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By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS

Tragic night | Students surround the area near Ho Plaza where Ithaca College student Anthony Nazaire was stabbed to death on Aug. 28.

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Alleged Murderer’s Confession Was Coerced by Investigators,Lawyers Say

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has opened a sixth inquiry into alleged mishandling of sexual assault investigations by Cornell University, making Cornell the college with the most active Title IX investigations in the nation.

The investigations against Cornell include allegations that the university ignored key evidence, failed to respond promptly and fairly to a reported sexual assault, and discriminated Six active against a stuEducation Dept. dent based on investigations race, color or national origin include a wide by not correctly investigatrange of ing a sexual complaints assault comaccordalleging Title IX plaint, ing to four breaches by notification letters obCornell. tained by The Chronicle of Higher Education through the Freedom of Information Act. A Cornell spokesman said he had no comment on Wednesday night. An Education Department spokesman also declined to comment, citing department policy.

The sixth and most recent federal Title IX investigation began on Jan. 25, bringing Cornell’s active investigation total above that of Indiana University of Bloomington, which has five open cases.

Open cases do not mean that a university has violated Title IX, only that the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights has determined the need to gather additional facts and investigate.

"Please note that opening these allegations for investigation in no way implies that OCR has made a determination with regard to their merit," the Education Department wrote in the four notification letters sent to Cornell.

An unnamed person filed a complaint on behalf of a Cornell student in August of 2016, alleging that the University discriminated against the student based on race, color or national origin “by failing to respond promptly and equitably to a See TITLE IX page 4

73-page transcript details cops’ interrogation of accused stabber

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun Staff Writer

Three days after the double-stabbing on Cornell’s campus in August that left one Ithaca College student dead and another injured, police interviewed Nagee Green during his shift at Subway in Collegetown.

When police arrested Green, 23, about 10 weeks later on Nov. 7, investigators grilled him for hours about his alleged involvement in the death of Anthony Nazaire and the stab

wounds suffered by Rahiem Williams, both of Brooklyn.

Green ultimately said he remembered stabbing both men, according to a transcript produced by his lawyers, but his attorneys claim in a motion to suppress Green’s statements that investigators “engaged in psychological mind games” during the interrogation and that the confession came “after more than three hours of outright lies, exaggerations, false statements and persistent pseudo-logical argumentations engaged in by their See CONFESSION page 5

Apgar Heads to New Post at RPI

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun Staff Writer

Travis Apgar, former senior associate dean of students at Cornell, has recently been appointed assistant vice president and dean of students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

“Mr. Apgar has considerable experience APGAR developing vision, comprehensive strategies and implementing the objectives necessary to attain desired outcomes as it relates to student community and organizational culture change,” said RPI President Shirley Ann Jackson in a statement to the Rensselaer community.

For more than ten years, Apgar held the position of the Robert G. Engel Senior Associate Dean of Students at Cornell. Apgar additionally served as the Senior Associate Director of Campus & Community Engagement for Fraternities, Sororities and Independent Living.

Apgar was responsible for notable changes See APGAR page 5

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Outrage | Protesters swarm JFK Airport in opposition to Trump’s travel ban.

Students Cancel Trips,Fear For Family After Trump Ban

By REBECCA BLAIR Sun Senior Writer

After Salah Atabani earned his undergraduate degree in his home country, Sudan, he spent two years working to get into a top U.S. graduate program. Now, after one semester of work toward a master’s degree in statistics, he is worried he may face a painful decision: forfeit all the time

and effort it took to get here or remain legally barred from seeing his family.

As a full Sudanese citizen, Atabani is one of a handful of Cornell students who fear they may not be allowed to reenter the country in light of Friday’s executive order suspending immigration for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries. He is also one of See BAN page 5

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Cornell Alumna Defends Qatari Citizen at JFK From protest to legal battle, Cornell alumna successfully argues to halt CBP deportation

the plane.” emotional, especially when [the lawyers] heard how “There was so much confusion at that point,” they were being treated.”

Lauterback said. “When I talked to CBP, they said that “This was all ostensively solely so [the detainees] When Molly Lauterback ’10, immigrant practice there was nothing that they could do and that they were could be reprocessed,” Lauterback said. “They’ve all already been issued proper immigration documents to lawyer at Brooklyn Defender Services, went to JFK to putting her back on the 8:30 plane.”

Even after Lauterback and begin with. It was really kind of this paperjoin the protest against President a team of lawyers had drafted pushing, and to watch people abused like Donald Trump’s executive order, she this was a pretty traumatic thing to witness, was not expecting to defend “When I talked to CBP, the Habeas petition and got the judge’s grant to let Al and even more traumatic to go through.”

Hamdiyah Al Saeedi, a Qatari citizen they said ... they were Saeedi stay, CBP insisted they While the infrastructure connecting who had come to the U.S. to see her clients to lawyers at the JFK airport is much putting her back on the “have to wait for orders from son for the first time in five years. more organized now, Lauterback said the headquarters.”

“When I got to Terminal 4, there 8:30 plane.”

It was with the help of Brooklyn Defender Services — a public was a makeshift area where there were three congressmen who came organization that represents people who a few lawyers and International Molly Lauterback ’10 cannot afford an attorney — along with to the airport and advocated Refugee Assistance Project and they’ve LAUTERBACK ‘10 for the detainees that CBP other organizations is still trying to find the been doing this amazing work taking the lead on the fallout of the executive order,” finally halted the deportation. Among them, most effective way to help as many clients as possible.

“We are trying to figure out the best way to respond Lauterback said. “At that point, there were not as many Lauterback said Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (Dlawyers there and not that many immigration lawyers, N.Y.) was especially instrumental in coordinating their to the crisis and responses to the upcoming orders that might be put in place,” Lauterback said. “It’s a combiso when I got there, I was quickly assigned [to Al efforts with CBP. “It was just chaos,” Lauterback said. “Congressmen nation of being really flexible and using what we have in Saeedi’s case].”

Lauterback described the process as chaotic and would come out and they would go back in, and CBP the best way possible.” unorganized as lawyers “scrambled for ways to insure finally said that they’re not deporting anyone tonight.”

When the detainees finally were released the next Stephany Kim can be reached at that U.S. Customs and Border Protection would keep [the detainees] at the airport and not put them back on day, Lauterback described the event as “very big and sohyungkim@cornellsun.com.

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Ithaca Mayor Endorses Program to Reduce Local Homelessness Advocates: would aid 32 people currently unsheltered on Ithaca’s streets

By JOHN YOON Sun Staff Writer

Standing beside state representatives, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 endorsed a state program Wednesday that he said would prevent people from falling prey to homelessness — a crisis sharply felt in the streets and shelter beds of Ithaca and Tompkins County.

The Home Stability Support Program would provide statewide rental subsidies to 80,000 households — including 150,000 children — that are on the brink of homelessness despite being eligible for public assistance, said Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-28), chair of the Assembly Social Services Committee, at a press conference.

In Ithaca, the legislation would help 32 people who are on the street unsheltered, 40 using shelter services, at least 10 under threat of eviction and more than 100 who are couchsurfing and have insecure housing on a night-to-night basis, according to Richard Bennett, regional director of the Ithaca Rescue Mission — a day center, emergency shelter and low-barrier permanent housing provider downtown.

The state and federally-funded rental subsidy would be managed and implemented by the Tompkins County Department of Social Services to help prevent people from needing to use the shelter and to support the financial needs of people seeking housing, Bennett said.

“For us, trying to care for them, support them, get them connected to housing as quick as we can is one of our challenges and certainly right now one of the issues is money as a barrier to being able to move in,” he said. “Hopefully [the legislation] helps eliminate or at least reduce one of those barriers our clients have in moving into housing.”

Decades after shelter allowance for people on public assistance has not been raised in New York State, the plan would take federal and state funds to relieve the burden of local counties, districts and municipalities to close the gap between market rents and shelter allowance for public assistance recipients, according to Hevesi.

“We’re in the worst crisis we’ve seen in New York since the Great Depression,”

he said, adding that public assistance involved in the drafting of the legislation recipients have been getting maxed for and applauded the mayor’s support.

“We have a statewide problem of shelter allowance at $447 a month as rent homelessness,” she said. “It’s here, it’s rose.

The statewide homelessness crisis has everywhere — it’s certainly in the city as reached “epidemic proportions,” the City well. We want to tackle it statewide.”

The plan of Ithaca already has the described, of with rising “It’s one of my goals ... that no children support 110 state housing costs in Ithaca have to grow up in the same a s s e m b l y intensifying the problem kind of uncertainty and fear that I did.” members and has received a locally.

Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 warm recep“We tion in the shouldn’t have State Senate, to be sheltering individuals when it is exponentially Hevesi said.

“The best solution to homeless is to cheaper to keep them in their current housing,” Hevesi said, stressing the fiscal prevent it from happening from the first place,” Bennett said, joining the officials’ benefits of the legislation.

Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton (D- praise for the program.

Bennett said that while many Rescue 125), whose district includes Ithaca, was

Mission clients work, their employment does not cover the cost of living in Ithaca, which forces them to leave the city. For many other users of the day center and emergency shelters, homelessness comes with additional threats of violence, abuse and victimization.

Myrick, who was sporadically homeless as a child, said the program is necessary for Ithaca’s families to thrive.

“I am convinced that my life was saved, that I was able to go to a school like Cornell, that I was able to eventually take on my job as the mayor of the City of Ithaca because I got the support I needed to be stable,” he said. “It’s one of my goals of my life that no children in Ithaca have to grow up in the same kind of uncertainty and fear that I did.”

John Yoon can be reached at jyoon@cornellsun.com.

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Finding a home | Svante Myrick ’09 and members of the State Assembly discuss a new approach to combat homelessness on Wednesday

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Six Active Title IX Investigations Put Cornell in League of Its Own

complaint of sexual assault.”

The complainant claimed that during Cornell's investigation of an alleged sexual assault, the judicial administrator “drew negative inferences from language and cultural differences,” disregarded polygraph results, asked inappropriate questions and dismissed testimony that was favorable to the student.

Cornell also failed to fully review evidence

of inconsistencies in one student's account of the incident and ignored testimony that raised questions about the student's credibility, according to the complainant.

The oldest active investigation was filed in May of 2015 and alleged that Cornell discriminated against a student based on that student's sex by “escalating the interim measure from a no-contact order to a temporary suspension, without cause.”

When that suspension was successfully appealed, the student claimed, Cornell

required the student to avoid the campus unless they were attending class, the health center or had advance permission.

One student, in a Title IX investigation opened in December of 2015, alleges that the University did not respond promptly and equitably to both informal and formal complaints of sexual assault and retaliatory harassment by a student. The university’s alleged noncompliance resulted in a “sexually hostile environment,” the student claims.

The Department of Education's Office of

Civil Rights opened another investigation in June of 2016 after a student claimed that Cornell had not responded promptly and equitably to a reported sexual assault during the spring 2015 semester.

No information is yet available for the two most recent Title IX investigations, which the Education Department opened in September 2016 and January 2017.

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs can be reached at nbogel-burroughs@cornellsun.com.

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Defense Lawyers: Police Played ‘Mind Games’ With Suspect CONFESSION

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trained and experienced interrogators.”

A grand jury indicted Green in November on charges of murder in the second degree, a class A-1 felony; manslaughter in the first degree, a class B felony; and assault in the second degree, a class D felony. He is accused of stabbing Williams three times in the back and murdering GREEN Nazaire by stabbing him in the chest.

In the motion filed by defense attorney Michael Perehinec Jr. in Tompkins County Court on Jan. 20, he requested a hearing to determine the admissibility of Green’s confession, alleging that police lied to Green, that his statements were taken without the presence of an attorney and that Green was not adequately advised of his Miranda rights.

Assistant District Attorney Andrew Bonavia said the claim from Green’s attorneys that the interrogation process was flawed is a “hyperbolic untruth,” The Ithaca Voice reported, citing court documents.

The defense motion also included a 73-page transcript of the police interrogation of Green at the New York State Police Barracks in Freeville, transcribed by a paralegal working in the office of Joseph Joch, one of Green’s lawyers.

During the interrogation, Investigator Kevin McKenna of the Ithaca Police Department and Senior Investigator Richard Haas of New York State Police described their ver-

sion of events based on, they said, video evidence and witness testimony.

The investigators claimed that at least one video shows Green squaring off with a man in the street near the intersection of College Avenue and Campus Road. They said Green pulled a knife out of his pocket, flicked the blade open and, after swinging the knife at the man, the two disengage.

The investigators, who are only labeled as “INV” in the transcript, said Green then appears to run over to Nazaire who is tussling with one of Green’s friends. At that point, police said in the interview, Williams grabs Green’s backpack and throws him to the ground.

Williams is “very descriptive” in his version of events, an investigator said during the interrogation of Green.

“He grabbed you and pulled you down,” the investigator said. “He’s not denying one little bit of his involvement.

He’s not denying it. He was involved in a fight, there’s no doubt about it. He ends up on the bottom of the two of you. He says you ended up falling on top of him.” “[Williams] calls for his buddy, and his buddy comes running over and gets a shot in, and collapses,” the investigator said, referring to Nazaire. “It appears that it’s at that point that you stabbed him and [Williams] in an effort to get away. That part would be understandable. It would be understandable. This wasn’t an intentional death, I’ll accept that.”

Over the course of several hours, the investigators prod Green to admit that he stabbed the two Ithaca College students.

They told Green there was a rumor his grandmother knew he killed somebody. They refer to Nazaire as “bleed-

ing like a stuck pig,” and tell Green that his version of events is “lame. It’s worse than lame.” They tell Green he’s going to “come across as a liar” and that he will “look like a monster” in the eyes of the public if he doesn’t confess.

The investigators ask Green if he’s willing to admit that he’s having nightmares. One tells him, “All of this comes back. Your eyes are popping because of the blow. You’re still replaying that in your head. I can see it in your eyes. … It’s called PTSD. Everybody gets it. You have it, I know you have it.”

Multiple times, the investigators tell Green they have video of the incident and that Green will be able to see it as soon as it gets to the barracks. Then, at one point, when the investigators are discussing the murder weapon — a large black folding knife, according to police — one tells Green, “it was on the ground, with your DNA.” Perehinec said in his motion that “No video whatsoever exists of Nagee Green stabbing anyone nor was Mr. Green’s DNA found on any knife located and collected at the scene, both facts being contrary to statements made by interrogators.”

Around the three-hour mark of the interrogation, Green tells investigators he remembers stabbing both Nazaire and Williams as he was trying to get up from under them.

An investigator asked, “Do you feel better getting this off your chest?”

“Yes,” Green replies.

“Do you have any questions for us?”

“Um, only if I could call my mom.”

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs can be reached at nbogel-burroughs@cornellsun.com.

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many Cornell students with family members who are abroad, now unable to visit the United States.

Atabani has plans to visit home at the end of the semester, but he is no longer sure whether he will be able to reenter the United States by summer. With his entire family back in Sudan, though, he knows staying in the country indefinitely, even if all his immigration paperwork falls into place, is not an option.

While both the Cornell administration and the Muslim Educational and Cultural Association say they are unaware of any students who are unable to get to campus because of the ban, MECA noted that if the ban had been enacted one week earlier, before the start of the semester, several students would “My grandparents were have been turned away at airsupposed to come to my ports. According to statistics graduation, but obviously provided by the International & Scholars Office, that’s not possible now.” Students Cornell is currently home to 29 students from banned Rana Suleiman ’17 countries, 27 of whom are from Iran. There are many more with dual citizenship or with permanent residencies in the States but passports from banned countries.

Now, with the executive order set to expire in 90 days, students with ties to the seven countries included in the ban, as well as a slew of international students in the United States on temporary visas, are anxiously waiting to see whether the Trump administration will stick to its hardline stance on immigration policy. * * * Hamid Khatibi grad, a former Iranian political prisoner, now lives in Ithaca with his wife and 12-year-old son and is working towards his second Ph.D in engineering. Khatibi is here on an O1 visa, which is granted to those with demonstrated, extraordinary academic ability. He says he does not believe he will be directly affected by the order, but he worries that his wife and son, who have F2 visas, which offer less protection, will not be able to stay with him. He knows he cannot safely go back to Iran, so if his family members are forced to leave, they will be permanently separated.

After actively struggling against the Iranian regime, Khatibi says he does not understand why he is being held accountable for his government’s actions. “We suffered from that government and now this one?” he said of the Trump administration.

Ryan Elbashir ’20 holds passports from both the United States and Sudan. When she first heard about the executive order, she said she assumed that her naturalized U.S. citizenship would protect her. However, unsure what hiccups she could face when trying to reenter the country, she decided to cancel her spring break plans to visit family abroad.

Like Atabani, Elbashir has a lot of family living in Sudan and other banned countries. Both lamented that their relatives may not be able to visit them going forward. For Rana Sulieman ’17, a

Canadian citizen whose parents are Sudanese, the executive order has already impacted family; she has relatives who, after years of trying for a greencard, were granted permanent residency only to be detained at a Virginia airport on their way into the country.

“My grandparents were supposed to come to my graduation, but obviously that’s not possible,” Sulieman added.

Atabani knows he will need a visa to stay in this country after graduation and is unsure whether he will be able to get one.

However, his immigration status isn’t the only factor at play. He, like many citizens of banned countries, is starting to question whether the United States will be worth fighting to stay in over the next four years. * * * For Elbashir, who spent eight years growing up in the United States and has always attended American schools, the dissonance between her American and Sudanese identities has become hard to navigate.

Elbashir said her grandmother was fired from her first Sudanese government job after fighting for womens’ suffrage. This began a long family legacy of advocacy — a legacy which the group happily brought with them to the United States. Elbashir said her grandfather was thrilled to cast his first vote as a U.S. citizen for the first black president. After she cast her own first vote for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in November, she said she “thought I was going to be a part of history.”

Now, she is watching family members scramble to figure out how long they will be welcome in the country.

“I guess the most frustrating thing hasn’t necessarily been policy-related, but just the narrative,” Elbashir said. “When you hear the president of the United States say ‘we don’t want them here, we want people who will love this country,’ it’s really hard for me to see how that makes any sense.”

Every student interviewed for this piece recounted watching relatives spend years working for a greencard and then leaving behind their homes and families to start new careers and new lives in America. Now, some say they wonder whether the United States will be the right place for them to build their own futures.

Still, Nader Ahmed ’19, an American citizen with family in Sudan, emphasized that Sudanese optimism towards America has not faded. When he visited last month, he said everyone he talked with still spoke of America as the same “land of opportunity” his parents saw when they first came here.

Many interviewees agreed that watching family members realize they may not have the opportunity to move here themselves — may not even be able to visit — has been the hardest part of seeing this ban take effect.

However, directly facing the possibility of having to leave the States, Atabani says he does not see himself as the primary victim.

He knows that he would rather leave than stay away from his family. He also is not sure if he wants to live in a political climate so rapidly becoming hostile towards him. Rather, he says most of his sadness is for the refugees who will be sent back to war zones and the families who will be separated by this order.

Rebecca Blair can be reached at rblair@cornellsun.com.

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made within Cornell’s Greek system. Involvement in Greek life has increased from 25 percent to 34 percent of the student body since Apgar began in 2006.

In 2011, Apgar changed the pledge model in the Greek system to an orientation model after a call from former President Skorton to bring an end to the pledging process.

As senior associate dean of students, Apgar was heavily involved in hazing prevention within the Greek system. Most recently, Apgar oversaw hazing investigations for seven fraternities last February.

“Mr. Apgar is considered an authority on hazing prevention, served as a representative to the National Hazing Prevention Consortium, and regularly contributes content to the resources section of HazingPrevention.org,” Jackson said.

In a statement to faculty, Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life, thanked Apgar for “his decade of leadership and dedication to promoting the wellbeing and personal growth of our students.”

Kara Miller is set to serve as interim director — assuming the leadership responsibilities for Greek life — until the end of the semester as the University conducts a search for a new director. Before joining Cornell in 2006, she was the Coordinator for Greek Affairs at the University of Miami in Florida.

Anna Delwiche can be reached at adelwiche@cornellsun.com.

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his past Friday, hypebeasts all around the world (including myself) collectively celebrated the much-anticipated release of Migos’ latest album, Culture. I could sit here and type up a description of Migos, but I’m sure you already have an idea. They bring life to your pregames and are probably the reason dabbing is still kind of cool. As their album title suggests, Migos have created a new culture in hip-hop and they’ll be the first to tell you that. Practically every major rapper has adapted the Migos flow in some way or another, but this column isn’t about how formally interesting Migos’ music is. This is about D.J. Khaled.

I’ve always placed high value on the first listen of an album. You can never listen to the album for the first time again.

You can revisit an album and feel certain sounds with a fresh ear, but ultimately that is just an exercise in memory. The unknown of the next song, of the next note, cannot be recreated, and I think there’s something really special about that.

That being said, the opposite is also true.

After hearing something, it sticks with you regardless of quality, and no level of memory can take away that feeling of expectation.

I remember exactly where I was I first pressed play on Culture. It was a cold Ithaca morning in my shitty Collegetown house. I put on my Bose QC35’s — the greatest impulse purchase I’ve ever made — and opened Apple Music. I pressed play and the album began. The voice of D.J. Khaled, everyone’s favorite Snapchat celebrity for a month, rang through my eardrums. For whatever reason, Migos chose to begin Culture with the most unnecessary feature I have ever heard.

To begin the song, Khaled blurts out a bunch of incoherent bullshit about fuckboys and playing yourself before Takeoff begins his verse. Takeoff, one of the more lyrical members of Migos, constructs a clever narrative in his 8 bar verse, rhyming the words cocoon, raccoon and Cancun, among others. I almost forgot about Khaled’s introduction during these sweet

15 seconds. As Takeoff ends his verse Khaled comes in again, this time with his trademark phrase, “Another one.” Khaled makes two more appearances towards the end of the track, with a full outro that is just as cringeworthy as his intro.

I’m no D.J. Khaled hater. The guy essentially went from a B-list producer to an A-list hip-hop personality solely as a result of his social media charisma, and I completely respect that. Khaled flipped a meme into a certified gold album that’s also somehow nominated for the Best Rap Album Grammy. I wish I were D.J. Khaled. But I also wish he hadn’t ruined the first song on Migos’ album. What bothers me even more is that the song was otherwise fantastic. All three members of Migos deliver creative verses that slap over the 808 Mafia production. Removing Khaled from the song completely would result in a single that arguably rivals both “Bad and Boujee” and “T-Shirt.”

The question remains: why D.J. Khaled? I like to think all three members of Migos were finalizing their album when Quavo got a late-night text from Khaled saying he was at the front door.

Confused, Quavo went to let him in and I assume Khaled burst through the door with the same irritating tenacity that he began the album with. Khaled probably hopped right in the booth after confusing Takeoff with Offset, and started yelling things. As his incoherent ramblings were collected digitally, I assume Takeoff and Offset looked to their leader Quavo for counsel. Quavo, being the kindhearted man he is, most likely felt some pity for Khaled and told his producers to make his words into an intro and outro.

Or maybe Migos just figured Khaled was still popular with the youth. Who knows? Regardless, Migos found a way to recover from Khaled’s contributions and deliver a very solid album, an accomplishment nearly as improbable as Khaled’s Alist status.

Akshay Jain is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. He can be reached at aj265@cornell.edu. College Stuff appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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Searching for the Other Half

sat in a cafe on the Lower West Side of Manhattan. My copy of The Goldfinch rested on the table next to a steaming pot of Genmaicha tea. A bookshelf spanned one of the walls of the cafe, putting on show the well-worn books with tattered covers and dog-eared pages.

Looking up, plants and exposed lightbulbs hung from the ceiling. In this little space, I could escape from the frigid December air and hectic noise of the city and forget about everything except for the book in front of me.

Or so I thought. I was acutely aware of the presence of two men as they sat down at the table next to me and began talking about a book they had both recently read in loud, enthusiastic voices. They started

philosophical text dated from 385-370 B.C., provides a prime example of the formation of this idealized love, especially in Aristophanes’s speech. Aristophanes begins his origin of love story with how humans used to have four hands and feet and two faces. The power of these beings frightened the god Zeus to such an extent that he used a lightning bolt to cut the beings in two. He forced the two halves to spend their entire lives seeking the other, for they could never feel complete until they reunited with their other half. Once the two people found each other, they could never be separated.

This Ancient Greek source — something that seems so removed from today’s culture — is one of many that has influ-

But what is this idealized love we talk about? For some, it might be the image of a prince saving a princess and then riding off together into the sunset. It might be some undying, unyielding passion that seems to overcome everything. with discussing the characters and plot of the novel and moved on to connect it to their own lives — quite an intellectual conversation to find myself listening in on. One of the men said, “There’s that idealized love that we know is false but resonates in our hearts.” When I heard that, I immediately wrote it down and saved it to think about later.

An hour or two passed, and I moved from my small table in the corner to the counter which was set against the wall opposite the bookshelf — a quieter location. Two different men came in almost immediately and sat besides me, their stools angled away from me and towards each other. They exchanged presents — and kisses — and began to chat. I tried tuning them out (at this point, I honestly, truly, just wanted to read) but I felt myself tense up when one of the men said, “I just want to know what we are.” I realized the conversation had progressed into a what-are-we talk. I flipped the pages of my book noisily to convince them that I was deeply preoccupied, but they didn’t seem to notice or care. The same man who had brought up the topic continued to describe his feelings for the other; he was scared to lose him, his “other half.”

These two conversations I overheard just hours apart struck a chord with me.

Why do the majority of us, like the first man said, hold on so tightly to the idea of idealized love when we know it doesn’t exist? Why do we believe, like the second man, that there is someone destined to be our other half, as if we can’t fully exist on our own?

As long as people have existed, so has the concept of finding “another.” Love is embedded in history. Plato’s Symposium, a

enced how people view love. Maybe we can blame Aristophanes for making us believe that only our other half will make us happy, for feeding our beliefs that we are destined for someone.

But what is this idealized love we talk about? For some, it might be the image of a prince saving a princess and then riding off together into the sunset. It might be some undying, unyielding passion that seems to overcome everything. It might be the sparks flying, Taylor Swift kind of attraction. It might be love at first sight.

The word “idealized” implies that something is perfect or better than reality.

That’s problematic when we use that word to describe something as powerful as love. In the film 500 Days of Summer, the main character’s best friend, Paul, is asked what the “girl of his dreams” would be like. He says she would have “maybe different hair, and she’d probably be a little more into sports. But truthfully, Robyn is better than the girl of my dreams. She’s real.”

There’s something about idealized love that we can’t seem to let go of. It’s romantic, glorious, even beautiful. We want to think that everything can have a happy ending, that love can conquer all things — and maybe it can. But I think what we come to realize is how much we love the realness of love, whether that be in the small things, the big things, the nervousness or the excitement. I like to think that Paul is right. Because the person of our dreams — some glorified person — remains there. We get what’s real.

Gaby Leung is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at gl376@cornell.edu. Serendipitous Musings appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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he grim spectacle of Donald Trump’s campaign has transitioned into the grim spectacle of the American presidency. A mere two weeks have elapsed since President Trump’s inauguration, and already the nation has settled into a routine of expansive executive orders and subsequent corresponding outrage. The vulnerable are under attack, shame is a forgotten concept and the White House seems devoted to the personal aggrandizement of the president above all else.

We are in an accelerated America hurling through history. And there are sickening indications that our potential destination is a familiar one. When Trump speaks of an “American carnage” that can only be solved through his agenda of putting “America first,” he is making deliberate allusions. The author of these words, Steve Bannon, knows the history of the America First movement. He’s well aware of its racist connotations. Indeed, behind Trump’s confused attempts at governing is a man with a clear vision.

Already, Steve Bannon has emerged as the key figure within the corridors of the West Wing. His nationalist — and yes, white nationalist — ideology has been the driving force behind the early moves of the Trump administration. It is motivated by an active desire to return the United States to a more Christian, more white past. If Trump’s nostalgic calls to Make America Great Again were deliberately ambiguous, Bannon has begun the job of articulating them into policy.

Moreover, Bannon has also been candid that he seeks to advance these goals through the

destruction of the current political system. In this context, the administration’s chaotic strategy makes sense. The White House intends for this rapid bombardment of new policies to overwhelm the political conversation, and they do so with little concern for the opposition it might encounter. They are drawing broad contrasts with the existing order, appealing to the same base that ushered Trump into the White House.

Nonetheless, the fact that such a strategy exists does not mean it will succeed. It is tempting to craft narratives of a puppet president guided by his shadowy mastermind. As of now, such a narrative would appear to be correct.

But this is a premise, not a conclusion. Avoid giving Bannon, and Trump, too much credit.

Even if their attempts to foment unrest are intentional, we are also dealing with a situation of profound incompetence.

The Trump administration is remarkably devoid of any previous governmental experience. Every bureaucratic mess and nonsensical Trump statement is not a stroke of subtle genius. Resist the urge to interpret every negative story as a distraction from the “real story, ” whatever that may be. Trump and his allies are not great at what they do. However, they don’t necessarily need to be.

Donald Trump enjoys a Republican-controlled Congress that has no desire to check or investigate his power grabs. Despite choosing a disturbing mix of incredibly unqualified and extremely radical cabinet nominees, almost all of them are likely to be confirmed. His blatant, ego-driven lies continue to be repeated by the

media. Further, while his approval ratings are already underwater, Trump has never commanded a majority of the electorate. This might just be sustainable.

Trump certainly believes it is. After all, we have never had an administration with less faith in the American people. The president openly proclaims the failure of our country.

Many of those who work for Trump are devoid of the capacity for genuine public service, and they project their failures onto the public. They believe that their lies do not matter and that their hypocrisy can be ignored. These are the people, such as Bannon, who have wrestled their way into the most powerful positions of our country. We must reject their vision of citizenship.

Fortunately, the public is rising to the occasion. Beginning with the Women’s March, the single largest day of protest in this country’s history, Trump has spurred unprecedented mobilization. With a stroke of a pen, he spontaneously transformed airports into the newest venue of political solidarity. All around the country, a sense of mutual obligation is developing. This is a crucial aspect of resilience to the Trump administration.

Further, our shared empathy should be wedded to an understanding of sacrifice and service. What does this mean? Take simply the example of Sally Yates, the former Acting Attorney General under President Trump.

Facing the pressure of the most powerful man on Earth, Yates was not afraid. Fully aware of the consequences, she declared that she would not defend an unconstitutional executive

order.

Yates was fired. The White House declared that she had “betrayed” the Department of Justice. But her heroic actions can serve as an example for the rest of us, particularly those who hold positions of power. These times will present us with deeply uncomfortable decisions, and we must be prepared to make them.

This is not hypothetical. These decisions are happening now. Remember that authoritarianism is not necessarily spectacular. If it becomes a reality in the United States, it will set in subtly. Free speech will wither not through the burning of books, but through self-censorship. The separation of powers will not die through constitutional upheaval, but by an executive branch that continually pushes and expands the boundaries of its power. Hate and discrimination will rule quietly as marginalized groups are targeted, one by one, unprotected by the majority.

That’s what could happen. It doesn’t have to. And if these opening days mean anything, it won’t. This administration is ambitious and cruel, but it is still weak. Those opposed to its designs on our country must be keenly aware of how high the stakes are, but also firm in our confidence that we can change things. In these next few years, everything is possible. May that be the warning to us all, and the promise we make to each other.

Kevin Kowalewski is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at krk78@cornell.edu.

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THROWDOWN THURSDAYS Michael Glanzel | Cornell Shrugged

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Reforming the Tax Code

he American tax code is one of the most complex and byzantine bureaucratic structures in the federal government. The tax code currently stands at an eye-popping 9,000 pages and is often considered the most complex system of its kind in the world. To even remotely understand the inner workings of the nation’s tax system requires years of education and training –– making it all but impossible for the average American to comprehend how their taxes are calculated and spent.

The sheer size of the nation’s tax code is a hindrance to both greater financial equality and economic prosperity.

In terms of income taxes, the nation operates on a “progressive tax” system –– the more money you make, the higher the percentage of your income goes to Uncle Sam. Certainly, the vast majority of the Western tax systems operate under this progressive system, as it is the bedrock taxation policy of most of Europe, Oceania and North America. The primary purpose of this system is to use funds from higher-income individuals to fund social welfare programs, social services and public goods.

Unfortunately, the nation’s tax system has fallen short of its “progressive” goals. First and foremost, the federal tax code includes a massively long list of exemptions and loopholes that are often exploited by clever tax attorneys –– exploitations that wealthier individuals use to offset higher tax rates. It is because of these exemptions and loopholes that the public constantly hears stories of CEOs paying the same tax rate as their secretaries.

Beyond income taxes, the tax code also has very real and tangible impact on American businesses. Small- and medium-sized businesses often find it difficult to employ the army of lawyers necessary to successfully navigate the tax code and maximize the firm’s profit. As a result, profit maximization is often only feasible for the largest of companies. This creates an exceptionally unfair and imbal-

anced economic system in which only the most powerful companies can thrive.

Another example of the unfair impact of the federal tax code on small- and medium-sized businesses can be seen through the estate tax. Commonly known as the “death tax,” the estate tax functions as an inheritance tariff. The philosophy of the tax is easy to understand: America is a nation of self-made individuals, and a tax on inherited wealth helps to prevent the development of a permanent American aristocracy. However, inheritance is not a phenomenon solely sequestered to the wealthy –– in fact,

To even remotely understand the inner workings of the nation’s tax system requires years of education and training –– making it all but impossible for the average American to comprehend how their taxes are calculated and spent. large numbers of low-income and middle class Americans benefit heavily from inherited wealth and property.

Family farmers, for example, often pass their farms through the generations via inheritance. However, the estate tax often functions as an extreme economic burden on inherited family farms –– a burden that frequently forces these farms to close their doors.

Clearly the list of problems with our nation’s tax code is long. To fix this problem, we must first change the way we discuss taxation. For too long both political parties

have debated and discussed whether the tax rate is too high or too low –– concerns that are, quite frankly, not nearly as important as the construction of the tax code itself.

The second step must involve a dramatic overhaul of the vast number of exemptions, deductions and loopholes that plague the code. Certainly, there are a number of useful and productive exemptions and deductions, such as the charitable contribution deduction. However, these structures often benefit wealthier Americans and large companies in a greater capacity than the rest of the nation. Furthermore, the amount of fraud and abuse in the code’s loopholes, deductions and exemptions is striking. For example, a recent estimate showed that 29 percent of Earned Income Tax Credit payments are fraudulent –– a striking number considering millions of Americans benefit from the tax credit.

Another change must involve a reduction in the sheer size of the tax code. Nine thousand pages is impossible for one individual to sift through –– and thus privilege of understanding the code belongs to an elite few with intensive legal training. All Americans should be able to have a basic understanding of the nation’s tax operations –– to accomplish this, we must reduce the size of the code.

I firmly believe that if we are to achieve a greater sense of economic fairness in this nation, we must first make significant changes to our tax code. The current system privileges an elite few, baffles the majority of the nation and even harms large sectors of the nation’s business community.

Michael Glanzel is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mg786@cornell.edu. Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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onks on the Commons is the newest addition to the hoard of restaurants that fill downtown Ithaca. It’s the kind of place where you could go for a business brunch or when your parents come to town.

Located in the new Marriott Hotel, Monks has a classy yet welcoming atmosphere. It isn’t the kind of place where you would feel out of place in day-to-day clothes, but at the same time, it’s the kind of place where you would feel right at home if you were in the mood to dress up a bit. It is also the perfect spot for Saturday morning brunch.

As soon as we sat down, our waiter appeared and left a massive pot of coffee on our table. I have to say that it made for some pretty artsy pictures when we poured it into the restaurant's rustic mugs. The menu was chock full of unique combinations and delicioussounding dishes. The sweet potato hash caught my eye, and I knew I had to go for it. Our server was extremely accommodating when my dining partner and I both asked to modify our dishes.

After a bit of a wait, our food came out, and it was everything we hoped and more. My eggs were perfectly cooked with just a slightly runny yolk, and the whites were well done without being dry. The sweet potatoes were ever so slightly crunchy on the outside but

extremely tender on the inside. I became full very quickly, but the breakfast was so delicious that I just couldn’t stop eating.

Monks boasts soulful food on their Facebook page, and they definitely don’t disappoint; soulful was the best word they could have used to describe my brunch. It was both comforting and filling, and it left me without any of the stomach pain or lethargy of an overly

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Allison Wild is a sophomore in the School of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at arw232@cornell.edu.

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one of those places that feels a little bit too decadent for just any miscellaneous weekend. That being said, I would absolutely love to go back and try their dinner and other brunch dishes.

I think a lot of Cornell i a n s would agree that if Monks w e r e located a bit closer to campus, it would be a destination PHOTO BY for students ALLISON WILD/ STAFF WRITER looking for a bit of an upscale restaurant to contrast with Collegetown classics like Jack’s and CTP. Much like Agava and Carriage House, Monks might not be the place to go if you’re a college kid on a budget just trying to grab a quick breakfast, but it’s perfect if you’re looking for a bit of a treat.

decadent meal.

Breakfast ran us about $15 per person, which is slightly more than I ordinarily go for, but the meal was most definitely worth it. If I were to go back to Monks, I think it would be for a birthday or a visit from my parents. It’s

very home cook has a few easy non-dishes under their belt that taste flavorful and will brighten up their day. I just

discovered a ginger fried rice recipe by Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, a master of home cooking. Using the simplest ingredients (leftover rice and eggs) and some aromatics, this recipe produces wonders.

Step 1: Heat 1/4 cup peanut oil over medium heat. Cook garlic and ginger until crisp brown. Transfer to paper towels and salt lightly.

Step 2: Cook leek over peanut oil over medium-low heat for 10 minutes. Season with salt.

Step 3: Raise heat to medium and add rice, stirring occasionally. Season with salt.

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When I tried out this recipe, I used the one large onion in my pantry instead of using leeks, and after slicing the onion I cooked it under medium-low for more than 20 minutes to caramelize it and bring out its sweetness. I also ran out of fresh ginger roots, so I used week-old, locally-produced fermented minced ginger from my fridge. Instead of frying the eggs, I scrambled them with a little sea salt and green scallion in the egg mixture. The result is a festival of flavors and textures: the ginger and garlic crisp and golden, the onions sweet and soft, the leftover, dried-out rice become moist again, the eggs highly nutritious. I highly recommend it.

Tips: If using fresh rice instead of leftover rice, either keep it wrapped in the fridge for some time or lay it out on a surface to dry.

To caramelize the onions, keep the heat low to avoid burning.

You can basically cook eggs any way you like and it won’t affect the overall quality of the dish.

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Qijia Yu is a junior in the School of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at qy28@cornell.edu.

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BY GRIFFIN SMITH-NICHOLS Sun Contributor

A coarse, savagely blunt maverick who flaunts the expectation of the establishment which, flying in the face of reason, he has come to lead. A hardline, reactionary backlash in the face of reform. A defiant, rightward swing of the pendulum. Whilst watching HBO’s new series The Young Pope, it is impossible not to think of the current political climate, especially given that fictional Pontifex Pius XIII, formerly Lenny Belardo and portrayed by veteran Jude Law, is, in this Vatican, the first American Pope.

Nevertheless, not only is it hopelessly reductive to dub the series “Trump as Pope,” it is an assertion lacking style.

Although the Catholic Church can still reckon more than a billion believers worldwide, it has, post-1789, lost its intellectual, moral and political monopoly. Pius’ struggle is not just to make St. Peter’s great again, it is to make Catholicism relevant again. He wants, by his own admission, great love stories, fanaticism and total, unswerving devotion. His name itself reflects this: one papal minister astutely remarks that the choice of Pius belongs to a long line of conservative popes, including one professed admirer of Mussolini.

This is not a delicate or particularly subtle proposition. It is no coincidence that, straight out of the gate, The Young Pope has become an internet meme; the title itself begs to be set to Smash Mouth lyrics. Indeed, the show’s creator Paolo Sorrentino, of La Grande Bellezza fame, revels in the outrageousness, bitterly ironic humor and uncanny luster of the Vatican he has conceived: a montage of Pius preparing for his first address to the cardinals set to LMFAO’s “I’m Sexy and I Know It” comes to mind. There is no shortage of scenes depicting nuns in full habit making sport; nuns doing anything, Sorrentino realizes, are rivetingly entertaining. The show’s soundtrack is a weird hodgepodge of indie rock and minimalist neoclassicism. Despite this, The Young Pope is, at its

heart, about a critical engagement with Catholicism, and what role a Church with a seemingly liquefying role in the world should play.

To that end, the show is not so much concerned with issues of character development as it is with, speaking biblically, parable. Pius

thinking that Heaven is open to all but the very worst. What Christianity is losing, Pius seems to suggest, is its believing aristocracy.

If this is the thesis on which The Young Pope hinges, the methods by which the show actualizes it are equally subversive. Pius never displays his image to the public; he has read

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moralizes on homosexuality (streng verboten), the secular-ecclesiastical power dynamic, the nature of prayer and, scandalously, sexuality.

It takes an Italian director to create a TVseries that operates less as a linear plot-line than as a series of aesthetic reflections. The show reads like a collection of medieval vignettes, about which Pius revolves with a dark energy.

“With the attitudes of the last papacy,” Pius opines in one momentous speech, “the Church won for itself great expressions of fondness from the masses. It became popular,” he sneers. Nothing could be more anathema to Pius’ worldview. Popularization equals a wider net of forgiveness, equals laxer moral standards, equals Hell. His is no celebrity papacy, in which a complacent majority give their giddy thumbs-up whilst abandoning the pews in droves, all the while

his Walter Benjamin. He eschews every trapping of a modern mass-media organization, rendering his invisible aura sacrosanct and inviolable, Christ-like even, precisely because it is never seen. His first homily over a crowded St. Peter’s Square is given in total darkness, and he only communicates with the outside world through cryptic letters and proclamations delivered by half-reliant mouthpieces.

Islam holds representation of the prophet Muhammad to be the highest taboo: he is not the fodder of image-makers or would-be idolators, but is more liable to be shown with his face under a white veil, or, even more austerely, in calligraphy. As Pius himself points out in one episode, Islam has more followers.

One may disagree with his methods or with his dogma, but there is a cold, intensely calculating logic to Pius’ beliefs. In one heated conversation, Pius is accused of trying to

bring the Catholic Church back into the Middle Ages, with his rigid, unforgiving stance on social issues and attempted re-mystification of the Pontiff figure. But what, in all fairness, does it mean for the Papacy to be dragged back to the Middle Ages? Only for the Papacy to reattain its status as the single most powerful and uniquely universal institution on the European continent. This is hardly a raw deal for the Holy See. Pius’ new conservatism is subversive, and fascinating, because the show makes it impossible to separate its Old Worldliness from its brash, American bravado. If Pius is the unbudging, American enfant terrible of the social media age, Émile Faguet’s description of the French royalist Joseph de Maistre is still frighteningly fitting for him: “a fierce absolutist, a furious theocrat, an intransigent legitimist, apostle of a monstrous trinity composed of pope, king and hangman, always and everywhere the champion of the hardest, narrowest and most inflexible dogmatism, a dark figure out of the Middle Ages, part learned doctor, part inquisitor, part executioner.” It is a hopelessly alluring composite personage.

In the opening credits, a comet follows Pius as he struts through a Vatican art gallery, the astral phenomenon in some traditions a hopeful sign from God, and in others a portent of disaster. Pius winks surreptitiously to the camera as he saunters past a painted depiction of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, a 1572 bloodbath during the course of which French Catholics killed as many as 30,000 dissenting Protestant Huguenots. Is it, using Internet parlance, trolling? Is it sincere? Is he driving Catholicism to the ground just as the comet in the painted landscapes behind him ignites cities and curtains and punches smoldering holes in parasols? It is impossible to say for certain, and that is the point. Power, as it for Pius, needs to be inscrutable again.

Griffin Smith-Nichols is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at gds82@cornell.edu.

The Grand Tour: In Pursuit of Top Gear

BY NICHOLAS SMITH Sun Contributor

I’m going to start my review of The Grand Tour by talking about the one thing the show’s hosts can’t: Top Gear. Odds are, if you’ve ever been into cars (or had a “petrolhead” friend), you’ve heard of Top Gear, and I don’t mean the American version (that version sucks).

I’m talking about 20 glorious series (which I suppose is Britishspeak for season) of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May getting up to ridiculous hijinks in even more ridiculous cars on the BBC. Say what you will about the trio’s final stint being “too scripted” or “played out,” but on the whole, I remember their time on Top Gear fondly.

After Clarkson got into some trouble and his two cohorts followed him out the door, Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc took over and slowly lost me. For me, the

magic of the show was always the dynamic between Clarkson’s energy, Hammond’s wit and May’s cheerful resignation. With them gone, Top Gear quickly fell from the top of my watch list.

Enter Amazon. As one of the flagship programs of their streaming service, Prime Video (which is included with an Amazon Prime membership), The Grand Tour brings the trio back to the screen in what could be called a blatant rip off of the original. Be that as it may, you won’t hear me complaining… much.

While the show is still running on a weekly basis, the first twelve episodes are technically the first season of a 36 episode, three-year plan, so it’s a perfect time to reflect on what they’ve done and how they could improve.

It’s great to see the three back together after what many thought would be their last rodeo. Their chemistry hasn’t changed a bit and it’s fun to see my favorite presenters showing off the hottest cars again.

One of my favorite changes to the

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format is their new set. Instead of hosting the show in the same studio every week, the crew has taken to a travelling tent. This season alone they’ve gone to Los Angeles, Johannesburg and Loch Ness just to name a couple. The first season is definitely worth your time if you already have a Prime membership.

However, the series has some fixable flaws that are preventing it from becoming a membership-seller. My first complaint is “the

American.” One of the hallmarks of Top Gear was its “hot laps,” where they ran cars around their track to compare them, conducted by a mysterious and mute driver known only as “The Stig.” “The Stig” and the silly facts Clarkson would present about him were clearly the most recognizable feature of the show. “The American,” “the Stig’s” detestable replacement, takes every negative American stereotype to the extreme. Though I can see what

they were going for here, in execution it comes across as brash and obnoxious.

Additionally, while on Top Gear it was always fun to see celebrities come into the studio and compete on the track, The Grand Tour’s “Celebrity Brain Crash” was funny at first but quickly lost its luster.

And while their weekly short list of comical topics, discussed on “Conversation Street,” can be quite funny, I usually find myself wishing for its time to be replaced with another car test.

Overall, The Grand Tour is a fun watch and a pleasant revitalization of one of my all-time favorite TV shows. Despite the show’s issues, I’m sure the fan community is more than excited to see what the future holds for Clarkson, Hammond and May—whose tomfoolery will continue in the second season, beginning in early February.

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

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few years ago, the runaway success of Run the rial storytelling.

Jewels might have seemed unlikely, especially to its Most importantly, the two of them put together are a own members. Conventional wisdom defines hip- comedy goldmine. “Their collaboration is like an interrahop as a young person’s domain, making the odds unlikely cial buddy cop movie from the eighties,” Hua Hsu wrote that two 41 year-olds would finally hit their stride after a in a recent New Yorker profile, “In which they both get to decade toiling in the hallowed obscurity of underground be the one who deals with his authority issues by goofing rap. Anyone with a pulse, though, will have noticed that around.” One does, indeed, get the sense that these outthese are not ordinary times, either for the music industry spoken marijuana advocates have spent plenty of time or for the world at large. together watching Lethal Call it the effects of mass Weapon, and the natural media, the Internet or supchemistry on each of their pressed bigotry, but the era three albums has provided of “fake news” and mainsome of the best back-andstreamed conspiracy theoforth rapping in recent ries is upon us. Fittingly, a memory.

Above all, their Really Terrible! recent spike in sales has friendship allows the vital And Such Small returned George Orwell’s elements of hope and 1984 to Amazon’s besthumor to enter music that Portions seller list, nearly 70 years otherwise depicts the world after its initial release. Amidst it all, Run the Jewels’ music as hopelessly rigged. For all their clever boasts and shitsuddenly feels like a necessary and urgent political mani- talking (which should never be undervalued), RTJ’s politfesto. ical revolution depends wholeheartedly on empathy and As solo artists, it’s obvious now that Killer Mike and El- on the communal nature of their music.

P were always destined for niche appeal. Hailing from For music fans, there’s a tension that arises out of the Atlanta, Mike first drew attention in the early 2000s with correlation between quality albums and the artist’s state of a feature on OutKast’s Stankonia, before quickly establish- mind. The “tortured artist” cliché dictates that all great liting himself as something of a rapper’s rapper. A lifelong erature, film and music must arise out of personal issues or political activist and former small-time drug dealer, Mike’s political disorder. Of course, that’s not always the case, and fiery lyricism and gruff Southern delivery didn’t consis- it’s important not to find yourself hoping that others suffer tently add up to more than the sum of their parts until his 2012 solo album, R.A.P Music. El-P produced the entire project, lending his typically dystopic beats to the pair’s first collaboration. The cold, paranoid aesthetic worked well behind Mike’s rapping and “Reagan” — a condemnation of War on Drugs policies and mass incarceration — remains among the duo’s best work.

For his part, Brooklyn-born El-P earned his underground cred as the head of Def Jux, the type of indie record label designed to struggle with its finances. Sciencefiction bears a heavy influence over the rapper-producer’s solo output, resulting in instrumentals that one might expect if The Bomb Squad sampled John Carpenter. As the man himself once tweeted: “I swear to God, I could make a beat with a banjo and a church organ and someone will call it ‘dystopian sci-fi’.” His lyrics tend to match that theme, depicting governments and institutions as systems of control. It’s a compelling approach (granted new significance by Orwell’s resurgence), but one that now seems insulated without Mike’s presence. The Molotov cocktail of RTJ’s politics depends as much on El-P’s grand condemnation of institutions as it does Mike’s gritty, professo-

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After a hiatus of over four years, The xx is back with their third studio album, I See You. Very rarely does any band leave the musical scene for so long and come back unchanged and The xx is no exception. It should be known that this new album dives into a sect of sound that The xx is not so familiar with, yet the subtlety for which they are so praised has not faded one bit.

While the band is known for their “dream pop” sound, on this album they introduce an additional almost electronic vibe on multiple tracks. This with the combination of their mystical and reflective lyrics give power to songs like “Say Something Loving” and “I Dare You.” Themes of lonliness and intense self-reflection are present in this album.

Tracks like “A Violent Noise” appear to be addressing the effects of substance abuse. Co-lead vocalist Oliver Sim sings, “With everything I pretend to feel/Am I too high? Am I too proud?/Is the music

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for the sake of relatable tunes. Still, it’s possible to recognize protest music as timely. RTJ have shown their willingness, time and again, to pop up in desperate hours, not out of greed for the spotlight but as simple acts of solidarity. And every time, they’ve brought along a damn good soundtrack.

They were there after the death of Mike Brown, and after officer Darren Wilson’s subsequent non-indictment.

Killer Mike gave a teary-eyed speech onstage about fearing for his children before sitting down on CNN to discuss his opinions on policing issues in America (his father had been a cop). He then spent months campaigning for Bernie Sanders. They were there again after November’s surprise election results, prematurely releasing “2100,” an anthem for “defeating the devil when you hold onto hope.” And they were there in D.C. on the eve of inauguration, raging against the Trump machine alongside Zack de la Rocha.

Ultimately, RTJ’s politics are about inclusion, valuing differences and expanding your worldview. Their popularity amongst young people, then, should be cause for optimism. As President Obama said in his farewell address, “Let me tell you, this generation coming up — unselfish, altruistic, creative, patriotic — I’ve seen you in every corner of the country. You believe in a fair, and just, and inclusive America… You’ll soon outnumber any of us, and I believe as a result the future is in good hands.”

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Perhaps it is that same theme of self-reflection that led to the title, I See You. We also see a confrontation of loneliness on tracks like “Brave for You.” Romy Croft opens up about the loss of her parents since the success of the band. She sings, “And when I’m scared, I imagine you’re there, telling me to be brave.” Their optimistic tone is different. The step in this new direction is both bold and commendable. Similarly, songs like “Replica” explore themes of breaking free from the past as well as from expectations. “And as if i tried to, I turned out just like you/Do we watch and

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The sound is different, but the feel is the same, connecting it to the band’s first album xx. The lead vocals of Romy Croft and Oliver Sim complement each other perfectly, specifically on tracks like “On Hold.”

More concisely, if one is listening to I See You with hopes of hearing the same vibe and themes on their debut album, xx, disappointment is inevitable.

Simply listening to the singles off the album makes it clear that the direction of the band has changed substantially. However, overall, the tone of the new album contains hope and self-reflection, signaling that there is light ahead, and that is definitely something worth listening to.

Rebekah Jones is a freshman in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at rj252@cornell.edu.

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most dangerous top line with 28 points to his name as well.

McCarron knows that shutting them down will have to be a group effort.

“Obviously they’ve got a couple of guys who are tops in nation in scoring, but it’s not going to be individual guys shutting them down,” he said.

“It’s just playing good team defense, blocking shots and doing all the little things. If you don’t do that against good players, they’ll make you pay for it.”

On the back end of Union’s lineup is goaltender Alex Sakellaropoulos, who is 17-4-1 with a .921 save percentage on the season.

The Dutchmen have been rolling for a while — at one point sitting atop the ECAC — but were knocked off this past weekend by St. Lawrence, who regained sole possession of first place in the conference.

RPI has had a markedly different season. Last in the ECAC, the Engineers have one of the worst goal differentials in the nation at -47. They are also among the league’s worst defensively, giving up nearly four goals per game.

However, the past few games tell a different story for the team. RPI shocked the nation by blanking then-No. 2 Harvard, 4-0, back in midFebruary and defeated Clarkson this past Saturday. The Engineers also lost by just one goal to St. Lawrence and forced Union into overtime. While its record may not show it, the Engineers are an improving team, and the Red knows it cannot take them lightly.

“It’s been a close game against RPI every time we’ve played them since I’ve been here, and I know no one in the dressing room is overlooking them,” McCarron said. “In the ECAC, any team can beat anyone on any given night.”

Junior forward Dwyer Tschantz felt a similar way.

“Everyone in the locker room knows that each game we play is going to be tough,” he added. “We lost to Dartmouth, and they were also toward the bottom of the league.”

RPI has struggled most of the year offensively, though.

Senior winger Riley Bourbonnais leads the team in goals with 12 and sophomore center Evan Tironese is first on the team in scoring, but the team as a whole averages just two goals per game. Sophomore Chase Perry has played better as of late in net, giving up just 10 goals in the last five games.

Schafer gave credit to RPI’s solid forecheck and has preached patience to his team in preparation for Saturday’s game.

“RPI is doing a great job of forechecking and cluttering up the neutral zone,” he said.

“They play physical in their own zone too. You’ve got to have a patient game plan against them and not get frustrated playing that kind of hockey … and you’ve got to capitalize on your scoring chances.”

While neither Union nor RPI will be easy to beat, Cornell knows it must get back in the win column, especially during the ECAC-portion of its schedule. Before this past weekend, the Red had lost just one of its last 12 contests.

Still, the team is far from panicking.

“We talked about last weekend as a group, and we know that we’re okay and that there’s no reason to hit the panic button at this point,” Tschantz said.

“It’s more about playing well,” Schafer added. “Of course our team wants to get four points every weekend, but they know we’re going into two very difficult rinks to play at, and we have to just play well and play our game. If you just hang your hat on winning the next game or else the sky’s going to fall, you will play tentative

“We’re going into two very difficult rinks to play at, and we have to just play well and play our game.”

Head Coach Mike Schafer ’86 and you won’t play to win. This team doesn’t have that mentality. We’re playing to win.”

Similar to last weekend’s Harvard game and commemoration of the 1967 NCAA championship at the first intermission of the Dartmouth game, this weekend will not be without festivities.

The Headway Foundation, which “aims to provide a safer sports culture,” per its website, is sponsoring the entire slate of ECAC weekend games. As the team’s representative for the partnership, Tschantz has a personal relationship with head injuries.

“Concussions are something that get overlooked by a lot of people. I think the culture in hockey is pretty progressive compared to other sports,” he said. “As a guy who has had a few myself, I can’t speak to how important [reporting concussions is] enough. It’s very easy to turn your cheek and say I’m okay … Just [get] it taken care of while you can or else it can really linger and cause issues down the road.”

The Union game will be broadcast on television via the American Sports Network with puck drop not scheduled until 8:30 p.m. The Red takes on RPI at 7 p.m. the following night.

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

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played very well against us both at home and on the road, so we know we will have another tough weekend.”

O’Neill echoed these sentiments, saying that the team’s game plan does not change “no matter what place they are in the standings.”

“Our team always knows we have to be at the top of our game to be able to beat anyone in our league,” the forward said. “We must not overlook the placing of these teams because they will be very tough competitors no matter what.”

Derraugh, O’Neill and senior forward Hanna Bunton all agreed that the Red must play a solid team game and stay disciplined in order to come away from the weekend with six points.

“Staying together and working as a team plays a big part of our team’s success,” O’Neill said. “Using our team strengths — speed and defense, as well grit — will enable us to be tough competitors against RPI and Union this coming weekend.”

Puck drop is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday night against Union and 3 p.m. the following afternoon versus Rensselaer.

Jamil Rahman can be reached at jrahman@cornellsun.com.

Some students and townies were already in their seats at 6:30 p.m. for warm-ups. By the time the players came out for introductions, the Faithful were all in place and ready to shake their newspapers. During the game, while I stood in the corner of the band and tried to keep up with the music, the Faithful cycled through cheer after cheer. Every play for two hours, they backed the Red in full voice. I had always been a sports fanatic, but at that moment, I saw the Lynah Faithful way.

I decided I wanted to help keep that atmosphere in Lynah Rink — night after night, win or lose — for the next four years.

However, there has been a clear decline in the environment recently.

Empty seats abound Lynah Rink nearly every weekend, which should gnaw at the soul of a true Lynah Faithful member. There are very few students present when the starting lineups are announced, let alone for warm-ups.

The main cheers still echo in the Lynah rafters, but other taunts have vanished to the annals of Cornell hockey lore. If it is apparent Cornell will lose the game, fans start heading for the exits in the third period, and even when in attendance, students now increasingly use foul language to disagree with the officiating. Overall, the Lynah Faithful still get the job done as a student section, but head coach Mike Schafer ’86 is right to expect more of what he calls “the best fans in college hockey.”

Yet, all is not lost. This weekend, I was reminded of why I fell in love with

Cornell hockey back in October 2014.

Lynah Rink was sold out for both games because of the Harvard clash, and the student section was enthusiastic despite two tough losses. The fans showed up early and were ready for the Crimson, sending seafood soaring through the air. Against Dartmouth, the rink was once again sold out, and the fans were loud despite another tough loss to swallow against the Green. There were some disappointments, as was there a considerable amount of vulgar chanting at the officials. While that particular part was

There has been a clear decline in the environment recently ... which should gnaw at the soul of a true Lynah Faithful member. rather disgraceful, there were still a lot of positive signs this weekend.

What is most disappointing about student behavior is that this season, the Lynah Faithful have had the pleasure of cheering on a fantastic Cornell hockey team. Cornell has racked up a 12-6-2 record overall, and sports a 7-4-2 mark in ECAC play. Senior goalie Mitch Gillam has been outstanding in net, and the Red has had balanced scoring up front. Schafer has led a resurgence of sorts, deploying the sort of team that led opponents to fear trips to Ithaca’s East Hill.

No true fan should need a second reminder about the tradition of the

Cornell men’s hockey program. The program boasts two national championships, the only undefeated season by any Division I team in 1970, two National Hockey League Hall of Famers — forward Joe Nieuwendyk ’88 and goaltender Ken Dryden ’69 — and a strong record of consistent success over the years.

During the Dartmouth game this weekend, Cornell honored the 50th anniversary of the 1967 national championship team. Dryden was in Ithaca for the event, and his presence should coincidentally serve as a timely reminder of the type of player and character that this program produces. So perhaps Dryden’s attendance inspired more students to attend this weekend’s games and future contests.

Despite historic successes on the ice, the results this weekend show that this team needs the Lynah Faithful more than ever. It was the first zero-point weekend of the season for the Red, thereby the worst segment of its season to date. The team’s reaction to this weekend may prove crucial to the season. With five of the nine remaining games in Lynah Rink, the team can benefit from an improved effort by the Faithful.

My missive to the Faithful is this: show up, arrive early and be loud.

Support the Red for the entire game in a respectful manner, win or lose, and respect the proud tradition of Cornell University and the men’s hockey program.

Kevin Linsey is a junior in the College of Industiral and Labor Relations. He can be reached at klinsey@cornellsun.com.

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By CHARLES COTTON Sun Staff Writer

Through 40 minutes of hockey in both of last weekend’s games against Harvard and Dartmouth, the Cornell men’s hockey team looked like the superior group. The Red had outscored, outworked and outshot both opponents after the second period, and in Friday’s case, was primed for its biggest win of the season.

But after being outscored by a combined 7-0 across the weekend’s third periods, the Red (12-6-2, 7-4-2 ECAC) walked away with a zero-point weekend and must now regroup before heading off to face No. 4/5 Union (18-62, 11-2-1) and RPI (5-22-1, 3-12).

“We know that we’re okay and that there’s no reason to hit the panic button at this point.”

Junior forward Dwyer Tschantz “We actually thought we played pretty well throughout — just as well as we had in any of the other games,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “There were some unfortunate events that took place in the third period of both games, and the other teams got some good bounces, but you just hope those things even out as the season goes on.”

“Sometimes things like that happen in hockey, but it’s not about looking back, it’s about looking forward,” added senior defenseman and alternate captain Patrick McCarron.

No. 16 Cornell dropped just two spots in the USCHO poll this week, but fell nine points in the standings behind ECAC-leading St. Lawrence and seven behind Union after the winless weekend. The Red’s first opportunity to bridge that gap comes Friday night in Schenectady, New York against one of the season’s biggest surprises: Union.

The Dutchmen have been dominating opponents — especially ECAC rivals — all year long. Its powerhouse

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Road trip | The Red hits the road once again to take on one of ECAC’s best and one of its worst. group of forwards has led the team to first in the nation in too quirky about them, they’re just a well-coached, good goals scored, as well as third in goals per game. Its goal dif- hockey team.”

That dominant forward core consists of the nation’s ferential of plus-29 is tied for fourth.

The Dutchmen were picked to finish the season sev- top two scorers, both playing on the same line. Senior enth and eighth in the ECAC via the preseason coaches center Mike Vecchione — a strong contender for the and media poll, respectively. Now, the small liberal arts Hobey Baker award — is first in the country with 44 college of under 3,000 students is a top-five ranked team points. His junior linemate Spencer Foo is next with a sinnationally, earning votes for first team overall in the gle point less. Sebastian Vidmar completes the league’s USCHO poll.

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

A Missive to Icers Ready for Two Key Contests The ‘Faithful’ Women return home following a four-game road trip T wo and a half years ago, I pushed open the door to Lynah Rink. As I entered Cornell’s hallowed arena for the annual Red/White scrimmage, I unknowingly embarked on a journey that has already taken me to over one hundred Cornell hockey games, all 12 ECAC rinks and several other venues like Madison Square Garden. I have

Kevin Linsey attended almost every Cornell men’s hockey game since, playing in the pep band and often writing this very column here in The Sun. But over that time, I have noticed a major change in the behavior of the Lynah Faithful that needs to be addressed.

When the 2014-15 season started, I was a wideeyed freshman, and the traditions of the Faithful impressed me. The band always showed up early — in the rink at 6:15 p.m. sharp for a 7 p.m. game.

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Sun Staff Writer

Dutchwomen 44-14, but this time, the Red came out on top with a 3-1 victory. The goals came from sophomore Lenka Serdar, freshman Kristin O’Neill and senior Kaitlin Doering.

The Red currently sits in third place in the ECAC, four points back from secondplace St. Lawrence and six points behind conference-leader C l a r k s o n .

Meanwhile, RPI sits in the bottom half of the conference

As the season winds down for the Cornell women’s hockey team, the Red hosts two ECAC foes Union and RPI at Lynah this weekend before taking the road for the final time in the regular season.

Cornell (14-6-3, 10-3-3 ECAC) already faced both of these teams back in October during its first road trip of the year. When the team travelled to Troy for a matchup with RPI (9-17-2, 6-9-1), the Red mustered twice as many shots, outshooting the Engineers 41-20. However, goaltender Lovisa Selander recorded 41 saves and shutout Cornell to win it for the Engineers, 1-0.

However the Red bounced back the next day when it traveled to Schenectady to take on Union (4-231, 1-14-1). Cornell once again held a large shooting advantage at the final buzzer, outAUBREY AKERS shooting the

standings, and Union is mired in last.

Nevertheless, the Red still respects both teams, calling them “very competitive,” a n d acknowledging that each team is “playing very well right now.”

Histor i cal ly, both teams have also been tough matchups for Cornell. RPI has won the past three games against the Red, and Union managed a tie at Lynah last season.

“Both Union and RPI play a very disciplined team game, and it is very hard to generate quality scoring chances,” said head coach Doug Derraugh ’91. “They have

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Back at home | Women’s icers are returning to Lynah after Northeast endevours.

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