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The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 135, No. 54
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019
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Black History Month Billboards
The Vagina Monologues
Weekend Sweeps
Cloudy And Snow
Isabelle Phillipe '19 discusses the empowering impact of The Vagina Monologues production. | Page 9
Toni Thibeaux used billboards to honor successful black men in her hometown. | Page 3
Both men’s basketball and hockey complete weekend sweeps and strengthen conference standings. | Page 16
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Monologues Takes Over Bailey Hall Sheriff ’s Deputy Vagina 21st Cornell production addresses‘taboo’ subjects Reports Man to ICE BORIS TSANG / SUN ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun City Editor
An on-duty Tompkins County sheriff’s deputy last week called federal immigration authorities to report that a Mexican man was in the U.S. illegally, holding the man at the Sheriff’s Office until agents arrived. The deputy’s actions
“This type of interaction ... is not at all what my Sheriff’s Office is going to be involved with.” Sheriff Derek Osborne in a county that passed sanctuary legislation almost two years ago brought swift criticism from several legislators and the sheriff himself. Officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement drove to the
Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office early Wednesday morning and picked up the man, who has not been identified. He is now being held in the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, according to Tompkins County Sheriff Derek Osborne. “I’m not too happy about it, I’ll be quite honest with you,” Osborne, a Democrat who was sworn in as sheriff in December, said in a phone interview Thursday afternoon. He said he had already drafted a new policy in response to the deputy’s actions. Osborne said the deputy responded to a 911 call late on Tuesday night from a cleaning crew. A member of the cleaning crew said a man had entered a closed doctor’s office in the Village of Lansing shortly before midnight and asked to have his blood pressure checked. When the deputy arrived, the man provided a false name and See ICE page 5
Acting out | Students perform the 21st Cornell production of The Vagina Monologues at Bailey Hall Saturday evening.
By KAREN LI Sun Staff Writer
Originally a play written by Eve Ensler, the 21st annual production of The Vagina Monologues at Cornell featured 24 cast members in 19 scenes, filling Bailey Hall on Saturday
night with laughter, shouting and occasionally silence. During a monologue titled “Reclaiming Cunt” — which looked to rebrand the traditionally derogatory term as empowering — two actresses chanted the word on stage, shouting, “Say it, tell me, cunt, cunt!” As
the scene ended, a woman in the audience echoed them from her seat and the auditorium filled with giggles. “It’s about empowering women and having the audience leave feeling better and stronger than they did when they walked in,” said Ariel Roldan ’21, co-director of the show. The production is sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center, with 90 percent of proceeds going to the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County and 10 percent to the Ensler’s V-Day 2019 Spotlight on Women in Prison, Detention Centers and Formerly Incarcerated Women, an annual campaign for Ensler’s global activist movement. This year’s show raised more than $8,500 from pre-purchased ticket sales, not accounting for additional tickets sold at the door. Last year’s show raised $11,000 in total for the Advocacy Center, according to Roldan. The Advocacy Center, a local organization, provides outreach work for sexual assault survivors See MONOLOGUES page 5
Lending Library Helps Hundreds of Students Jumping Crowd Cracks ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
By AMINA KILPATRICK Sun Staff Writer
In 2016, two Cornell students founded a library to help out their peers who could not afford to buy textbooks. During the spring and fall semesters of 2018, the library rented out
approximately 840 books and 100 iClickers. The Lending Library offers course materials on a semester-long loan, including textbooks, laptops, books and iClickers, according to the library co-presidents, Dominic Grasso ’20 and Natalia Hernandez ’21.
The inability to afford textbooks and iClickers have prevented many students to take classes they are interested in. For some of them, this even means they have to decide between eating or paying for textbooks. “I will have to not
eat dinner for a week to afford this textbook,” Jaelle Sanon ’19, founder of the Lending Library, told The Sun. “[Or] for me to be able to eat, I’ll have to drop this class.” Sanon also recalled See LIBRARY page 5
Chili Fest 2019
Floor Slab at I.C. Concert
By PETER BUONANNO Sun Assistant Arts Editor
After a mere 20 minutes, J.I.D’s show Saturday at Ithaca College was cut short when an Ithaca College police officer took the stage and informed the rowdy crowd that the venue’s floor was cracking due to the audience’s PETER BUONANNO / SUN ASSISTANT ARTS EDITOR
Before the break | Concertgoers’ synchronized jumping (seen here) caused the J.I.D concert floor to crack Saturday night. MICHELLE YANG / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
A juggler performs at the 21st annual Chili Fest held in the Ithaca Commons on Saturday. During the event, local restaurants showcased their versions of meat, vegetarian and vegan chili. See story on Page 3.
synchronized jumping. Ithaca College initially closed the Campus Center, including Emerson Suites and the I.C. Square food court, but said in a statement late on Sunday that the areas would be open Monday for normal operations. See J.I.D page 9