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Likely Repeal of Obamacare Leaves Gannett Unsure

Trump’s policies to affect student insurance and access to birth control

By ALISHA GUPTA

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Brick and mortar | New apartment complexes will be built on College (left) and Linden (right) avenues.

For Natalie Brown ’19, the potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 creates a personal uncertainty, and she’s not alone.

Valerie Lyon, director of business and finance at Gannett Health Services, and Craig McAllister, director of Cornell’s Office of Risk Management, also remain uncertain of the future of the Student Health Plan following a likely repeal of the ACA under President Donald Trump.

“Everything we’re saying is speculation, at this “Everything we’re point,” McAllister said.

“We know there is going saying is speculation to be change, but we at this point.” don’t know what any of the changes are going to Craig McAllister be.”

When asked about any possible changes in coverage of the Student Health Plan — particularly of the Affordable Care Act mandate to eliminate copays for birth control — McAllister remained uncertain.

“Prior to [the Affordable Care Act], birth control was treated as any other prescription drug, and so there were copays,” he said, “That’s something we would have to evaluate.”

Brown was particularly concerned about access to birth control.

“Many of my friends get their contraceptives from Gannett, and a lack of availability would be a big issue,” she said.

When asked about any potential changes in cost, McAllister remained uncertain, but said “the cost to administer the [Student Health] Plan might change slightly.”

Brown also said she hoped the costs and coverage of the Student Health Plan remained the same. She is currently on

Collegetown Housing Options Will Be Increasing Next Year

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In a fix | The ambiguity of Trump’s stances on the Affordable Care Act has left Gannett officials unsure about the Student Health Plan’s future.

By MARIN LANGLIEB Sun Staff Writer

Amidst already non-stop development of Collegetown housing, even more is in the future for Cornell students and faculty.

The Planning and Development Board of the City of Ithaca met Tuesday night to discuss final details of additional Collegetown housing, approving three separate apartment complexes.

Two apartment projects, designed by the Visum Development Group, will be located on 210 Linden Avenue and 126 College Avenue and are meant for student tenants.

Visum Development’s new Linden Avenue complex will be four stories tall with nine units and 36 bedrooms. The College Avenue complex

will also be four stories with five units and 28 bedrooms. All above-ground apartments will have balconies.

Both projects will have net-zero emissions and will be “powered entirely by onsite solar panels,” according to Visum Development’s website.

The College Townhouse project, undertaken by 119-125 CA Associates, LLC, will be located on College Avenue. This complex will consist of two four-story rowhouse structures fronting the street, with a central walkway between them leading to a garden apartment building at the rear of the lot. The 67 units will be designed for visiting Cornell faculty. All three buildings will have habitable basements with natural daylight being proSee HOUSING page 4

C.U. to Work With Cuomo onTuition Aid Plan

By ANU SUBRAMANIAM Sun Staff Writer

After New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his plan to make college more accessible to middle class students in state and city universities in the state, Cornell has started to work with the government to determine how his plan will affect its three undergraduate contract colleges.

If Cuomo’s plan is enacted, families that earn $125,000 or less a year with students currently enrolled in public universities, including community colleges, will receive help from the state to pay tuition. This will be done through supplements in existing state and federal grant programs.

Cornell remains unsure how this plan would impact its three

colleges under New York state contract.

“We applaud Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers for making access to higher education a leading issue this legislative ses-

sion,” said John Carberry, Cornell senior director of media relations. “We are now working with the Governor and the See CUOMO page 3

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Man with a plan | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to help students enrolled in public universities with a revised tuition plan.

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Students Aid Flood-Damaged Baton Rouge

By SHRUTI JUNEJA Sun Staff Writer

After intense flooding ravaged the Baton Rouge, La. area in August, Cornell’s Protestant Cooperative Ministry sent a group of eight students to help provide relief for families whose properties got damaged.

The group of students worked with the organization Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge, a local community development group, to repair three houses by the end of their trip.

“When I heard about the trip, I realized I could either hang around my house for another week, or take that time and donate it to someone who needs it a whole lot more than I do,” said Adam Gleisner ’18, one of the participants.

Hannah Dahl ’20 , another participant, said that she was particularly surprised to see the extent of damage. Even though the flooding occurred in mid-summer, she said some places were just starting to get repaired and people were still sleeping in wet furniture in houses that were growing mold.

According to a video by Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge, 110,000 homes were flooded after the Baton Rouge area received 20 to 40 inches of rain over 72 hours in August 2016. However, the storm did not receive much press attention.

“It was shocking to me that I hadn’t heard about the flooding when it did so much damage,” said Sun staff writer John Yoon ’20, another one of the participants.

Adam Gleisner ’18, another participant, said Baton Rouge’s poorest neighborhoods were still “struggling the most” with the flood damage.

Taryn Mattice, the chaplain of Cornell’s Protestant Cooperative Ministry, said that additional public funding and increased volunteering efforts would be necessary to fully rehabilitate the damage done by the floods.

Yoon said that policy could also be used to help address

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Coffee break | Cornell students enjoy a break with the Rebuilding Together organization in Louisiana after working to repair homes damaged by the August flood.

some of the issues.

Fake contractors were also problematic, promising to fix houses and then taking people’s FEMA checks and skipping town, according to participant Morgan Cooper ’17.

Prior to the flooding, tensions were high in Baton Rouge after the police shooting of Alton Sterling, according to Cooper. However, Mattice said that the flood brought people together and community members rallied to support each others in the aftermath of the floods.

Cooper said she was motivated to work in Baton Rouge primarily because she wished to work in an environment different from the one she was used to.

Prof Receives Award For Genome Research

“I think race relations in the South is a really interesting topic that I haven’t had a lot of exposure to here going to school here in the North,” she said.

Overall, participants said that they felt like they made a significant impact and found the experience rewarding.

“It was a good way to feel like you had done something,” Dahl said. “In the grand scheme of things, it’s not a lot, it’s a couple houses out of thousands, but for these people’s lives, it really did make a big difference.”

Shruti Juneja can be reached at sjuneja@cornellsun.com.

Piped out

By KURLYA YAN

Food and Agriculture Research, congratulated Buckler, saying that what he Prof. Edward Buckler, does is exemplary of the kind plant breeding and genetics, of work they seek to distinreceived the first-ever guish.

National Academy of Sciences “[Buckler’s] work in nutriPrize in Food and Agriculture tion and food security demonSciences in 2017. strates the high level of scienBuckler, also a U.S. tific excellence that we set out Department of Agriculture to recognize when we partresearch geneticist, nered with the leads the Lab for Bill & Melinda Maize Genetics and Gates Foundation Diversity, which to endow this primarily conducts prize,” she said. research on maize “The FFAR condue to its diverse gratulates Dr. genome.

The Buckler for this Buckler Lab uses its well-deserved research to identify honor and we PROF. BUCKLER genes that lead to look forward to favorable traits, such as freeze his future contributions.” and drought tolerance, disease The Prize was established resistance and enhanced in 2016 to recognize developnutritional value. ments in nutrition and food Buckler’s research has security and further food and given rise to developments agriculture research. It is such as biofortified maize endowed by the FFAR and with fifteen times more the Bill & Melinda Gates Vitamin A than standard vari- Foundation. eties. This maize is used in “Endless discovery and Zambia to combat Vitamin A innovation is essential in the deficiency and food insecuri- quest to improve the quality ty. The Buckler Lab has also of nutrition for all humans developed software and data- while recognizing inherent bases, used by thousands of limitations in land, freshwaresearch groups international- ter, and environmentally safe ly, in order to make genome levels of fertilizer application,” sequencing more efficient. said NAS President Marcia “This award reflects how McNutt. “This new prize great teams of scientists have allows the National Academy been able to tap natural diver- of Sciences to recognize and sity with powerful new tools support scientists whose to address the challenges fac- research has the potential to ing society, agriculture and improve our global food systhe environment today,” tem.”

Buckler said.

Sally Rockey, executive Kurlya Yan can be reached at director of the Foundation for kyan@cornellsun.com.

Sun Staff Writer

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President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order, clearing the way to an approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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Legislature to understand the various implications of the proposals being considered in Albany, and look forward to playing an active part in this ongoing conversation.

Jim Malatras, director of New York state operations, said the initial estimate of the number of families the program will help was about one million, but the actual number of students who would be receiving tuition-free education is about 200,000.

Cuomo’s plan has received support from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

as well as the United University Professions.

While United University Professions — composed of 35,000 faculty members across New York State campuses — has stated that they do support Cuomo’s plan, they are also arguing that more fulltime faculty is necessary to increase the quality of education at CUNY and SUNY schools.

Cuomo’s proposal is similar to the one Sanders suggested for Vermont. He has called Cuomo’s plan “a revolutionary idea for higher education.” The idea also resembles existing programs in Tennessee and Oregon that help cover the costs of community college.

Cuomo was inspired to act by

the rise in tuition in the state and city university system but fall in reputation over the past decade.

According to Malatras, many students across the country leave college with at least $30,000 in debt.

“This society should say, ‘We’re going to pay for college because you need college to be successful,’” Cuomo said. “And New York State is going to do something about it.”

Cuomo said that the program will start with a three-year rollout beginning in the fall, with a $100,000 income limit, rising to $125,000 by 2019.

Anu Subramaniam can be reached at asubramaniam@cornellsun.com.

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UMich.Colleagues Praise Pollack’s Diversity Efforts

By ANNA SNABES Sun Staff Writer

With less than four months left before the start of her term, Cornell Presidentelect Martha Pollack’s colleagues from the University of Michigan praised her strategies to promote diversity and mediate tensions on campus as the University’s provost.

Pollack championed a vision of inclusion as a provost and promoted diversity and equity, according to Prof. Bogdan Epureanu, mechanical engineering, University of Michigan. He advised Pollack as a member of the university’s

Academic Affairs Advisory Committee.

Epureanu said that Pollack helped create a “diverse, equitable and inclusive environment” on campus and that under her leadership the university invested in “outstanding underrepresented minority students.”

Pollack took action at moments where inclusion was compromised at Michigan.

Last fall, posters with anti-black, antiLGBTQ and anti-Muslim messages were found around campus buildings, according to The Michigan Daily.

In response, Pollack organized an event that allowed faculty to stand together with students in a large public space

CAMERON POLLACK / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Happy helper | President-Elect Martha Pollack championed many diversity efforts in her time as provost at the University of Michigan.

called the Diag in order to oppose the posters, according to The Daily.

“When the hate posters got put up, I was pretty upset like the rest of campus! It was shocking to see that,” said Sinduja Kilaru, a student at the university, who added that although she liked Pollack’s message, she wished more had been done.

While denouncing hate speech and reinforcing the message of diversity and inclusion, Pollack still encouraged conversation and ensured that opposing views were not being suppressed, according to Prof. Michael Wellman, computer science and engineering, University of Michigan.

“She’s always made clear that the mission of the University is to have conversations and to listen to even views that we don’t like,” Wellman said. “We should expect that there are going to be more challenges like this over the years at a university, and so I think it’s very important to have very steady and clear-thinking leaders like Martha.”

Her commitment to fostering an equitable environment extended to gender inclusion. Pollack responded to a petition from a student group, called “Wolverines for Pronouns,” for allowing students to designate their pronouns in their university records, including applications and class rosters.

After receiving the petition, Pollack formed a committee whose task was to implement the petition, according to Prof. Robin Queen, linguistics, University of Michigan, a member of the committee.

Queen said the committee met over the summer to determine the best way to allow the option for students to designate their pronouns.

“She had a very clear vision and she understood the issues involved,” Queen said. “I thought she thought in a very forward way for taking lots of constituencies into account but especially being driven by students. She’s just a really good leader.”

Ultimately Pollack and E. Royster Harper, vice president for student life, University of Michigan, announced in October that students would be allowed to designate their pronouns on the university register and those pronouns would be placed on class rosters.

“Asking about and correctly using someone’s designated pronoun is one of the most basic ways to show your respect for their identity and to cultivate an environment that respects all gender identities,” Pollack and Harper said in the email announcing the decision.

Queen added that Pollack led other numerous initiatives as provost, involving topics like sustainability, diversity, equity and financial stability.

“She certainly put great leaders in place to run diversity initiatives for the whole institution,” Queen added. “She’s just very steadfast and clear on how important diversity is for learning, for being in a society.”

Anna Snabes can be reached at asnabes@cornellsun.com.

Faculty Debate New A&S Curriculum Board Approves Profs seek to eliminate checkbox graduation requirements “I must go into their world and build students — does not allow students to on things that they already know or “claim” their education.

“Having a curriculum structure that understand,” Aquadro said. “I challenge With liberal education under siege people understand and can articulate, the students to think about their beliefs nationwide, faculty in the College of Arts that works for our students as something and ask questions that explore the topics & Sciences pushed forward discussions that they claim, identify with, and with students who come from across the on their plans to restructure the college’s embrace — that is to me one of the University.”

Prof. Derk Pereboom, philosophy, things that we should be clear about,” curriculum. proposed a type of interdisciplinary At a curriculum review faculty forum Ritter said.

Due to the nature of graduation course concept, focused around Monday, faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences discussed their progress in requirements, several faculty said that the “Challenges Confronting Our World,” as curriculum has a distinct check- he called it. These challenges include democracy, race, gender and mental box nature.

“There is a nationwide move away from “In the committee, there’s a health — global issues that can only be general sense that having every successfully tackled from several different liberal education. It’s a serious, Cornell course as fulfilling a par- disciplines. long-term trend.”

“Interdisciplinary courses could be ticular requirement is counterfashioned around all these topics, which productive,” Pepinsky said.

Interim President Hunter Rawlings Discussion also focused on the would teach our students how to effectimeline by which students fulfill tively propose and seek out solutions to reviewing the college’s undergraduate their distribution requirements. Pepinsky these kind of challenges,” Pereboom said.

This type of course could be taught by curriculum and considered plans for the said here has been talk to move curriculum requirements to earlier in the under- two or more faculty from different semester. departments, according to Pereboom.

Despite some disagreement regarding graduate career.

“There is a nationwide move away While no formal proposal for a curhow to implement a new curriculum, many faculty agreed that substantial riculum was given at the forum, faculty from liberal education. It’s a serious, members presented the concepts restructuring was necessary.

“Please don’t let the idea of something of foundational and interdiscipli“There’s a general sense that having new worry you too much because what nary courses.

Pepinsky outlined two differ- every Cornell course as fulfilling a particwe have now is pretty bad in some respects. It really, truly is,” said Interim ent ways that courses may be ular requirement is counter-productive.”

President Hunter Rawlings, who stressed foundational. One invokes “a that faculty members direct and define foundation as a platform of Prof. Thomas Pepinsky knowledge that must be mastered the curriculum.

The major issue that prompted this as a precondition for more curriculum review is confusion surround- advanced study.” The other sees founda- long-term trend,” Rawlings said.

While recognizing the difficulty of the ing the purpose of graduation and distri- tional knowledge as “a very broad introbution requirements, according to Prof. duction into a way of thinking and endeavor, Ritter stressed the importance of collaboration among all faculty as they Thomas Pepinsky, government, chair of approaching problems.”

Prof. Charles Aquadro, molecular understand the process beyond the the curriculum review committee.

“If you ask all of [the faculty] in this biology and genetics, introduced a genet- departmental level.

“It is easy to fall back into thinking room: what are the graduation require- ics course that he developed as an examments and why are they what they are?” ple of a course that could target a founda- about the implications of this or that in one’s own department,” Ritter said. “But Pepinsky said. “My guess is that very few tional function.

Because this course has no prerequi- we’re calling on everyone here today to of [the faculty] can answer both those sites, Aquadro says he assumes “most stu- think really as college citizens, to think questions.”

For Gretchen Ritter ’83, dean of the dents aren’t actually interested in going from the perspective of the student first.”

College of Arts and Sciences, this lack of on further in science.” For this reason, clarity surrounding the distribution Aquadro says that he must present the Anna Delwiche can be reached at adelwiche@cornellsun.com. requirements — both among faculty and information on a personal level.

By ANNA DELWICHE

Sun Staff Writer

New Apartment Building Plans HOUSING

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vided by a series of lightwells.

The space between the front two structures and the back building will be filled with a landscaped courtyard; its two lawn areas will be planted with river birch trees.

The row house buildings along College Avenue will feature unusual upper-story projecting bay windows clad entirely in curving glass.

The Linden Avenue apartments are anticipated to be completed in August, with construction starting sometime next month and the College Avenue project will be started soon after.

The College Townhouse project is expected to be completed in April 2018.

Marin Langlieb can be reached at mlanglieb@cornellsun.com.

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the Affordable Care Act for her insurance coverage and was unsure of her future plans. “[Going on the Student Health Plan] is an option I would consider,” she said, “But I would probably look for something more longterm.”

However, McAllister said there were many regulatory associations outside of the Affordable Care Act that existed to ensure minimum

“Prior to [the Affordable Care Act], birth control was treated as any other prescription drug, and so there were copays. That’s something we would have to evaluate.”

Craig McAllister standards for coverage.

“Cornell is operated under the American College Health Association guidelines and their recommendations for student health as well as model language from New York State,” he said.

McAllister and Lyon added that President Trump’s executive order, which allows the Department of Health and Human Services to weaken regulations that impose financial burden, did not change the way they regulated the Student Health Plan. “[The executive order] doesn’t change the law at all,” McAllister said, “We’re regulated by New York State, so any of the federal changes, until New York State changes the law, we won’t see [any changes].”

Despite all the speculation, Lyon said there would always be a Student Health Plan, adding that it was a university requirement since 1974.

Alisha Gupta can be reached at agupta@cornellsun.com.

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Cornell Beyond The Richest One Percent THOUGH ELITE COLLEGES OFTEN BOAST of their affordability and socioeconomic diversity, a recent study found that Cornell enrolls approximately the same number of students from the richest one percent as it does from the bottom 40 percent. This troubling statistic points to flaws in the University’s mission to make higher education more accessible to students of all incomes. The under-representation of low-income students hinders diversity and inclusion at prestigious schools by discouraging deserving, qualified students from attending and succeeding in college.

Cornell must continue relieving the cost of attending college. Many students and their families remain baffled by the complicated process of applying for financial aid because important information remains scattered across various online sources. An article published by The New York Times described how, like many parents, one mother “does not understand how colleges define basic, crucial terms like ‘need,’ ‘aid’ or ‘need-blind admission,’ and she does not know that those definitions vary from place to place.” The administration can alleviate this by compiling a comprehensive list of resources and steps to secure the necessary aid, including possible scholarships and grants. In addition, during Cornell information sessions, alumni and current students could hold Q&A sessions for prospective applicants to describe how they navigated college and financial aid applications and to encourage students to realistically envision themselves at Cornell. Encouraging more dialogue about financial aid options will highlight benefits that students may not know they are eligible for.

Efforts to promote socioeconomic diversity should also extend beyond admissions. Low-income students at Cornell share mutual concerns about how college life will play out after acceptance. Applying for financial aid can be a cumbersome process that, if misunderstood, impacts the amount of aid awarded. Even with financial aid, students can still incur hefty costs — for on-campus dining, extracurricular activities and course materials — and face the challenge of fitting into an environment where many of their peers are from richer families.

To address these issues, Cornell should build on the progress that recent student initiatives have achieved already. From First in Class — a student-run initiative that supports first-generation students — to Anabel’s Grocery, students are actively organizing new ways to publicize campus resources and aid financially-struggling students. In the spring, First in Class launched its Lending Library, which loans textbooks to students who struggle to afford them. Similarly, the students behind Anabel’s Grocery seek to open a subsidized grocery in order to decrease food insecurity and provide affordable meals on a campus with notoriously pricey dining. Despite multiple delays and logistical mishaps, Anabel’s Grocery remains a promising organization with an important mission to make it easier for students to afford the college life. Such programs — dedicated as they are to easing the struggles of first-generation and low-income students — not only supports a subset of Cornell students, but also helps build a stronger campus network of engaged Cornellians by facilitating conversation between people from different backgrounds. It is in the University’s best interest to support these student projects to the fullest extent possible.

Compared to the rest of the Ivy League, Cornell stands as one of the most egalitarian colleges. For example, Cornell has, of all the Ivies, the lowest ratio of one-percenters to students from the bottom 60 percent. The average median income of the parents of Cornell students born between 1980 and 1991 is $151,908, again the lowest in the Ivies, while Princeton students’ parents have the highest average median income at $206,383. This should be encouraging news for all Cornellians, but also an important reminder that there is always progress to be made: the national average for median parental income was $76,499 — approximately half of the Cornell average.

The University must continue to provide a challenging yet supportive environment that socioeconomically diverse students need in order to succeed. A Cornell education is an invaluable opportunity and incredible privilege that should be just as accessible to the top one percent as to the bottom one percent.

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y now I assume most people brave proven, but the truly galling part is that enough still to read the news have the Trump administration attempted to become acquainted with the so- justify this lie. During an interview with called “alternative facts” situation. For Chuck Todd, Trump advisor Kellyanne those who may be unaware or have Conway referred to this incident as Spicer missed this particular scandal, it began giving “alternative facts.” There are no when White House press secretary and such things. There can be alternative noted Dippin’ Dots opponent Sean interpretations or competing opinions, Spicer berated the media for their alleged but facts are absolute. It is a fact that it misrepresentation of the crowd on the snowed last Tuesday; it is an opinion that National Mall during President Trump’s the weather sucked. Now I could tell you inauguration. One problem: photos from the temperature rose to seventy degrees the 2017 inauguration show that Trump and roses bloomed, but I don’t think anyfailed to attract anywhere near the two one would buy these as “alternative facts.” million people who attended President It is an insult to Chuck Todd, to the press Obama’s first inauguration. The visual in general and to the American people.

Unfortunately, none of us can prevent evidence is clear: Trump’s crowd was sizable, but Obama’s was objectively larger; the Trump administration from using one stretches to the end of the national these so-called “alternative facts.” They mall, one does not. Nor does the time of have yet to admit to any wrongdoing. On day change the crowd size (despite what the contrary, Spicer on Monday told the Mr. Spicer may have said); the Guardian’s Press “I think sometimes we can disagree article on the matter contains a timelapse with the facts.” However, the press can that clearly shows the size crowd Now, more than ever, we need the from beginmedia to clearly and without hesitation ning to end of the inauguracall these “alternative facts” what they tion. You can are: lies. Headlines shouldn’t read debate why “Trump Team Presents Alternative Trump failed to garner as a Facts” but rather, “Trump large a crowd; Team Lies.” perhaps it is b e c a u s e Obama was the first black president and so his inau- and must do something to counteract this guration carried a certain historical deception. While most sane people in the nature to it, perhaps it truly is because media have pushed back against this idea, Trump supporters, supposedly unlike lib- both from the left and the right, the erals, had jobs they had to go to that day. Trump team has been called out before Perhaps it is some combination, but that’s and nothing appears to have changed. not the point of this piece. The point is But that doesn’t mean anyone has to play that despite this evidence, Sean Spicer along. Now, more than ever, we need the stood in front of the press and American media to clearly and without hesitation people and told them, verbatim, “this is call these “alternative facts” what they the largest audience to ever witness an are: lies. Headlines shouldn’t read “Trump inauguration, period, both in person and Team Presents Alternative Facts” but rather, “Trump Team Lies.” Anything else around the globe.”

Misdirection and deception have been will legitimize their dishonesty. We aren’t common in politics for as long as humans even a week into the Trump presidency have been forming governments. and already they think they can lie to the Democrats and Republicans alike have American people about facts that anyone lied to the public. It has happened, it hap- with an internet connection can verify. pens and it will continue to happen as Who knows what they may try to lie long as politics exist. This is by no means about next?

Not everything can be verified by the an apology for deceit in government.

With the exception of maintaining press, but crowd size can be. Global national security (an already concerningly warming can be. It’s time the media startvague addendum), there can be no excuse ed truly pushing back against these “alterfor politicians, people we elected to advo- native facts.” There is no reason why the cate for and represent us, to lie. Their job press or anyone else has to accept demonis to do what is best for the public; not strably false information, nor allow the their party, not their donors, but their administration to refer to such informaconstituents. Speaking of which, I’d like tion as true. They cannot be allowedto to see the term “public servant” used live in a different world than ours where more often in politics, not “leader.” “alternative facts” exist. We cannot stop Politicians may represent “we the people” the Trump administration from spreading on the national and world stage, they may falsehoods, but we can label them as what serve as role models and mentors, but let’s they are: liars. stop this notion that they are the ones who are creating the future for this counSoren Malpass is a senior in the College of Arts and try.

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OPINION

Dara Brown & Yamini Bhandari | Trustee Viewpoint

Finding a Voice A

ziz Ansari, this week’s SNL host, expressed an important sentiment during his opening bit. “Change doesn’t come from presidents. Change comes from large groups of angry people,” he noted in reference to the millions of people around the world that came together for the Women’s March.

Ithaca played its role in this national phenomenon as thousands of students, professors and Ithacans came together for the Women’s March in Ithaca. Like many of you, our social media feeds were filled with pictures and messages displaying throngs of Americans coming together and using their voices to fight for equality.

One of the biggest takeaways we’ve received from a Cornell education is seeing the power of students coming together to fight for change. Institutions like Cornell change when they are pushed to change through organized actions. Recent examples of this include the Fight the Fee and the Save the Pass movements led by student activists. Now more than ever, this spirit of empowerment can be channeled into joining collective action movements.

Turning out for protests following the election and for the Women’s March are a start, but continually challenging and pushing institutions will require us to be real and active allies for communities. It is important to listen to the challenges of all communities that are hurting and work together using the lessons we learn here on the hill to come together and push for change. Every week there are several events and opportunities to learn about issues in our community and the global community.

We implore you all to consider your education as a lived experience inside and outside of the classroom. If the election has taught us anything, it's that our country is divided. The challenges of the future require students at places like Cornell to learn to engage in and question our surroundings.

For years, Cornell has been a symbol of the power of protesting and using our voices for further change. We hope that students returning to campus can continue channeling that voice throughout their time here.

So what are some ways that we can come together as a community to discuss policy changes that impact our campus climate? Just on Monday, President Trump signed three executive orders. The President’s reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule in particular sparked media attention not only because of its policy implications, but because of the message it sent to the millions of women who marched just days before. In our efforts to best facilitate discussions and to hear student perspectives on the policy changes to come, we have to hold our campus organizations, news sources and even our faculty accountable for addressing these changes. After all, what’s the use of studying administrative law if we can’t turn a keen eye to the impact of former President Obama’s policy initiatives or see how President Trump may seek to overturn them? What’s a women’s march in Ithaca without the participation of the Women’s Law Coalition or campus debriefs on how to be an effective ally when issues may not be directly felt by you?

Practical methods for addressing the potentially hostile policy changes to come may include (1) allowing for students to voice their sentiments regarding these policies in open forums; (2) encouraging students to create a collective of individuals who share their concerns and (3) proposing a campus initiative to mitigate the harm these policy changes may have upon our community. All three of the aforementioned methods were used to address the election’s impact on DACA students. Students voiced their sentiments and fears at student governance meetings. Over 2,200 Cornellian signed a petition expressing collective concern over potential shifts in federal policy. In response, the administration came together to honor its funding commitment to DACA students and provided free legal assistance to these members of our community.

If we allow for these policy changes to occur without addressing them and they create a hostile environment for our students, we have not lived up to our mission of maintaining a campus where every one of us is accounted for.

For years, Cornell has been a symbol of the power of protesting and using our voices for further change. We hope that students returning to campus can continue channeling that voice throughout their time here.

Dara Brown is the graduate student-elected trustee. Yamini Bhandari is the undergraduate student-elected trustee. Comments may be sent to associateeditor@cornellsun.com. Trustee Viewpoint appears periodically this semester.

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Comment of the day “This article doesn’t take into account the public versus private equation. Cornell is a land grant school and therefore automatically accepts more students from the lower 40 percent than other Ivy Leagues because New York students get in-state tuition in three of the seven schools. It would be interesting to compare admissions from only the private schools to other Ivy Leagues.”

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he student debt crisis is emi- Statistics” reports 20 million stu- cost of attendance–tuition and fees, nent and equal to the mort- dents are enrolled in postsecondary books and supplies, room and gage crisis in 2007. In intuitions. At the end of 2010, the board, transportation and food “Condemning Students to Debt,” Secretary of Education had pur- allowance.

The cost of attendance has risen

by Richard Fossey, “Generation chased a total of $110 billion in fedDebt” and “DIY U,” by Anya eral student loans from private sector for many reasons. First, in 1971, the Katamentz, and “Is College Worth lenders due to the turmoil in the United States completely abandoned the gold standard, accelerating inflait?” by Secretary William Bennet, the credit markets.

Currently, law S.256 Bankruptcy tion. Tuition has grown four times authors investigate the market failures regarding the student debt cri- Abuse Act of 2005 section 220 pro- faster than consumer price index and sis. Federal legislation must elimi- hibits discharge of federal and pri- faster than stagnant median income.

Second, the economic recession nate imperfect information, fix the vate student loans in bankruptcy. principal-agent problem, establish The Higher Education Act of 1965 reduced tax revenues, which caused greater accountability, utilize massive under section 455(o) establishes zero federal and state subsidies for public open online courseware, invest in interest federal loan repayments for state colleges to decline and caused public libraries, reestablish bank- service members for up to 60 public colleges to raise tuition rather ruptcy for student loans, lower inter- months. The HEA under section than cut costs.

Third, the federal loan availabiliest rates and strengthen student suc- 435(a) prohibits federal loan eligibilty has substituted fedcess. eral grants and creatNational Student ed a moral hazard, Loan Data System agent reports $1.3 trillion Education is both a public good and a private principal problemthe studollars in Federal investment, which is associated with better dent is the principal, student debt outstanding, and the health, lower crime, greater civic engagement, the university the agent that sets the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau higher tax revenue and economic development. price of “cost of attendance.” Sec. reports more than Bennett’s hypothesis 150 billion dollars in private student debt outstanding. ity of institutions that report default highlights that when the federal govFederal Reserve Bank of New York rates above 30 percent spanning ernment offers unlimited borrowing Consumer Credit Panel Reports three years. The HEA under section for student loans, the university sets 43.3 million people have student 123(b) prevents, identifies and pros- price to capture the maximum value debt with an on average loan balance ecutes diploma mills. Accordingly, from available loans by having stuof $26,700. National Center of the White House has created a col- dents borrow the maximum amount Education Statistics reports 39.8 lege scorecard to evaluate universities to pay for cost of attendance. The student does not have perfect inforpercent of students graduate within cost value and quality.

Education is both a public good mation regarding cost, quality and four years from a four-year postsecondary institution. The Federal and a private investment, which is accessibility of education, and furReserve Bank of New York reports associated with better health, lower ther the university may not utilize recent graduates (age 22-27) are 45.1 crime, greater civic engagement, the full federal upfront payment for percent underemployed and five per- higher tax revenue and economic guaranteeing student education cent unemployed and Department development. College education is completion. In 1950, there was of Labor reports the U.S. employ- expected to establish an appreciation almost no federal loans, federal loans ment to population ratio is 59.8 per- of learning, a certification of practi- accounted 20 percent of all aid in cent. Bloomberg and The Wall cal skills, a certification of critical 1963, 17 percent of all aid in 1975 Street Journal report 43 percent of thinking and a social network. and 55 percent of all aid in 1995.

22 million student borrowers are not Congress appropriates tax revenues This column continues online at paying federal loans; 3.6 million are to generate federal student loans and in default, three million are delin- sets the interest rate. Students, uni- cornellsun.com. quent, three million are in postpone- versities, lobbyists, accreditation ment, 12.5 million are current on agencies, tax payers, banks, govern- Haris Bhatti graduated in 2010. Comments may loan payments and the Department ment agencies, elected officials and be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. of Education’s “Digest of Education employers are the key players in the Guest Room appears periodically this semester.

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Wegmans Hacks Tips for Making Your Shopping Trips More Efficient

By OLIVIA LUTWAK Sun Staff Writer

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oming back from winter break and getting into the swing of things can be hard, especially if you relied on your family to do all the grocery shopping and meal planning for you during the holidays. If you’re anything like me, your first step back into the world of independence will be a trip to Wegmans.

I’ve gone on Wegmans runs every week since I was a newborn. Wegmans was my daycare; my mom would drop me off at the WKids Room while she shopped. When I aged out of WKids — or rather, was forced out after my ninth birthday and a lot of crying on my end — I got to accompany my mom down the long aisles of Wegmans, figuring out the locations of my favorite snacks, panicking when I got separated from her (still true to this day), and learning its secrets.

I consider myself a Wegmans pro. I’m in and out of the store in eight minutes while spending under $15 for a week’s worth of groceries.

And while I can’t promise to reveal all my secrets, I can share a few of them:

1. Download the app — Remember back in 2010 when the idea of apps was really cool and everyone joked about how there was an app for everything? Well that rule still applies, so I'm shocked at how few people have ever searched for the

Wegmans app. It exists, and it's great. No more wandering the aisles aimlessly — just enter your grocery list into the app and it'll tell you the exact aisles to find everything. Downloading the app is the first step to put you on your way to being a Wegmans Master.

2. Get the Weg mans Shoppers Club Card — In order to sign up for the app, you’ll need to order a card. But don't worry, it’s completely free and will actually come in handy later on.

The card will save you money when you shop and get you access to special coupons. Hate carrying around an extra card in your wallet? Don't worry — all you need in order to save money at the register is your phone number. I misplaced my card years ago but I’m still able to use all its advantages.

3. Plan your grocery list before you get to the store — This is more of general shopping advice, but it's particularly applicable when you're shopping at a large store like Wegmans. It’s too easy to get lost in the aisles and spend hours thinking about what you might want to buy. Pick a dinner recipe in advance (I personally make one recipe on Sunday night that lasts the

whole week; I recommend this method of meal-planning if you hate taking time out of your day to cook). Then put the ingredients into your Wegmans app and stick to your list. Don’t wander. Don’t get distracted. Eye on the prize.

4. Pick recipes you already have most of the ingredients for — This is another general shopping tip, and it’s sort of common sense, but it saves me enough money that I figured I’d mention it. After you've been cooking for yourself for a few weeks, you’ll have built up a small stockpile of ingredients in your cupboard. You could continue to buy all new ingredients each week, or you could cook based on what you already have. I usually pick recipes where I already have 50 to 75 percent of the ingredients on hand. Then, for the next week, I’ll have even more ingredients in my cupboard to base recipes around. Your cupboard will grow little by little.

5. Be open-minded about your vegetables — The veg-

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etable section in Wegmans is pretty expansive and can get overwhelming if you spend too much time there or frustrating if the vegetable you're looking for isn’t in stock or in season. I’m personally an extremely picky eater when it comes to vegetables, but the

but there are strategies involved in when you should do your Wegmans runs.

Ideal times to go if you want to run into the smallest crowds are midday during the week or at 3 a.m.

Unfortunately, most of us go to class, work and sleep, but if you’re ever free at those times, take advantage of it.

Saturdays see probably the largest crowds, but Wegmans also provides free samples every Saturday.

Depending on whether the samples are cooked pasta dishes and beers or trail mix and brussels sprouts, they might make going on a Saturday worth it.

But the prime time to go is Sunday morning. I don’t PHOTO COURTESY OF WEGMANS.COM know why it’s the best time — maybe good news is that in most because Cornell students recipes, the vegetables listed wake up late on Sundays, or getting hungover tions. I usually go into the are vegetable section with an brunch, or maybe because open mind and take whatever the word on the street is that looks good. It might save you Wegmans restocks its shelves some stress (and save you Saturday nights — but it’s from picking the broccoli out the time at which I’ve gone shopping at Wegmans my of your food later). whole life. But don’t make 6. Navigating the bread me regret I published this section — If anything ever article: find your own prime holds me up at Wegmans, it’s time; don’t all start doing almost always getting bread. I your shopping every Sunday always look in the wrong morning. place. I don’t know if I’m the only one with this problem, 9. Ask for help — Lost? but in case I’m not, let me try Can’t find something? Want a to help you out. The fancier, second opinion on which baguette-type bread is locat- product to buy? Ask! ed in the bakery section, near Everyone I’ve ever met at the cakes and desserts. Wegmans is super nice.

Everyday packaged bread is There’s no need to waste time down the store in aisle 6B. wandering the aisles looking And then for some reason for something just because there are certain types of you’re too scared to ask. bread in the Natures section and scattered throughout 10. When you’re done random aisles. The app clari- shopping, get food at the Hot fies most of this, but bread is Bar — this 100 percent ruins also the most likely item to my point of shopping quickly be out of stock, which could and spending as little as posmean you have to improvise. sible, because getting Hot Bar food will both add time 7. Ready-made food can and cost just as much as you be a lifesaver — Have a stress- spent on your week’s groful week coming up and no ceries. And yet I do it every time to cook? Still don’t quite single week. Fill up a styrohave the hang of things in the foam container with piles of kitchen? Wegmans offers food for $9.49 per pound good deals on ready-made (last I checked — they keep food where you can get an increasing the price) and you entree and two sides for a rel- don’t have to worry about atively low price. These aren’t lunch for the day. It’s the best frozen meals — the food is all reward for successfully navifreshly cooked so you can eat gating the complex and beauit right when you get home or tiful aisles of Wegmans. reheat throughout the week.

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Timing is everything — Wegmans is open 24/7,

Olivia Lutwak is a junior in the School of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at olutwak@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Movie Awards Don’t Matter.

Now Listen to Me Give Out My Own Awards.

BY DAVID GOULDTHORPE Sun Staff Writer

It’s the beginning of 2017. You know what that means? That’s right, it’s time for awards season! And that also means it’s time for articles and Internet comments railing about how the Academy is rigged, complaints about how Movie X didn’t get nominated or how Film Y is going to win because it’s made by So-And-So Studio. Now, I’m not going to lie: it’s fun to guess which movie is going to win, to hope for your favorite film to secure an Oscar and to be either ecstatic or disappointed by the results. I’ve been through all that before. However, I feel like some get so caught up in it that it takes the fun out of things.

When the Academy released the nominations for the upcoming ceremony, I immediately saw an article pop up on Cartoon Brew. After presenting the list of nominees, the article opened up its commentary with: “No Oscar category has been so controlled by one film company as the animated feature has been by the Walt Disney Company… There is significant reason at this point to question the Academy’s voting procedures.” This statement rubs me the wrong way for several reasons, but all of them can be boiled down to a single phrase.

It does not matter.

It’s nice to recognize the hard work that filmmakers put into their productions, but the Oscar statue is not the end-all-be-all. It may be the most prestigious award given out in Hollywood, but it’s certainly not the only one (see the Golden Globes, and the Annies especially for animation) and it can only carry so much weight. For example, in 1940 the Academy recognized Rebecca, Kitty Foyle, The Westerner and so on. You know what didn’t even get a nomination? The Wizard of Oz! Yet out of these titles, I’d argue that The Wizard of Oz has impacted the most people and embedded itself most strongly in our culture. The Shawshank Redemption famously received zero Oscars, yet is now considered one of the finest films of all time. And you know what? That is okay.

In a world where fan communities stand ready to unleash gloating and reprisals the morning after the Academy delivers its decisions, I come with a radical idea. It is perfectly possible to like a movie if it doesn’t get a nomination. Just because the Academy chooses not to recognize it doesn’t mean you’re not allowed to like it. Studio executives and producers don’t particularly care, since they’re more focused on movie grosses. As for actors and writers and directors, an Oscar is a nice embellishment for a portfolio. I’d dare suggest, though, that if their explicit goal is only to get a prize, they may be in the industry for the wrong reasons. So, when Cartoon Brew rails against the Academy and encourages readers to “pressure them to institute more fair voting rules,” I simply reply that there are far more

pressing causes for our time and political capital.

Now as I said, it’s perfectly fine to recognize films independent of the Academy. That’s what I intend to do right now. Sit yourself down for the first annual David’s! Just watch, it’s gonna take off. Here are all the animated productions I want to recognize this year:

Kubo and the Two Strings:

Laika is an exceptionally skilled studio, and they put their heart and soul into their stop motion productions.

Kubo was nothing less than a triumph for them. First of all, the visuals and cinematography were amazing. Every emotion felt sharp and raw, and the scenes made the screen feel like a window to another world. Kubo dealt heavily with the theme of storytelling, and held back no punches. The peril is real, the characters fleshed out, and the plot gripping from beginning to end. It’s nothing less than art, and the animators can’t have enough praise heaped onto them.

Zootopia: My personal favorite out of the year, as any of my friends and regular readers can tell you. When the teaser first aired, I laughed at the tagline: “Like nothing you’ve seen befur.” The pun aside, of course we’d seen this before. Disney practically invented the idea of animals walking around on two legs and doing human things. But boy, did my mouth get shut quickly. The movie breaks from the Disney formula and delivers one of the most original plots I’ve seen from the studio. The animation and design are top notch, the characters are all phenomenal, it’s funny and smart, and social commentary that’s actually organic and intelligent? It turns out it was like nothing I’d seen be-fur.

Moana: Lin-Manuel Miranda got signed onto Disney? This was a no-brainer. Moana is going to be remembered in decades along with the likes of The Little Mermaid and Cinderella, sharpening the Disney formula to a fine point. It successfully married traditional Disney storytelling with Pixarian technology and the leading edge of today’s cultural icons.

Just as the river reaches the shoreline and creates an estuary unlike any other ecosystem, old and new talent combined here to create a beautiful picture.

Sing: I’ve already talked enough about the importance of Sing in my previous columns. So to reiterate briefly, this movie put Illumination back on track, and gave it an out from the Despicable Me franchise before it was needed. With great characters and a surprisingly enjoyable soundtrack, this movie left the year off on a high note (pun very intended). There is plenty to be said about films that are enjoyable without being groundbreaking. Sing was a pleasant movie to relax with and enjoy, and sometimes

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that’s just we need.

Sausage Party: This was certainly an intriguing title. Seth Rogen’s parody of Pixar was just as crass and irreverent as promised, and then some. The humor certainly got old quickly, but it was still a competently produced picture that talked about religion in a way that actually went better than I would have expected. Even if I disagree with its message, I can still respect the effort that went into the production. Of course, the movie has come under controversy for mistreating the animators that worked on it.

To any of them reading this, I want to say that your effort has not gone unappreciated.

Storks: Warner Animation made waves in 2014 with The Lego Movie, and they proved their comedic skills with Storks this past year. Again, it was not any kind of groundbreaking movie, but still very enjoyable nonetheless. It was full of gags that had me rolling with laughter, with

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witty dialogue and great visuals combining to maximize the humor.

Warner knows how to tell jokes, and it’s their strongest asset right now. If you’re ever looking for a fun way to relax, Storks is the movie for you.

Trollhunters: DreamWorks’ Netflix series Trollhunters seemed generic from the trailers. A high schooler finds a secret world living alongside the humans’ world, and he has to go on a bunch of adventures while balancing his schoolwork and personal life? Yawn, been done. But dang, did it deliver a punch! I don’t think I’ve enjoyed a series this much since Gravity Falls ended last year. I

still intend to really pick apart this series, but for the moment let me say this: it’s rare to see a series build an arc so well, to develop characters as well as DreamWorks’ did here. The peril and conflict feels real. And while it employs some common tropes, it actually takes them in unique directions that I appreciate greatly. If this had been a film, it would have surely been a contender this season.

David Gouldthorpe is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at dgouldthorpe@cornellsun.com.

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Damien Chazelle’s Land of Palm Trees, Streetlights and Song

BY NICK SMITH Sun Staff Writer

If I’m honest with you, I don’t quite know how to write about this movie. It’s a musical and it’s awesome so I’m completely out of my element. I’m far more comfortable ripping into mediocre action flicks at present but if Ryan Gosling agreed to sing on camera, I’ll give this a whirl.

La La Land is a musical-comedyro m a n c e - d r a m a shindig directed by Damien Chazelle, who brought us Whiplash in late 2014. As awesome as Whiplash was I don’t feel bad saying his new work is a step up. La La Land earned itself a 2016-leading 14 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay, Score and Song.

And though I’ve yet to see 20th Century Women I think Chazelle and gang have a strong chance of taking home a lot of hardware from the 89th Academy Awards.

The film is basically the story of the relationship between Sebastian, a struggling jazz pianist played by Ryan Gosling, and Mia, a struggling actress played by Emma Stone. The two meet repeatedly in their daily Hollywood lives and a whole bunch of music and love ensues. In large part, this film succeeds because of the outstanding chemistry between Gosling and Stone. Every part of their relationship is totally believable and that goes a long way to make the audience feel for the characters.

Stone is especially fantastic in this film. From her audition scenes to flexing her singing and dancing muscles, every part of her performance is dazzling. Gosling is good, but to a lesser extent. His piano playing, which he did himself, was surprisingly good. Neither of the leads likely got their parts because of their singing ability, but I thought Stone held her own.

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One of the largest complaints I’ve heard about this film is that Ryan Gosling can’t sing and it bothers me that people perceive this as an issue. I agree Gosling might have some trouble stretching his vocal chords but he’s playing a pianist. His character doesn’t really need to sing well in the context of the film. If anything Gosling’s lack of singing prowess made his character more relatable! I guess he needed to leave a little hope for all the boyfriends in the theater.

Another complaint I’ve heard frequently is that La La Land gets caught up in stirring up musical nostalgia, but I

J. Cole 4 Your Eyez Only Dreamville, Inc.

O In all honesty, I feel let down by Eyez. As a J Cole fan since 2009’s The Warm Up, I cannot say that Eyez stacks up to his previous efforts.

Eyez has a lot going for it. The instrumentation is lush; from the strings to the trumpets one cannot fault the production quality. From the bold trap hit “Immortal” to the minimalist masterpiece on the title track to the gentle vocal-driven melodies seen on “She Mine Pt.1 & 2,” Eyez is both an instrumental and melodic success.

Cole also stays somewhat true to his lyrical reputation; telling stories of family, friends and strangers in the context of the ever-important issues facing the black community. “Foldin Clothes,” despite a lackluster execution, remains a heartwarming praise of a working class, non-gendered simple love. One cannot resist a smile when Cole charismatically raps: “with bananas and some almond milk/I never thought I’d see the day I’m drinking almond milk.”

However, his scope seems somewhat ambitious

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Nicholas Smith is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at nks53@cornell.edu.

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feel this is just another desperate attempt to find a problem with this movie.

In the film, Mia puts on a one-woman show and begins to doubt herself as opening night approaches. She wonders if it would be too nostalgic and worries whether or not people would like it. Sebastian’s response to this worrying was simple: “fuck ’em.”

Sebastian sees right through her trepidations; he knows that whether or not the masses would like her show was beside the point.

Mia is following her dreams and doing good work and that’s all Sebastian, and I, thought should matter.

It’s hard not to think that Sebastian’s thinking here is indicative of Chazelle’s attitude towards the film as a whole. It didn’t seem like the director was overly worried about lighting up the box office or setting up sequels with this film. He simply made a great movie.

I’d say this movie isn’t for everyone but I think more appropriate phrasing would be “to everyone.” La La Land feels like a brilliant love letter to the musicals of the ’50s and ’60s and all those who love them so dearly.

I say so what if it’s nostalgic? This movie just works at the most basic level. I felt real emotion because of La La Land. I was happy and sad, pleased and frustrated — it was marvelous.

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for a ten track project. On “Immortal” Cole talks drugs and witnessing murders. “Ville Mentality” mentions thirsty girls, while on “She’s Mine Pt. 1” he heartwarmingly swoons over a much-loved partner. While the album’s theme of fatherhood is made clear in the final track, the first half of the album seemingly dilutes Cole’s focus.

However, we can tell that this is not Cole’s most free, most sincere voice. Elite, the executive producer of the album, was quoted saying the album is mostly “from a perspective that is not J. Cole’s.” The bars seem both scarce and comparatively unmoving. One can think about the expressive power of “Dreams” or “Love Yourz,” which seem to be in a different league to much of this album (perhaps with the exception of the title track). Eyez just does not have the quantity of quality bars we have seen before, and even the better lines don’t seem to hit as hard.

Finally, the album seems unavoidably derivative.

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I still cannot believe that “Deja Vu” uses an indiscernibly similar beat to Bryson Tiller’s “Exchange,” the latter of which far outlines the former. From the black and white artwork to the subject matter to the storytelling technique to the eight-minute title track album closer, one cannot help but find a lot in common between Eyez and Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly. For someone that brilliantly criticized Drake on “False Prophets” (lyrically second only to the title track), Cole seems to lack an authenticity and, unfortunately, makes us doubt whether he can “hear his hold shit and… can top it.”

4 Your Eyez Only is undoubtedly a conscious, well-produced album that we will listen to many times over. But as hip hop’s savior, we all know Cole can do significantly better.

Nick Mileti is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at ncm45@cornell.edu.

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Women Voyage East for Dartmouth, Harvard

By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

Cornell women’s hockey will look to rebound from its first loss in seven games when the team travels on the road to take on Dartmouth and Harvard this weekend.

The No. 8 Red (13-6-2, 9-3-2 ECAC) has a 10-1-1 record at home this season but has struggled on the road, securing only three wins away from Lynah. Back to back games this weekend against teams near the bottom of the standings will provide Cornell with a great opportunity to get back to .500 hockey on the road.

Still, the team is not taking anything for granted, and its players know they will have to stay focused in order to come away with two wins.

“We know that anything can happen in our league,” said senior forward Hanna Bunton. “We know that Dartmouth and Harvard will be coming out strong.”

Head coach Doug Derraugh ’91 echoed Bunton’s statements. While Derraugh is impressed with how his team has performed lately, he stressed the importance of not treating any opponent lightly.

“We have had a good stretch here where we played some good teams and had some good outcomes,” Derraugh said. “This league is tough from top to bottom and if you don’t show up you’re going to be in trouble and you’re going to lose.”

Cornell will take its longest road trip of the season so far when the team travels to New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Bunton says the team will try to keep a similar routine to other road trips.

“We try to prepare the same for every game that we go into,” Bunton said. “It will be a long bus trip so we have to make sure that we get our legs moving once we get there.”

Bunton has been dominant for Cornell so far this year, as she currently leads the Red in both points and assists.

The combination of Bunton and freshman forward Kristin

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On the road again | After splitting the road series with Clarkson and St. Lawrence, the women will travel again this weekend.

O’Neill — who leads the team in scoring with 10 goals — cy to blow games in the third period and overtime, but the team has also shown to be competitive and scrappy. has provided stability for Cornell’s offensive attack.

“If you look at the standings you would think it’s differBunton credits her teammates for her success.

“Getting those points does not happen without great ent, but if you look at when Harvard played us here, I felt teammates,” Bunton said. “Playing with really good play- the game could have gone either way,” Derraugh said.

“They are playing everybody tough, but Harvard is having ers is helping me this year.”

Bunton looks to have strong games against both a tough time of getting wins this year.”

With playoffs looming, Cornell is in need of two wins Dartmouth (5-10, 3-11) and Harvard (3-14-2, 3-9-2), which despite their record, have talented rosters and have this weekend. Although the team is young, the players have shown flashes of sound hockey at various points this year. come together quickly. If Cornell plays like it has this past “Dartmouth plays a very good team game and they month, the team should have a great opportunity to put don’t give up many chances,” Derraugh said. “They are a some pressure on St. Lawrence (19-3-2, 11-2-1) and Clarkson (18-4-4, 12-1-1) in the standings. smart team and are tough defensively. “ As for the Crimson, the team has suffered from several one-goal defeats this season. Harvard has shown a tenden- Troy Bridson can be reached at tbridson@cornellsun.com.

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Forwards

Cornell has shown improvement on offense this season. The high-scoring JAM line from last season is a force yet again, and juniors Trevor Yates and Alex Rauter have stepped up as major contributors.

Harvard, though, is a different proposition entirely. The Crimson’s top line — Ryan Donato, Lewis Zerter-Gossage and Alexander Kerfoot — tends to play a large portion of the minutes, eschewing a typical “roll four lines” strategy like the one Cornell employs. Those three have evolved into a dynamic scoring trio, and ZerterGossage scored three times last meeting against Cornell to sink the Red’s comeback bid. Harvard’s lower lines are not as much of a threat, but the sheer talent of their top forwards gives the Crimson the edge here.

Edge: Harvard

Defensemen

Cornell’s blue line has been much more consistent this year than in years past.

Senior Patrick McCarron has been a regular contributor on offense as well, scoring against Saint Lawrence this weekend. Alec McCrea, Matt Nuttle, Brendan Smith, Holden Anderson, McCarron and Yanni Kaldis have been the six defensemen Schafer has put on the ice for most Cornell games. Kaldis has shined as a freshman this season, and he had three assists the last time the Red faced Harvard. Harvard’s defensemen are not relied upon as much as they are in the Cornell system. While Adam Fox — a freshman — and John Marino are making a name for themselves, Harvard lacks upperclassmen leaders on defense, which has hurt them at times this season.

Edge: Cornell Goalies

Cornell’s Mitch Gillam is in his third season as the starting goalie and is one of the best goalies in the ECAC. He has plen-

ty experience in the rivalry, and perhaps his best asset is how calm he is under pressure. He is the perfect type of goalie for a major rivalry game. Harvard’s Merrick Madsen is also a solid netminder, but he has not reached Gillam’s level quite yet.

Madsen has also struggled recently; two weeks ago, Madsen was pulled against Union and last-place RPI after giving up several goals in each contest.

Edge: Cornell Special Teams

The big battle here is when Harvard has a power play. The Crimson’s excellent power play is at 28.6 percent for the season, while Cornell kills penalties at a rate of 88.5 percent. Neither Cornell’s power play nor Harvard’s penalty kill are near the league leaders. However, do not ignore Cornell’s power play capabilities despite what the numbers may show. When the Red has an extra man, the team will need to capitalize on their chances.

Edge: Even

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Cornell is coming off a three-point weekend at home versus North Country foes Clarkson and Saint Lawrence, while Harvard did the same against Yale and Brown at home. However, prior to this weekend, Harvard went through a tough stretch where they lost 8-4 to Dartmouth and also fell on the road to Union and RPI. Cornell has not lost in 2017 and is the hottest team in the conference.

Edge: Cornell Coaches

Schafer is in his 23rd season coaching at his alma mater. He is one of the most respected coaches in college hockey and will have his team ready for the Harvard game. Crimson coach Ted Donato — father of Harvard’s star forward Ryan — is also a smart hockey mind who knows how to beat Cornell. Schafer and Donato have matched up for years, with many victories for each, but Cornell does have a slight edge behind the bench.

Edge: Cornell Intangibles

Cornell will have the raucous Lynah Faithful crowd behind them for this clash, which will benefit the Red. Having had the fewest home games in the country to this point, Cornell enjoys seven of its last eleven games in the cozy confines of Lynah Rink.

Edge: Cornell I compared the teams at seven different elements of a hockey team, and Cornell has the edge in five out of seven, but they all should not be weighted evenly.

Harvard’s excellent forward lines and power play have the ability to give the Red fits all night. In the end, I predict a narrow win for Cornell, by the same 3-2 score as the January 2015 game when Freschi scored the winner.

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Advantage, C.U. | Given recent trends, goalie matchup and home ice, Cornell is poised to defeat a Harvard team that has struggled lately.

Kevin Linsey is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.. He can be contacted at klinsey@cornellsun.com

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Icers Welcome Rivals in Crucial ECAC Weekend M. HOCKEY

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Ivy League and are both ranked in the top 15 nationally.

Cornell sits at fifth in the ECAC, while Harvard is just two points ahead of the Red in third. Harvard won the first matchup of the season in Cambridge back in early November.

Unlike the Red, though, the Crimson has been enduring a recent losing skid. Just two weeks ago, Harvard was ranked number two in the country, but suffered a shocking, crushing 4-0 defeat at the hands of a last-place RPI team. The next night, Harvard lost to Union, and a few days later, the team gave up eight goals in a loss to Dartmouth.

Still, Harvard’s roster is full of talent, especially offensive talent. The Crimson average nearly four goals per game — third-best in the country — and are led by senior center Alex Kerfoot with 26 points thus far. Much of that production has come on the power play, which converts 28.6 percent of the time and tops in the country.

Cornell, on the other hand, sits at third in the country in terms of penalty kill. Schafer echoed the integral function of special teams whenever Harvard comes to town.

“Special teams will play a huge role,” Schafer said.

“Power plays have always been a big part of their program.

They’ve got some great veterans and some really good new players like [defenseman] Adam Fox who has really added a little more to the power play.”

In order to slow down the overwhelming Crimson offense, Cornell’s defense will need to limit shots like it has repeatedly this season. Senior goaltender Mitch Gillam — who is riding an 11-game unbeaten streak since mid november — feels he is playing some quality hockey in line with the defense’s capabilities.

“I’ve been talking to coach about keeping my game a little simpler — not getting out there and being too aggressive with the puck,” he said. “I feel like I’m tracking the puck pretty well in front of me in games.”

Against a team like Harvard in a cacophonous environment, Gillam knows he will need to stay focused.

“We can’t let our emotions get too high … the building is going to be rocking, but we’ve just got to play our game and keep it simple,” he said.

Cornell will need a quick turnaround no matter the result against Harvard, as it faces Dartmouth in another important ECAC and Ivy League matchup on Saturday.

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Keep it rolling | In a matter of weeks, the men have jumped from being unranked to a consensus No. 14 in the country. If the team wants to keep moving up, wins over rivals Harvard and Dartmouth will be essential towards accomplishing this goal.

The two teams skated to a tie earlier in the season up in Hanover, but each team has gone on to have very different seasons since. Dartmouth is 7-10-3 overall, but to its credit, the Green ran Harvard out of town by defeating them 8-4 a week ago — by far its best showing of the season.

Dartmouth’s defense is porous, and it has yielded four or more goals in nearly half of its games this season. Junior goalie Devin Buffalo has started 18 of 20, but is giving up just under three goals per game. Forward Tony Crema leads the team in scoring with 12 goals and seven assists.

While the Dartmouth game will not receive the kind of attention the game against Harvard will, the Red expressed that it is crucial not to overlook it. Schafer knows the importance of playing any Ivy League team, no matter its record.

“We’ve got that Ivy League subset in the ECAC, and when you have success in those games, it’ll really help you

achieve your goals in the ECAC,” he said.

Saturday’s game will be Schafer’s 50th against Dartmouth. He leads the series 23-20, along with six ties.

Saturday night is also special because members of Cornell’s 1967 NCAA Champion team — including hockey Hall of Famer Ken Dryden — will be back for their 50th anniversary. The players will attend a reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and will then be honored on ice during the first intermission.

Schafer and his team are not letting the additional hype and attention change their goal as a unit, though.

“The guys obviously want to win, but we’ve gotta just stay focused on getting better each day,” he said. “The great teams always do that.”

Charles Cotton can be reached at ccotton@cornellsun.com.

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his decision to come to Ithaca, the lifelong hockey fan welcomed the jubilancy on campus following the historic 27-1-1 season that brought the national championship trophy to Lynah.

Since graduating, Mintz has held a plethora of positions within and surrounding Cornell hockey. He was the chief researcher for Cornell University Hockey and is currently working on a second book about the greatest moments of Cornell men’s hockey history.

Along with writing about and researching Cornell hockey, Mintz has been serving as the public address announcer for men’s hockey home games since 1987, including a stint as the official scorer from 1983 to 2006. During his early years working for Cornell, he moonlighted as a sports columnist for The Ithaca Times, focusing on —

as one would have guessed — Cornell men’s hockey.

It is safe to say that Mintz is the person to got to for anything related to Cornell men’s hockey. Throughout these 30 plus years at Cornell, Mintz has also witnessed 30 plus years of Cornell-Harvard hockey.

But despite all the hype and all the fan attraction to the game, the historic rivalry is not quite as attractive to someone like Mintz. To him, it is just another game that counts in the standings.

“I don’t care about the Harvard rivalry. I want us to beat anyone we play,” Mintz said. “I actually think the way the students treat the Harvard game — the way the media treats the Harvard game — is not helping the program.”

While many fans may disagree with the sentiment Mintz expressed, his longevity in the program has exposed himself to the potentially negative impacts of the rivalry.

Too many fish thrown on the ice, and

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To throw or not to throw | While fans may see fish throwing as a long-standing tradition, certain individuals close to the hockey team see it as an unnecessary action.

the referees could easily award Cornell a bench penalty for delay of game. It has happened several times before, and Mintz believes that if the fans truly care about the team winning, they would refrain from the traditional throwing of the fish.

“If you are an athlete … and the margin between victory and defeat is very slim, you don’t want your fans getting your team penalized,” he said. “Now it’s this whole pregame ritual waste of food event where you throw thousands of dollars of fish on the ice and it’s picked up and thrown away.

What does it accomplish?”

One person who has displayed a complete opposite of Mintz’s opinion is Schafer, at least when he donned the Cornell uniform. In one of his most memorable moments as a Cornell athlete, Schafer skated to center ice when he was introduced as a starter in a 1983 edition of the rivalry — a home game for Cornell.

Schafer carried with him a stick that read “Harvard Sucks,” snapping it over his head to the enjoyment of the Lynah Faithful.

Since then, Mintz says he has observed the maturity and development of Schafer as one of the most respected coaches in collegiate hockey. Now, Schafer has taken a notably more measured approach to the Harvard rivalry. Sure, he still holds that desire to win, but his paycheck now depends on coming out victorious day in and day out, not just against Harvard.

Week in and week out, Schafer has alluded to limiting distractions, and that attitude has not been more necessary than with Harvard on the docket and members of the 1967 team returning for their 50th anniversary of their championship. Not to mention, an equally formidable opponent in Dartmouth awaits the very next night.

It is very easy for the student body to be

especially excited and rowdy at the game; winning would be fun, but a loss would not drastically change the day-to-day life of an average Cornell student. For the program, that is not the case with the hopes of postseason hockey on the horizon.

Another part of the reason Mintz attributes a more apathetic approach to CornellHarvard is that the Harvard rivalry was not as palpable when he was an undergraduate.

“Harvard was decent, but they were just another opponent,” he said.

“I have to treat every game the same,” he added. “As an announcer I have to prepare for the harvard game the same way I have to prepare for an exhibition game in October or a playoff game in March.”

This year’s home game against Harvard comes at an intriguing point of the year for the program. Schafer was very critical with the student showing at last weekend’s game against Clarkson, so Harvard this weekend could present the perfect opportunity to reestablish fan engagement with a team that is trending upwards on all fronts.

“It’s nice to know the fans are behind you,” Mintz said, “but I would rather [hear] the fans screaming the way they do at the start of the Harvard game in the third period of a [close game] when we are scratching and clawing to hold on to a one goal lead and we really could use some energy from the fans.”

So while students, faculty and townspeople will be flooding to their local fish vendors for ammunition on Friday night, there will be a coalition opposing a tradition that they believe has grown to overshadow the very event it was meant to highlight.

Zach Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun.com.

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Historic hatred | A deep-seated rivalry was born the day Harvard fans threw a dead chicken on the ice against Cornell.

Locked and Loaded for Harvard,Dartmouth Surging Red to host slumping Ivy rivals In Appreciation

of Cornell’s home-heavy final stretch with nine of 13 in its own building.

Now, the Red turns its attention to Harvard — its biggest With under a month remaining in the season, the Cornell rival — and Dartmouth, making it the perfect weekend for a well-rested student body to return to. men’s hockey team is red-hot.

“I can only imagine what it’ll be like out there,” sophoHaving won 10 of the last 12 games — and just one loss more defenseman Brendan since Thanksgiving — the team is playing the best hockey of its “It doesn’t matter what the records are Smith said in anticipation of Friday’s matchup against the season and arguably in the program’s last few years. As archrival or anything about the teams, really. This Crimson. Smith — who had the game winner against St. and nationally ranked No. 9 game always lives up to the hype.”

Lawrence — and several other Harvard — along with Ivy-foe members of the Red will get their Dartmouth — come into town Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 first taste of the exciting rivalry in for a pair at Lynah, Cornell has a its 149th installment. chance for yet another statement “It doesn’t matter what the records are or anything about weekend and an opportunity to move up in the ECAC standthe teams really. This game always lives up to the hype,” said ings.

Last weekend, the Red came back from a two-goal deficit head coach Mike Schafer ’86, who has decades of experience to salvage a tie against a gritty Clarkson team on Friday and playing and coaching against Harvard.

That said, the two squads happen to be one and two in the knocked off league-leading St. Lawrence the following night.

The two games — both in front of the Lynah Faithful – were See M. HOCKEY page 15 just the fifth and sixth home games of the season and are part

By CHARLES COTTON Sun Staff Writer

Fish and Harvard: not a fun tradition for all

By ZACH SILVER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

It started with a chicken who found its fate too soon. Then, some fish. Now, two fan bases have been granted a rivalry that has made headlines around the country.

Anyone with an understanding of col-

lege hockey is probably aware of the rivalry between Cornell and Harvard. Fans pour into Lynah Rink with variations of scaled, sea-dwelling creatures — of the raw, smoked and even Swedish gummy variety — looking to create the most raucous of hockey environments in the country for a game against Cambridge rivals.

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Sieve, sieve, sieve! | Cornell men’s hockey fans are known for wild game-time traditions, but not every Cornellian is in favor of throwing fish at the Harvard team.

ESPN’s NHL analyst and former NHL player and head coach Barry Melrose has called Lynah Rink the best atmosphere in college hockey, partly due to the idiosyncrasies of Cornell fans. From pulling out newspapers when the opposing team’s lineup is being called, to the famed Harvard fish tradition, “[Lynah] is a real character building and a place where hockey is loved,” Melrose said.

“I can only imagine what it’ll be like out there,” sophomore defenseman Brendan Smith said, who has never before played in a Harvard home game.

“This game always lives up to the hype,” added head coach Mike Schafer ’86, who has almost three decades of experience against Harvard from his playing to coaching days.

Apart from Schafer, perhaps no one has as much experience, knowledge and connection to modern Cornell Hockey than Arthur Mintz ’71. Mintz enrolled at Cornell in the fall of 1967, a semester after Ken Dryden ’69 and Ned Harkness led the Red to the program’s first national championship.

Though he says it was not a factor in See RIVALRY page 15

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ornell men’s hockey senior forward Eric Freschi knows all about the rivalry between Cornell and Harvard. Two years ago this week, Freschi took a drop pass from Cole Bardreau ’15 and unleashed a shot between the Harvard goalie Steve Michalek’s blocker and pads.

That goal broke a 2-2 tie with 39.1 seconds left in the third period, and Cornell claimed a 3-2 win at Lynah Rink.

That win remains Cornell’s most recent

Kevin Linsey victory against the hated Crimson. In the four meetings since, Cornell has tied Harvard twice and lost twice, including a 43 loss at Harvard’s Bright-Landry Hockey Center earlier this season. Cornell head coach Mike Schafer ’86 knows that wins over Harvard are needed to satiate the Lynah Faithful. He will rightly see this Friday’s game as a chance to end the fourgame winless slide versus the Crimson, as well as a potential difference-maker in the ECAC and national standings.

The Cornell-Harvard game in Lynah Rink each year has consistently the best atmosphere of any Cornell hockey game.

From the perennial tossing of the fish to the ice when Harvard skates out, to the special chants directed at the Crimson, the game is like no other on the calendar.

Beyond those major distinctions, however, the Cornell hockey fanatic will notice other differences. For example, the pep band plays the theme from the 1970 movie Love Story when Harvard takes the ice. To the average fan, it might seem a strange juxtaposition of a romantic, mellifluous movie theme and a rough-and-tumble ice hockey game, but it’s appropriate because the movie’s main character plays hockey for Harvard and the Crimson loses a tough game to Cornell.

Inside jokes aside, Friday’s game will be pivotal in ECAC Hockey. With the importance of this clash in mind, let’s break down the matchup and predict the winner.

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