Cornellians are gearing

up for what they hope willbe an exciting electionnight Tuesday.

Max Schechter ’14,

director of public relationsfor the CornellDemocrats, said the orga-nization is working tosecure votes for PresidentBarack Obama and willcontinue to make callsthrough Obama’s virtualphone bank website untilTuesday evening.

“It’s great to see peoplere-energized this semes-ter,” Schechter said.“Hopefully, we’ll be cele-brating Tuesday night.”

The CornellRepublicans campaignedfor Rep. Tom Reed (D-N.Y.), who they said willeasily win the race for hisseat in New York’s 23rdCongressional District,according to first vicechair Alex Pruce ’13.

“Student involvementis different forRepublicans at Cornellbecause students recognizethat campaigning forGovernor Romney in NewYork is futile,” Pruce said.“New York is a solid bluestate.”

Other students, includ-ing Ilan Rasooly ’15, took

to social media platformsMonday to encouragetheir peers at Cornell tovote.

“We’re a smart bunch,”Rasooly said on Facebookof Cornell students. “Ifanyone is going to makean informed, intelligentdecision, it’s us.”

A new student organi-zation, the Society forWomen in Politics, metMonday evening inWillard Straight Hall todiscuss each candidate’splatform. At the meeting,executive board membersemphasized the impor-tance of voting, even instates that consistentlyvote for a certain party.

“Your vote still counts,especially for women,since we fought really hardfor the right to vote,” saidJulia Tishman ’15,Treasurer of the Society forWomen in Politics.

Despite many students’interest in the outcome ofthe election, someCornellians said they will

With less than 24 hours until electionday, Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) visitedCornell Monday to participate in a townhall style forum focusing on Middle Easternpolicy.

Reed — the Congressional representativeof New York’s 29th District since he waselected in November 2010 — said he was notusing the forum, which was hosted by theCornell Israel Public Affairs Committee, asan opportunity to campaign. Rather, he saidhe participated in the event to connect withstudents and hear their views on controver-sial issues like Middle Eastern relations.

“I’m only 40. I’m not an old timer. I likegoing to junior high classes and collegecampuses and seeing if you think [Congress]is on the right track,” Reed said. “If there’ssomething we could be doing better, thenI’m interested to hear what you can offer us.We can’t lose that optimism in America.”

During the event, Reed — who was

joined by his two sisters, daughter andnephew — said he was eager to hear theopinions of audience members. He empha-sized the importance of political activismamong young people, comparing theirenthusiasm to the freshman class of conser-vative Congressional representatives whocame to office in the 2010 midterm elec-

tions.“Look at the voting record of the [House

of Representatives’] freshman class,” Reedsaid. “If you look at the votes, it’s surprisinghow many freshman members did the rightthing during critical votes. That’s good.

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Rumble in ElmiraIn a debate Thursday, NateShinagawa ‘05 M.A. ‘09 andTom Reed (R-N.Y.) sparredover issues such as healthcare

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They Be Jammin’Clio Chang ‘14 reviews theNew York Banjo Summitthat occurred at Ithaca’sState Theatre on Fridaynight.

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After Sandy, SenatorWorks on Relief Efforts

Ahead in the polls,Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand(D-N.Y.) has shifted herattention from campaign-ing to commu-nity servicea f t e rH u r r i c a n eSandy devas-tated much ofNew York Cityand the sur-rounding area.

In the daysleading up toTuesday’s election,Gillibrand –– along withGov. Andrew Cuomo andSen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) –– has been touringNew York City and sur-veying the damage causedby Hurricane Sandy,according to New York

One. After hearing about

insufficient relief effortsin Staten Island,Gillibrand promised tobring supplies from boththe American Red Cross

and the FederalE m e r g e n c yManagementAgency to thearea, accordingto The StatenI s l a n dAdvance.

“ S t a t e nIsland familiesare suffering,”

Gillibrand told TheAdvance on Thursday.“We will be your advo-cate. We know you needimmediate assistance. Wewill bring the resources.”These resources included

The map (above) shows four polling locations that will beopen on and near the Cornell campus for Tuesday’s elec-tions.

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TodayJacob William Steinberg would not have stepped on

an inactive land mine or immediately thereafter beenshot in the shoulder if he had not been whistlingWagner’s “Valkyrie” in the brazen desert heat of theArghandab Valley of Southern Afghanistan. Bill, as heliked to be called – it was less Semitic than Jacob – sur-vived, grateful the land mine was inactive and that hisinjured shoulder landed him an extended leave. Sixmonths later he was right back in the shit. His parentscalled him daily, asking him what they had done wrongas parents. Bill’s simple answer was that his seventh andfinal year of Hebrew School turned Jacob WilliamSteinberg into Bill, a hardened killer.

Five years before Bill inadvertently stepped on thelandmine and was shot, an errant breeze blew a repug-nant smell from his third floor bedroom to the first floorliving room of his parents’ house. The path of thisbreeze, which Bill would later call god’s intervention,replaced his civilian life with that of a soldier. In the liv-ing room Bill’s parents were hosting their weekly meet-ing with their young Rabbi and the young Rabbi’s evenyounger wife.

The third stair creaked as four people ascendedtowards his room. He thought to himself that his par-ents would probably regret this. In later years Bill’smother blamed “Jakov,” as she called him, for her failureto get pregnant, rather than her unreasonably lazyovaries. Bill did not pity her. She was frighteningly seri-ous. As for the Rabbi, Bill found him to be a devoutnonbeliever in the pulpit, which made his High Holidaysermons notoriously ephemeral.

As the young Rabbi, the Rabbi’s younger wife, andBill’s mother and father entered his room, they were hitby a wave of nausea that overwhelmed their usualuptightness. It started with Bill’s mother: she spewed afrightening amalgam of warm Manischewitz wine and

stale Brahms’ cream chocolates. Next the Rabbi’s wifeexpelled a pool of beetroot-red borscht onto the floor. Itwas tinged with a side of sour cream. The Rabbi sought invain to control his dizziness before retching his own lunch– an overstuffed Reuben sandwich– which he discreetlydeposited in Jakov’s sock drawer, making sure to wipe hismouth and beard with Jakov’s clean underwear. Bill’sfather, who was used to putrid smells from managing oil-

rigs, and had also not yet eaten that day because of his wist-ful desire to regain his physique, did not throw up. But hishead did explode.

Bill was proud of his ability to stay composedthrough the ordeal. That was the reason, he was sure, whyhe’d be a good soldier.

Bill’s mother, first to erupt, was the first to regaincontrol and speak. “Jacob, is that, is that … Mr. BoDiddly?”

“He ran into the street, and got hit by a—”“—And you decided to bring him into your room?”

Bill’s father was incredulous. That vein in his templeflared, turning his face a rust or terra cotta color. Bill notedthat every time he saw his father he was angry with him,because he always had that flaring vein.

“I brought him up so you wouldn’t get angry”“Why would we blame you that he was hit by a car?”

The rabbi asked intellectually, cleaning his glasses and lipswith a silk handkerchief.

“Because I let him out, and didn’t watch him. I saw himrun into the street, and Mrs. Hyman ran him over with herCadillac.”

“She didn’t say anything to me when I met with her yes-terday at Shul,” the Rabbi countered.

“I’m sure she was putting her lipstick on as she droveagain. That old woman is decrepit.” The Rabbi was brim-ming with respect for his elders.

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Health care reform dominated Thursday’s debatebetween incumbent Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and chal-lenger Nate Shinagawa ’05 M.A. ’09. The two candidates

for New York’s 23rd Congressional District argued pas-sionately over the Affordable Care Act, arguably PresidentObama’s most significant legislative achievement of hisfirst term and a lightning rod issue of controversy.

The ACA — also known as Obamacare — has beenhotly debated this election season, with Democrats sayingthe law provides care for those who previously were not

able to buy health insurance, while conservatives chargethat the program cuts $716 billion from Medicare.

While Democrats have said the law extends the life ofMedicare, Reed said on Thursday that the entitlementprogram will be bankrupt by the time people who are cur-rently 53 or younger are old enough to qualify, accordingto The Ithaca Journal.

“That’s what Obamacare does,” he said. “We need todo better, and that’s why we supported Paul Ryan’s bud-get. Let’s put solutions out there. Let’s put ideas outthere.”

Reed made clear that he only supports reformingMedicare, not getting rid of it entirely. Still, he chargedthat the single-payer system supported by Shinagawa, aTompkins County legislator, would lead health care coststo go through the roof, according to The Journal.

“The bottom line is my opponent is supportive of notonly Obamacare, but he is supportive of single-payerhealth care for America, which is government-controlled,government-defined health care for everyone. If we godown that path, health care costs are going to go throughthe roof,” Reed said, according to The Journal.

Shinagawa, meanwhile, said that the Ryan budget,which Reed supports, would make cuts to Medicare. Toreduce costs, he said, would preserve the current systemwhile making the focus on the quality of care Medicarebeneficiaries receive.

“I think what we need to do is actually invest in theMedicare system in the long run,” Shinagawa said, accord-ing to The Journal. “I believe that we need to move thehealth care system that’s focused right now on how manypatients you see, how many surgeries you do and howmany tests you order into a system that’s an integratedmodel where all doctors and nurses are part of the sameteam and are focused on high-quality care, better care.”

The debate, held in Elmira, comes less than a weekbefore Election Day. The contest between Reed andShinagawa has narrowed in recent weeks, with two pollslast week showing a five-point gap between the candi-dates, according to The Journal.

The two candidates both ramped up their campaigningefforts in the final weekend before Election Day, TheJournal reported. Reed spent the weekend in ChautauquaCounty, holding several rallies, while Shinagawa cam-paigned door-to-door across the 23rd District.

“We’re keeping up the energy,” Reed campaign

spokesman Tim Kolpien told The Journal. “Energy andenthusiasm have been very high and we’ll keep pushingright through until Tuesday.”

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Shinagawa ’05 show down | Nate Shinagawa ’05 M.A.’09 debates against with Cornell’s College Republicans.

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Reed the Republican | Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) speaksabout the U.S. foreign policy with Israel at Cornell Monday.

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Election Night at Cornell Throughout the Years

A community affair | City residents at the Women’s Community Building downtown welcome Obama’s election with cheers.LINDSAY MYRON / SUN FILE PHOTO

Blast from the past | Svante Myrick ’09, now Ithaca’smayor, watches the 2008 election results at a Collegetown bar.

HAILEY WILMER / SUN FILE PHOTO

Speaking out | 200 students rallied outside WillardStraight Hall the day before the 1992 presidential elections.

JULIE ROSS / SUN FILE PHOTO

Come Home America | Ithacans take in presidential electionresults at 3 a.m. on Nov. 6, 1968.

COURTESY OF GORDON F. SANDER ’73

A different year, a different Romney | The Cornell Daily Sun front page shows freshmen at Cornell waiting for the results of the 1964presidential election in a campus dorm, as George Romney, Mitt’s father, was elected governor of Michigan that year.

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Reed: President MustCreate National UnityThat’s leadership.”

Reed said he hopes these newmembers of Congress will helpeliminate much of the politicalstalemate that has plagued thelegislature, as well as assist inbringing people together tosolve some of the nation’s mostpressing issues.

“Two years after 2010, we’verealized that we are in a precar-ious situation. This is not cam-paign rhetoric. There’s a funda-mental problem coming downthe pipeline that needs to besolved,” Reed said. “There arebomb-throwers on both sides,Democrat and Republican. It’sour job as new Congressmen —and as the public — to callthem out.”

Adam Schlussel ’16, a mem-ber of CIPAC, said he appreci-ated Reed’s frankness duringthe forum.

“I appreciate his honesty,especially his desire to have aunited front in D.C.,” Schlusselsaid. “All the different voicesare coming out right now andcreating a problem. The worldsees how fragmented we are.”

Much of the forum focusedon foreign policy in the MiddleEast, with Reed speculating onIsrael’s future prospects andstressing the need to preventIran from becoming a threat.

“A nuclearized Iran is unac-ceptable,” he said.

Still, Reed said his primary

goal as a member of Congress isto eliminate what he called theObama administration’sambiguous foreign policy posi-tion toward Israel.

“There is … a concern thatthe United States’ position isnot as clear as it needs to be,”he said. “Once the MiddleEastern actors make calcula-tions based on this uncertainty,I think the U.S. will join withIsrael and react. That would setoff a catastrophic chain ofevents.”

Reed said he believes a lackof national unity will hurtefforts by the United States toprevent the development ofIran’s nuclear program.

“The doctrine of inconsis-tency is on full display,” Reedsaid. “Iranians in particular areusing the Libya situation to jus-tify why they should possess anuclear weapon.”

Saying that Congress mustrally around the executivebranch, Reed also emphasizedthe need for whichever candi-date is elected as president totake a firm stance on issues ofMiddle Eastern policy.

“We need a consistent, firmdeclaration from the WhiteHouse,” Reed said. “SomeCongressional members like tospeak out and send inconsistentmessages to get a headline. Butthat’s irresponsible.”

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not be voting.“A lot of my friends aren’t able to vote

because they didn’t get [their absentee ballot] ontime,” Sam Ritholtz ‘14 said.

Other students said they forgot to fill outtheir voter registration cards or missed the dead-line to send in their absentee ballots.

Some Cornellians, including Viki Collazo’15, have not yet sent in their absentee ballots.Collazo said she isconsidering mailinghers in order tomake her home stateof Florida’s deadlineof 7 p.m. onElection Day forabsentee ballots.

Students particularly emphasized the impor-tance of election results in Ohio.

“It’s the home stretch, and it’s all tied up,”said Adrienne Fishman ’14, co-president of theSociety for Women in Politics. “It’s comingdown to Ohio.”

Pruce echoed her sentiments.“The election is going to be close, but I’m

confident that Romney will be the next presi-

dent if he wins Ohio,” Pruce said.Regardless of the results, students said they

intend to celebrate the election Tuesday night.Tommy Gauthier ’15 said he is planning a“rager” at his apartment in honor of the election.

“We’ll definitely be watching ComedyCentral,” Gauthier said. “Jon Stewart does greatcoverage of the election results.”

Jonathan Kligman ’15 said he will watch theelection results unfold on the television in hisfraternity house.

“It’s cool to see how the house divides itselfwhile we watch politi-cal debates, and I amsure arguments willarise during the elec-tion coverage,” Klig -man said.

Others, includingAlex Shipley ’14, said

they were not as enthused about election nightfestivities.

“I’m going to hide in my room and wait forthe political turmoil to pass,” Shipley said.“I’vealready voted, so there’s not much left to do.”

included aid from the Red Cross and an mobile kitchen that could feedthousands, according to her Facebook page. Gillibrand said she wouldcontinue to work for relief for those most affected.

“My visit to Staten Island this morning was devastating, but I’mpleased that The Red Cross has since sent 10 trucks into the area tohelp,” she said. “As millions of our fellow Americans continue to strug-gle in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, we’re working with local andfederal officials and agencies around the clock to make sure we get themthe help they need.”

Gillibrand is running for her first full term in the Senate after she wasappointed to the Senate in 2009 and then won a special election to fin-ish Hillary Clinton’s term in 2010, according to The Associated Press.She previously served in the House of Representatives for New York’s20th Congressional District.

In the weeks leading up to the election, Gillibrand has gone through-out New York State, most recently to Yonkers, Binghamton and GlenCove, according to her Facebook page.

She currently commands a substantial lead over her Republican oppo-nent, Manhattan lawyer Wendy Long, according to a poll released bySiena College on Oct. 26. Gillibrand is heavily favored to win the elec-tion, and is leading among 67 percent of surveyed voters, compared to24 percent for Long, according to the poll’s results.

Gillibrand and Long clashed during a debate at Skidmore College onOct. 17.

The two candidates differed on several issues, including gun control,women’s rights and budget control, according to The New York Times.

Gillibrand argued that Long’s plan for spending cuts instead of taxincreases was “inflexible,” The Times reported on Oct. 17.

“We can cut spending, but we have to do it precisely and carefully,”she said. “We cannot have a slash-only approach, as my opponent has.”

As the election nears, Gillibrand has been endorsed by The New YorkTimes, The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle and The Staten IslandAdvance.

“Gillibrand has been a steady voice of reason in Washington, fightingfor farmers, battling to retain crucial food stamps,” The Times said in itsendorsement.

Sen. Gillibrand Leads inRecent Siena College Poll

Students Plan Election CelebrationsSome choose not to vote, miss deadline for absentee ballots

“The election is going to be close, butI’m confident that Romney will be thenext president if he wins Ohio.”Alex Pruce ’13

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Don’t write off fossil fuels just yetTo the Editor:Re: “Freak Storms and Fossil Fuels,” Opinion, Oct. 30

In response to your article regarding global warming and the role of “the single mindedprofit-seeking of the fossil fuel industry” in Hurricane Sandy, I have taken the time to lookat the facts.

The reality is that large category four and above hurricanes like Galveston of 1900 hap-pened before Rockefeller made his millions and the oil industry boomed. So, to say that oilor the oil industry caused this storm or the severity of this hurricane with examples of hur-ricanes before this industry ignores the facts. Global warming could be correlated with ris-ing sea levels, but is it possible to say the whole tragedy or even most of it was the result ofthe fossil fuel industry?

Furthermore, our society has a large lack of understanding of how profits are made in theoil industry. The oil industry has made huge strides toward efficiency in the last 25 years.They can produce more oil from one well than they used to from four or five. Fewer wellsare a smaller impact on the environment both on and below ground. In addition, refineriesrun cleaner and safer than ever before. The process has become incredibly more efficientallowing a larger profit margin to be had. That being said, given the volatility of the oil mar-ket, these companies must make large profits when the price of oil is high and margins exist.They are a business that relies on a commodity and that is how such businesses sustain them-selves.

Also, it is important to remember many companies involved in “big oil” are not big atall. Contractors from our country and abroad depend on the industry to feed their children,put them to college, etc. There are many hardworking individuals that work to deliver theenergy you need to operate the computer you work at, light the library you study in, topower the television you watch and to print the Cornell Sun itself. Energy drives this coun-try forward. Fossil fuels have provided economic progress to the world, economic progressthat has given rise to computers, the internet, cell phones and other means that allow peo-ple to communicate with one another, blurring boundaries and allowing people to cometogether. Ironically, fossil fuels undoubtedly powered televisions and radios that warned mil-lions about the storm and boats and emergency vehicles that saved unknown people.

You see, it’s just not as easy as saying fossil fuels are evil. Maybe some at the top are greedy.Some have made mistakes and should be held accountable. We need change, and we all needto work on it. But, we can do it without using the oil industry as a scapegoat for every dis-aster.

Written with electricity provided by the coal plant up the lake,

Brett Provenzano ’13

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DON’T JUST SIT THERE.VOTE.

At the polls: go localTo the Editor:Re: “And the Winner Is ...,” Opinion, Nov. 5

Yesterday’s Sun articles covering the elections primarily focused on national candi-dates. Yet, as students, we hold direct stake in local politics. Regardless of how youfeel about the presidential election, your vote, assuming it is in Ithaca, has no chanceof swinging the election. However, there is at least one race today that Cornell stu-dents will decide — the race for Alderperson in the Fourth Ward.

The Fourth Ward, which encompasses most of Collegetown and Cornell’s campus,has been represented solely by students for a number of years. After Graham Kerslick’selection last year and Eddie Rooker’s ’09 resignation this semester, there are current-ly no students on the Common Council.

This lack is concerning. Having students on the Common Council suggests thatour interests will be represented when the City of Ithaca acts. Though the Commonsmay seem far for some, the decisions made in City Hall affect everything fromCollegetown business development to safety at night to the leases that landlords canoffer.

However, this year, someone other than a current student can best represent stu-dent’s interests. Stephen Smith, the Democratic candidate and current representative,has already shown a surprising aptitude for advocating for Cornellians. He has metwith many students and recent alumni to learn what most students care about. He hasset out a long-term plan to encourage development in Collegetown, which wouldboth improve the neighborhood and drive down rental prices. In his short time on theCommon Council, he has already worked with other community members to advancea bill that would give students two months from the start of the semester before theycould be pressured into signing leases — an initiative that his opponent opposes. Inshort, he has done exactly what Cornell students should want their representatives todo.

As you go to the polls today, remember that your vote at the top of the ticket isnot the (only) one that matters. Stephen Smith is a dedicated advocate for the FourthWard, and all of Cornell would benefit by returning him to the Council.

Alex Bores ’13

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Later this month, the 18thConference of the Parties will beheld in Doha, Qatar. Like its previ-

ous 17 editions, COP 18 will see parties tothe United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change meetingto assess international progress in mitigat-ing and adapting to the effects of anthro-pogenic climate change.

At COP 3 held in Kyoto, Japan, theeponymous Protocol was formalized. TheKyoto Protocol placed legally bindingemissions limits on industrialized coun-tries and countries of the former SovietUnion to reduce emissions to, on average,seven percent below the 1990 level by2012. The United States refused to ratifythe Protocol during the Clinton adminis-tration and President Bush explicitlyrejected the Protocol. The KyotoProtocol’s commitments start windingdown at the end of 2012, necessitating areplacement.

The Doha talks provide little hope forcheer. The approach towards the post-Kyoto climate regime suffers from thesame flaws that gave the United States noreason to ratify Kyoto. U.S. participationis critical. While the acceptance of legallybinding limits by China and India wouldno doubt enhance the effectiveness of anyfuture climate regime, the United States’non-compliance would render it largelyineffective. Also, the latter’s refusal wouldalmost certainly deny China and India anyincentives to sign on themselves.

In his paper comparing Kyoto’s trou-bles with the Montreal Protocol — per-haps the one example of successful inter-national environmental diplomacy —Cass Sunstein (then Professor of Law atthe University of Chicago) argued thatAmerica was simply not persuaded by thecost-benefit analysis with Kyoto. Contraryto lay assertions, Sunstein argues thatrejecting Kyoto was not a classic prisoner’sdilemma where the United States was

turned off by the prospect of non-entryand non-compliance by China and India.In the context of a self-interested cost-benefit calculation, “compliance with theKyoto Protocol was not justified even ifsuch compliance was both sufficient andnecessary to ensure all parties complied.”Citing figures from Warming the World:Economic Models of Global Warming byWilliam Nordhaus and Joseph Boyer,Sunstein reveals that compliance with theprotocol, even with all other parties com-plying, would lead to a net loss for theUnited States of US$ 313 billion.

The Montreal Protocol was different.The United States saw signing on as bene-ficial even if other nations did not comply.The Protocol sought to eliminate theemission of CFCs, compounds used in therefrigeration and aerosol industries thatwere responsible for putting a hole in theatmospheric Ozone layer. This layer wasessential to minimizing harmful ultravio-let solar radiation from reaching theEarth’s surface. The United States wouldaccrue substantial health care savings,from reduced skin cancer incidence, evenif it unilaterally implemented a CFC ban(over 1.3 trillion 1985 USD over the next80 years according to the EPA).

This suggests a structural problem withthe Kyoto framework. Critically, I arguethat the desire to seek an all-encompass-ing, legally binding treaty that keeps tem-perature rise to within two degrees Celsiusis problematic. There is little doubt thatthis is a good goal, but the negotiations itinspires are unproductive. Signs of futureU.S. non-cooperation are on the wall. TheUnited States has been conspicuouslyabsent at pre-Doha preparatory summits.Last month, 29 countries met in Bali forthe Cartagena Dialogue to create consen-sus on demanding a legally binding treatyto replace Kyoto. The United States wasabsent from this group that includedNorway, Denmark, Australia, Germany,

France and the U.K. The European Unionhas released a position paper emphasizingits position that Doha should “also deliveron a second commitment period of theKyoto Protocol starting on 1 January2013.” No such enthusiasm is evidentfrom Washington. You could blame theelections, but arguably the Europeans alsohave a bit of a mess on their hands. The

battle lines, then, are being drawn alongfamiliar contours. The United States stillsees little benefit in signing onto a legallybinding carbon dioxide emission treaty;the incentive structure remains the same.

The prospect of pressure to sign a glob-al, legally binding treaty at Doha or atBangkok the following year is also creatingconcern among developing countries. Inlate October, a group called the LikeMinded Developing Countries group metin Beijing to pass a resolution emphasizingthe need for them to come togetheraround “common interests and priorities.”The LMDC group includes China, India,Bolivia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, amongothers. The message from the LMDC,which is a subset of a larger groupingcalled the G77+China, is clear — they willvote as a bloc at Doha and they will stran-gle any legally binding proposal that doesnot adequately address their developmen-tal concerns.

So long as the solution to the climateimbroglio is viewed as seeking a grandbargain between the developed and the

developing world, an agreement is unlike-ly. It evokes antagonism and a sense ofcompetitiveness not conducive to agree-ment.

An emphasis on bilateral and regionalagreements for cooperation between richand poor countries provides one alterna-tive. In stark contrast to the delays inoperationalizing the Green Climate Fund,

created at the Copenhagen COP in 2009but still void of any money, Norway willbe paying Guyana nearly US $250 millionto protect 16 million hectares of rainfor-est. Additional examples include the EU-China Climate Change Partnership,which has seen European funding for acoal power plant that uses CarbonCapture and Storage technology. Suchagreements offer investment opportunitiesto wealthier parties and opportunities todevelop infrastructure for the recipientcountries. Consequently, they are easier tosell to domestic publics on either side.Proponents of the grand bargain contendthat these engagements might not be ade-quate to cap temperatures at bearable lev-els. However, they provide a plausibleroute to increasing international engage-ment. The proposals of these skeptics, onthe other hand, are just hot air.

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Kirat Singh is a junior in the College of Arts andSciences. He may be reached atksingh@cornellsun.com. Evaluating the Discontentsappears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Today, I will conquer a common misconcep-tion by stating “Do not vote, don’t you dare.”Those are words that we do not often hear.

Surprisingly, those are words that I mean. If you arenot educated on the pros and cons of each candi-date, do not vote. If you are blindly voting basedupon your parents’ political alliances, do not vote. Ifyou are voting out of blind hatred for one of the can-didates, do not vote. This seemingly archaic notion

of making sure that you “go out and vote” is quiteflawed. The phrase should be altered to become:“Educate yourself, then go out and vote.” An uned-ucated vote is not a vote at all; it is better not to voteat all.

One must realize that his or her misguided votecounts the same as every other vote. How can youdare to cast your senseless vote when the outcome ofthe election matters so much to others. It is a scarythought to think that the election could potentiallybe decided by a slew of nonsensical votes. To castone is a disfavor to your nation. We must attempt toabide by our civic duty and begin to cast well-researched votes.

Another thing that voters must begin to realize is

that there is a choice between two candidates. Fartoo many people view the election as their candidatein a competition against the other. We are given achoice for a reason. I understand party alliances, butto an extent. Is it too much to ask for each potentialvoter to at least consider the other candidate?Obviously, if you agree with the majority of a party’splatforms you are going to want to vote for them.However, leading our country takes more than hav-

ing a specificstance on theissues at hand.The best candi-date will have thebest leadershipqualities, and youmust admit thatyour party’s candi-date may not pos-sess those charac-

teristics.Make sure you are constantly asking yourself

about the candidates. Questions such as who willmake the better leader? Who can make crucial deci-sions in hard times? Who is more suited to becomethe face of the nation and, most importantly, whodo you trust? Once you ask these questions, thenyou can begin to factor in how closely the candi-date’s values align with yours. But we must shakethis belief that the only viable candidate is the onethat our values align with. In every presidential elec-tion, far more is at stake than the issues that eachcandidate supports, the state of America is at stake.

The only way to answer these questions is to doyour research. Research is the one thing that can

truly validate your vote. When you do your research,make sure you avoid biased sources. Many trustedsources are actually full of bias and partisan report-ing yet claim to be fair and balanced. Like thesesources, you too must revert to having an openstance on this election and those coming as well.Quite often, I believe we get more caught up in thecompetitiveness of politics rather than its ramifica-tions. We start to believe that, if our candidate doesnot win, our hope for America will vanish. We, as acountry, need to take a step back and stop involvingour emotions in the elections and involve our com-mon sense instead. We need to realize bi-partisan-ship is how things can be most effectively accom-plished in government.

When electing a president, we need to thinkabout which candidate is willing to turn away fromhis party in order to help the American people. Fartoo often, politicians make the wrong choices inorder to save face. We need a president that will fightfor us and stay strong as a leader. Whether thatPresident be Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, weneed them now more than ever. Make sure to doyour unbiased research and support the candidatethat wins wholeheartedly, and you will stand behinda better and more unified America. For those of youwho will carry on waving your red or blue flag inignorant anger of the opposition, when Americastands worse off, angry and divided you will regretdoing so and sooner than later you will realize, itsnot me, its you.

Deon Thomas is a sophomore in the School of Industrial andLabor Relations. He may be reached at dthomas@cornellsun.com.It’s Not Me, It’s You appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Sage Chapel seemed to be both an appropriate and inap-propriate place to host a reading by writer Jonathan Franzen.With seven books, a National Book Award for his novel TheCorrections, numerous essays to The New Yorker magazine anda controversial selection to Oprah Winfrey’s book club,Franzen has gained literary acclaim. As the large (and early)crowd buzzed about its unique interpretations of one of hischaracters at Thursday night’s event, brought by the CreativeWriting Program’s Fall 2012 Reading Series, proved, Franzen isthe kind of critical writer seen as a public figure, attracting anaudience to hear him preach about writing and other cultural-ly relevant opinions. As the crowd waited in curiosity to see thisliterary inventor in person, Franzen carefully tiptoed to thewooden stand. Soft-spoken with his signature tortoise shellglasses, he assured the audience that he wore a leather jacket“not to be cool,” but “to be warm.” Franzen was at Sage Chapelnot to impress, but to lead an approachably intellectual con-versation between a writer and his readers with self-deprecatinghumor and a serious pursuit of important ideas.

To open the fourth installment of the Barbara and DavidZalaznick Reading Series, Professor Stephanie Vaughn,English, gave a clear introduction to Franzen’s writing. Shedescribed him as the “most American of American writers”because he writes about the American family, particularly of theMidwest where Franzen grew up. With these types of stories,his writing is “high energy,” meaning it draws us into all theinteresting things Franzen finds important. Most distinctly,Vaughn called Franzen “an alchemist” in the true sense, due tohis ability “to change the world into words”.

Franzen then came before the audience and spoke for 45minutes from two short excerpts. His first reading, “TheChinese Puffin,” was from his most recent book, a collectionof essays called Farther Away. The story, which Franzenabridged “basically giving you the golf parts,” was about a puf-fin golf head he received. His attraction to the puffin led himto China where he investigated golf factories. Under all this,the story was personal: Franzen was battling with his own con-flicted feelings about golf and masculinity. The crowd laughedas Franzen described an illogical craving to take back a set ofgolf bags after he gave them to his government host. Withthemes of environmentalism, globalization, self-reflection and

being “white, male and leisured,” Franzen reflected concernover how globalization hurts the environment, which wasappropriate given Hurricane Sandy’s recent destruction toNew York City.

His second reading was from his most recent novel,Freedom. The chapter was called “Mountaintop Removal,” “forreasons that,” he said, “will not become clear to you in thisreading.” The point of view came from Richard Katz, a disen-gaged and angry member of the fictional Grammy-nominatedrock band Walnut Surprise, who decides to stop making musicand return to building decks. While working, Katz meets ayoung fan named Zachary who begs him to do an interview inhopes of attracting a girl named Kaitlin. To much humor (andhorror), Katz contemplates breaking his celibacy to hurtZachary by wooing Kaitlin, partly because he’s disgustedZachary has a vintage guitar collection and rants that a songlasts as long as pack of gum these days.

Back to reality, in a short and slightly disoriented pass-note-card-up question and answer session, Franzen gave his words ofadvice. In regards to his relationship with his publisher, he saidthat their relationship is founded on “loyalty” which is what hefeels is being lost in the direction of publishing world today. Inhis experience, loyalty was something that got him through thepoor sales of his second novel, of which even Franzen has neverbeen told the exact sales numbers. On the publishing worldtoday, he gave two words: “Fear Amazon.” Who does he think

is “the greatest living narrative artist?” Alice Munro. And, inregards to criticism, which is plenty, Franzen doesn’t read anycriticism of himself anymore because he thinks it is much worsethan the nice things critics say. He ended the night saying char-acter-driven fiction depends on sympathy. Every writer has to“be a little in love with the character,” but it’s okay to be hard onyourself or a character if that criticism is “underwritten by love.”

Listening to an author read is a different experience thanreading an author. In the case of Franzen, his reading shows howmuch the novels are, to my surprise, like him. He may be a fast,almost monotone reader, but he puts voices to his characters inexpressive ways. While reading, he’d interject with doubts like,“I’m about to mispronounce a Chinese word,” or comments onsomething he felt he should have written differently. Listening tohim, I was able to understand his novels better because I sawhow exactly they were written in Franzen’s actual voice.

For the reader in the audience, there is something unex-pectedly real about listening to Franzen. His narration can beso conversational that readers mistake something simple forsomething impossible to understand. But in this reading,Franzen introduced himself as a writer, not trying to promotea persona, but rather determined to design novels to speakclearly to the reader.

BY MEREDITH JOYCESun Staff Writer

8 | The Corne¬ Daily Sun | Tuesday, November 6, 2012 A & E

Meredith Joyce is a junior in the School of Industrial and LaborRelations. She can be reached at mjoyce@cornellsun.com.

Iam a New Yorker. I was born in Manhattan, and, minusa brief stint in Westchester, lived there until coming toCornell. And while I was facing a light drizzle in Ithaca

last week, my city was struck by one of the worst natural dis-asters in its history. I am thankful that I was secure here, andI hope everyone’s family and friends are as safe as mine are.

Hurricane Sandy affected the entirety of New York City.The entire subway system was down for days, flooded withwater (and many lines remain offline). Power outages havebeen felt throughout the five boroughs. Perhaps most har-rowing, neighborhoods have been literally wiped away.

New York is a very visual city, as boroughs and neighbor-hoods have stark, distinct identities. One of the perks of grow-ing up in New York is the immediate access you have to every-thing that the city has to offer. My friends like to make fun ofme for not having my driver’slicense, but that never stoppedme from leaving my apartmentand discovering New York.

In hindsight, I think I beganto explore the city more as Istarted to listen to coolermusic. I’m an uptown boy, andbuzz bands don’t usually playthe Upper East Side. In orderto see the bands I liked playlive, I found myself navigatingthe unnumbered streets of Greenwich Village and the LowerEast Side (and sometimes … even Brooklyn. GASP!) Thiswas a whole new world for me, and I devoured it.

When Hurricane Sandy hit, pictures began flooding theInternet from all corners of the city (apologies for the pun).My mom sent me a picture of an uprooted tree in the parkby our house, leaving a crater where it once stood. Myyounger brother had a photo published online by New YorkMagazine of one of his friends wading in the new river

formed on the FDR highway. Places I walk by everyday when I’m home were changed.

But I didn’t just see the storm’s effect on my ownneighborhood. Images, more than anything else, havebeen used to tell the story of the entirety of the storm,both by major media outlets and regular New YorkCity citizens armed with an iPhone. If you want to seeone of the most striking visualizations of the afteref-fects of Sandy, look at this week’s New York Magazine cover.Taken from a helicopter looking down on the island ofManhattan, this picture shows the divide between the areas ofNew York with power and those without, in a way that a tele-vision news report or a printed story simply cannot. On asmaller (or maybe greater) level, Instagram had over 800,000pictures of the storm uploaded, more than any event in the

app’s history. Through -out the storm, I wasable to understand thatsome of the streets Iused to get lost on try-ing to find concertvenues were literallyflooded, with feet ofwater submerging cars,stores and anythingelse in their path.

Today is ElectionDay. And as someone who bribed and strong-armed my wayto a biweekly column, I feel some responsibility to use what-ever voice I have to weigh in. First of all: VOTE. Secondly, Ithink you should vote for Barack Obama. There are a num-ber of reasons to vote Democrat this year, and at the risk ofneedlessly echoing New York City Mayor MichaelBloomberg, the government’s response to Sandy is yetanother. Hurricane Sandy is an unfortunate endorsement ofthe necessity to keep the president in office: His quick reac-

tion to the devastation and use of the full force of the nation-al government to help New York and New Jersey have beenkey in the past week.

To me, the pictures of Obama walking along the JerseyShore with Governor Chris Christie, and images of theNational Guard saving people in Hoboken, say more thanan endorsement ever could. I’m not trying to argue that Gov.Christie is secretly going to vote Democrat, but the repeatedvisuals of the national government helping in the wake ofthe storm demonstrate its own necessity. Mitt Romney hassaid he would move FEMA from the federal government toa state-by-state responsibility. Aside from Cory Booker run-ning door to door and heroically saving the day, I really don’tunderstand how New Jersey, in its current condition, wouldbe able to move forward without Washington.

I would not have wanted to be in New York in the pastweek. But looking through the pictures that have come fromall over the city, I think (and I hope) that I have some under-standing of what my hometown just went through. NewYork is strong — and I have to begrudgingly admit that NewJersey is, too — and I have no doubt that both states willcome back from the devastation. But it probably would be ahell of a lot harder without the active support of PresidentObama and the federal government.

Peter Jacobs is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can bereached at pjacobs@cornellsun.com. Big Talk appears alternateTuesdays this semester.

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The desire to go back to a timewhen life was simply about whereyou are and who you’re with is onewe all have, to a degree. To comefrom a small town, to stand bare-foot in freshly tilled soil on aMonday afternoon with nothingelse to do, to know what a moun-tain morning is — that’s who weare when we listen to the banjo,even if we’ve never done thosethings before. And those are thepeople who play the banjo, thosewho remember where they camefrom, but also where they can go.Those who remember to appreciateboth the people around them andthose they have yet to meet. That’swhat I learned at the New YorkBanjo Summit on Friday night,and when all else passes, that’s whatI’ll remember, too.

The summit was a gathering ofNew York State’s preeminent banjomasters, from the well-known new-grass revivalist Béla Fleck of BélaFleck and the Flecktones, to oldtime Finger Lake local MacBenford, to Eric Weissberg, isfamous for his rendition of“Dueling Banjos.” There wereseven in total, not including thefour person supporting band whowere all equally talented andrenowned in their own regard. Theconfluence of greatness was not loston the crowd, which was composedmostly of Ithacan adults and fami-lies who expressed the appropriateamount of reverence throughoutthe show, cheering each artist byname.

The show started with the fullband playing on a dark stage, whilethe question, “Do you have roomin your heart for the five stringbanjo?” boomed through thespeakers. The seven players rotatedaround the stage, with two playingat a time and culminating in BélaFleck’s introduction of the show. Itwas a high energy opening to whatwould prove to be a three and a halfhour answer to the introductoryquestion.

The first person to take the stagewas Pete Wernick, who is nick-named “Dr. Banjo” for his Ph.D. insociology and banjo teaching. He isalso an Ithacan, having worked atCornell in the ’70s. His perfor-mance at the State Theatre includ-ed asking how many audiencemembers played the banjo (about athird) and breaking down a ‘banjoroll’ to teach some finger pickingtechniques. He joked that it’s nevertoo late to pick up the banjo, stat-ing that, after all, even if you’re 65,when you’re 75 you can say you’vebeen playing for 10 years.

Bill Keith, who is well knownfor his melodic style of playing,took the stage next. Let me notethat before each player got off thestage, he introduced the next onein. There was a great spirit of cama-raderie — each knew every other,learned from and taught oneanother, recorded with each other— making the unique New Yorkbanjo scene what it was together.For example, Bill employed the“Keith tuners” he invented — tun-ing the banjo to different noteswhile playing instead of changingnotes on the fretboard. This madefor an infinitely twangier soundand was incredible to watch inaction.

Keith was followed by MacBenford, who, being part of thebanjo scene for more than 40 years,was the embodiment of traditionalAppalachia. His numbers were fol-lowed by a banjo-less song com-

posed by the guitarist of the band,Russ Barenberg. The song exempli-fied the prowess of a backup bandthat, in truth, rightfully stole thespotlight more than a few times.Eric Weissberg was the last to go onbefore intermission, playing“Dueling Banjos” back and forthwith Russ, a comically chargedinterchange as each tried to outplaythe other.

The last three banjoists broughtthe sounds of the banjo away fromthe conventional and toward, well,everything. They showed off theversatility of the traditional instru-ment, first with Tony Trischka coaxing out jazz-influenced sounds,followed by Richie Stearns, whoperformed an Indian song, “LastTrain to Rajasthan,” with a fear-some clawhammer style. This piece

was a personal favorite of mine, asit elevated the banjo to a whole newlevel of strumming, scrubbing andamplified feedback. It was a pictureof contradictions — Richie, withhis deep country voice dressed in ablack cowboy shirt, singing Indian-style chants. It was exceptionallyinimitable.

Richie introduced the headliningBéla, naming him “the current

reigning king of banjo.” And it wasapparent why. Taking a seat at theedge of the stage, Béla entranced theaudience with the mournful echoesof his banjo playing. He encom-passed all styles, playing an Africaninspired song followed by a BachSuite and then a banjo concerto hewrote himself. Closing your eyes,you could easily mistake the gentlesound for that of a classical guitar.

The show ended with the audi-ence cheering for an encore.However, instead of everyone com-ing back out, Béla came onto stageby himself, asking if he could playanother solo. Halfway into it, Tonycame out and fingered the notes onBéla’s banjo while Béla continuedto fingerpick and then vice versa.As a final show of humorous brava-do, Tony stood behind Béla andthey played the banjo together,each taking a different set of stringsuntil everyone else returned —seven banjos playing at once is aforce to be reckoned with. It was aresounding ending to a night of tal-ent, spirit and roots.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 | The Corne¬ Daily Sun | 9A & EBY CLIO CHANGSun Staff Writer

Clio Chang is a junior in the Collegeof Arts and Sciences. She can bereached at cchang@cornellsun.com.

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LANDOVER, Md. (AP) —Cam Newton and RobertGriffin III met on the field for apostgame embrace. Griffin saidNewton offered his phone num-ber and said to be in touch.

If Griffin makes the call, hemight hear something he’salready starting to learn: Enjoybeing the new “it” kid — itmight not last very long.

The first meeting of the lasttwo Heisman Trophy winnerswent Newton’s way Sunday,with the probably-going-nowhere Carolina Panthersbeating the probably-going-nowhere Washington Redskins21-13. Newton threw for atouchdown and ran for anotherto help his team break a five-game skid, while Griffin’s teamwas kept out of the end zoneuntil the final two minutes andlost its third straight.

“We’re both two young quar-terbacks in this league, trying toget better, trying to lead ourteams to victory,” Griffin said.“I told him that I think his teamhas a lot of talent and the possi-bilities are endless for them. Ifeel the same about our team.”

Griffin’s optimism is tem-pered by the harsh reality of a 3-6 record that is promptingcoach Mike Shanahan to essen-tially throw in the towel as far asmaking the playoffs. Shanahanis 14-27 in his third season inWashington, and even the addi-tion of a must-watch, rookiesensation like Griffin hasn’t putthe team at a point where it isset to play meaningful games inDecember.

“You lose a game like that,now you’re playing to see whoobviously is going to be on yourfootball team for years tocome,” Shanahan said. “I’ll get achance to evaluate players andsee where we’re at. Obviously,we’re not out of it statistically,but now we find out what typeof character we’ve got and howguys keep on fighting throughthe rest of the season.”

The Panthers are even fur-ther down the NFC totem pole,with a 2-6 record that has raisedquestions about team moraleand leadership — just one sea-son after Newton made athrilling, RG3-like first impres-sion on the league. For oneweek, at least, those questionsget shoved aside.

“Winning solves a lot ofproblems, and losing puts youunder a microscope,” said SteveSmith, whose 19-yard receptionin the second quarter was his

first touchdown catch of theseason. “We’ve got some olderguys like myself, we’ve got someguys in the middle, and we’vegot some young guys.Everybody at different momentswill have peaks and valleysthroughout their career, andobviously for some of the youngguys this is the depths of thevalley. At the same time, whenyou go through things like this,you’re going to learn.”

Newton completed 13 of 23passes for 201 yards, ran for 37yards and engineered a touch-down drive with a bloodiedthumb. His 1-yard scoring runwas set up by his 82-yard pass toArmanti Edwards against theNFL’s worst pass defense.Recently demoted DeAngeloWilliams added a 30-yardtouchdown, his longest run ofthe season.

Griffin hit 23 of 39 throwsfor 215 yards, ran for 53 yardsand was sacked four times. Buta tide-turning play came whenhe was stopped on a fourth-and-goal run at the 2, ending a drivethat lasted 10:11 with no pointsand the Redskins trailing 7-3.

The Panthers responded bymarching 98 yards, aided bypersonal foul and pass interfer-ence penalties and capped by thepass to Smith that put Carolinaahead by 11 at the half.

The Redskins cut the deficitto 14-6 with a field goal in thethird quarter, but Edwards’catch set up Newton’s touch-down run to give Carolina a 15-point lead early in the fourth.

Washington’s only touch-down came on Evan Royster’s 2-yard run with 1:28 remaining,and the Redskins finished withthe same number of points aspenalties. Already leading theleague in infractions, they werewhistled for 13 for 97 yards.

“That’s what nauseates you,”Shanahan said.

After the game, Williamsreached into his locker andpulled out the Game Day pro-gram the Redskins sold to thefans. He and his teammates hadfound motivation by the factthat the Panthers were sched-uled as Washington’s “home-coming” game, which includedthrowback uniforms andappearances by dozens of for-mer players.

“You don’t give a team extramotivation by putting that onyour program,” Williams said.“Just blatantly coming out andsaying, ‘You're our homecominggame.’”

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second chukker.”At the half, the men led by a

narrow margin of 11-9, but morethan doubled their score in thethird chukker to raise their tallyto 23 goals. The Red added threemore in the fourth to round outthe scoring and finish with thesame number of goals as the weekbefore. Despite the similar score,senior captain Branden Van Loonsaid this past weekend’s homegame was easier for the team.

“The first game was definitelya little bit more challengingbecause I think it took our teama little while to adapt to the dif-ferent ring and different horses,”he said. “Whereas in the homegame this past weekend, we wereon our own horses and we alsohad a couple different players.”

Six different players werecycled throughout the men’sgame, while a total of seven dif-ferent women’s players saw actionbetween the game againstUConn and the game againstSkidmore. Junior captain KaileyEldredge, junior Maddie Olbergand junior Mariah Lavitt startedfor the Red in the first game,with senior captain Ali Hoffmanswapping for Eldredge everyother chukker. Up 12-3 at thehalf, the Red posted seven morein the third chukker and four inthe fourth to bring the final scoreat 23-5.

Cornell continued itsmomentum into the gameagainst Skidmore, running awaywith the game after the firstchukker. Freshman Devin Coxled with 12 goals, while fellowfreshman Anna Winslow fol-lowed with nine. Overall, thewomen have outscored oppo-nents in this season by a com-

bined score of 131-29. Despitethis disparity, head coach DavidEdlredge ’81 emphasized thateach game is important for theimprovement of both the teamand individual players.

“There’s definitely a lot ofthings to take out of thesegames,” he said. “It’s one of thefocuses. We pick out little minutethings for each player and go‘you’ve got to work on this.’”

The women will be able towork on their skills when theytravel to play Connecticut againnext week. Eldredge is lookingforward to the opportunity ofriding on strange horses, and saidhe was happy with the competi-tion in the first game against theHuskies.

“I expected them to be a littleless experienced and schooledthan they were and they did quitewell,” he said. “It was impressiveto me that they had gotten to thepoint that they’re at in such ashort time.”

The men had been scheduledto face off against the Universityof Kentucky next weekend, butafter the Wildcats had schedulingproblems the Red will now playthe Maryland Polo Club, whichis made up of mostly former col-legiate players. Van Loon saidthe change in teams is both posi-tive and negative for the team.

“There’s good and bad to it,”he said. “Whereas I would haveliked Kentucky to come up so wewould have a better idea of wherewe stood in the country overall,playing the more mature, moreseasoned Maryland club team isgoing to provide a challenge andplaying style that most of theintercollegiate teams aren’t goingto be able to provide for us.”

POLOContinued from page 16

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Red. Its offense was unstoppable asit scored 21 unanswered pointsafter the break and Cornell’sdefense barely allowed Mansfieldto gain a single yard, only givingup a garbage-time touchdownwith 33 seconds remaining and theoutcome of the game no longer indoubt, making the final score 35-26.

“Once we got rolling on offensein the second half, we had a lot ofconfidence that we’ve been severe-ly lacking in the last two gamesespecially,” Miller said. “We knewthat we could execute the plays wewanted.”

“In the second half, we cametogether as a team and finished theseason the way it was meant tobe,” Edmonds said. “The offensewas clicking and the defense washolding [the Mansfield] offense toalmost nothing. At all times, wehad all eleven guys on the field justplaying football.”

The Cornell offense was led byMiller again, as he went 19-32 for242 yards and three touchdowns

and one rushing touchdown, but akey contributor was senior DerekSaddler. Normally a defensiveback, Saddler filled in for runningback against Mansfield due to theposition being completely ravagedby injuries. Freshmen Ben Phamand Ben Herrera did not play, andsophomore Jake Michaels playedwith an injured shoulder. Saddlerwas successful in his new position— he led the team with nine car-ries for 43 yards and would havegotten even more, but a 40-yardtouchdown run in the first halfwas called back due to a holdingpenalty. Saddler did not give up hisdefensive responsibilities either, ashe played almost every defensivesnap and finished with four tack-les.

“[Saddler] is an extraordinaryathlete, probably the best athleteon the team,” Edmonds said.“Back in high school, he was aquarterback and used to run a lot,so we tried him out at runningback … And he had a great weekof practice that transferred rightinto the game.”

The Red defense also had asolid game. In the second half,

apart from the garbage touchdowndrive after Cornell had secured acommanding lead, the Reddefense allowed less than 60 yardsto the Mansfield offense. The Redwas led by senior defensive backJim Barger and sophomore line-backer Noah Shephard who eachrecorded nine tackles. Sophomoredefensive end Evan Zittel andsenior defensive end Chris Leyeneach recorded a sack.

“The defense always playsgreat, they’re the heart and soul ofour team,” Miller said.

After a tumultuous, injury-rav-aged season, the Red come outwith a win in its season finale andaccording to Edmonds, he couldnot be prouder to have finishedthe season with the players on theteam.

“This was a great way to end[my career], with a win and a win-ning season,” Edmonds said.“Going out with these players andcoaches is great; it’s been an honorplaying sprint football at Cornell.”

and Labadie.“[Losing the seven seniors]

will have a big impact on theteam. I think definitely in thepersonality of the team … Theydominate the proceedings,”Farmer said. “They are a goodbunch and they get along well.It’s a large bunch so they have abig impact on the team. Jayannwas the middle of the defense andManeesha was the focal point ofthe attack. I think that the waythe team handles stuff … Has alot to do with them. I think theywill be hard to replace. You canreplace players but personality,

that’s harder to replace.”The season has been quite

tough for the Red and first-yearcoach Farmer, as the team endedup with a 1-14-1 record overall.

“I think that the [season] wasinteresting ... I think that it wasobviously frustrating,” Farmersaid. “I think that we were con-siderably better than our recordbut I don’t think that we finishedgames well. I think that we hadsome losses to teams that I don’tthink were definitively betterthan we are. I think that is alwaysfrustrating … I am disappointed,but not discouraged.”

On Monday Nov. 5th,senior wrestler Kyle Dake wasnamed TheMat.com’s Wreslterof the Week. TheMat.com rec-ognizes one wrestler each week— from any level of wrestling— based on the past week’s per-formances. Dake received thehonor after defeating PennState’s David Taylor in whatwas dubbed “the Match of the

Year.” On Saturday evening,Dake beat Taylor in the 165pound weight class at theNWCA All-Star Classic, infront of a sold out crowd of3,376 fans. Dake, an Ithacanative, was also dubbed MostOutstanding Wrestler for theRed squad on Saturday.

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The Cornell field hockey team had itsfinal contest of the season as it hostedDartmouth on Saturday in an Ivy Leaguematchup. The Red (8-9,3-4) fell 2-1 to theBig Green (11-6,6-1) in a close game thatwas only decided near the end.

Prior to the game, a ceremony was heldto honor the three Cornell seniors midfield-er Genevieve Collins, forward Kat DiPastinaand back Paige Mollineaux who also haveserved as tri-captains this season. The gamekicked off with the Red getting on the score-board early with a penalty corner scored byfreshman back Marisa Siergiej. Both juniorforward Hannah Balleza and freshman mid-fielder Taylor Standiford helped to set up thegoal. Cornell was able to maintain the leadat halftime and entered the break in anadvantageous position under junior CarolynHorner’s goalkeeping.

Just under four minutes into the secondhalf, the Green was able to equalize on acontroversial goal by Samantha McPherson.Cornell protested that she had kicked theball into the goal but the protest was ignoredby the officials. It was McPherson whowould again score, with just one minute

remaining in the game to give Dartmouththe lead. The Red tried furiously to equalizebut were thwarted by the Green defense.

“We hoped to end our season with a winand so it was very disappointing,”Mollineaux said. “A lot of calls didn't go ourway but there's nothing we could've doneabout that.”

“The game was really tightly matched,and we fought hard to the end — even get-ting a penalty corner in the final seconds,which could have put us into overtime,”DiPastina said. “It's too bad that we could-n't capitalize on it, but we left it all out onthe field otherwise.”

With the season all done, the Red canlook back upon its tumultuous results witha sense of pride, according to DiPastina.

“It's great as a captain to see the teampushing one another, and to see the youngerleaders stepping up in practices and games,”she said. “A lot of our improvements camefrom the competitive drive we had rightfrom the beginning of the season, and thegirls responded really well once we got theknack for our new game tactics.”

The season was marked both by a stringof early losses that put the Red at a 1-6record, but more importantly by a six-gamewin streak that then moved the team to 7-6.

The team suffered a few heartbreakingdefeats in its Ivy League contests but accord-ing to Mollineaux, the players will walkaway from the season with pride.

“I think we’ve made a lot of progress thispast season ... Our six game winning streakproves that,” she said. “I know the entirejunior class is going to be great leaders, theywill build upon this past season and contendwith Princeton for the Ivy League title next

year.”The seniors also reflected on the team.“Honestly, these girls are the best team-

mates and friends, and I am extremely for-tunate to have been able to spend the pastfour years with such dedicated, passionatepeople” DiPastina said.

By SHAYAN SALAMSun Staff Writer

Shayan Salam can be reached atssalam@cornellsun.com.

Red Falls in Close Match

The end is here | Senior back and tri-captain Paige Mollineaux and the rest of her class-mates played their last game in Cornell jerseys on Saturday, as the season came to a close.

MICHELLE FELDMAN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

FIELD HOCKEY

W. SOCCERContinued from page 16

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SPRINTContinued from page 16

Albert Liao can be reached ataliao@cornellsun.com.

Sprint Football Ends Season on a High NoteSquad Says Goodbye toSeven Senior Members

In the last game ofthe season, Cornell fellto Dartmouth onSaturday. The Red lost,3-0, on Senior Day

with sevenseniors

graduating after thisyear. Cornell failed tocapitalize on scoringopportunities and theGreen ran away withthe victory.

“I think thatDartmouth is a reallygood team — proba-bly the third best team

we have

seen this year afterGeorgetown andPrinceton,” said headcoach Patrick Farmer.“I thought we playedreally well the first halfbut didn’t that well inthe second half. I thinkthe thing that hurts usthe most is that wegave up that goal earlyin the second half. Itseemed to take thewind out of our sails. Idon’t think we have

the faith in our abil-ity to score a coupleof goals.”

The first 45minutes was juststraight playbetween thetwo teams, butthe Green capi-talized on anopportunity,only 66 sec-onds after thehalf, thanks toChrissy Lozier.That momen-tum continuedwith a conver-sion at the66th minuteand an uppercorner shot inthe 84thminute by

Dartmouth to makethe score 3-0 in favorof the Green.

Throughout thegame play, junior goal-keeper Tori Christmade 11 saves buteven that just couldnot keep the Red inthe game. Dartmouthoutshot Cornell, 31-7,in the windy matchupat Berman Field. Threeof the shots for the Redwere made by seniors— forward ManeeshaChitanvis, defensemanAli Barger and mid-fielder HannahLabadie.

In honor of theseven graduatingseniors, there was apresentation at half-time highlighting theachievements that theplayers made for theRed throughout theirtime on the hill.Midfielder/forwardMegan Crowell,defender JayannGabrio, forwardXandra Hompe, for-ward Moonie Manchowere honored, as wellas Chitanvis, Barger

The men and women’s poloteams trampled opponents bydouble digits this past weekend toraise their records to 3-1 and 5-0,respectively. The men beatUConn, 26-16, at home onFriday while the women toppedthe Huskies, 23-5, in Saturday’shome match-up and crushedSkidmore, 32-4, in an away gameon Sunday.

The men were facing UConnfor the second weekend in a rowafter defeating the Huskies, 26-11, the previous weekend inConnecticut. A slow start hurt

the Red, who fell behind by sev-eral goals in the first chukkerbefore recording its first tally. Themen managed to claw their wayback to a 7-4 finish at the end ofthe first, then took the lead earlyin the second chukker.

“Sometimes, it just takes achukker to warm up and loosenup,” said senior Connor Pardell,who led the Red with nine goals.“It happens in all sports, it justhappened to us. Towards the endof the first chukker, we startedcoming together a little bit andoutscored them … We used thatmomentum to carry on to the

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Tallying up the score | Senior captain Branden Van Loon added fivegoals to the Red’s 26 total, which proved enough to top the Huskies.

TINA CHOU / SUN FILE PHOTO

After a disappointing stretch — where the team lostthree consecutive games — the Cornell sprint footballteam (4-3) ended its season on a high note, beatingMansfield (2-5), 35-26, in its last game of the year.

The game did not start out well for the Red. After forc-ing a Mansfield three-and-out, Cornell tried to pull sometricks out of its sleeve by attempting a flea flicker, but itfailed terribly, as it was intercepted. After two plays,Mansfield scored its first touchdown on a nice 21-yardscamper by running back Jeremy Estremera to make it 6-0after a missed extra point. Six minutes later, Mansfieldscored again on an 18-yard run by Estremera to giveMansfield a 13-point lead after just 10 minutes.

“It was a mental thing; just a lot of mental break-downs,” explained senior captain and defensive end WillEdmonds. “We just needed to make sure all 11 guys knewwhat they were doing … It was just getting everyone in theright mentality to play football. Basically every play, itwould be one player missing an assignment and theywould run a play right at that player and it would be atouchdown or a long gain.”

Despite the rough start, the Red remained calm andbounced back the next possession. After a long nine-play,60 yard drive — which involved converting a crucial

fourth-and-two — the Red got on the board with a 18-yard touchdown strike off a great play-action from juniorcaptain and quarterback Brendan Miller to senior widereceiver Spenser Gruenenfelder, his first of two in thegame. Gruenenfelder finished with seven catches for 98yards and two touchdowns; he almost had a third but wasstopped at the one-yard line.

“We planned it before,” Miller joked. “We just talked itup the whole week about getting him a couple touch-downs, so it was all pre-planned.”

Mansfield struck back with another touchdown by

Estremera, but after that drive, the game was dominated bythe Red. Cornell got the ball back and went 67 yards injust four plays for another touchdown. Miller connectedwith senior captain and wide receiver Abe Mellinger on aperfectly placed ball that gently fell over Mellinger’s shoul-der into his arms for a 32-yard touchdown. The Red trailed20-14 going into halftime, but held all the momentumafter two great touchdown drives.

The second half was a completely different game for the

Receiving lots of luck and success | Senior wide receiver Spenser Gruenenfelder finished the game with seven catchesfor 98 yards and two of the Red’s five touchdowns against Mansfield on Friday night.

OLIVER KLIEWE / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

C.U. Wins FinalMatch of SeasonOver Mans!eldBy ALBERT LIAOSun Staff Writer

By HALEY VELASCOSun Assistant Sports Editor

Cornell loses to Dartmouth in its Senior Day at Berman

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Season Ends With Red Defeat

See SPRINT page 15

POLO

Cornell Earns Decisive WinsAgainst UConn,SkidmoreBy EMILY BERMANSun Staff Writer

See POLO page 14

CONNOR ARCHARD /SUN SENIORPHOTOGRAPHER

So long, sweet seniors | Forward Maneesha Chitanvis isone of the seven seniors that were honored on Saturday. See SOCCER page 15