to fulfill this mission, we must understand the world in whichwe live — one full of persistent social inequality.

In a country as diverse as the United States, many people still grow up in predominant-ly homogeneous environments. Though perhaps unconsciously and unintentionally, manynever think about social justice or their own cultural identities in a political and social con-text. A social justice course would introduce students to thinking about themselves in awider context, a necessary thought process to begin to break down bias and prejudice.

While some may argue students will meet an additional distribution requirementbegrudgingly and with resentment, we feel that it is possible to implement this requirementin a way that does not unreasonably restrict students. Further, others will argue that a sim-ple course that falls under the category of “social justice” will not solve bias or create socialjustice. And this is true; we do not believe that a social justice requirement is a cure-all forbias, racism and injustice. However, it is certainly a step in the right direction.

A potential model for such a requirement is the human diversity requirement in theCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The list of approved courses that fulfill thisrequirement is expansive and provides students with ample opportunity to find a coursethat appeals to their interests. Of course, this also poses the risk that students might staywithin their realm of comfort.

Curriculums designed with an eye toward social justice and diversity expose students notjust to various cultures and identities, but to different and often new ways of thinking. Thisintellectual diversity prevents groupthink and encourages the expression of individualthought. Rather than imposing a specific school of thought, a social diversity requirementvalidates many intellectual frames. The ability to analyze material through various perspec-tives creates not only more socially aware students, but also better critical thinkers. Therequirement would enhance any general education, and it is the University’s responsibilityto provide students with the best education that it can.

Although the bias and harassment incidents this past year may not have all been commit-ted by Cornell students, issues of bias still exist within our University. We hope that the admin-istration will develop this requirement as a step toward affirming social justice as an academicand moral priority on our campus. It may serve as a way to grant all students the opportuni-ty to broaden their perspectives and become better-educated, more well-rounded citizens.

THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Wednesday, October 31, 2012 7OPINION

Tonight many Cornellians will roam Collegetown incostume for Halloween. Many men on campus,however, have been dressed up for weeks in response

to the wave of bias incidents and violence toward women.We’ve been very convincing iterations of Two Face — suc-cessfully spreading awareness of campus resources andencouraging others to take action in response to newswor-thy episodes, while ignoring our own everyday transgres-sions and those of our friends. In not openly condemningand challenging a pervading culture that continues to objec-tify women and denigrate minorities, male Cornell studentslike me exacerbate problems and nullify the effects of theinstitutions we promote to the community at large.

I was painfully reminded last week that major problemsstill exist at Cornell with regard to how men on campustreat women and minorities. Maggie Henry’s ’14 column inlast Wednesday’s Sun served as a powerful and courageouscall for action regarding attitudes toward women. Whatscared me most about her piece was the reminder that sex-ual assault on campus is far more common than any statis-tics or reports suggest, because we fail to properly acknowl-edge harmful behavior as a community. I was just as trou-bled by the fact that, in the story Maggie told, the perpe-trator’s fraternity was aware of what happened and didnothing. We don’t merely fail to identify and expose assault,but we also remain silent when the line is clearly crossed.

Ulysses Smith’s ’13 speech at last Wednesday’s Illuminatethe Night rally similarly led me to appreciate the deleteriousenvironment that exists on campus for many minority stu-dents. Ulysses recounted incidents from the past few weekswhere he was accosted for the sole reason of being black. Iwas horrified by how effortlessly Ulysses was able to identi-fy instances of hate speech, with the acknowledgment thatsuch incidents are an inherent and all-too-common part ofhis Cornell experience. Again, we fail to admit how oftenbias incidents occur and, instead of demanding account-ability, avoid addressing those responsible for propagatinghate speech.

I’m not a racist and I make it a point to respect women,but I’m just as responsible as any other male student for thecontinued unhealthy campus climate for women andminorities. I’m guilty of not speaking up when I see friendsand acquaintances make unwelcome advances on female

students, and I’m guilty of tacitly watching racist andhomophobic statements pass as acceptable humor. So muchof what I see and hear makes me sick and directly contra-dicts my core values, and yet I don’t feel comfortable inter-vening when people I know are involved. That’s my faultand a failure of my responsibility to lead by example. Evenworse, when I’ve made the occasional disrespectful state-ment or advance, I haven’t felt shamed by the communityor even ascertained that the behavior was seen as offensive.We are all to blame for not addressing everyday incidents ofbias and rape with the same vigor we police the incidentsthat make the front page ofThe Sun.

In light of horribly egre-gious incidents of bias andviolence at Cornell, it’s beenmade abundantly clear thatwe won’t stand for acknowl-edged rapes or obvious biasattacks on East Hill. I’vebeen continually impressedby our collective promotionof excellent campusresources and with such initiatives as the Big RedWalkshare, with the aim of together promoting a safe cam-pus. Grassroots groups, such as the Assembly for Justice,have also made remarkable inroads involving the adminis-tration and student body in important and necessary dia-logue. Yet, privately at home, it’s evident many maleCornellians are still ambivalent about less blatant, unrecog-nized attacks that are equally, if not more harmful to ourlarger community.

Last week’s Interfraternity Council Sexual Assault Forumis a perfect illustration of the dichotomy between how wetreat notable, universally-regarded bias and abuse incidentsand how we react to daily violations of the respect and dig-nity of female and minority students. The forum was anoble effort on the part of the IFC to address issues relatedto consent and sexual relations, with the plan being to starta conversation with representatives from every fraternity.According to Sun coverage of the event, however, those whodid attend were notably apathetic. From what I understand,those who did engage in the conversation found it mean-

ingful, but most chose to sit in the back of the auditoriumand disengage. When it came to common, everyday actionsby friends, we reversed course and failed to address theissues at hand. The comfort, ease and courage with whichwe reject newsworthy incidents are replaced by the uncer-tainty, awkwardness and weakness inherent in our inabilityto reject unacceptable behavior of friends and acquain-tances. We must, as males on campus, stand up for our val-ues if we want to correct our campus cultural problem.

I do think most men on campus, like me, are uncom-fortable with the rampant racism, homophobia and wom-

anizing that is popularly perceived to be a part of fraternity,and male, culture. And that’s precisely why the disclosuresof brave leaders like Ulysses and Maggie are so troubling.It’s not enough for men like us to treat women properly andabstain from racist and homophobic behavior. Merely tak-ing ourselves out of the equation and only acting reactivelyto well-publicized incidents won’t make anyone feel safer,nor will it render the violators of common decency outcasts.It’s imperative we directly challenge behavior unbecomingof our University. We cannot be hesitant to intervene whenfriends or acquaintances act objectionably. We cannot bereluctant to openly challenge sexist, racist and homophobicactions whenever and wherever they occur. We must insteadbe real men in leading by example — treating allCornellians with the utmost respect and dignity, and open-ly calling on others to do the same.

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It seems that, every year, Halloween inIthaca gets a little bit scarier, and notin a spooky sort of way. Every year

before this one, in spite of global warm-ing, there seems to be a steady decline inthe temperature. Actually, being a sopho-more, I can only speak for last year’sHalloween night, but I remember feeling

quite out of place in the near-freezingtemperatures dressed as a lifeguard (orig-inal, I know). And now, this year, a sourgirl named Sandy, dressed in wailingwinds and strong rains (she won’t everwin a costume contest dressed like that)threatened to trick or treat around theneighborhood. To make matters worse,Hurricane Sandy clearly does not haveany plans of bringing any candy or joy ofher own since, as of Monday night (whenI am writing this column), it seemed thatDay Hall was determined to hold classesdespite the threat of hurricane weather.

Fears of being blown across the ArtsQuad aside, the decision to maintain theprominent “Cornell University isOPEN” displayed at the top of theCornell.ed “status” page adversely affectsUniversity faculty and staff far more thanit affects us as students. Although there issome inherent risk associated with walk-

ing to class in driving rains and bone-chilling winds faster than 30 miles perhour (other than your umbrella snap-ping), there are much greater risks for thefaculty and staff who must drive in orderto reach the campus. Although therecould have been some chance of freak,falling tree branches or flying debris onyour morning (or afternoon dependingon potential skipped classes) ambulatorycommute, these members of ourUniversity community could have had todrive on sick roads while potentiallydodging fallen trees. Cornell being the

only Ivy League university still open onTuesday showed a lack of regard for thesefaculty members who might have endedup cancelling their classes anyway.

However, I do not want to spend allmy time talking about students and fac-ulty; I would prefer to talk about the truevictims of Hurricane Sandy (terriblename for a hurricane, by the way): thechildren. Sandy is all trick and no treatfor the children of the East Coast. SinceHurricane Sandy falls on Halloweenweek (from here on referred to asHalloweek), and especially since theHurricane will likely affect Ithaca thegreatest on Halloween, the Ithacan chil-dren’s ability to trick or treat will beimpaired by pneumonia-causing condi-tions. Do you remember how excitingHalloween was when you were a kid? Iremember, I would run around theneighborhood with my best friends incostumes of increasing impracticality (interms of keeping a young child’s bodywarm) and get to see all of the adults ofthe neighborhood dressed in referencesthat I could not understand (the rule wasto not go to the house whose creepy mid-dle-aged bachelor owner would dress upas Hannibal Lecter). I loved Halloweenas a child but it seems that the children ofIthaca will not be able to experience thesame joy that I felt every year, or at least

they will not this year. Here’s to hopingthat they are still able to go out even if it’snot quite after dark.

The theme of early Halloween trick-ery continued Monday morning withsophomore PeopleSoft course enroll. Mycourse enroll was Monday morning at 7a.m. and I came into the enrollment peri-od knowing that I had very limited spacein two of my classes (read: one and twofree spots, respectively). Fortunately,Oracle decided to bestow a great treatupon me by allowing me to successfullyget into the class with two seats remain-ing. However, I was predictably not solucky with the one-seat class. Thankfully,I am not too worried; I am on the wait-list and am confident that I will be ableto take that class after all. So freshmen,here’s my advice to you. When you gothrough your first course enroll atCornell do not get too worried if youdon’t get into your desired classes rightaway, there is a large chance you will endup switching classes anyway. You justneed to roll with the punches, dodge thedebris and go out trick or treating in thepouring rain.

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President Barack Obama:

Energy“As the first element of my plan for en-

ergy independence, I have proposed givingstates authority to manage the developmentof energy resources within their borders, in-cluding on federal lands. States have craftedhighly efficient and effective permitting andregulatory programs that address state-spe-cific needs. For instance, while the federalgovernment takes an average of 307 days topermit the drilling of an oil well on federalland, the state of North Dakota can permit aproject in ten days. Colorado does it intwenty-seven. Nor do these processes poseany greater environmental risks. To the con-trary, from oil and gas and coal to wind andsolar and biofuels, states are far better able todevelop, adopt, and enforce regulationsbased on their unique resources, geology, andlocal concerns.”

Source: The Top American Science Ques-tions, by sciencedebate.org Sept. 4, 2012.

Climate ChangeAnd the Environment

“The national security threat from climatechange is real, urgent, and severe. The changewrought by a warming planet will lead to newconflicts over refugees and resources; new suf-fering from drought and famine; catastrophicnatural disasters; and the degradation of vitalecosystems across the globe. That is why, inaddition to undertaking measures to enhanceenergy independence and promote efficiency,clean energy, and renewable sources of powerhere at home, the President and the Demo-cratic Party have steadily worked to build aninternational framework to combat climatechange.”

Source: Democratic Party Platform pg. 61.

“Democrats are committed to protectingour natural resources while creating jobs,preserving habitats, and ensuring that futuregenerations can enjoy our nation’s outdoorheritage. From investing in clean energy toprotecting our air, land, and water, Democ-rats have made protecting the environmenta top priority. Today we are responsibly de-veloping our natural resources to create cleanenergy jobs here at home while encouragingconservation, reducing energy waste, andprotecting the environment.”


Stem Cell Research“The President issued an executive order

repealing the restrictions on embryonic stemcell research.”


“Today with the executive order I’mabout to sign, we would bring the changethat so many scientists, and researchers, doc-tors and innovators, patients and loved onesthat hope for and fought for these past eightyears. We will lift the ban on federal fundingfor promising embryonic stem cell research.”

“We also vigorously support scientistswho pursue this research. And we will aimfor America to lead the world in the discov-eries it one day may yield. At this moment,the full promise of stem cell research remainsunknown and it should not be overstate. Butscientists believe these tiny cells may have thepotential to help us understand and possiblycure some of our most devastating diseasesand conditions. To regenerate a severedspinal cord and lift someone from a wheel-chair. To spur insulin production and spare achild from a lifetime of needles. To treatParkinson’s, cancer, heart disease and othersthat affect millions of Americans and thepeople who love them. But that potentialwould not reveal themselves on its own.Medical miracles do not happen simply byaccident. They result from painstaking andcostly research, from years of lonely trial anderrors, much of which never bears fruit. Andfrom a government willing to support thatwork. From live saving vaccines to pioneer-ing cancer treatments to the sequencing ofthe human genome — that is the story of sci-entific progress in America.”

Source: March 9, 2011; President Obamaannounces the signing of Executive Order13505 - Removing Barriers to Responsible Sci-entific Research Involving Human Stem Cells.

Space Program“America has enjoyed a half-century of

leadership in space, but now that leadershipis eroding despite the hard work of Ameri-can industry and government personnel. Thecurrent purpose and goals of the Americanspace program are difficult to determine.With clear, decisive, and steadfast leadership,space can once again be an engine of tech-nology and commerce. It can help tostrengthen America’s entrepreneurial spiritand commercial competitiveness, launchnew industries and new technologies, protectour security interests, and increase ourknowledge.

“Rebuilding NASA, restoring U.S. lead-ership, and creating new opportunities forspace commerce will be hard work, but Iwill strive to rebuild an institution worthyof our aspirations and capable once againleading the world toward new frontiers. Iwill bring together all the stakeholders —from NASA and other civil agencies, fromthe full range of national security institu-

tions, from our leading universities, andfrom commercial enterprises — to set goals,identify missions, and define the pathwayforward.


STEM Education“An excellent education remains the

clearest, surest route to the middle class. Tocompete with other countries we muststrengthen STEM education. Early in myadministration, I called for a national effortto move American students from the mid-dle to the top of the pack in science andmath achievement. Last year, I announcedan ambitious goal of preparing 100,000 ad-ditional STEM teachers over the next

decade, with growing philanthropic and pri-vate sector support. My ‘Educate to Inno-vate’ campaign is bringing together leadingbusinesses, foundations, non-profits, andprofessional societies to improve STEMteaching and learning. Recently, I outlined aplan to launch a new national STEM Mas-ter Teacher Corps that will be established in100 sites across the country and be ex-panded over the next four years to support10,000 of the best STEM teachers in the na-tion.”


Research and Development“I strongly support investments in re-

search and development that help spur

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America innovation and proposed a goalthat, as a country, we invest more than 3percent of our GDP in public and privateresearch and development — exceeding thelevel achieved at the height of the space race.That’s why, under the Recovery Act, my ad-ministration enacted the largest research anddevelopment increase in our nation’s history.Through the Recovery Act, my Administra-tion committed over $100 billion to supportgroundbreaking innovation with invest-ments in energy, basic research, educationand training, advanced vehicle technology,health I.T. and health research, high speedrail, smart grid, and information technol-ogy.”


Governor Mitt Romney:Energy

“The current Administration has used tax-payer dollars to pick winners and losers in theenergy sector while publicly threatening tobankrupt anyone who builds a new coal-firedplant and has stopped the Keystone XLPipeline. The current President has done noth-ing to disavow the scare campaign against hy-draulic fracturing. Furthermore, he has wastedbillions of taxpayers’ dollars by subsidizing fa-vored companies like Solyndra, which gener-ated bankruptcies rather than kilowatts.”

Source: Republican Party Platform pg. 16.

“The goal of energy independence haslong proved elusive, but analysts across thespectrum — energy experts, investmentfirms, even academics at Harvard University— now recognize that surging U.S. energyproduction, combined with the resources ofAmerica’s neighbors, can meet all of the con-tinent’s energy needs within a decade. Thekey is to embrace these resources and openaccess to them.

“I have put forward a six-part plan forachieving these goals. First, I will empowerstates to control onshore energy develop-ment, including on federal lands within theirborders. Second, I will open offshore areas todevelopment. Third, I will pursue a NorthAmerican Energy Partnership so that Amer-ica can benefit from the resources of itsneighbors. Fourth, I will ensure accurate as-sessment of the nation’s energy resources byupdating decades-old surveys that do not re-flect modern technological capabilities.Fifth, I will restore transparency and fairnessto permitting and regulation. And sixth, Iwill facilitate private-sector-led developmentof new energy technologies.”


Climate ChangeAnd the Environment

“The current Administration’s most re-cent National Security Strategy reflects the

extreme elements in its liberal domesticcoalition...Finally, the strategy subordinatesour national security interests to environ-mental, energy, and international health is-sues, and elevates ‘climate change’ to thelevel of a ‘severe threat’ equivalent to for-eign aggression. The word ‘climate,’ in fact,appears in the current President’s strategymore often than Al Qaeda, nuclear prolif-eration, radical Islam, or weapons of massdestruction.”


“The environment is getting cleaner andhealthier. The nation’s air and waterways, asa whole, are much healthier than they werejust a few decades ago. Efforts to reducepollution, encourage recycling, educate thepublic, and avoid ecological degradationhave been a success. To ensure their contin-ued support by the American people, how-ever, we need a dramatic change in theattitude of officials in Washington, a shiftfrom a job-killing punitive mentality to aspirit of cooperation with producers,landowners, and the public.”


Stem Cell Research“We support and applaud adult stem cell

research to develop lifesaving therapies, andwe oppose the killing of embryos for theirstem cells. We oppose federal funding ofembryonic stem cell research. Republicanparty platform.”


“We call for expanded support for thestem-cell research that now offers the great-est hope for many afflictions — with adultstem cells, umbilical cord blood, and cellsreprogrammed into pluripotent stemcells—without the destruction of embry-onic human life. We urge a ban on humancloning and on the creation of or experi-mentation on human embryos.”


Space Program“Through its achievements, NASA has

inspired generations of Americans to studyscience, technology, engineering, and math-ematics, leading to careers that drive ourcountry's technological and economic en-gines. Today, America’s leadership in spaceis challenged by countries eager to emulate— and surpass — NASA’s accomplish-ments. To preserve our national security in-terests and foster innovation andcompetitiveness, we must sustain our pre-eminence in space, launching more sciencemissions, guaranteeing unfettered access,and maintaining a source of high-valueAmerican jobs.”


STEM Education“We advocate the policies and methods

that have proven effective: building on thebasics, especially STEM subjects (science,technology, engineering, and math) andphonics; ending social promotions; meritpay for good teachers; classroom discipline;

parental involvement; and strong leadershipby principals, superintendents, and locallyelected school boards”


“The first step is to acknowledge theneed for change when the status quo is notworking. New systems of learning areneeded to compete with traditional four-year colleges: expanded community collegesand technical institutions, private trainingschools, online universities, life-long learn-ing, and work-based learning in the privatesector. New models for acquiring advancedskills will be ever more important in therapidly changing economy of the twenty-first century, especially in science, technol-ogy, engineering, and math.”


Research and Development“I am a strong supporter of federally

funded research, and continued fundingwould be a top priority in my budget. Theanswer to spending constraints is not to cutback on crucial investments in America’s fu-ture, but rather to spend money morewisely. For instance, President Obama spent$90 billion in stimulus dollars in a failed at-tempt to promote his green energy agenda.That same spending could have funded thenation’s energy research programs at thelevel recommended in a recent HarvardUniversity study for nearly twenty years.

“Good public policy must also ensurethat federal research is being amplified inthe private sector, and that major break-throughs are able to make the leap from thelaboratory to the marketplace. Unfortu-nately, President Obama has pursued poli-cies across a range of fields that will havethe opposite effect. For instance, Oba-macare imposes an excise tax on the rev-enue of medical device companies that isalready driving jobs and investment over-seas. Meanwhile, the FDA’s slow andopaque approval process is rated less thanone-fourth as effective as its Europeancounterpart by medical technology compa-nies. Robust NIH funding will only haveits desired effect if paired with sensiblepolicies that facilitate medical innovationmore broadly.”


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“Hasidic Jewish reggae rapper” sounds like an anomaly at bestand a novelty at worst. But anything closer than a cursory listento Matisyahu’s words and music discovers a serious artist withstrong faith. The now clean-shaven Matisyahu will perform at theState Theatre Nov. 6. The Sun spoke over the phone withMatisyahu to talk Judaism, detox and world peace.

THE SUN: So there was a big controversy last Decemberwhen you shaved your beard, and I heard you’ve dyed yourhair blonde now.

MATISYAHU: No, you’re behind! The hair was blonde aboutsix months ago. It was short-lived. I was in Israel, filming amusic video called Sunshine, and I sort of wanted that look,that sort of desert sun.

SUN: I feel like your latest album, Spark Seeker, containsfewer religious, fewer Jewish themes than your earlier work.Would you agree with that?

M.: I don’t know, I wouldn’t say it that way, it’s just differ-ent. Every song is really different, you know. For example, Ihave a song on this record called “Bal Shem Tov,” and there’sYiddish all over the record, there’s Jewish prayers on therecord, so you could call that religious. For example, the “BalShem Tov” song is about [18th Century Jewish mystical rabbi]Bal Shem Tov, right? The message of the song is that a personcan find their truth. So it really depends on how you look atthat. I don’t think it’s so black and white, or that it’s less reli-gious, or more religious.

SUN: I also feel that it’s a little more pop than your earlierrecords, and not so rooted in reggae and rap.

M.: I would say so. But you know, “pop,” the word, hasconnotations with it, so it all depends on your definition ofthe word “pop.” I think the songs there are in some ways moreaccessible. I would use the word “accessible.”

SUN: What originally drew you to reggae?M.: I don’t really know, I’ll be honest. My cousin was from

Barbados, and we’d listen to reggae when I was a kid and heused to come over for summer camp when I was in New York.So that was my first exposure, and after that it was BobMarley. I don’t know what was is that drew me to the music.Music is the type of thing that has kind of a soul, a very spir-itual kind of thing, and why one type of music draws one type

of person more than another — I have no clue about theanswer to that question.

SUN: In Got No Water, one of your lyrics is, “Young man,don’t you know drugs impurify your mind.” So it seems likeyou’re not that big into recreational drug use, and I was won-dering how you reconcile that with your affinity for BobMarley, with his often explicit references to drug culture.

M.: You know, when I wrote that song, I was in kind of adetox period. I was becoming religious, and part of mybecoming religious was kind of about getting off of drugs. Sothat was the relevance to that song at that moment. I don’treally have any necessarily big issues with drugs, or recreation-al drugs. I think everybody’s different, you know, and every-body has to really make their own decisions in their lives. Youknow how you said earlier that my music was more religiousbefore? I would say it’s not that it’s more religious, but it’s gota lot of attacks on stuff that I would never write again. Things

were a little bit more black and white, you know — drugs arebad, this is good, this is bad. Over time I’ve evolved to see dif-ferent shades of colors.

SUN: Your show in Ithaca is on the night of the election.Are you planning on voting?

M.: No, I don’t vote. I don’t really believe in politicians. Idon’t know what they’re really offering, though that could justbe my own ignorance. I’ve never voted. I’ve been asked thatquestion before, but I’ve never felt the desire to vote. I wasnever inspired by a candidate that was running for presiden-tial office, that my life would be affected by them hugely.

SUN: In your songs, you talk a lot about world peace. Doyou feel any of the candidates in the upcoming election are inline with your vision of world peace?

M.: I mean, I don’t really know, to be honest. I mean,world peace — who doesn’t want world peace? Everybodywants world peace, you know? But if the question is how toget there, no one knows how to get there, and I don’t know ifthat’s going to happen. The biggest thing is starting with your-self. I’m not really so concerned about big peace; I’m moreconcerned about, how can I find peace in myself? How can Itry and convey that when I’m on the stage? For me that’s real-ly the focus.

SUN: Your lyrics often center around ending conflict andbloodshed. Where do you stand on the Israeli-Palestinian con-flict?

M.: Well, as far as I understand, there was never a countrycalled Palestine. There was the British occupation, but therewas never a government. Palestine was a creation that was cre-ated within Israel, as Israel had already come about. That’s myunderstanding, but again, I’m not going to claim that I havethe answer or the truth or the right knowledge. I’m a singer. I’ma musician, trying to find his own sense of balance in his ownlife, trying to write songs that inspire people. I love people andI love human beings, and I think if people could focus on that,it’d be great. But I have no answers as to who’s right and who’swrong, and how we should deal with such huge issues that goback so far. All I know is that I have devout Muslim followersthat love my music. To me, that’s what it’s about with modernpeople now, getting past who killed who, and knowing thatGod created this world in mercy. And if we could emulate thatquality of mercy, we would be godly people.

BY TOM MOORESun Staff Writer

10 | The Corne¬ Daily Sun | Wednesday, October 31, 2012 A & E

Tom Moore is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He canbe reached at [email protected].

Just over six years have passed since the13th chapter of A Series of UnfortunateEvents was published. By the time The Endrolled around, readers were well acquaint-ed with — and occasionally, even fond of— the Baudelaire orphans, their evilcousin Count Olaf and the threatening,vaguely steampunk world they all inhabit-ed. Yet the object of many fans’ fascinationwas neither the mysterious sugar bowl northe initials V.F.D., but the author himself.Over the course of the series, LemonySnicket became more and more of anactive participant in the story. He mayhave begun as a snarky and exceptionallyself-aware narrator, but he ended as thecryptic eye of an ominous storm ofunsolved mysteries. As A Series ofUnfortunate Events never bothered to solvemany of these mysteries, it is not withoutsome apprehension that many fans returnto Snicket’s bizarro world.

The first installment of Snicket’s newfaux-autobiographical series, Who CouldThat Be At This Hour?, puts the author inthe limelight and acts almost as a prequelto the Baudelaire saga. It tells the story ofa 13-year-old Lemony, freshly graduatedfrom a mysterious training school — thekind that gives classes on eavesdropping

and falling from great heights — andplaced into an apprenticeship with S.Theodora Markson, the Snicketized inter-pretation of a bumbling detective. The twojourney together to solve a crime inStain’d-By-The-Sea, a surreal desertedtown, home to a seaweed forest and a fail-ing ink business nowhere near the sea. Thepremise bears all the markings of tradi-tional noir fiction, yet Snicket does todetective lit what Douglas Adams did toscience fiction: He simultaneously honorsand blatantly mocks the genre. The surre-al setting, Snicket’s retrospective regret andthe marvelously ominous narration(“There was a town, and there was a girl,and there was a theft,” the book begins)combine to both pay homage to anddeconstruct common tropes of crime nov-els.

The genre-bending and literary refer-ences play into a larger theme that hasalways been an attractive trademark ofSnicket’s work; despite the fact that hiswork caters to the pre-puberty set, hedoesn’t talk down to his audience. Snicketconsistently treats children, whether read-ers or characters, as mature and capablehuman beings. His young readers are morethan able to handle the death and desola-tion he depicts, while his child charactersare motivated, precocious and perceptivebeyond their years. In Who Could That BeAt This Hour?, our cast of preteen charac-

ters includes Moxie, an aspiring journalistwho lives in a lighthouse; Pip and Squeak,the brothers who drive their father’s caband accept book recommendations as fare;and Stew, the violent young boy who foolshis police officer parents with a sicklysmile. Almost all of these children havebeen abandoned by, or at least separatedfrom, their families. As such, they’re alldriven and independent, forced to operatein an absurd world ruled by incompetentadults.

Returning in full force in this book isperhaps the most prominent Snicketism,the author’s word-definition gimmick — aphrase which here means “occasionallyannoying habit of defining a word imme-diately after using it.” At times, this con-ceit comes off as amusing, but for those ofus with 13 previous Snicket mysteriesunder our belt, the snarky asides can vergeon cloying. Perhaps it’s the fact thatSnicket is now both the narrator and theprotagonist. While A Series of UnfortunateEvents allowed him to occasionally inserthimself into the story, Snicket’s new bookplaces the reader in constant contact witha strange and sometimes frustrating maincharacter.

By placing himself — or rather, hisconstructed persona — center stage,Snicket distances the reader from the storyto an extent. While the later pages largelyresolve this shortcoming, the first three

chapters show Lemony to be a tad unrelat-able. In A Series of Unfortunate Events, thereader discovered a dark, malevolent worldalong with the three child protagonists.With each turn, they were exposed tosome new, shocking horror, and so werewe. Here, we’re watching from afar as ayoung child explores a dark, cruel world— one he already knows exists. It’s new forus, yet his blasé familiarity with stealth anddeception makes it a bit harder to care.

But aside from these issues, Who CouldThat Be At This Hour? is wonderfullyengaging and better structured than manyof the later Unfortunate books. Within its261 pages, you’ll find a fully developed,pursued and solved case, an extravagantcast of characters and just enough unan-swered questions to make an adult readerHulk-smash her copy against a wall out ofsheer excitement for the next installment.For new Snicket readers, Who Could ThatBe At This Hour? is an excellent stand-alone introduction to his wry morbidityand somehow hopefully dark worldview.And for old fans, plunging back intoSnicket’s murky, twisted world will be aworthwhile thrill — a word which heremeans “something you should do, imme-diately.”

BY GINA CARGASSun Staff Writer

Snicket Strikes Again

Gina Cargas is a junior in the College of Artsand Sciences. She can be contacted [email protected].

Questions forMatisyahu

ZANDER ABRANOWICZ /SUN STAFF ILLUSTRATOR

Action holds a lot of stock in Hollywood. A directoryells, “Lights, camera, action!” from his or her chair,a gun goes off and a stunt car explodes. Or something

— I don’t know, it’s a very tired cliché. The point is thataction rules Hollywood movies, even those without carchases or explosions. Atticus Finch would be pretty lame ifhe sat on his porch for all of To Kill a Mockingbird and justthought to himself, “I should defend that innocent blackman … if only I weren’t so tired.” In a Hollywood film,character action, as channeled through an ‘active’ protago-nist, underlines theme and generates entertainment.

Few Hollywood pictures can get away with a ‘passive’protagonist, and, for the ones that do, they strike us asunusual or subtly profound. The ennui of The Graduate orthe “Dudeism” of The Big Lebowski are groundbreaking, inretrospect. They subvert mainstream ideals of success, classand masculinity. In indie and foreign cinema, you will findmore films with atypical protagonists who do not alwayssteer the narrative.

As proof, I present two great films: City of God, directedby Fernando Meirelles andproduced in Brazil, andThe Pianist, directed byRoman Polanski and pro-duced across a smatteringof European countries.Coincidentally, both werereleased in 2002. Even ifyou have not seen thesefilms, you have heard ofthem. You probably haveone of these on your laptop hard drive, ready to watch whenyou’re not in the mood for Arrested Development reruns (so,never). Both of these movies feature protagonists who, formost of the plot, stand to the side and watch horrific forcesdestroy their homes (gangs in the “Cidade de Deus” favelaoutside Rio de Janeiro and Nazis in Warsaw, respectively).While a screenwriting guru like Robert McKee would decrysuch inaction, a passive protagonist can reflect injustices —specifically, violence — with honesty and withouteuphemism.

Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues), a smart boy unfortunateenough to grow up in a slum, narrates City of God. He intro-duces us to the favela’s other inhabitants, most of whomsteal, deal drugs and murder on a daily basis. With little per-sonal opinion, Rocket’s voiceover ties together a nonlinear

plot that spans two decades. His one passion is photography,which allows him to appear active even when he is standingon the sidelines, “shooting” the gang members who areshooting each other. Film theorists have long loved to com-pare the camera with the gun, as has the general public.While the gun aims, shoots and kills, the camera aims,shoots and preserves (but this philosophizing is for anothercolumn). Rocket’s passivity allows us to see, through anaked pair of eyes, the extreme violence (to the extent wherechildren murder other children) infecting his home.

In The Pianist, �W!adys!aw Szpilman (Adrien Brody, inhis Halle Berry smooch-winning role) survives theHolocaust through inaction, not to mention a lot of luck.He watches an execution of Jews that, for some reason, doesnot include him. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising rattles thestreet outside his friend’s apartment where he furtivelysquats. Another acquaintance — a member of the traitorousJewish Ghetto Police — literally pulls Szpilman from hisfamily as they are ushered into a cattle car destined forTreblinka. It makes for a cold procession of events, marked

by horrified reactionshots rather than delib-erate bouts of action.Schindler’s List, whileuncompromising in itsimages, ends on aninspiring note thanksto Oskar Schindler’sheroism. Stories likeSchindler’s provideneeded hope when

digesting such atrocities, but it is Szpilman’s helplessnessthat betrays the true darkness of the time, as hard as it maybe to face.

There is a sharp cynicism in pivoting mass murderaround a passive protagonist. Rocket, Szpilman and, byextension, the viewer witness inexcusable violence while sur-rendering the resolve to stop it. Even worse, the belligerentsare not cackling caricatures but children eased into the drugtrade through opium or young men brainwashed to believetheir genocide is righteous. The balance of good and evil isa bit off, isn’t it? It’s no surprise Hollywood doesn’t go for thepassive protagonist, particularly one under such duress. Aswe watch the character buckle under forces out of his or hercontrol, we think, “Damn, that could have been me!”

Thus, a passive protagonist steers a film towards realism

and away from romanticism. You could say a photojournal-ist like Rocket as City of God’s narrator likens it to a docu-mentary, though that opens a whole new can of worms asthe movie is still a work of fiction (even if it’s based on a truestory). Its veracity notwithstanding, a film with minimalcharacter action is likely to provoke and disturb us morethan one in which an active protagonist overcomes the oddsto save the day. A film like City of God or The Pianist mayalso offend us to the core, which is likely why some despisecharacter inaction in all cases: Where’s the happy ending?How I am supposed to walk out into the world with a shredof respect for my species after that?

The recently released Cloud Atlas may be the ultimateantithesis to such life-negating, humbling fare. The film —which, I will say, is well worth your time — strings togeth-er six, century-spanning plot lines, all connected by differ-ent incarnations of characters, each played by the sameactor. It’s ludicrous. The movie’s official plot summary reads:“An exploration of how the actions of individual livesimpact one another in the past, present and future, as onesoul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kind-ness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.” Thepitch allows for a lot of car chases, explosions and be-all,end-all character choices, all in service of a lie we would gocrazy not to believe.

A Lover’s QuarrelWith the World

ZacharyZahos

Zachary Zahos is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. Hecan be reached at [email protected]. ALover’s Quarrel With the World runs alternate Wednesdays thissemester.

‘Lights! Camera! Inaction!’

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 | The Corne¬ Daily Sun | 11A & E


CAMPUS SOUND OFFOn Campus Sound Off, faces and places around campus comment on the latest news in pop culture. Who knew they had so much to say?! Campus Sound Off runs whenever we feel like it.

This week’s topic: How did Hurricane Sandy affect your plans for Halloween?

Touchdown the Bear:“I left an open keg of Keystone out in

the rain and it tastes the same.”

Ezra Cornell Statue:“While I’m tired of being the campus’Ken doll, this snorkel costume fulfills

fashion and function.”

Cocktail Lounge:“The last time the cocktail lounge was evac-uated was for a tornado. This is nothing.”

Green Dragon Café:

“It didn’t. Halloween is so mainstream...”

Duffield Hall:“There was a hurricane? I had, like, six

prelims.”

Collegetown Bagels:

“Well, that’s another way to ‘black out.’”

Hercules Statue Outside Statler Hall:“I don’t always go trick or treating, but when

I do, I do it in a Category 1 hurricane.”

School of Hotel Administration:“Hospitality students are busy dealingwith parents who drove on the Long

Island Expressway.”PHOTOS BY SUN PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF

SANTI SLADE / SUN STAFF ILLUSTRATOR

COMICS AND PUZZLES12 THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Wednesday, October 31, 2012

It’s upto us.reducereuse

conserveprotectrecycle

Fill in the emptycells, one number

in each, so thateach column,

row, and regioncontains the

numbers 1-9exactly once.

Each number inthe solution

therefore occursonly once in each

of the three“directions,”

hence the “singlenumbers” implied

by the puzzle’sname.

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/Sudoku)

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breather8 Man-horse

creature15 Tangled or

disentangled16 Employee’s

security pass17 Like Napoleon

on Elba18 Nonsense19 Elementary20 Teacher’s

answer book21 Guitarist Barrett22 About, in dates25 AEC successor28 Labyrinth dweller31 Elusive loch

dweller, familiarly35 Powerful health

care lobbying gp.36 Internet letters38 Singer Ronstadt39 Massage style42 Champs-__:

Paris boulevard44 __-face:

smooching45 Law office hire47 Not in the clergy48 Riddler foiled by

Oedipus50 Fictional

destroyer ofTokyo

53 Match part54 Erased55 Leader of the

pitching staff58 Nipper’s org.60 Godliness64 Brahe

contemporary67 Temples with up-

curved roofs69 Paper-folding art70 No help71 Beowulf’s victim72 What each of

seven answersin this puzzle is

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father10 Bulls org.11 Smidgen12 Puts in13 Like Cinderella’s

stepsisters14 Bassoon, e.g.20 Small racer23 Cheers from tiers24 Prankster26 Count (on)27 Forensic

detectives, briefly28 Trick-or-treaters’

costume items29 Beatnik’s “Got it”30 J. Carrol __: TV’s

Charlie Chan32 Fishhook-to-line

connection33 Perfect34 Cinch course37 Big name in

Argentine politics40 With no

warranties

41 Emmy winnerDaly

43 “Shane” star Alan46 Océano filler49 The “X” in XFL,

so some thought51 Homemade pistol52 Imbeciles55 Awestruck56 “The Alienist”

author Caleb57 Nobelist Wiesel

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minded Mr.68 It begins with

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10/31/12

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

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

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Circles and Stuff by Robert Radigan grad

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Strings Attached by Ali Solomon ’01

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which rivals the size of Soviet Russia and aleft hook like no other, you have a group ofguys who are in awe of you. Cornell’s veryown Alexander Ovechkin, you always meanbusiness because if confidence was the nameof the game, you would be MVP. ForHalloween, you should show off your truetough guy nature and dress up as yourfavorite icer. Whether you’re Sean Avery,Zdeno Chara or Raffi Torres, you’ll be thecoolest guy in Dunbar’s. Stoli shots for every-one — on you.

Mr. PrepsterAre you the kind of guy that always

matches his socks, shorts and shirt — to hisSperry’s no less? A connoisseur of the winelist at your local country club, you and yourwinning smile have caught the attention ofmany. A Tiger (Woods) on the prowl, youhave an eye for the finer things in life. So,whether it is your perfectly coiffed hair orneatly pressed slacks, you always leave anadmirable first impression. For Halloweenyou should highlight your true passion for allthings preppy, so break out the argyle socksand grab a 9 iron — just make sure that yourSwedish girlfriend doesn’t see you makinggoogly eyes at the girl behind the counter at

Stella’s.Mr. GQ

All the ladies want to date you and all theguys want to be you. Sound familiar?Sometimes mistaken for Cristiano Ronaldo,you’re the perfect dose of tall, dark and hand-some on a dreary Ithaca day. Struttingaround Statler in your custom-tailoredArmani suit, you are accustomed to havingyour way. Betches want you — despite thefact that you sometimes have bigger divamoments than they do. Mr. GQ is a regularat the Regent Lounge, always ordering hismartini shaken, not stirred. This year, chan-nel your inner soccer player (or footballer, ifyou hail from across the pond) and don yourPumas and Barca jersey. Enjoy your night onthe town. Just make sure not to spill yourdrink on anyone — that’s an instant red card.

The PlayboyFangirls. Fanboys. You’ve got them all.

You’re a big man on campus — but, actually— and everyone thinks you’re the next bestthing since rain boots in Ithaca. Like MichaelPhelps, you give off that swag which keepseveryone rooting for you, even when you fail.Known to be a little bit of a player, you lovethe ladies and are known for living the goodlife. This Halloween, rock your jammers likeIan Thorpe or if you’re brave, go shirtless andwear your custom American grill like our

favorite playboy, Ryan Lochte. You’ll makequite the splash when you hit theCollegetown streets with your custom-solesneakers. Oh yeah, just make sure to remem-ber your wallet — everyone at Level B will bedying to swim in your fishbowl.

The Guy Next DoorYou’re sweet. You’re nice. You’re Ithaca’s

very own Guy Next Door — but with a badstreak. You are known for being dedicated toeverything that you do, but who doesn’t loveto relax and let loose every once in awhile?“Work hard, play hard” is your motto andthis Halloween that is exactly what youshould do. Grab your favorite flat brim, sometight white pants and people might easilymistake you for Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguezor Bryce Harper. Showing off your moves onthe Pixel dance floor, everyone might thinkyou’re Cornell’s newest outfielder or pinchhitter.

So, guys (and girls), there you have it.Find some friends to dress up with you andmaybe you can trick a few people into believ-ing the N.Y. Rangers came to town. HappyHalloween!

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tally prepared and we just were not,”Batie-Smoose said. “We have to executethe scouting report and come deter-mined to fight. My concern for thisweek is focus and mental preparation,especially against Dartmouth.”

The Red plays Dartmouth (2-18, 1-9 Ivy) on Friday and Harvard (8-13, 5-5 Ivy) on Saturday in its final two roadgames of the season. The Red’s last

matchup against the Big Green startedoff well as they won the first two sets,but lost the next two before winningcoming back and winning the fifth set atNewman Arena.

“We just have to serve aggressivelyand come out mentally prepared,”Batie-Smoose said. “We put them inpositions to succeed in practice and nowthey just have to do it in games.”

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Junior goaltender Andy Iles kicks off the season bybeing named the ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week.This award is based on his performance this past week-end during the Red’s season-opening match-up againstColorado College.

Cornell defeated the Tigers 2-0 on Friday and then3-2 on Saturday.

“I think that on Saturday, especially in the first peri-od, [Colorado College] came out and we gave up somechances right off the bat where the game could have got-ten [to] one or two nothing quick and Iles did a tremen-dous job making sure the game stayed 0-0, and that’sthe kind of quality goaltender he is,” said head coachMike Shafer.

The Friday night victory marked Iles’ seventh careershutout, with 19 saves on the night.

The following night, he racked up 21 saves. Iles alsomade an important contribution to the Red’s eight-for-eight penalty kill record on Saturday. He and the rest ofthe special teams unit did not allow the Tigers to capi-talize on any of their power plays.

“We still have to work on it — going eight and eighton the kill is important, but we did some things that wehave to improve ontoo,” Iles said.“There were mistakesthat as a team werealize and we haveto try to counteractthose mistakes andkeep getting better.”

Iles’ shutouts have come in a 31-game span. This sev-enth shutout puts the Ithaca native in a tie for sixthplace on the Cornell hockey program’s list of careertotals.

“Obviously being a goalie is kind of a unique posi-

tion — a lot of times you get recognition that maybeyou don’t always fully deserve, but I mean anytime youget recognition its exciting but it’s a test to what we didas a team this weekend,” Iles said. “We had a greatweekend as a team and I was a recipient from that froma personal acclaim standpoint, but the guys in front ofme played great, made my life really easy, and thatturned into statistical success. And statistical success for

a goalie usually turns into an award,so its kind of a win- win.”

Iles’ last shutout was againstColgate — whom the Red are facingthis weekend to begin ECAC play.Iles is already looking forward to theseries against the Raiders.

“It’s a fun series, it’s fun to go upthere and play, and it’s always fun to play at home.They’re a good team,” he said.

This is the third time that Iles is the recipient of theleague’s goalie of the week honor. The last two were onNov. 22, 2011 and Dec. 2, 11 — in the midst of Iles’

league-record shutout streak.Despite his success, Iles is still working towards

improvement.“[I’m working on] just kind of reading the situations

understanding the game, realizing where I can play backa little deeper, make the game a little easier, make thegame a little easier on my teammates,” he said. “Andthen realizing when I really need to take an extra stepout: it’s kind of understanding the game, having betterreads on the plays and what not, trying to make thegame as simple as you can.”

He also explained how having two years of experi-ence has helped to inform this process.

“By trying to simplify, you really need to understandthe game,” Iles said. “So I’ve looked back on the last twoyears to see where I can simplify my game a little bit andmaybe take some shortcuts here and have to do a fewextra things in certain situations.”

Cornell football was honored with two awards on Monday, as junior quarterbackJeff Mathews was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week and freshman run-ning back Luke Hagy was honored as the Ivy Rookie of the Week. Both players hadpivotal parts in the Red’s 37-35 win over Princeton on Saturday.

Mathews’ honor is his second Offensive Player of the Week Award this season andthe fourth in total throughout this three years with the Red. He was also namedRookie of the Week twice during his freshman season in 2010. Mathews has also setrecords with his 525 yards on 35-of-51 passing with four touchdowns and noturnovers — his single game yardage ranking second at Cornell and third in the IvyLeague.

This is also Hagy’s second Rookie of the Week award for 2012. Hagy has also beensolid for the Red with 95 all-purpose yards and his first career-receiving touchdown inthe game against the Tigers. He lead Cornell with a game-high 58 rushing yards on 14carries and caught three passes for 37 yards — including a 23-yard touchdown.

The Red will return to its home field on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 12:30 p.m. to battleagainst Ivy foe Dartmouth.

— Compiled by Haley Velasco

Mathews Named Ivy Offensive Player of Week;Hagy Honored as Ivy Rookie of the Week

Making catches | Freshman running back Luke Hagy won his second Ivy Rookie ofthe Week this week after 23-yard touchdown in the win on Saturday against Princeton.

OLIVER KLIEWE / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

After a solid showing at the 48th Head of the Charles Regatta inCambridge, the Red grabbed four top-three finishes — including a victory inthe men’s heavyweight four — at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie thispast weekend. The 2012 Princeton Chase is an exclusively a college event andwas the largest in the competition’s history with 431 boats competing.

Cornell also took second in both women’s novice eight and the women’svarsity four race, as well as third in the men’s freshmen eight. Both the men’sheavyweight eight and the men’s lightweight eight came in fourth, while thewomen’s eight took eighth place overall.

All three programs end the fall season at the Syracuse Fall Invitational onSaturday, Nov. 3.

— Compiled by Haley Velasco

Cornell Has Solid Performance With FourTop-Three Finishes at Princeton Chase

MONIQUE HALL / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Early acknowledgements | Junior goalie Andy Iles was named ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week this week after his solidperformance over the weekend in Cornell’s opening game against Colorado College.

XIAOYUE GUO / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Iles Named ECACGoalie of the WeekBy DANI ABADASun Assistant Sports Editor

Dani Abada can be reached at [email protected].

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Hoping to Finish Season Strong

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Both the men and women’s polo teams picked up winsthis weekend, after the men defeated UConn, 26-11, inan away game and the women topped Kentucky, 26-7, athome. The men earned the team’s second victory of theseason to raise it’s record to 2-1, while the women kept it’sundefeated record intact at 3-0.

The men’s squad rested captains senior Branden VanLoon and junior Nik Feldman for the first chukker.Despite aggressive offense, the Red ended the firstchukker down by one. Feldman replaced sophomoreNick Steig for the second chukker and Cornell stormedback to take the lead less than two minutes in. The team

finished the half leading the Huskies, 11-7. “The first chukker was about mostly nerves,” head

coach David Eldredge ’81 said. “They just missed a cou-ple of easy plays — we were in the right place to make theright play. When we missed it [UConn] was trailing.”

The regular starting trio of Feldman, Van Loon andSteig took to the pitch for the second half but only nar-rowly outscored the Huskies, 5-3, in the third chukker.The Red broke the game wide-open in the fourth, how-ever, crushing UConn, 10-1, to lift the final score to 26-11. According to Eldredge, the fourth chukker represent-ed an improvement in the team’s scoring ability.

“It was definitely one of the better chukkers of the sea-son because they finished off on a lot of goals,” he said.“Their scoring efficiency has been erratic this year. We

controlled the entire third chukker as well, we just didn’thave the efficiency around the goal.”

Feldman led the men’s team with eight goals, whileback in Ithaca, junior captain Kailey Eldredge set the pacefor the women’s team with seven goals in the first halfalone. Eldredge, senior captain Ali Hoffman and fresh-man Anna Winslow started for the Red, with fellow fresh-man Devin Cox subbing for Winslow in the secondchukker. With a secure lead of 18-1 after the first half,junior Beth LeBow and Winslow replaced Eldredge andHoffman for the second half.

Kentucky’s squad had only one returning starter onthe field, as last year’s top Wildcat player graduated andthe third starter from last year was unable to make thematch-up against the Red due to school reasons.Although she acknowledged the game would have beentougher if Kentucky had its other returning starter,Hoffman felt the outcome wouldn’t have changed.

“Had their other starter been there with them, it prob-ably would have helped them, but I do think we were themore cohesive team and the results would have been inour favor still,” she said.

The Red finished the third chukker ahead, 4-1, butlost the final chukker, 4-5. The freshman continued theirstrong presence, with Cox tallying six times and Winslowadding four. Three matches into the season, Hoffmansays she can already see the improvement in the new play-ers.

“They’re doing a really great job getting in there andgetting in stride,” she said. “We’ve come along way sincefirst game.”

Both the men and women face off against UConn nextweek at home. After playing the Huskies last week,David Eldredge said the men’s team will be able to use itsmemories of the recent game to prepare. As for thewomen’s team, he added that UConn’s young squad mayhave trouble adjusting to the Red’s skill and creativity.

“[UConn women will] be schooled well as far asknowing the rules and knowing what to do, but thatcould actually work in their detriment,” he said. “Ifthey’re not able to bog it down, our players have the abil-ity to take advantage of our experience and their lack ofexperience to open it up and make those plays.”

It’s that time of year again.No, I don’t mean the begin-ning of the NBA season, but

rather Halloween. It’s the onenight of the year that everyoneis encouraged to dress up assomeone else and go have somefun. Dressing up as an athletehas become somewhat of a tra-dition for me, so this year was

no different. Given the precari-ous state of hockey, my friendsand I decided to embody the2012 NHL Lockout — inter-preting the NHL, NHLPA andHockey-Related Revenue inour own unique ways.So, in honor of Halloween, Iam going to share some (satiri-cal) sports-related costume

ideas with Cornell’s male popu-lation, since I doubt you’vebeen preparing for tonight aslong as us girls have. Ladies,don’t be offended, these ideascan work for you too — youjust might need to purchase afake mustache or two. I’ve bro-ken them down by personality,but feel free to disagree.

Mr. Big ShotAre you the kind of guy that isthe life of every party he s?Rolling up with a girl on eacharm, Mr. Bigshot is a pimp byblood, not relation. Despitehaving an huge ego which rivals

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Five for Fighting

The four game roadstretch for Cornell’s vol-leyball had a roughbeginning as the teamdropped both matcheslast weekend to Brownand Yale. The Red (6-15, 2-8 Ivy League) lostin four sets on Friday inProvidence to the Bears(6-13, 2-7 Ivy) and onSaturday in New Havento the Bulldogs (14-5,8-0).

Cornell was able towin the first set againstYale, 28-26, before los-ing a close second set,23-25, and then gettingblown away in the finaltwo sets, 12-25. Junioroutside hitter SierraYoung continued herconsistent season as sheled the Red with 13kills. Junior middleblocker RachelD’Epagnier also contin-ued her hot streak with a.318 hitting percentage

and eight kills.The match on Friday

was much closer as theRed lost the first twosets 24-26 and 15-25.The Red was able to pullout the third set win at25-23, but lost thefourth and deciding set20-25. D’Epagnier hada career day with 16 killsand a .406 hitting per-centage with three errorson 32 attempts. Juniorand captain outside hit-ter Kelly Marble andYoung both had 11 killsapiece.

“It was definitely dis-appointing on Fridaywhen we really did notshow up to play,” saidhead coach MelissaB a t i e - S m o o s e .“Everybody plays betterat home, which makes itso hard to get wins onthe road especially in theIvy League.”

While Batie-Smoosestated that serving hasdeclined and improve-ments have to be made

in defending the middleattack, she highlightedthat focus is the key.

“We have to be men-

Rough Beginning for the Red

POLO

By EMILY BERMANSun Staff Writer

Making moves | Sophomore Nick Stieg was one of the trio, along with junior Nik Feldman and senior BrandenVan Loon, to start the second half and to outscore UConn, 5-3, in the third chukker.

TINA CHOU / SUN FILE PHOTO

Emily Berman can be reached [email protected].

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Cornell Picks Up Both Men’s and Women’s Wins

Down and dirty | Junior outside hitter SierraYoung led Cornell with 13 kills against Yale.

CONNOR ARCHARD / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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