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September 13, 2004

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XC Cruises At Army

By | September 13, 2004

In Cornell’s first meet of the season, the West Point terrain proved more challenging than the Army runners who call it home, as the men’s and women’s cross country teams cruised to victory on Friday. An exceedingly difficult course was made even more so by the recent weather conditions.

Blown Transistor Plagues McGraw

By September 14, 2004

Early last Wednesday morning, the clock on top of McGraw Tower malfunctioned — first when the hands failed to move from the time of 3:50, and later having each of the four faces showing a different, incorrect time. The malfunction is due to a blown transistor according to Lisa Ngai ’05, head chimesmaster. Ngai said that because of this, the clock faces froze and the hour chimes stopped. Although the chimes and concerts were back in commission later that day, Ngai said a technician is still working on fixing the inaccurate faces. According to the chimes’ website, when working, a global positioning system helps keep each clock face correct. Since the tower is one of the most recognizable University landmarks, students and other members of the University community are having trouble with the clock that has gone bad. “The clock is very much a centerpiece of my life,” said Dan Yagudin, a staff member at Cornell Hillel. “I don’t know what I’m going to do without it … I’m hurt and hopeless.” Although many students might not place the same importance on the clock that Yagudin does, McGraw Tower provides an easy reference for tardy students who are in a rush or for professors who use it as a guide for themselves. According to Ellie Hodara ’05, one of her clock tower-reliant teachers has to borrow students’ watches so that class does not end late. Cyprienne Crowley ’06 does not wear a timepiece, so in many cases she tries to time her departure from home to make class on time, using the tower as a guide. Yesterday however, Crowley wasn’t so lucky — she was late to her French class. When asked if she would not be as late if the McGraw malfunction was fixed, Crowley said, “yeah, I would say that.” For some students however, the tower is not necessary for obtaining the time. Josh Dormont ’05 pointed out that the chimes, which ring every 15 minutes, are still in commission, and his watch works well. Others use their cellular phones, but many admitted that it is not as convenient in comparison to the tower. “It’s a lot of effort sometimes to take it out of the pocket and check the time,” Elias Saba ’08 said. While many students had no idea concerning the reasons for the McGraw malfunction, Yagudin offered a suggestion. “Someone is trying to get a girl’s attention,” he said. “A guy was like, ‘I would stop time for you’ and he did.” While students remain unexcited by the luxury of having a 173 foot tall clock, McGraw Tower has been around for a while — 113 years to be exact — and maybe it was time for it to take a couple of days off. “Maybe it’s tired,” one female student said yesterday. “It’s Monday.” Archived article by Brian TsaoSun Senior Editor
Lady Booters Host Bearcats

By September 14, 2004

In its first 206 minutes of play this season, the women”s soccer team had yet to fish the ball out of its own net, putting up two shutouts against Stony Brook and Lafayette. The Red (1-0-1, 0-0 Ivy) hopes to maintain its excellent defensive play when it welcomes Binghamton (3-1) to Berman Field tonight at 7 p.m. for the team”s home opener. The Red notched its first goal of the season against Lafayette on Sunday when junior Kara Ishikawa scored from 18 yards out after a failed clear attempt by the Leopard defense in overtime. Cornell senior Katie Thomas saw her first action of the season in goal, recording her 11th career shutout. The game was a physical one, with 23 fouls called between the two teams. ‘In our games, I think we”ll continue to face this, because of our style of play and unfortunately because of the state of college soccer,’ said head coach Berhane Andeberhan. ‘It”s just really rough play and very physical, and our kids handled it very well. We kept our composure and kept playing.’ While the booters did not score in regulation during their first two games, the team has generated numerous scoring chances thanks to a new offensive scheme. This tactic, dubbed the ‘Ishikawa offense’ by Andeberhan, was implemented against Lafayette with excellent results, as Ishikawa moved up from the midfield to play behind the two strikers. ‘Once we got into the overtime, we said, “Let”s go for the win. It might backfire on us, but let”s go for it.” Immediately, we started creating a lot of scoring chances, and then of course [Ishikawa] scores. It was a very exciting finish,’ Andeberhan said. Binghamton comes to Ithaca after knocking off Lehigh in its home opener on Friday 1-0. Freshman Kim Povill leads the team in scoring with two goals and one assist, while sophomore goalie Kristie Bowers has recorded a 1.25 goals against average in four games for the Bearcats. ‘We haven”t played [Binghamton] in a couple of years,’ Andeberhan said. ‘They had a close game against St. Bonaventure recently, so that”s kind of a common factor we have, as we did fairly well against St. Bonaventure last year. It should be fun to be home.’ While the team graduated three key defenders from last year”s team, the Red”s newcomers in the back have made the transition to the college game smoothly, and the use of team defense has proved successful so far this season. ‘We want our goalkeeper to start our offense, and we want our forwards to start our defense. Our forwards start our defending; they may not necessarily win the ball, but they put pressure on the other team,’ Andeberhan said. ‘Whatever the other team does to advance the ball, it”s under pressure, which means our midfield can pick it up.’ Archived article by Jonathan AuerbachSun Staff Writer