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Cornell Grads Protest Reed At Town Hall

Ithaca College Selects Collado as 9th President

By SHRUTI JUNEJA Sun Staff Writer

Students travel across the state to voice opposition

By ANGELA CHON Sun Staff Writer

A group of Ithaca residents and Cornell students attended Rep. Tom Reed’s (R-N.Y.) town hall meetings Saturday Feb. 21 to voice concerns about poor constituent representation, among other political issues.

Reed represents the 23rd District, which includes the western end of southern New York, borders Pennsylvania and predominantly-liberal Ithaca.

While the majority of his district consists of Trumpsupporting working-class Americans, the town hall meetings were packed with frustrated protesters who disagree with Reed’s views on health care, immigration reform and finance reform.

“There is a growing frustration with Rep. Reed’s seeming avoidance of Tompkins County,” said Nicholas Aflitto grad. “So concerned constituents are taking their questions to him, even though these meetings are two plus hours away.”

The meetings, held in Allen Town, Humphrey, Cherry Creek, and North Harmony, also garnered national coverage from media sources like The New York Times and NPR, which noted the tension between the representative and his constituents.

Students like Hayden Waller grad went for the purpose of expressing their frustrations.

“I can only speak for myself,” he said. “But personally, Tom Reed is kind of the antithesis to every-

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Reeling in Reed | Jacob Elias grad protests Rep. Tom Reed’s controversial policies.

thing I believe in. I’m on the other side of him for just about every issue.”

Some of the key issues that were raised during these meetings included Reed’s support of defunding Planned Parenthood and the Affordable Care Act, disapproval of the Russian investigation and extensive use of corporate funding for private benefits.

“In general, Tom Reed tends to believe that diverting public funds to private enterprise is the best model in taking care of his constituents and his district,” said Jacob Elias grad. “On top of that, he’s unequivocally against immigrant rights. He’s unequivocally against Planned Parenthood.”

See REED page 5

CGSU,COLA Support I.C. Faculty the Ithaca College Contingent Faculty,” the statement read. “We, as current and future workers Cornell Graduate Students from Cornell University, remind United and Cornell Organization the Ithaca College Administration for Labor Action advocated in that the fundamental role of the support of the contingent faculty university is to critically challenge union and potential strike at the status quo, which reserves justice, equality and dig“We felt it is our responsibility as nity for a s m a l l both advocates for workers’ rights minority.” and students to support the An open letter pubcontingent faculty at I.C.” lished on Feb. 9 from Caro Achar ’18 The Ithaca College Ithaca College by publishing a Contingent Faculty Union statement in The Ithacan on Bargaining Committee said that Ithaca College represents “a ‘preMonday.

“We, the members of Cornell cariat’ of demoralized and underGraduate Student Union and paid contingent professors.”

As a response to this burgeonCornell Organization for Labor Action, stand in solidarity with ing stress, I.C. faculty voted to

By AELYA EHTASHAM Sun Staff Writer

create a union in 2015 to “fight collectively for better pay and job security,” according to the letter.

The Ithaca College administration has responded to this call and engaged in bargaining talks with two contingent faculty unions — involving both parttime and full-time faculty. The administration has received numerous proposals advocating for equal pay and job security, though no ultimate compromises have been reached.

The contingent faculty union held a deciding vote on Feb. 13 and 14, with 88 percent voting in favor of authorizing a strike. Now, nearly eighteen months since unionizing in 2015, bargaining committees for IC and the contingent faculty union will have one more meeting with a federal mediator to settle on a proposal See STRIKE page 4

On Wednesday morning, the Ithaca College Board of Trustees announced that Dr. Shirley M. Collado will be the ninth president of Ithaca College.

Collado was selected by an unanimous vote of the board, according to Tom Grape, the chair of the I.C. Board of Trustees. Collado will start her tenure as president of Ithaca College on July 1.

“I am deeply honored to have been selected as the next president of such an accomplished, energetic and deeply engaged community,” said Collado in a press release. “I admire Ithaca College’s devotion to student growth and success, its resolve in facing difficult problems together head-on, and its desire to make sure the college and its graduates make a

“I am deeply honored to have been selected as the next president of such an accomplished ... community.”

Dr. Shirley Collado powerful impact on the world.”

Collado, the daughter of Dominican immigrants and the See PRESIDENT page 5

S.A. Member McBride Cleared No ethics violation,Executive Comm.rules

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun Staff Writer

In a private, anonymous vote on Wednesday, the Student Assembly Executive Committee determined that Assemblymember Mitchell McBride ’17 did not violate the assembly’s ethics rules by videotaping protesters outside of a Tea Party leader’s lecture last week.

McBride, who is a member of the Executive Committee, recused himself from the

deliberations and the subsequent vote, during which committee members put their heads down and voted anonymously by raising their hands.

“The S.A. Executive Committee has internally voted that in their opinion Mitch McBride did not violate the Student Assembly Standing Rules Ethics Clause,” S.A. Executive Vice President Matthew Indimine ’18, who chairs the Executive Committee, said in an email to See ETHICS page 4

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Vindicated | The Student Assembly Executive Commitee voted yesterday that Assemblymember Mitch McBride ’17 did not violate the assembly’s ethics guidelines outside of a lecture last week.

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International Students Question Benefits of Union

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun Staff Writer

After calling for unity among all graduate students at a panel discussion earlier this month, Cornell Graduate Students United continues to face concerns from international students, who comprise almost half of the graduate student population.

Panel organizer and CGSU member Nomfundo Makhubo grad told The Sun that CGSU needs to make sure that it is “representative and is sensitive and hears the concerns of grad students that domestic students may not necessarily have.”

Makhubo also noted that with issues that international students face there often comes “an extra layer of complication.” She said that this complication can derive from a range of different concerns including VISA status, currency rates and childcare policies.

However, in terms of outlining plans or policies to address these concerns, Aravind Natarajan grad feels CGSU has been unclear.

“I have not come across any policies or broad ideas that the union has in favor of international students that [are] specific to international students,” he said.

One issue that lacked clarification was the effect of workers’ compensation on international students.

Natarajan said that there was no response to his question — something he found “alarming.”

In responding to the particular concerns of international students, “there’s a lot of widespread misinformation about and unawareness about unionizing and I appreciate CGSU’s effort to reach out,” Natarajan said.

Like Natarajan, Nitish Srivastava grad was unsure about how a union could respond to specific concerns and questioned the need at all for a union.

“The University is pretty good to us international students,” said Srivastava. “It cares that you are a student here.

What else do you want? I don’t think that there’s a need for a union.”

At New York University, where a graduate student union was established in 2002, international student concerns regarding specific policies are actually treated no dif-

ferently in the contract. Rather, the union is “dedicated to sustaining a certain organizing force on campus that can be directed at issues as they come up that may lie outside of the contract,” according to NYU graduate student and union member Chris Nickell.

Nickell told The Sun that while several of the unique concerns of international graduate students lie outside the contract, the union has the ability to be a “potent organizing force on campus.”

As an example of this organizing force, Nickell described one of the most prominent ways that Graduate Student Organizing Committee played a role for interna-

“I have not come across any policies or broad ideas that the union has in favor of international students.”

Aravind Natarajan grad tional students: taxes for international students.

NYU, along with several other universities, had contracted out the dealings of taxes for international students to a third party, Glacier, to negotiate tax treaties. This third party was “ripping off international students to the tune of several thousand dollars,” according to Nickell.

“The union didn’t take official action because it’s not a grievable offense because it’s not something in our contract,” Nickell added. “But it served as a site for exchanging information and organizing against what to us felt like unfair treatment of international students through negligence, but yielding the same results as unfair treatment.”

This organizing ability that also comes from its democratic structure also played a role following President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on immigration at NYU. “The union is not anything but us — that is to say, we are the union,” Nickell said. “If we are organizing our people, we know better than anyone else who are our international students, who’s at risk, who’s doing research in one of these seven countries, who has passports from one of these seven countries.”

Similar to the organizing quality employed at the representative union at NYU, CGSU could “change the culture in same sense,” said Ibrahim Issa grad, a CGSU organizer.

“There’s a lot of this attitude of ‘I’m just going to keep my head down and do whatever it takes and graduate and finish my Ph.D.,’” Issa added. “The presence of a union can help in terms of clarifying in our contract what can be safeguards against problems that deal with administration or with advisors.”

The strength that comes from union organizing was key in the unionization effort at Columbia University, according to Columbia graduate student and union member Tania Bhattacharyya.

Emerging from a town hall meeting early in the union campaign at Columbia was a working group specifically for international students, according to Bhattacharyya.

Citing past concerns such as summer funding for international students and problems in receiving optional practical training, Bhattacharyya described that the working group, similar to efforts at NYU, found its strength not at the bargaining table, but rather in its organizing abilities.

“We can’t help with concrete things, we can’t help with people have housing problems, for example, which can affect international students much worse,” Bhattacharyya said. “We’re like an informal, solidarity, advice-giving help resource center.”

In this way, Bhattacharyya said, the working group acts by “bringing all our resources together and pulling them in for the benefit of international students, who are often the most vulnerable.”

Despite union successes at other universities, not all Cornellians — particularly international students — are convinced of the need for the union.

“I’ve been working as a representative of international students at the graduate school, at the GPSA, and on the campus welfare committee during the last four years now,” Natarajan said. “And while there are isolated incidents of concern, there have never been any major concerns that are exclusive to international students.”

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

Cornell Community Contests Computers in Classrooms Recent S.A. resolution sparks debate over laptop policies

By HNIN WAI LWIN Sun Staff Writer

While pen and paper used to be the norm in a lecture hall, Student Assembly argues that laptops are now the necessary instruments for effective learning to the dismay of some professors, students and teaching assistants alike.

During last week’s meeting, S.A. passed Resolution 19, “Recommending Uniformity in Faculty Laptop Policies,” sponsored by Assemblymember Noah Chovanec ’18.

The resolution calls for “professors and instructors, especially in the humanities and social sciences” to “allow students to use laptops in lectures and discussion sections where note-taking is necessary and/or the reading materials can be accessed online.”

Chovanec explained why he chose to support the resolution, even as a student who does not regularly use his laptop.

“I don't believe that a student should be forbidden from using a laptop to take notes in class, provided they are not using their laptops for other purposes, potentially distracting other students,” Chovanec said. “As someone who usually doesn't use my laptop for note-taking, I still see the value in it.”

S.A. president Jordan Berger ’17 also expressed strong support, drawing from her own experience where laptop policies could restrict her scheduling choices.

“Uniformity in faculty laptop policies is important because students shouldn't have to decide what class to take based upon the rules that professors make for the classroom,” she added. “As a student

with a disability, no-technology policies in classrooms make me cringe.”

However, not all members of the community are in agreement, as the resolution drew mixed responses from students, professors and teaching assistants.

“I believe that students should be granted the autonomy to make their own decision regarding laptop usage,” said Liam Foley ’19. “Laptop usage enables me to conduct my own research on the topic and thus, be more engaged in the conversation.”

“As a student with a disability, no-technology policies in classrooms make me cringe.”

Jorgan Berger ’17 Opposing S.A. members, Abigail Prisloe ’18 argued against laptop autonomy, especially in classrooms with more students.

“When I have to physically take notes, it makes more connections in my brain.”” Prisloe said. “I think laptops should be banned in any class that’s not large. It’s a huge distraction. There’s a lot of multitasking being done.”

While taking notes by hand is crucial to Prisloe’s learning style, some students suggested that their different learning styles reflect their decision whether to use technology in classrooms.

“Each student has a different way of understanding and keeping track of the material. It may be necessary for profes-

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Liberate the laptop | The Student Assembly passes a resolution to recommend uniform laptop policies across the University last Thursday, much to faculty and student dismay.

sors to allow students to individually assess whether it’s right for them,” said Aneil Gill ’20.

Teaching assistants and professors said that laptops are usually banned in class because they can be a distraction and may limit interactions between students.

Prof. Maria Theresa Savella, Asian studies, explained that laptop usage is often dependent on the subject area in class.

“I teach language classes and we need more interaction so laptops are usually not allowed,” Savella said. “It depends on the nature of the assignment whether I allow laptops or not. If it’s PowerPoint presentations or watching videos online, then obviously, students can use their laptops.”

Jordan Jochim grad, a teaching assistant, argued that discussion-style classrooms are not conducive to laptop use.

“In the context of a section discussion, I think [laptops] tend to hurt more than help. I want students to spend more time digesting and responding to others' comments than transcribing them,” Jochim said.

“I prefer students to keep their laptops put away during section. Since I want to

promote an active discussion my concern is that they may serve as a distraction,” Jochim added.

Other professors are more adamant in allowing the use of laptops in both section and lectures.

“I never ban laptops,” said Prof. John Weiss, history. “It helps students and I have no problem with it in section as long as it does not inhibit crosstalk. If you ban them, it seems to me you are obliged to somehow record the lectures.”

Acknowledging that laptops can be “distracting,” Chovanec recommends that faculty members employ methods such as “enforcing ‘no-internet’ policies or monitor laptop usage to make sure students aren’t using their laptops to browse the web, watch videos, play games, etc. in class.”

“We see this resolution simply as a conversation starter. We want faculty to take a step back and think about how accessible their classes are to students,” Chovanec said. “How can we strike a balance between effective note taking and a distraction-free learning environment?”

Hnin Wai Lwin can be reached at hwailwin@cornellsun.com.

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Cornellians Support I.C. Faculty S.A.: No Ethics Violation STRIKE

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with the pressure of a strike hanging in the balance.

The Ithaca College administration released a statement reacting to the vote to authorize a strike saying that the bargaining team is “disap-

“As a member of CGSU, I am happy to participate in actions like this and I was very impressed with turnout.”

Vera Khovanskaya grad pointed.” Ithaca College plans to hire people to fill faculty positions in the event of the strike, though many departments and students at the college have voiced solidarity with the contingent faculty union.

CGSU and COLA released a joint statement saying they would “stand in solidarity with the Ithaca College Contingent Faculty and unconditionally support all future labor actions undertaken by them.”

COLA member Caro Achar ’18 said that their organization “has made clear to the organizers of the Ithaca College full-time and part-time faculty that we will provide assistance to them in whatever way we can.”

“The national labor movement is so much about solidarity and community advocacy,” Achar said. “We felt it is our responsibility as both advocates for workers’ rights and students to support the contingent faculty at Ithaca College.”

Achar also acknowledged the reality that “the contingent faculty at Ithaca College, who compose almost half of the total faculty at IC, face conditions of precarious, insecure and underpaid working and living condi-

tions.”

Vera Khovanskaya grad, a member of CGSU, also spoke of the need for solidarity.

“As a member of CGSU, I am happy to participate in actions like this and I was very impressed with the turnout from CGSU, Cornell Coalition for Labor Action, and the IC Students for Labor Actions,” Khovanskaya said.

Khovanskaya added that the “increased labor action happening across university campuses” is important for “engagement in the struggle of contingent faculty has sharpened awareness about the need for labor protection and solidarity with academic workers.”

Sarah Grunberg, an instructor in the department of sociology at IC, told The Sun that the progress made from negotiation and arbitration was inefficient, thus elevated action could encourage greater change.

“While some work can be done at the table, we know that the real change has occurred through the incredible work that has been done on the ground by campuses nationwide, including organizing, student protests and strike actions,” she said.

Prof. Keith Hannon, media studies, Ithaca College, wrote a recent op-ed published in Ithaca Voice that placed the situation in a national context.

“If we are to maintain our status as a progressive community that places humanity above profitability, we have to treat our local educators with the respect and admiration they deserve,” he wrote. “As we brace ourselves for the Betsy Devos era, Tompkins County has an opportunity to prove how much we value education by standing up in support of Ithaca College’s adjunct professors.”

Aelya Ehtasham can be reached at aehtasham@cornellsun.com.

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moment, no Student Assembly member has formally taken any action to remove McBride from any of his elected or appointed positions.”

On Feb. 14, McBride used a cell phone to record protesters outside of a closed lecture by Tea Party leader Michael Johns and asked some of the dozen or so protesters for their names.

Some S.A. members previously told The Sun they thought that McBride appeared to have violated the assembly’s ethics by invoking his position on the University Assembly Codes and Judicial Committee when speaking with protesters, a claim McBride denied.

“I dispute that I was using my position on campus to intimidate [the protesters],” McBride told The Sun last week. “I told them that I wasn’t there on behalf of any body. I was there as a regular member of the community trying to uphold the campus code of conduct.”

McBride said on Wednesday that he was able to present his account of events to committee members before their recommendation, and added that he was thankful political views were kept out of the discussion.

“I assumed that everything would be political and I assumed that the natural ideological divides would fall into line,” McBride said. “But, after deliberations, people who

the vote was a recommendation and does not carry any legislative weight.

McBride said he recorded the protesters to defend the free speech of the lecturer and because he believes Cornell has not met its responsibility of enforcing the Campus Code of Conduct.

“Maybe other people wouldn’t have done it, but I think that I was the first person to really stand up to protesters because I

“Maybe other people wouldn’t have done it, but I think that I was the first person to really stand up to protesters. ” Mitch McBride ’17 I disagree with a lot ... even though they disagree with what I did, they acknowledged that it was not ethically wrong.”

“Even the people who I have fundamental ideological disagreements with acknowledged that fact,” he said. “That was vindicating.”

S.A. President Jordan Berger ’17 declined to release the vote tally because

think the University has really shirked the responsibility of upholding the code,” he said.

“At the end of the day, I represent all students and the students of Cornell University support free speech.”

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

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I.C. Picks Second Woman President Cornell Students Collado prepares to face‘sea of challenges’ in higher ed PRESIDENT

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first in her entire extended family to finish college, said that this moment means an enormous amount to her because she believes in the power of education. She said that her leadership style involves being authentic, visionary, courageous, real, action-oriented and inclusive in order to address difficult challenges.

Jim Nolan, the chair of the search committee, said that the process of finding a new took longer than expected, but Collado truly embodies the four core values the committee was looking for: collaboration, inclusiveness, respect and commitment to the common good.

Andrew Kosinuk, a member of the search committee from the Office of Public Safety, said that when looking for a candidate, the committee focused on trying to gauge what the relationship would be between this individual and the I.C. community.

He said that he knew that Collado would be a good fit for the college when Kosinuk heard Collado say that she wanted every student to be able to see themselves in her.

For Kosinuk, Collado is someone who wants to forge real, meaningful relationships with the community and got at the heart of what they were trying to do.

Prof. Claire Gleitman, English, Ithaca College

— a member of the search committee — said that Collado has a combination of theory and practice, of liberal arts and professional training, that defines the Ithaca College experience.

Collado said Ithaca College’s opportunities and challenges, culture and history, strengths and needs, aligned closely with her core values and that she cannot wait to officially join the Ithaca College community.

“As higher ed and our nation face a sea change of complicated challenges, it’s dynamic, undergraduate, residential colleges like Ithaca College that have, in my opinion, tremendous opportunity to push discourse across difference that’s rooted in humanity and respect, and encourage an intellectual curiosity,” she said.

Collado holds a B.S. in human and organizational development and psychology from Vanderbilt University, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from Duke University. She was previously the executive vice president of the Posse Foundation — a nonprofit that recruits and trains high school students with academic and leadership potential, has held executive leadership roles in higher education for 16 years, and currently serves as the executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer at Rutgers University–Newark.

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

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have come to fruition, as the team is now in a three-way tie for third place alongside Yale and Columbia. The Red, Bulldogs and Lions each have a score of 104 points, usurped by Penn in second with 110 and the host Harvard in first with 128.

Trailing at the back of the pack are Brown with 96 points and Dartmouth with 94 points.

The two events held Wednesday were both relays: the 200 medley and the 800 free.

The Red came in third for the former, finishing with a time of 1:26.68. This time was milliseconds after Penn’s second place finish with 1:26.34 and a little over a second slower than Harvard’s first place finish.

The team did not fare as well in the latter event, the 800 free, where it finished fifth with a time of 6:37.82 seconds, nearly 10 seconds after Columbia’s fourth place finish of 6:27.33.

The rest of the championships will continue until Saturday, Feb. 22.

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Elias added that Reed seems to him to be concerned primarily with his own interests.

“He has no interest in trying to look into the administration’s potential conflicts of interest, and he’s more interested in maintaining his seat of power and maintaining corporate power rather than public power,” he said.

Elias helped organize the trip to this town hall meeting in order to have some of the constituents’ concerns heard and addressed as well as to let Reed know that a “bulk of his constituents are very unsatisfied.”

“When an AfricanAmerican woman asked him whether he thought black lives matter, he grabbed a megaphone and proudly shouted out ‘All lives matter,’” Elias reported.

In general, Elias said Reed mostly deflected protesters’ concerns by “lying and saying he agreed before saying the actual substance” which was in “direct discord with the things being requested by his constituents.”

Though Waller believes that Reed is likely not going to change his mind about any

issues, he noted that simply knowing that constituents’ concerns were being heard was “satisfying.”

Both participants believe that it is important for Cornell students to be involved in the political process through events like these town hall meetings.

“Cornell students can change the entire district,” Waller said. “If they were willing to register to vote in this county, they would be able to vote against guys like this. In the end what really matters is the votes, so if I could send a message it would be to get registered and vote against these types of ideas.”

Elias noted that he plans on continuing to organize with other people to be more involved in the political process.

“I was very satisfied by the views of the vocal majority at the meeting,” Elias said. “I was incredibly dissatisfied with the views of the powerful minority, which was Tom Reed and his staffers. I think continuing to show up at town hall is really important, [along with] being vocal and visible and thoughtful.”

Angela Chon can be reached at achon@cornellsun.com.

Caitlin Stanton can be reached at cstanton@cornellsun.com.

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four days, where the schools will compete in events across the board. However, unlike previous years, Princeton — ranked first in the league with an undefeated conference record of 7-0 — will not be competing. This is due to the fact that the team’s season was suspended back in December due to its members being linked to a series of vulgar and racist messages found on their program’s listserv.

“It’ll definitely change the layout of this meet because Princeton is historically a powerhouse in our league for swimming,” Newman said. “Taking them out will bump everybody else up a few spots in each event, so it’ll be interesting to see how that impacts just the points, in general, of the entire meet.”

Based on the outcome of this year’s season, Cornell’s biggest competition will be Brown and Columbia, both teams the Red lost to earlier in the regular season. Despite these outcomes, the team’s confidence remains

intact.

“Last year we out touched Columbia in the final relay to beat them in the meet and they'll be wanting redemption,” Reisch said. “Brown got the best of us in our dual meet this season and we all want to come back and beat them when it really counts.”

The length of the meet does not seem to be much of a concern to the team and coaching staff. Though Newman is aware that the tournament will be both tiring and exhilarating, he is optimistic that the time the team took to rest up will help in tackling this challenge. “[The team will] feed off of that energy and excitement, and the environment will bring out the best in them,” Newman said.

“It’s always easier to compete at your highest level when you have the energy of a big crowd, [and] the intensity of an exciting atmosphere always brings out the best in people. I think that definitely always helps at Ivy and produces some fantastic performances.”

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By Ruben Bolling

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or decades, pop culture has been fascinated by robot servants. It always seemed so far off, having a robotic servant to help in our day to day lives.

Look at the Jetsons, they needed to have stratosphere, saucer houses before they had a robot maid. It makes it strange to think that we now live in a society where robotics not only exist, but are the norm. I’m not talking about independent, Turing Test beating automata, but increasingly intelligent machines are finding their way into day-to-day life. Self-checkout registers have gone from a novelty to a familiarity in the last decade, and anyone in possession of a smartphone has a basic version of an AI in their pockets (although whether Siri constitutes true AI is a contentious subject). Hell, even my apartment has a machine whose sole purpose is to turn the living room light on when asked. So, while we’re not quite to having Blade Runner-esque replicants in our midst, we already have a fleet of machines that are making our lives a lot more convenient.

But this column isn’t about the wonders of never having to flip a switch or vacuum again, it’s about automation. More and more low-salary jobs traditionally held by humans are being taken over by machines. Self-service checkouts at the supermarket are a visible example of people losing out to robots — especially if Amazon’s completely cashier-free store comes to fruition — but the real threat is to manufacturing or any other job that only requires swift, repetitive work. Blue collar jobs appear to be most at risk, but recent reports also suggest that Wall Street finance jobs may also be at risk from automation. According to Guggenheim fellowship winner Professor Moshe Vardi, job automation could lead to 50% of the world’s population becoming unemployed.

And there appears to be no stopping this trend. Machines tend to be faster, cheaper and they rarely form unions. They don’t need breaks and don’t complain, the only associated cost is upkeep. How can anyone expect a corporation to transition back to humans with all the benefits automation entails? Even if the U.S. had an ultra-progressive, leftist president, that sort of intervention in the free market is something I suspect even Democrats would balk at, not to mention many of these jobs are already overseas where we can’t directly touch them.

What we need to do now is plan for the

inevitable rise in unemployment. Job automation is becoming far too ubiquitous to sit back and assume the replaced labor force will find employment in other sectors. In the next decade or two, we may begin to see the start of a new economic crisis. The middle class, already threatened by income inequality, may face extinction, as automation tends to only favor the rich who own the machines. Unemployment on the scale of that suggested by automation would be catastrophic not only to our economy, but to our entire way of life.

What do you do as a nation when half the country is without a job?

The answer may be to the far left of the cost-minimizing practices that are leading automation: universal basic income. The idea is any citizen, no matter who they are or what they do, is guaranteed an unconditional sum of money from the government. It sounds like a Marxist pipe dream or even a satire of one, free government money. Even social democrats like myself hesitate to consider universal basic income as a viable option. However, the idea is surprisingly finding allies in industry giants such as Elon Musk and tech leaders in Silicon Valley. For a strongly capitalist country such as ours, it’s an extreme option to consider, but what other choices will we have when automation leads to wide-scale unemployment? We’re not talking about needing a safety net for low income households in between manufacturing jobs, we’re talking about entire sectors eliminating the majority of their human workforce. People won’t be able to pay for necessities like food and housing, it would throw the country into chaos. If all the fears of automation are realized, we may need universal basic income just to maintain national stability.

There are many concerns over universal basic income, not the least of being what it would do to a country if its citizens were no longer required to hold a job. For many people, work is a way to find meaning; even a layabout such as myself understands that. However, in the choice between food and shelter versus an existential crisis, I think the answer is obvious. Machines are taking over more and more jobs, and a chunk of humanity will find itself out of work and without any economic means to survive if we don’t start planning for it now. It’s the stuff of science fiction, but it’s a decision we may have to make sooner rather than later.

The answer may be to the far left of the cost-minimizing practices that are leading automation: universal basic income.

Soren Malpass is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at skm94@cornell.edu.

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OPINION

Dwight D. Eisenplower | Bi Monthly

Cuddling, And Other Dangerous Perversions

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oday I’d like to take up what I expect is an unpopular opinion: namely, that sleeping together and showering together are impractical and vastly overrated sexual endeavors. Don’t get me wrong—I’m all in favor of the sex which comes after the shower and before the sleeping over.

The sex itself is the meaty part of the sandwich, metaphorically speaking.

It’s solely the bread of this hypothetical sex sandwich which I’m attacking.

Let’s break up the claim. First, that synchronous sleep and showers are impractical. This is the easy part.

It will be a little harder to convince you that they are also overrated. But we’ll get there. For now we’ll stick with the impracticality. For starters, can it be denied that sensual showers focus disproportionately on the upper body? I defy anyone to try. It’s the sanitary equivalent of skipping leg day at the gym—in both cases, the chest gets all the polish. (Maybe the glutes get worked as well, depending on your tastes.) But if your ankle or some other unsexy body part is dirty at the

ence, it seems, is whether or not the other person can see your genitals.

Well, if that’s the case, then I can name a hundred other displays of intimate vulnerability. Shitting together, for starters. Fitting people onto a toilet seat As for the sleeping, there is a reason Lucy and her husband two can’t be that much harder than fitting two people onto a twin slept in separate beds on I Love Lucy. (Well, the prudish mattress. Or, how about this one: getting your wisdom censors were one reason. But there’s another.) It’s the teeth out together. That’s pretintimately vulnerable. Just same reason Jerry and Elaine put the kibosh on sleepovers typicture the jealous boyfriend glaring at the oral surgeon in that one episode of Seinfeld. As Seinfeld himself puts it, sticking gloved fingers into his bae’s nitrous-drunken mouth.

“That...is not really sleep.”

There is, of course, no such thing as sensual shitting. (At least, not to my knowledge. In beds on I Love Lucy. (Well, the prudish one plausible explanation. By putting any case, it has not yet caught on withcensors were one reason. But there’s yourself in an intimately vulnerable in the mainstream.) Nor do we bring another.) It’s the same reason Jerry and position — asleep, for one; wet and condoms and lube to the dentist. In my Elaine put the kibosh on sleepovers in naked, for another — you demonstrate opinion, our culture and our lives are that one episode of Seinfeld. As trust to your partner. This is the best better off without these things. Don’t Seinfeld himself puts it, “That...is not explanation that I can come up with, in let the depraved perverts who like to really sleep.” Even in a queen-sized bed particular because it makes sense on a cuddle tell you otherwise. there’s too much rolling and farting primal as well as a human level. It’s and sheet-hogging for comfort. The been said that waving and shaking twin-XL’s in the freshman dorms and hands subconsciously demonstrate to Dwight D. Eisenplower is a student at Cornell. most fraternities render the whole the other person that you’re unarmed. Comments may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com. Sex on Thursdays My theory is similar. The major differ- appears operation hopeless. periodically this semester. end of the day and you bring a friend along with you to wash up? Forget it.

As for the sleeping, there is a reason Lucy and her husband slept in separate

I turn now to the “overrated” half of my tirade. It will help to ask ourselves why we’re tempted into such low-grade conduct in the first place. I can offer

Kitty Cat | The Frisky Virgin

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Sugar Baby for a Day

ollege is fun, I can’t deny that. There’s booze, You see, my friend made money off of the initial I was okay with that. boys and rigor. But I also can’t deny that “date,” where you get to know the potential sugar Another time, this guy from Texas was really, we’re in a bubble of our Ivy League hook up daddy. Kind of like speed dating, but you normally really infatuated with me. He particularly liked that culture, and for the most part, going back home get compensated $100 or so for an hour of dinner. I was college educated, and we talked via the webblows. Of course, there are the exceptions — kids I decided to give it a try. After getting hundreds of site for a while. He asked for a few nudes, and to that pretty much just resume partying back at home messages from gross guys speaking in vulgar terms, I my surprise I obliged (this was my first time sendor in Cabo — but in my case in cookie-cutter sub- finally found one that seemed faintly educated and ing a nude picture) from the neck down. It was urbia, it’s pretty damn boring. There’s nothing to wanted to meet up near me. We agreed on $150 for a oddly…empowering, to be so anonymous. He see, and no one to flirt with since they don’t have lunch in a fancy Italian restaurant. I wore a white asked me to fly to Texas with him. He said we could the “safety” of being a Cornell student. have a weekend relationship, where each I mean, what if they’re a dingy drug weekend I would get $2,000, a hotel, and dealer fronting? With this in mind, the material things I could ever ask for.

I decided to give it a try. After getting hundreds all during my first winter break home, I Although I was very obviously going to say sought out my friends who stayed I’d be lying if I said I didn’t consider it. of messages from gross guys speaking in vulgar no, home for college and asked them how I politely declined, and he offered to have a the hell they stay sane. One of my phone call “introducterms, I finally found one that seemed faintly no-strings-attached friends let me in on her little secret of tion” for $300. This, of course, I agreed to. fun…that also generated a few thouhad a 10-minute phone call, he veneducated and wanted to meet up near me. We We sand dollars for her: escorting. moed me $300, and we never talked after Okay, I know what you’re thinking, that. No phone sex, he just wanted someone agreed on $150 for a lunch in a fancy Italian to talk to, and he could afford to buy a conthis is one of those things that turns into prostitution or something really versation. restaurant. I wore a white dress, pushed up my dangerous, right? Wrong. Escorting is After that instance, I decided to stop not as glorified as it seems to be, espedoing what I was doing. I cancelled a few boobs and put on red lipstick. cially if you’re not a high class one, and more “introductions” that I had set up and acted as if nothing ever happened. especially if you’re in a suburb in the Sometimes I forget it even happened. I middle of nowhere. But hey, I had a bit of retail addiction my freshman year, and I needed dress, pushed up my boobs and put on red lipstick. I guess I stopped because it was all too fast, and the to fund it in some way. So I created a profile on wanted this guy to think he was gonna go home and money felt so dirty. Technically I wasn’t doing anySeekingArrangement.com, named myself “Natalia,” fuck innocent little me, like the “18 and Abused” thing wrong, and it wasn’t that I felt cheap or anyand got straight to business with the help of my scenes on porn.com. He gets there, and I almost thing. I think people should be allowed to exploit friend. I wrote about how I was a college-educated, vomit a little because of how repulsive he is. themselves if they so choose. Besides, I tried to young, perky, bubbly girl who would love to “get to Everything about him: his clothes, his car, his smell. think about it as entertaining these old men in their know you.” This arrangement site is basically where Everything made my insides churn. He talked about bored lives. But even though they grossly expected old, unhappy and married men try to pick up his wife and his kids (who were my age), and talked more, which is never okay, it also didn’t feel okay to young girls in order to build a sugar daddy / sugar about some other shit that I was too bored to listen take advantage of them. After this experience, I to. The entire time I was just thinking about how realized how damn easy it is to exploit my looks for baby relationship.

In simple terms, this is basically where you get damn sorry I felt for him and his family. This guy was power, attention and money. Sure, I’m cocky as spoiled and go to the mall, financially supported, old enough to be my dad, he IS someone’s dad. What hell, but it’s warranted. People literally will pay and you’re not explicitly expected to do anything if his daughter found out? I ended the conversation money to feel like they can get the girl of their (but everyone knows you’re banging behind closed early, and grabbed the envelope with $150 and the dreams, and damn is it fun to play that part. doors). Being the virgin that I am, I knew that I box of chocolates he bought me. Of course, I blocked Kitty Cat is a student at Cornell. Comments may be sent to associate-ediwouldn’t in a million years fuck one of these men, his number after that and never spoke with him tor@cornellsun.com. The Frisky Virgin appears periodically this semesbut I definitely thought that I could take advantage. again. One hour for $150 and a small loss of morale, ter.

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DINING GUIDE

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The Definitive List of the Best Campus Eateries

By DINING STAFF

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very student at Cornell has a different opinion on the best (and worst) places to eat on campus.The Sun’s Dining Department has decided to create a definitive list — a guide, so to speak.

However, if there’s one thing we learned from creating this list, it’s that a definitive list is probably not possible. Every ranking was contested, every comment was disputed and the outcome is, at the very least, controversial. So take our “definitive” list with a grain of salt, weigh in with your own opinion and enjoy the contentious variety of food that Cornell has to offer.

To view the complete list, go to cornellsun.com.

10. Ivy Room

“Great food, mediocre location. I personally don't like going

to Willard Straight because it is always very hectic, but when I do drag myself across campus for a meal here, I rarely regret it. Tons of options and quick service.

Another spacious eating area where you can relax with friends.”

— Spencer Sigalow ’19

“Their salad bar literally changed my life.”

Allison Wild ’19 9. Martha’s

“I feel obliged to rank Martha's at the top considering I am in MVR everyday (and still manage to get lost there even after four years) and have conditioned myself to not get sick of the flatbreads or quesadillas. The new soft tacos are a good buy too since they are a very generous portion and less than $5 for lunch.”

— Sherry Wu ’17 8. Manndible’s

RESTAURANT

HOME OF THE

Pinesburger 1213 Taughannock Blvd.

(Route 89 - 3 miles north of Cass Park) Ithaca, NY 14850

(607)

273-3709

www.glenwoodpines.com

Voted BEST BU RGER in Ithaca!

– Ithaca Times Readers Choice

“Great eatery, especially if you are a fan of Mann library, like I am. I get coffee here every day, and it's great. The food is also fantastic, with all fresh ingredients.

Bagels are fresh, soup is UNREAL, and they have burritos if you're hungrier. Definitely a gem.”

— Spencer Sigalow ’19 7. Café Jennie

“Best coffee on campus, hands down. If I’m ever late to my morning shift at work, it’s because my addiction to their chai and lattes outweighs my obsessiveness with always being on time.”

— Olivia Lutwak ’18

6. Mac’s Café

“Their salad bar literally changed my life. Hands down the best place on campus to go to use BRBs.” — Allison Wild ’19 5. Appel

“Looking for a place where you can use meal swipes, get a good meal, and not get bored of the food? Hit up Appel, seriously. You will always find varying opinions on peoples favorite dining hall, but Appel has a vast array of food options which vary daily. Appel is also the place to go for breakfast during the week.

I know Appel's scrambled eggs, potatoes and pancakes can certainly keep me going throughout the day.”

— Annika Pinch ’20 4. Dairy Bar

“The Dairy Bar has fantastic sandwiches. The grilled cheese is super indulgent but super good.

Everyone thinks of Dairy Bar as having just ice cream, but the actual food is something worth going for. The space is very clean and open.”

— Jamie Kim ’19 3. Terrace

“If you want a salad for lunch, look no further. My favorite

lunch space on campus is undoubtedly Terrace. The staff is unbelievably friendly, the food is fantastic, and convenient location. Only downside is the lack of seating. So, be prepared to wait a couple minutes for people to get up, or to bring your food to another part of Statler.”

— Spencer Sigalow ’19 2. Temple of Zeus

“Before Klarman hall renovation — cutesy place to eat soup after your FWS. After renovation — need to bargain for seats else eat soup standing. Bottom line — I still want soup.”

— Janna Yu ’18

THE BEST OF West Campus 1. Becker 2. Flora Rose 3. Bethe North Campus 1. Appel 2. Bear Necessities 3. Risley Central Campus 1. Trillium 2. Temple of Zeus 3. Terrace

1. Trillium

“Catch me here almost every day for lunch. I will stand by Trillium salads until the day I die, the burritos and quesadillas are amazing and the new ramen station is yet another game changer.

Trillium has everything — it’s essentially a microcosm of Cornell dining.”

— Olivia Lutwak ’18 The Dining Department can be reached at food@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Who Would Win a

Hypothetical Best Scene Oscar?

BY LEV AKABAS Sun Staff Writer

The Oscars: an award show that expanded the number of Best Picture nominees after it snubbed a wellmade, entertaining action movie, and yet still refuses to nominate well-made, entertaining action movies. I understand The Academy’s struggle, though. There are a lot of great films each year that simply need to get nominated, such as...

The Flashily-Directed Movie About Actors Pursuing Their Dreams (La La Land) The Uplifting Movie About Black People (Hidden Figures) The Nuanced Movie About Black People (Moonlight) The Movie That’s Not Nearly Pretentious Enough To Even Have A Chance (Hell or High Water) The Movie About Everyday White People Wallowing In Their Own Despair (Manchester By The Sea) The Movie Nobody Has Heard Of And Even Fewer People Have Actually Seen (Lion) The Acting Showcase (Fences) The War Movie (Hacksaw Ridge) The Beautiful, ThoughtProvoking Movie About Giant Squids Spraying Ink At The Actress From Enchanted Inside a 1000-Foot-Tall Hovering Black Potato (Arrival)

into their shared traumatic past. The dialogue is natural and even a bit awkward, as it would be in real life. This would be a contender for the win if it weren’t so damn sad. I saw Inside Out and everything, but I still firmly believe that there’s no reason anything should ever be this sad. Or, as our president would say, “Manchester by the Sea is a depressing movie. Way too sad. Sad!” Arrival — Opening In what may wind up becoming the live-action version of the montage from the beginning of Up, director Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049 cannot come soon enough) channels his inner Terrence Malick with a sequence of emotionally-charged and evocative images. Backed by a gorgeous minimalist strings piece

by Max Richter, we see the life and death, with memories both good and bad in between, of our main character’s daughter in the span of a few minutes. The tears it induces change the way we see the protagonist through-

The Oscars could use a shakeup. At this time last year, I wrote an article introducing a hypothetical Oscar for Best Scene, which would allow The Academy to nominate movies that don’t exactly fit the Best Picture mold, but COURTESY OF PLAN B ENTERTAINMENT still have entertaining, technically impressive or inspired out the film. sequences.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — Ending Which movie would take home this trophy for 2016?

Darth Vader turning into 2001 Shaquille O’Neal Let’s figure it out. Keep in mind, we’re looking for was admittedly the most awesome thing I saw in a scenes that we’re going to remember 10 years down the movie in 2016, so it gets a nomination. But the greatroad, or ones that were essential to their movies’ success. ness of the scene was generated more by the idea of Darth Vader going ham, something we never truly saw The Nominees (Only One Per Movie): during the original Star Wars trilogy, rather than by the quality of the scene itself. The action choreography and Manchester by the Sea — “There’s Nothing There” direction is mediocre and I have to take major points off In a movie defined by great acting and sadness, this for the existence of a fight scene in a hallway not shot in scene is probably the best acted and the saddest. a single long take a la Oldboy.

Fences — “I Don’t Have To Like You” When Cory asks his father Troy why he doesn’t like him, Denzel Washington shows off his ability to bring charm and what can almost be described as comedic timing to dark, frustrating characters as Troy rants to his son about the duty of fatherhood and how he doesn’t have to “like” him. Throughout the film, Denzel gives such gravity to every single word he delivers that if his character were to just start reciting the digits of pi it would have been nominated for Best Scene.

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice — Batman Warehouse Fight If you know me, you know that I’d take a bullet for Christopher Nolan, but he never gave us a kick-ass Batman fight scene. Now we COURTESY OF AMAZON STUDIOS have one, thanks to a few minutes of in-yourTowards the end of the film, a divorced couple split face, relentless, video-game violence in what is, for the apart by a devastating tragedy reunites coincidentally on large portion of its three-hour runtime, a dreary, colorthe street. Neither person can find the right words, but less, non-sensical, melodramatic affair. It falls just short their body language, facial expressions and tone clue us of the Matrix Reloaded car chase and well short of the

Darth Maul lightsaber battle from The Phantom Menace in the Good Scenes In Bad Movies Power Rankings Zootopia — DMV Scene I can’t watch this without laughing. I just can’t.

There’s only a handful clips from 2016 about which I honestly say that, and the vast majority of them involve Ben Carson. One, however, is from Disney’s thoughtful cartoon, in which the same joke is used over and over for four straight minutes and it somehow doesn’t get any less funny.

The Contenders: Captain America: Civil War — Airport Fight Ten adults get into a petty argument about paperwork and decide to settle things by throwing on colorful spandex outfits and fighting each other at a public airport until someone gets hurt and they immediately stop fighting. Yup, that’s one of your best movie scenes of the year.

It’s everything a comic book fight should be: funny, creative and easy to follow!

While the final battle between Captain America and Iron Man arguably featured more intense combat and higher stakes, it didn’t have Spiderman.

La La Land — Ending You know how in physics problems involving Newton’s Laws, five or six different force vectors will sum to zero, causing the object to not accelerate? Well that can happen with emotional vectors too, when you’re overwhelmed by so many different feelings and the result is that your body is rendered incapable of movement.

That’s what happened to me at the end of La La Land.

The Winner: Moonlight — “What’s A Faggot?”

Each of Moonlight’s three acts consists of roughly thirty minutes of slow, meditative build-up culminating in one scene at the end that hits you like a truck and wrenches your heart out in the process. Any of those three scenes could have won this Oscar, but no portion of any movie last year floored me quite like the closing of Moonlight’s first act: a simple dialogue sequence in which a taciturn young boy grappling with his sexual identity asks a series of heavy questions to his father figure. It starts off as any run-of-the-mill interaction, but from the moment the word “faggot” comes out of Chiron’s mouth, I was on the edge of my seat.

This quiet exchange between Little and Juan is so intimate and real that I felt bad for intruding on the characters’ privacy. The entire movie is filmed in a way that gives us the experience of walking in their shoes; since we’ve already developed such deep empathy for them, the scene is even more impactful.

Barry Jenkins’ direction and writing serves to show that a sequence doesn’t have to be elaborate to be memorable. The last two and a half minutes of this winning scene contain 11 shots and 11 lines of dialogue. They alone tell us pretty much all we need to know about not only these two characters’ lives, but about the challenges faced by all people in their communities. Rarely in any movie has so much been said with so little.

Lev Akabas is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at la286@cornell.edu.

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One Year After Gravity Falls , I Look Back Fondly

BY DAVID GOULDTHORPE Sun Columnist

On June 15, 2012, I remember watching the premiere for a new Disney cartoon titled Gravity Falls. It was pretty wacky and funny, and had a twist that actually made me raise my eyebrows. But again, it was a Disney cartoon, and after a few episodes I shrugged it off. It was definitely better than anything else on Disney Channel at that time, yet it wasn’t anything special, right?

On February 15, 2016, I remember watching the finale for Gravity Falls. I screamed when the villain neared victory, I cheered for my favorite characters and I cried. Oh boy, did I cry. But it was also a happy cry: the show hadn’t just ended, it had concluded. Alex Hirsch, the showrunner, had chosen to end his show voluntarily while it was at its peak. That means we got closure, so much satisfying closure. But, what did this show do right?

For those not in the know, Gravity Falls revolves around a pair of fraternal twins. The brother, Dipper Pines, tends towards paranoia and suspicion. He is obsessed with both the supernatural and maturing as fast as possible. His sister, Mabel Pines, is a free spirit that showers everyone with love and positivity.

Underneath her happiness, though, she harbors a fear of the future and growing up. The two of them are sent on a summer trip to see their Great-Uncle (or “Grunkle”) Stan, an old man obsessed with money who runs a tourist trap out in the middle of the sleepy woodland town of Gravity Falls. It’s a dull time… until Dipper discovers a mysterious journal hidden within a secret compartment in the forest. Its pages are filled with unusual things that happen in Gravity Falls, and the twins soon find themselves wrapped up in a series of bizarre encounters that end up coming together in a mystery bigger than anything they imagined. This setup could have easily been used for cheap gimmicks, a “monster of the week” kind of deal, and at first it may feel like that. However, the show sets itself apart through its execution, which I’ll tackle bit by bit.

I want to start with the show’s tone, which can be summed up in a single word: weird. Gravity Falls mixes together the best of science fiction and fantasy with a pinch of outright bizarreness. Have you ever wondered what a multi-bear would look like? Or a centaurtaur? No, that isn’t a typo there. It just goes to show all the mad things that exist in this town. You’ll see gnomes and time travelers; ghosts and insane AIs; not to mention government cover-ups, demons, and child psychopaths. There’s no such thing as a boring episode of Gravity Falls! Mixed in with all this fun, though, is also a tinge of horror that gets stronger as the show goes on. One of the most dramatic examples is in an episode where the kids investigate a haunted mansion. They enter a room full of mounted animal heads… and then the heads begin to drip blood from their eyes and mouths, chanting “Ancient sins, ancient sins, ancient sins…”

This is a Disney show, mind you! But, it’s exactly this break with classic Disney tropes that makes Gravity Falls so refresh-

ing. It lampoons High School Musical, it jabs other Disney shows. It even takes an entire episode to mock boy bands in a clear jab at Disney’s record label. Simultaneously, it also takes the time to build a mature story that isn’t afraid to scare its audience, puzzle them and on top of all of that still deliver a fun and enjoyable experience.

This ties into the next two parts of the show I want to highlight: the brilliant plot, and the secrets that permeate every level of the show. One of the biggest mysteries of Gravity Falls revolves around the journal that Dipper finds: who wrote it, and why? It takes thirty episodes to find the answer, and oh boy does it pay off! The brilliance of it all is that the clues are all lined up for you, but they are hidden extraordinarily well. Lines that you believe are jokes are in fact major clues, tiny details

Disney Channel shows, family interactions are filled with snide remarks and rude comments. That’s why it’s so refreshing to see a brother and sister actually care about each other. To be sure, there are some episodes where they have a conflict, and it’s perfectly normal and healthy to have sibling conflicts. For every episode where they butt heads, though, there are four others where they work together to solve an issue facing both of them.

It’s a heartwarming dynamic that builds a strong emotional core, which is necessary for the drama that the show pulls off.

At the same time, their Grunkle Stan forms the third part of a heartfelt triangle. Sure, he may not be a shining example of Disney parenting — a cutaway gag in the second episode reveals that he passed off counterfeiting as a family fun day — but he genuinely cares about the kids. The Pines family and their relationships with each other are the most important part of Gravity Falls, and without it, nothing else would have mattered.

Of course, that isn’t to say there aren’t other characters running around. One of my favorites is Wendy Corduroy, a teenager that Dipper becomes infatuated with. I can hear you now, “Ugh, a romance subplot?” Yes, but it resolves itself in a very unconventional way, which I have to say is also the best possible route they could have taken. Plus, Wendy is her own character outside of being a love interest, which I highly appreciate. There’s Soos, a handyman working for Grunkle Stan that appears to be a lovable oaf, but also looks up to Stan as a father figure for reasons that become clear as the show progresses. Old Man McGucket is the town’s crazy hillbilly, but turns out to be a lot more than he appears.

COURTESY OF DISNEY TELEVISION ANIMATION Even the background characters breathe life into the hint at broader connections, and characters you think are sim- show, and are often the weirdest parts of Gravity Falls. You think ply comic relief turn out to be vital players. There are many the idea of a multi-bear is weird? Try a teenage boy that has an other mysteries that unfold, and I don’t want to spoil anything intimate relationship with his hand puppets. With such a colorfor you. I’ll simply repeat the show’s tagline: “Trust No One.” ful cast, the show brims with delight and drama, and it’s truly Gravity Falls also engaged its audience in the mystery by the human element that makes it work the best. offering codes throughout the episodes and at the end of the I usually don’t write about television series because I don’t credits. These codes started as silly jokes: for example, the sec- watch them often; they take up more screentime, and I barely ond episode ended with one that reads “NEXT WEEK: manage to fit feature-length films into my schedule as it is.

RETURN TO BUTT ISLAND.” Over time, they began to Gravity Falls was something special, though. I’ve been get darker, such as one that translates into “IT STARTED rewatching it with my roommate the past several weeks, WITH BAD DREAMS WHICH BECAME NIGHT- which has really reminded me what the show means to me. It MARES. I WAS FOOLISH, I WANTED ANSWERS, I showcases a gripping story with wonderful characters, who are PAINTED THE SYMBOLS, I SAID THE WORDS: real role models for everyone. Even Grunkle Stan, who can’t WHEN GRAVITY FALLS AND THE EARTH BECOMES go an episode without hoodwinking someone and bending SKY FEAR THE BEAST WITH JUST ONE EYE.” And of the law, is admirable through the way he sacrifices for his course, one very obscure one that showed at the beginning of great-niece and -nephew. Along with Zootopia and Inside Out, every episode, flashed for just a second after the title card, that it’s inspired me to go into animation as a career, and from the translated to “STAN IS NOT WHAT HE SEEMS.” These bottom of my heart, I want to thank the entire crew for delivcodes elevated the show and made it feel so much more real ering an amazing experience. I echo Hirsch’s parting words and gripping. What did they mean? Who were they talking here as a tribute to this amazing show: about? What was going to happen next? It was a brilliant Stay Weird. move, no doubts about it.

I have to say, though, that the single most important key to David Gouldthorpe is a junior in the School of Industrial and Labor Gravity Falls’ success is the characters and the heart brimming Relations. He can be reached at dgouldthorpe@cornellsun.com. in each episode. Take Dipper and Mabel: on so many other Animation Analysis appears online alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Viri Garcia The collective K-Pop fandom is an intense place where Twitter wars, fan art, fan fictions group orders and just about anything you can think of happens. However, each K-Pop group’s fandom will do anything to prove that the group they stan is the best, especially the BTS fan base. BTS is quite possibly the most internationally famous KPop groups. In just 24 hours, their newest music video, “Spring Day,” reached over nine million views on YouTube.

Back in October, BTS left everyone speechless with their dark album Wings, which was based on the book Demian and all about breaking free from a toxic love and learning to love oneself. Since October, their music video for the track “Blood Sweat & Tears” has reached 97 million views and the long-awaited album lived up to its hype, as

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BTS was going to explore darker subjects than the beauty and freedom of youth. They have now made a comeback with You Never Walk Alone, which is a loving message to all their fans and to each other. You Never Walk Alone is an extension of Wings, with just two new tracks, “Spring Day,” “Not Today” and “You Never Walk Alone.” Since their 2015 album The Most Beautiful Moment in Life Part 2, BTS had not really made new music, as their following album, Young Forever, featured previously released songs as well as remixes of them, with only two new tracks, each which reached their usual 109 and 60 million views. Naturally, Wings was going to receive loads of attention and You Never Walk Alone slightly less.

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seven members harmonizing to a moderate beat, making a loving melody. However, as usual, BTS manages to merge a concept from literature — in this case the short story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas — with beautiful melodies and some rap elements, which is probably one of the things that has brought them their fame. The music video is just as beautiful as the song would paint it to be and reveals what could possibly be the true concept of “Spring Day.” The video follows the seven members as they each either travel to an unknown destination or wait for someone. The colors are soft yet vibrant throughout and eventually the seven members come together.

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plays a strong role in the group and this is always evident, but never in their music.

While their 2015 music video “Run” depicted their strong bond, the song’s lyrics did not. Now “Spring Day” has done a beautiful job of demonstrating this and will probably be another of their milestone music videos.

While You Never Walk Alone was an extension of Wings, BTS still managed to break records once more with their two new tracks and music video. Korean streaming sites crashed as soon as the “Spring Day” music video was released and hit number eight on the U.S. iTunes charts, which gives me hope for whatever new music they’re in the process of making.

Viri Garcia is a freshman in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at vg235@cornell.edu

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SPORTS

MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

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By CAITLIN STANTON Sun Staff Writer

Concluding its season with a loss to Brown, the Cornell men’s swimming and diving team is off to the four-day Ivy League Championships hosted by Harvard. The men will be facing off against only six other Ivy League schools in Cambridge to take home the title of Ivy League champion.

Head coach Wes Newman ’09 is no stranger to success in the pool. When he was a member of the men’s swimming team, he helped lead Cornell to an undefeated season in 2007, as well as a third place finish at the Ivy League Championships in 2009. After graduating and coming back as a coach, he guided the Red to two consecutive third place finishes at championships in his first two years.

Now that same atmosphere is coming back again, and Newman is eager for the team to prove itself.

“I think everybody always gets excited for

championships. Tapering down, resting, and just getting ready to swim hopefully your fastest time for the season gets everybody really excited,” the former Cornell swimmer said. “Managing their excitement, keeping their confidence and then focusing on little things that are within their control I think are the main things that we’re trying to [accomplish] going into this meet.”

The Red ended its regular dual-meet season on a less than stellar note, losing to Brown by a score of 103-197. This solidifies the team’s 2016-17 regular season record as 2-6, leaving the Red at sixth in the league.

“We aren't too happy with our ranking at the moment, and I know everyone is itching to get in there and show people that we're better than that,” said senior captain Luke Reisch. “I think we're a better team than we were last year and that should really show at this meet.”

The championship meet spans the course of See M. SWIM page 5

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Cornell’s first over RPI since the 2013 campaign.

Despite past struggles with the Engineers, senior goalie Mitch Gillam is confident in his team, given the way the players have come together throughout the year.

“The team is gelling on and off the ice right now,” he said.

“We’re all just one big group of friends and family, and we love to do everything together — especially play hockey.”

The following night, Cornell will host No. 7/8 Union on what will surely be an emotional senior night.

The Dutchmen (22-8-2, 154-1) sit atop the ECAC at the moment, but depending on Friday night’s results, the tilt with Cornell could be for first place in the league. Union is a strong team all-around — its

senior goaltender Alex Sakellaropoulos compliments the powerhouse group of forwards that have kept this team in the NCAA top ten all year long.

Mike Vecchione and Spencer Foo are both tied for third in the nation in points with 54 apiece, and both have been almost unstoppable night-in and nightout. Cornell was able to handle Foo, limiting him to a single assist, but Vecchione tallied two goals, including one of the shorthanded variety.

Last time, the Red took town the Dutchmen in what was a rather impressive road upset.

Cornell scored three in the first and held on for a 5-3 victory — arguably the biggest and most defining win of the season.

So while Cornell’s not-toodistant fate is already decided with the first-round bye, the team could still potentially move itself up the ECAC totem pole.

Saturday night could also be an

opportunity to play spoiler to a Union squad vying for the top seed, and what better night to accomplish that than the one which honors its veteran seniors.

“It’s been a fast four years, but it’s an exciting time and I think we’ve got a chance to do something special here,” said Gillam, who has started since sophomore year. “So we’ve gotta keep it going into the playoffs and see how far we go.”

“They’ve grown a lot as a group and as individuals over the four years,” Schafer added of his eight-member eldest class. “All of them are having the best year they’ve had since they’ve been here. They’ve been there to help lead the team it’s been great to see them have the success that they deserve.”

Charles Cotton can be reached at ccotton@cornellsun.com. Zach Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun.com.

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the season because in no time it’s going to be you diving into the pool one last time. The senior class was a really special one and we are going to have some big shoes to fill.”

The team will look to fill those big shoes in the coming months as it says a bittersweet goodbye to the class of 2017, but looks forward to welcoming the class of 2021 the coming fall.

while Princeton was followed with 1,024 points. Penn and Brown rounded out the fourth and fifth spots, with 962 and 859 points, respectively.

“We were right on Columbia’s butt the whole time, so it kept us really motivated to make every single race count,” Vitek added. “Although they ended up sneaking ahead “We were right on Columbia’s butt of us in the the whole time, so it kept us really end, everyone was happy motivated to make every with the scare single race count.” we gave them.”

The meet, Kimmy Vitek while intense as any championship, was also highly senti“This is a good place to reset mental for the team, as it was our individual and collective the last time seniors will com- goals,” Gallagher said. “After pete in a Red swimsuit. some down time, we’ll get back “It was really sad watching to work focusing on 2018.” the seniors finish their last swim,” Vitek said. “It makes Mary Barger can be reached at you appreciate every moment of mbarger@cornellsun.com.

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sophomore, junior and senior classes. Everybody knows their role on the team this year.”

Although the team has spent time planning for Colgate, the players remain focused on what

they can control, and less about what the Raiders might throw at them. For both the men’s and women’s programs, this approach has been a year-long practice.

Factors like home ice, rivalries and opponent records have been of little concern for the Red, which prefers to approach every game in the same manner, regardless of the opponent.

“You never know what happens one weekend or another,” Doering said. “Any team can win in this league so it’s really tough to look at one score and see what happened there.”

That being said, Colgate will come to Lynah this weekend — a place where the Raiders have already lost this year — after losing back-to-back games to end the regular season. That is definitely not the type of momentum Colgate was looking for entering the playoffs.

Entering the playoffs, both Cornell and Colgate should be well rested. Colgate, which tends to play fast, will have fresh legs on Friday, which predicts a more offensive-focused battle.

“Colgate tends to bring the offense for sure,” Voorheis said. “It will be fun to play them during a weekend series and it will be interesting to see what the pace of game is like.”

Cornell should be well prepared for whatever Colgate brings this weekend as a balanced team with consistently-solid players on offense and defense.

Playoffs get underway this Friday at 3 p.m. from Lynah.

Troy Bridson can be reached at tbridson@cornellsun.com.

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SPORTS

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SQUASH

Men Finish Eleventh;Women Prep for Nationals

By BENNETT GROSS Sun Staff Writer

After losing nine of its previous 10 matches, as well as the last five entering the CSA National Championship Tournament, the Cornell men’s squash team was facing an uphill battle in order to win the coveted Hoehn Cup. In the first round, the Red, who came into the bracket ranked No. 14, faced Navy and came away victorious. The men only dropped one match to the Midshipmen en route

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No ‘i’ in team | Before both the men and women can look to indidivual championships, team competition finishes up this weekend.

to a second round rematch with Ivy foe Princeton.

“The result against Navy was both great on paper, and also in the way we played,” said junior Jordan Brail. “It created a lot of excitement and hope that we could repeat that performance again when we played Princeton because honestly it was one of the best matches that we played all season.”

In the previous matchup with Princeton just one week prior to nationals, the Tigers defeated the Red in Ithaca by a score of 6-3.

In the national championships, Cornell was not able to avenge its previous loss, dropping a 7-2 decision in the semifinals of the Hoehn Cup, awarded to the best team ranked ninth through 16. Sophomore Perry Hanson and senior Augie Jones were the only two Cornell starters who were able to pick up victories in the defeat.

In the consolation match for 11th, the Red ended its team season with a 6-3 defeat at the hands of George Washington. Just like with Princeton, the Colonials defeated Cornell 5-4 earlier this season.

Against GW, Hanson picked up his third win of the weekend, and senior captain Harry Freeman clinched a victory in the first position in the final collegiate team match of his career. With the loss, Cornell finished 12th in the tournament.

“I was very proud of Freeman, because even though the overall match was decided, he was the last one on court and finished his match nicely to win the last match of his college career,” said head coach David Palmer.

However, Freeman, along with sophomore Andy Muran and potentially senior Augie Jones, will continue their seasons following a week off when they compete in the individual championships from March 3-5.

Whereas the men just ended their team play for the year, the women are training to secure some hardware at nationals this coming weekend.

Despite losing each of its last three matches — all of which came face-to-face with top-four nationally ranked teams — the women’s squash team comes into nationals

ranked seventh, and is facing second-seeded Penn in the first round of the tournament.

“Last time we played Penn, everyone played really well,” said junior Emma Uible. “Even though we lost, everyone

“The girls are very familiar with who they are playing, and they will probably not be as intimidated when they face Penn this time.”

Junior Emma Uible was happy with our performance. We got a great draw, and we have a good chance of beating anyone we will play.”

The Quakers blanked the Red last meeting, 9-0, but Cornell is looking to pull off the upset when the team faces Penn nationals held in Princeton this weekend.

“The girls are very familiar with who they are playing, and they will probably not be as intimidated when they face Penn this time,” Palmer said. “So, for us, [playing Penn before] is definitely an advantage. We will go in, have fun, and ultimately, you never know what can happen.”

The winner of the Cornell-Penn match will face the winner of the Trinity-Stanford match in the semifinals of the tournament. Earlier this year, the Bantams defeated the Red 9-0, and a few weeks later, Stanford topped Cornell 7-2 in New York City.

However, the match against Stanford was played just hours after facing archrival Columbia, so the Red believes that if able to face the Cardinal again, the team would be capable of defeating Stanford with rest.

A week after the team championships, senior Rachel Scherman and junior Michèle Garceau will compete in the individual championships, and Uible and junior Charlotte Knaggs could participate as well.

Action for the women gets underway this Friday at noon.

Bennett Gross can be reached at bgross@cornellsun.com.

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD

Cornell Seeks Redemption at Ivy Heptagonals in NYC

By KAREN PAPAZIAN Sun Contributor

For the final time this indoor season, the men and women’s track and field teams competed in Barton Hall for the Marc Deneault Invitational. This past weekend marked the conclusion of the Red’s recordbreaking indoor regular season as both the women’s and men’s teams now look forward to redemption at the Ivy League Heptagonal

“I’m expecting to see some big things ... you can put me down, I think we are going to win.”

Men’s head coach Adrian Durant Championships this coming weekend.

On Saturday, the Red took to the track to set new records and to prepare for events at Heps. Many athletes used this past weekend to rest and opted out of the invitational in hopes of having exceptional performances at the Armory in New York City.

The men’s team had an overall impressive performance at the invitational this past weekend. In the mile run the Red took four of the top five spots. Senior James Gowans placed first with a 4:02.94 time, followed by senior Mark Tedder and juniors Samuel Chauvin and Michael Wang taking third to fifth, respectively. Junior Jared Failor timed 1000m in the 2:28.48, which granted him first place in the event.

With many players opting to rest during the invitational, others rose to the occasion, and men’s track and field head coach Adrian Durant was extremely pleased with the results of his team this past weekend.

“For the guys who did run, like James Gowans, he broke the Barton Hall record in the mile,” Durant said. “He ran a few seconds faster than he did in Staten Island [last weekend]. One of the other exceptional per-

formances came from Clayton Jeffrey, a freshman hurdler. He ended up running 8.24 in the hurdles.”

The women’s team showed up to the invitational this past weekend with hopes of strengthening its confidence going into the Indoor Heps. With outstanding performances from juniors Taysia Radoslav and Michaela Smith, the Red dominated with 30 top-five event finishes and 16 ECAC qualifiers.

Women’s track and field head coach Rich Bowman was very proud of how his team came together and dominated the competition at this past weekend’s invitational, highlighting his team’s throwing capabilities.

“The throwing events, the shot put and the weight throw, continue to be strong events,” Bowman said. “The four-by-four relay had a season best. One of our captains [Taysia Radoslav] has been injured part of the year, and she’s back running full speed, setting a season best at 500m. She was the meet MVP this week on the track while Michaela Smith was the meet MVP on the field with the shot put.”

Both teams now look forward to the Ivy League Heptagonals this weekend at the Armory in New York City. Both the men’s and women’s teams look for redemption after tough second place outcomes last year.

The men’s team has been working endlessly to redeem itself after going in as the favorite last year, but finishing in second place. Although Princeton is the favorite going into this weekend’s Heps, the Red looks to give the Tigers a run for their money.

“Every meet is an opportunity, and that’s what I emphasize to the guys,” Durant said.

“Every time they get to a competition it’s a new chance to run faster, throw farther, jump higher, jump farther, etc.”

“We need to take care of business on the track,” added senior captain Tobe Attah, a writer for The Sun. “Princeton suffocated us in the 60m, 200m and 400m races last year, and it gave them the momentum they need-

ed to take home the 2016 indoor title.

Getting the job done on the track should inspire hope and success throughout the entire team.”

Although the Red reflected greatly on its performance last year, the team understands that this is a new year and there is a clean slate going into the Heps. Durant expects nothing less than success from his team this weekend.

“As long as [the team] goes to this meet and competes and they don’t psych themselves out and don’t get intimidated it’s

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Back on track | Last year’s finish at Indoor Heps are fueling the teams for this year’s meet.

going to be a fun meet for us,” he said. “I’m expecting to see some big things. Absolutely you can put me down, I think we are going to win.”

The women’s team also looks to outshine the competition this weekend as it also competes in Heps. Bowman has high expectations after a very competitive and rewarding indoor season thus far. He stresses that a full team effort is essential for success, and he believes that his team has always bonded together in support of one another which led to overall success this season. “[The feeling in the clubhouse is] definitely positive,” he said. “The Ivy League conference is the power conference in the east coast. Last year our approach was to low-key it and go in and try to not get too excited. We went in with a really focused approach, trying not to get too far over the top and we almost won the meet last year.

We are going to use the same approach and see how it goes.”

After losing a handful of seniors last season, the team looks to its young players to step up and stand out. Bowman believes in the youth on his team and hopes that their nerves have calmed after competing with other Division I teams throughout the indoor season.

“They’ve been wonderful this year,” Bowman said of his young talent. “They’re a fun group and they work very hard.”

Although the Red placed in second last year, it knows that it is capable of taking home the first place finish this year.

“We want to win,” Bowman continued. “[Our] three great captains stay on [top of the team] at all times and whatever happens we are going to try and set personal bests and season bests and we’ll see where that falls in the end.”

First starting gun shoots off Friday, with competition carrying over into Saturday from the Big Apple.

Karen Papazian can be reached at kp374@cornell.edu.

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MEN’S HOCKEY

Icers to Finish Regular Season With Union,RPI

By CHARLES COTTON and ZACH SILVER Sun Staff Writer and Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The road to Lake Placid just got a little bit easier for the Cornell men’s hockey team. This past weekend, the Red clinched a top-four spot in the conference, and with that, a first-round bye in the ECAC tournament.

Now, with just two games remaining in the regular season, the team will look to improve upon its third place position with contests against RPI and Union at Lynah this weekend.

has had some impressive wins — most notably a 4-0 rout over Harvard back in January.

Averaging just 2.24 goals per game — 55th in the country — RPI has struggled to produce offense on most nights.

Senior forward Riley Bourbonnais now leads the team in scoring with 27 points, and sophomore Evan Tironese is not far behind with 20 assists on the season.

Chase Perry is now the team’s primary goaltender, but

the sophomore has had an up and down year. He gives up 3.32 goals per game with a save percentage of .910.

During the Red’s visit to Troy, freshman defenseman Yanni Kaldis scored the game-winner with just 24.6 seconds left in regulation to give his team the 4-3 victory. RPI is always a tough matchup for the Red, and that win was See M. HOCKEY page 14

“We’re all just one big group of friends and family, and we love to do everything together — especially play hockey.”

Senior Goalie Mitch Gillam “It’s huge to clinch and get a week off and not have a play in a tough first round series,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “But we’ve still got to focus on RPI and then Union with an opportunity to continue to climb up in the standings.”

While Cornell (17-6-4, 12-4-4 ECAC) will wait to begin postseason play, the team welcomes two familiar foes RPI and Union this weekend. First up, the Engineers (7-251, 5-15) come to town for a Friday night affair.

RPI has been in or around the league’s cellar for the better part of the regular season, but has been respectable following the holiday break. The team is 4-6 in its last 10, and

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Grateful for eight | Eight seniors will play in their final regular season game in a Cornell jersey this Saturday when the team hopes to play spoiler against Union at home.

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

Colgate lays on the docket for the Ivy champions

Route to Seventh-Place Finish

Red Opens Playoffs Friday Swimmers Set Records En

By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

Cornell women’s hockey will open up postseason play with a three-game series against Colgate at home this weekend. In two games against Colgate earlier this year, the two teams have split the series, with both games decided by a single goal.

Given a recent slate of close games, the team feels ready to compete in high-pressure situations and is expecting the same tight level of competition heading into this weekend.

“I think the last couple weekends have been postseason-like,” said senior goaltender Paula Voorheis. “We’ve had a lot of close games this season.”

Throughout the year, Cornell has relied on several freshman to play big roles for the

team, including freshman forward Kristin O’Neill, who led the team with 12 goals in the regular season. Freshman blueliner Jaime Bourbonnais has added five goals and 10 assists, while also contributing valuable minutes as a stand-up defender.

But much of Cornell’s young talent has never experienced postseason collegiate hockey. Still, the Red has a lot of depth up and down its roster and the team does not completely rely on any player to carry the workload.

That, the team believes, can carry them far.

“The main thing this year is that we do have so much depth on this team,” said senior forward Kaitlin Doering. “As much as our freshman class is talented, so are our See W. HOCKEY page 14

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Terrible toothpaste | The women finished with one of their best regular season records in recent memory. Now, Colgate stands between the Red and postseason success.

By WESLEY ROGERS Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell women’s swimming and diving team brought its 2016-17 postseason to a close this week at the Ivy League Championships in Providence, held at Brown’s Katherine Moran Aquatics Center. In competitions beginning Wednesday and coming to a close Saturday, the Red took down a number of school records, despite finishing in seventh place overall in the Ancient Eight. “[I was] very satisfied and happy for the women on the team,” said head coach Pat Gallagher. “We certainly weren’t perfect, but overall we performed at our highest level all year and that is what we planned for.”

Over the four days of competition in Providence, the Red saw record-breaking performances and podium-finishes in a wide range of events.

Senior Currie Murch-Elliot lowered her own personal best time in the 1,650 freestyle to 16:45.17, the second-fastest time in school history, placing eighth overall in the event.

Senior Cari Stankaitis broke Cornell’s record in the 50 freestyle with a prelim time of 22.84 seconds, giving her an eighth place overall finish.

Stankaitis also finished eighth in the 100 freestyle, with a prelim time of 50.14, which lowered her own secondbest all-time performance at Cornell by 0.01 second.

The team of Stankaitis, Ellie Belilos, Sarah Baturka and Helen Hsu together crushed the former school record in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of

3:23.13. The former record of 3:23.72 had stood since 2014.

Junior Tessa Wilson and sophomore Helen Hsu each broke the former school record in the 200 backstroke.

Wilson claimed the new record with a time of 2:00.22.

“I think the team was overall pretty happy with our performance,” said sophomore Kimmy Vitek. “I think what was different about this year was

“The senior class was a really special one, and we are going to have some big shoes to fill.”

Sophomore Kimmy Vitek that we started the meet really strong rather than taking a day to get into the swing of it. We had some really fast swims right off the bat that got us in the swing of things and set the tone for the meet.

Columbia claimed sixth place at Ivies with a score of 683.5, while Cornell followed closely behind with 653 points. Dartmouth took last with 358 points, and Yale cinched the title with an impressive 1,681 points, majorly upsetting the Harvard-Princeton forces that have claimed the title for the past four years. Harvard took the runner-up spot with 1,590.5 points, while See W. SWIM page 14