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Prof: Union Is Gingrich Outlines Trump’s Rise Former speaker praises C.U.students after uninterrupted lecture ‘Existential Risk’ To Grad Program

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun City Editor

Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke to hundreds at Cornell on Wednesday evening in Call Auditorium, where he attempted to explain Donald Trump’s rise, expressed surprise at the non-combative audience and called the president’s hands “huge.”

Hosted by C o r n e l l “[Trump’s] hands are huge University College Republi... I can tell you, whatever cans, the former you think, it’s all huge.” representative from Georgia Newt Gingrich was widely expected to be heckled and disrupted by students as Rick Santorum was in November.

Cornell Police said there were no incidents at the lecture, which 600 attended, and the most testy exchange was when Gingrich, during a question and answer session, asked a questioner why she believed that Trump is not promoting women’s rights.

“Grab her by the pussy,” an audience member responded, referring to Trump’s comments to Billy Bush in 2005.

In response to a follow-up question about the “degrading comments [Trump] has made about women throughout his life,” Gingrich said the audience members’ description sounded “a lot like Bill Clinton.”

“The modern younger generation, you’re much more sensitive and ... all the males in this room would never speak

disrespectfully to women, but in older generations that happened,” he said. “I don’t know of any evidence of the Donald John Trump who is president of the United States that he is anti-female.”

Gingrich’s lecture, sprinkled with plugs for his forthcoming book, Understanding Trump, focused on how Trump operates and what the former speaker said was a disconnect between “liberal elites” and Trump voters.

He referred to what author Charles Murray calls “super zip codes” — clusters of residents who rank in the top 5 percent for income and education.

“The Apprentice was a popular television [show],” Gingrich said, trying to explain the misunderstanding between rich, highly-educated Americans and others. “For four years, it was the No. 1 show, but it wasn’t on PBS, so if you lived in a super zip code, you had never seen it.”

The former speaker also explicitly disagreed with the Trump administration over research funding and spoke extensively about unfair See GINGRICH page 5

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Understanding Trump | Gingrich, at Cornell, split with Trump on some policies, but praised the president’s demeanor.

By ANNA DELWICHE Sun News Editor

Prof. David Collum ’77, chair of the chemistry department, is under fire from Cornell Graduate Students United after sending an email filled with anti-union rhetoric. The email was allegedly sent “I believe it will only to faculty members, however recipients were be a disaster in blind-copied. the long run if With the election just unionization days away, CGSU memoccurs — an bers said they were “appalled” to see a faculty existential risk to member “blatantly Cornell’s graduate expressing anti-union program.” views,” said Vera Khovanskava, grad,a Prof. David CGSU member.

Collum ’77 Not only was the email shocking for its antiunion sentiments, but CGSU members felt that Collum seemed to encourage violation of the contract negotiated between CGSU and the University, according to Michaela Brangan grad, administrative liaison for CGSU. The ramifications of this email are to be determined.

In part, given the confusion surrounding the recipients of the email, members of CGSU See EMAIL page 5

Nearly100 Express Solidarity With Transgender Women at Vigil

By MEG GORDON Sun Staff Writer

Nearly 100 students, faculty members and Ithaca residents attended a vigil on Ho Plaza this Wednesday to honor the lives and memories of transgender women who lost their lives this year.

Chyna Gibson, JoJo Striker, KeKe Collier, Jaquarrias Holland, Ciara McElveen, Mesha Caldwell, Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow and others — “lost their lives at the intersections of racialized, gendered and antiqueer violence,” according to the event’s Facebook page.

The vigil’s organizers — Black Students United, Haven, TANGO and Mosaic — came together “not only mourn, but to begin an ongoing conversation about ways to actively

advocate for and support members of our communities affected by these multiple forms of oppression,” said the Facebook page.

The event began with live music from Cornell Jazz Voices. Participants formed a circle in front of Willard Straight Hall, holding candles and calling out the names of the fallen women.

“We are here today because so far in 2017 at least seven trans women have been murdered in acts of racialized, gendered and anti-queer violence,” said Haven President Ashton Cooper ’18. “We are not here to feel bad. We are here in solidarity. We will not sit in silence and we will not normalize these acts.”

Alfie Rayner ’18, marketing and publicity chair of Haven and member of

TANGO, added that the trans movement would not exist without trans women of color and warned against the dangers of marginalization as far back as the 1960s.

Students from the Black Students United read the names of the victims, followed by a moment of silence. The floor was then opened to anyone interested

in speaking.

“We are your comrades, and you have our love and support,” said Prof. Russell Rickford, history, who spoke on behalf of Black Lives Matter Ithaca.

“The national Black Lives Matter movement was founded by queer women,” he added. “LGBTQ folks represent the forefront of

this fight for racial justice and human rights. We recognize special perils by recognizing vulnerable members of the community. We gather here tonight to recognize their struggle.”

A collection was taken up to be given to an organization directly focused on the needs of the trans community.

Rickford stressed the

importance of agency in such a troubling time.

“We are here to represent our pride, our resilience and our sense of self-worth,” he said. “We are fighting a battle larger than society. And we are doing so in love and solidarity.”

Meg Gordon can be reached at mgordon@cornellsun.com.

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A moment of mourning | Students open a dialogue on the lives of transgender women at a vigil on Ho plaza yesterday.

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COLA Members Lead Banner Protest for Action Against Nike

Protest marks over a year of COLA action against Nike

By CELINE CHOO Sun Staff Writer

Cornell Organization for Labor Action led a banner protest in front of Day Hall demanding that President Hunter Rawlings take decisive action against Nike’s violation of labor rights on Wednesday.

Two years ago, Nike refused to allow the independent monitoring of their factories by the Workers Rights Consortium. To date, Nike has still not made proper changes, according to COLA. “We are here to ask Cornell to cut our contract with Nike or get a written agreement that Nike will allow unmediated, unequivocal access to all of the factories whenever it is required,” said Allison Considine ’17.

Sophorn Yang, the Cambodian Trade Union leader and President of the Cambodian Alliance “We think that Nike is of Trade Unions, exploiting the collegiality joined COLA in their banner protest. of our relationship to Yang attested to the further their interests.” first-hand experience with labor abuse and Allison Considine ’17 working violations done by Nike and expressed support and gratitude to COLA for their efforts.

It has been over a year since COLA has been pushing for direct action against Nike’s violations. Though there has been cooperative conversation between COLA and the administration regarding Nike’s contracts with the University, the student organization expressed the need

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No more Nike | The Cornell Organization for Labor Action and the Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions gathered in front of Day Hall to urge Interim President Hunter Rawlings III to cut ties with Nike over workers’ rights violations. for immediate action.

“We think that Nike is exploiting the collegiality of our relationship to further their interests,” Considine said to Joel Malina, the vice president for University Relations.

Malina promised a response “as soon as possible,” and noted that the last time the administration received a letter from COLA around a year ago, they “immediately began working on this” and promised the same with COLA’s most recent letter.

“I feel like having Sophorn here and showing the administration that this is someone who is affected by all of these delays and by the bureaucracy not wanting to cut this contract is definitely a step towards success,” said ILR student Nicole Oliveira ’20.

According to Oliveira, the administration had been waiting to make sure of Nike’s violation in order to cut their contract with Nike. They claimed that there was “not

enough evidence” to make a decision.

“You’re not going to get any more evidence than presenting them with someone — a living, breathing person who has lived through the abuse,” Oliveira said.

Over the past year, COLA has been conducting “teachins,” educational events spreading awareness about the mission and objectives of COLA, several letter drops, and meetings with the licensing oversight committee — the committee responsible for managing licensing agreements between companies and Cornell.

“For a school that has one of the best labor schools in the country and has pioneered cutting lots of these contracts before, what is it about Nike that’s been taking so long?” Oliveira asked.

Celine Choo can be reached at cchoo@cornellsun.com.

Students to Present in D.C. on Climate Change Youngest NYPD Chaplain

By ANDREW YOUNG Sun Staff Writer

When Prof. Michael Hoffman, executive director for the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions, visited Vietnam for the first time in 47 years last March, little did he know that it would spark the origins of a service-learning interdisciplinary course and inspire 10 students to develop an interest in Vietnamese culture and climate change in the Mekong Delta.

The course was organized

by Hoffman’s work with Prof. Thuy Tranviet, Asian studies, an expert on the region.

“Thanks to [Tranviet’s] incredibly hard work, the course and especially the trip to the Mekong, became a reality,” Hoffman said.

Tranviet pursued a travel grant and, by working through the “Internationalizing the Cornell Curriculum” program, she created the course in which Hoffman and his students would eventually partake.

Hoffman and Tranviet chose to focus their servicelearning course on Vietnam — and particularly the Mekong Delta — because of its rich culture and the fact that “it is in the bullseye of climate change,” according to Hoffman.

The course was separated into three parts, spanning over the fall, winter and spring semester of this year.

For seven weeks in the fall semester, students met with Hoffman and Tranviet to learn about Vietnamese culture and the detriments of

“[Climate change] is very climate change in the Mekong Delta. Then, the much a real problem that has class traveled to Vietnam and already had dire impacts on a participated in service learn- country that does not have ing for two weeks over win- the resources to defend itself — it is time to start taking it ter break.

In the seven week spring seriously,” Fralick said.

This interdisciplinary goal course, students reflected on their time abroad and devel- of students immersing themoped plans to advocate for selves in the culture while climate change action in learning about climate Washington D.C., where change was important to they plan to use their experi- both Hoffman and Tranviet.

“To me, that is the true ences in Vietnam to advocate for climate justice. The stu- service-learning component dents will be travelling to “It is hard to capture in words just how D.C. this meaningful the trip was without being weekend incredibly cliché.” to meet local repJeff Fralick ’18 resentatives to recount their experiences in of the course. They have the Vietnam and to also see how opportunity to not only President Donald Trump’s serve the Vietnamese people policies may impact climate by telling their stories, but also, by telling their stories, change policy.

For Jeff Fralick ’18, the they may in some small way Vietnam experience not only affect the policy makers in armed them with evidence this country,” said Hoffman.

Tranviet explained that for climate change, but also gave them an invaluable cul- incorporating an “international piece in the courses tural experience. “[Vietnam] was a perfect that we teach” is invaluable opportunity to explore a new for students.

“My hope is to inspire culture and a new area of the them, to give them an interworld,” Fralick said.

Becky Cardinali ’19 national experience,” she agreed, saying that she went added Reflecting on what was on the trip for the educationmost meaningful during the al experience.

“I wanted to have a mean- trip, Fralick said, “It is hard ingful, culturally immersive to capture in words just how experience abroad where I meaningful the trip was could learn about real issues without being incredibly cliché, but the trip was truly firsthand,” she said.

According to Fralick, his a once in a lifetime experiappreciation for Vietnamese ence.” culture and interest in climate change developed over Andrew Young can be reached the trip. ayoung@cornellsun.com.

Battles Racial Stereotyping

By CHLOE RIPPE Sun Staff Writer

“In order for battles to be won, battles have to take place,” said Imam Khalid Latif about those who remain “passive” in the fight for equality. This was the cornerstone of Latif’s lecture hosted by the Cornell Muslim Educational and Cultural Association on Wednesday.

The lecture, which addressed the prevalence of stereotyping against Muslims, was hosted in commemoration of Islamic Awareness Week.

Latif serves as chaplain for the Islamic Center at New York University and is the youngest chaplain to be appointed for the New York City Police Department.

His advocacy for co-existence and leadership in New York City and communities throughout the United States, Europe and Egypt have brought him recognition from various media outlets and several academic institutions.

He began his lecture by recounting his experience meeting Pope Francis, praising the Pope’s decision to “go off script” in a sermon at St. Patrick’s Cathedral to express sympathy for the “700 Muslims who had died on the pilgrimage to the Hajj in Mecca” in the aftermath of the 2015 incident.

He then recounted his personal experience of being racially targeted by the Secret Service at a 9/11 memorial ceremony which he attended when he was a police inspector.

“They questioned not only my presence at the event, but my emotional connection and validity,” he said. “Hundreds of eyes were watching and no one said anything, until a mother of someone

who had died in 9/11 told them, ‘What you are doing is more dishonoring than anything else.’”

Latif began a broader discussion of the importance of using “privilege” to assist disadvantaged and marginalized members of society.

“Think about that mother who leveraged her power and privilege to serve someone underprivileged because it was the right thing to do,” he said.

Latif continued, saying that the “perpetuation of biased mindsets” is “not only the fault of those who are driven by their own self interests,” but also of those who remain “passive.”

This segregation of people along ethnic and cultural lines, he said, among other divisive factors, further contributes to stereotyping and marginalization.

“People consumed in their own self interests cast fear and build narratives of people different than themselves,” he said. “For example, people find out what Muslims are like not by being with them, but by buying into what people say in the media.”

“We need to recognize that antiminority sentiment has its roots in structure, and the biggest challenges in this country have been and continue to be race and class,” he added.

Latif finished with a message for Muslims to “speak out against iniquitous policies” and to interact with people of diverse backgrounds.

“If we came together and collaborated with brothers and sisters of other communities, everyone would find themselves in a place stronger than they would have believed,” he said.

Chloe Rippe can be reached at crippe@cornellsun.com.

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are uncertain if Collum’s email directly violates the Code of Conduct established in a contract between the University and the union or not.

Potential Contract Violation

Collum sent the email to an unknown group of presumed faculty members. Although the emails forwarded to CGSU members had its recipients blind-copied, Collum said that he intended to address his faculty colleagues in warning them of the “risk” that unionization poses for Cornell.

“Although we must be circumspect in communications with students, I can be brutally blunt with you: I believe it will be a disaster in the long run if unionization occurs — an existential risk to Cornell's graduate program,” the email read.

Collum told the The Sun that his email was meant for faculty only and that the email recipients were directors of graduate studies, chairs and department heads — a total of two to three hundred people.

“It was not my intention of having it distributed to students in a — what I would call with respect to the union — a propaganda sort of way,” Collum told The Sun. I was talking to my colleagues.

I had no doubt the union would get it, yes. But trying to convert union-members to non-union voters, that’s a fool’s game.”

According to Brangan, this email could potentially encourage faculty to violate the code of conduct negotiated in May 2016 between CGSU and the University regarding the code of conduct in communications between faculty members and students. “[The email] is clearly trying to encourage faculty to have personal coercive conversations with grads. In that, it says ‘every last one,’” Brangan said. “How would a faculty member be able to get every last one of the graduate students that are working for them or are otherwise connected to them to vote unless coercively?”

However, Brangan believes that many faculty would shy away from what Collum seems to encourage.

“I think that most faculty know that this is wrong. They know that what Dave Collum is trying to get them to do is to break the agreement and to interfere in grads’ choice to unionize. Because while the language is ‘get out the vote,’ it’s still interfering in grads’ choice to unionize because grads are adults,” she said. “They don’t need coordination by another adult to get themselves to the polls.”

For this reason, the union has referred this matter to an arbitrator in the American Arbitration Association, according to Brangan.

It will then be at the discretion of the arbitrator in conducting an investigation if further action should occur.

If there was a violation, it would come from Section C of the contract, regarding faculty and administration, which specifically prohibits activity by faculty members that could threaten the ability of graduate students to freely participate in the unionization recognition election.

The contract stipulates that “administrators, faculty or principal investigators shall be prohibited from threatening, promising a benefit or interrogating Graduate Assistants.”

Administrators, faculty and principal investigators are also instructed not to “engage in expression that would prevent graduate students’ ability to freely associate with the Union, engage in protected concerted activity, obtain accurate information or freely choose union representation,” the contract reads.

To read the rest of the story, please go to cornellsun.com.

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

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prison sentences stemming from racist policies.

“I am totally opposed to their cuts to the NIH and the National Science Foundation,” he said, using an acronym for the National Institutes of Health.

Responding to a question, Gingrich said he was not concerned with private prison corporations but does advocate strongly for criminal justice reform.

“I would not agree with maintaining the current [mandatory sentences],” he said. “We made, I think, a major mistake in that we treated crack cocaine different than other cocaine, and that clearly had an unintended and dramatic effect on the black community.”

Describing Trump’s strategy during the Republican primaries and in the general election, Gingrich said Trump is like the grizzly bear in the movie, The Revenant, and was able to dominate the media and use demeaning monikers to help defeat his opponents.

“Trump doesn’t attack you, he brands you,” Gingrich said. “His first victim is Jeb [Bush] because Jeb is the most dangerous, and Jeb becomes ‘low energy Jeb.’” “This is a work of art,” the former speaker continued. “He’s not attacking Jeb, he’s just [saying], ‘he’s a low-energy guy. I feel kind of sad for him.’”

Gingrich, who served as the 50th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999, also weighed in on the debate over the size of Trump’s hands and edged near discussing the size of additional body parts.

“His hands are huge,” Gingrich said of Trump.

“We’re not getting anywhere beyond that, but I can tell you, whatever you think, it’s all huge.”

While no one protested inside of the venue, a handful of protesters — some affiliated with Cornell’s Young Democratic Socialists chapter — bundled up in warm coats and held signs outside of the auditorium in protest of Gingrich.

“Newt Gingrich’s policies and his statements ...

are not okay just because he’s an establishment Republican and not what some see as the far-right or the alt-right,” said YDS Co-chair Alanna Salwen ’19. “His policies of dismantling welfare have demonized the poor ... and now he’s aiming to repeal the [Affordable Care Act].”

Another protester, Daniel Zimmerman ’18, said Gingrich “absolutely should be allowed to speak,” but that it was also important to protest the former speaker’s legislative decisions.

“Everybody has a First Amendment right to speak, but we also have the right to recognize that this man has done horrendously terrible things for our country and has put a lot of people’s welfare and health at risk,” Zimmerman said, adding that he was speaking for himself and not YDS. At least a dozen Cornell Police officers monitored the event and said there were no incidents.

Cornell paid for 90 percent of the security costs associated with the event in a shift from its previous policy of charging the hosting organization, The Sun previously reported.

Gingrich wrapped up his lecture by saying he had expected a rowdy crowd and was pleasantly surprised by Cornellians’ response to his lecture.

“I came here tonight a little more concerned than usual and I cannot tell you how delighted I am with the attitude and the tone and the willingness to really talk about and share ideas,” he said.

“I am going to tweet about how great the students at Cornell are.”

Keeping his promise, Gingrich fired off two tweets late on Wednesday night, praising Cornell Republicans Chair Olivia Corn ’19 — whom author Ann Coulter ‘84 insulted on Twitter earlier in the week — and saying he had a “Great dialogue on issues” with Cornell students.

“Olivia Corn did a great job tonight as president of the Cornell College Republicans when i spoke at Cornell. She is very impressive,” he said, adding: “Cornell students were very open and interested during my talk tonight.”

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

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Vote‘yes’ for fairness,respect and democracy To the Editor: As we move toward our union recognition election next week, we would like to tell you why we — 5 active members of CGSU — are proudly voting “yes.” The reason is simply this: CGSU creates a structure to uphold the values most central to our University’s mission for ourselves and future graduate workers. Fairness, respect and democracy.

Fairness: Our Grad Union creates structures which will enable us to leverage our collective power to bargain for fair work and labor conditions protected by a legally binding contract. We’re not making unreasonable requests, we’re aiming to negotiate for basic labor protections and commonsense reforms which will enable us to do our jobs better.

For instance, basic Cornell health insurance for a spouse and two children costs approximately $8000 annually — well out of reach given the majority of our salaries are less than $30,000 per year. Our dental plan is advertised with pictures of smiling grads with perfect teeth — and yet for the $278 annual premium, the maximum annual benefit is capped at total cost of $750 meaning that the actual cost of major dental procedures such as root canals or wisdom tooth extraction (ranging in the thousands of dollars) is completely outside the scope of coverage. This situation persists in spite of years of GPSA advocacy for better dental coverage. All other Cornell employees have access to much better. New York Workers Compensation coverage only applies under a narrow range of circumstances and covers only the state-mandated minimum level of benefits. Medical Leave benefits, provided to all other workers at Cornell, remain unavailable to graduate workers. CGSU can use our collective leverage to create a fair system of work and employment conditions in order fix these problems. We can’t promise everything all at once, but we can promise this: voting “yes” creates a structure that will enable us to work toward addressing the major issues that have not been resolved through our current systems of governance.

Respect: In addition to allowing us to negotiate the conditions of our employment, our union also enables us to create a community organization that respects the work we do. CGSU strives to create an inclusive union which brings marginalized groups to the forefront. Our success as a union is bound up in our support for one another — which is why a union contract is our goal. A contract presents a way to bring the needs of all graduate employees into the discussion, so that we can address them in unified negotiations with management and have them codified in practice. Regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, national origin or immigration status, your voice will be heard. In addition, our union can bargain for an effective grievance procedure that respects graduate work. Currently, in spite of recent reforms, the grievance policy still allows the Provost to retain final authority on any grievance. A legally recognized union will be able to bargain for a contract that includes a grievance procedure that is binding and independent from Cornell administration. We’re grateful for the respect and public endorsements we’ve received recently from ILR Faculty and the Mayor of Ithaca, though disappointed by the administration's continued attempts to fight against our rights as workers. A vote “yes” for our grad union is a vote for respect of our academic labor and respect for all graduate workers in today’s uncertain political environment.

Democracy: We’re voting “yes” because we’re building a system of governance where all of us have the power to shape the conditions of our work and employment. In our political system, we’re reminded every day of the dangers posed by abuses of executive power. CGSU is a truly member-driven organization. We’ve embodied this core value in every step of creating our Grad Union to date: from creating our constitution, our democratic vote to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers as opposed to other national unions, and now in our union recognition election. We will continue to embody this value as we move forward with creating our negotiating committee to bargain with the University for fair wages and benefits (see more on our web site). We chose AFT because of their respect for our local autonomy, formalized in our constitution and bylaws. We are proud of the successful partnership we’ve formed with AFT, grateful for their unwavering commitment to standing up for our rights as graduate workers, and appreciative of the tireless organizing support they have provided as we move toward a union recognition election. We work in solidarity with the AFT as we strive to create a legally-recognized and democratically-run, independent local union of Cornell grads.

Voting “yes” for our graduate union is a vote for a more democratic and inclusive Cornell.

We’ve started an organization from scratch with our passion for fairness, respect and democracy. And now we’re inviting you to join us and make it official. Our choice is clear. Let’s take this bold step forward when we go to the polls next week.

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hen President Obama was inaugurated in January 2009, Americans across the country hailed the beginning of a “post-racial” era.

After centuries of subjugation, pain and disenfranchisement, Americans of color looked to President Obama’s election as a symbol of political progress and the culmination of a future unimaginable even a few decades before. However, the realities of race in America have been a far cry from the glimmering portrait of “HOPE” and “CHANGE” that the Obama administration was supposed to bring. If anything, the waves of habitual police brutality against young black males has shined a glaring spotlight on the irony of having a black man in office — Obama’s presidency seems more and more like a mere token obscuring the reopening of historical scars.

The intense focus on the color of Obama’s skin helped perpetuate the notion that America now lived in an era of “colorblindness.” The continued stigmatization

is founded on political and economic exploitation fully understood only through the lens of history. After World War II, the United States experienced a surge of wealth unparalleled in its history; the Allies’ victory over the Axis powers, the unscathed state of North America and the economic boom from war production all contributed to a higher quality of living and general prosperity. The 50’s ushered in a new age of the consumer revolution and the rise of the middle class — we remember this era from idyllic photographs of the nuclear family with their televisions and suburban homes.

However, all of this growth was concentrated in white households, while median household income of black families stagnated. There were several reasons for this — one was the political barriers of Jim Crow, which was an egregious move by white legislators to actively diminish the political and economic power of Americans of color. African-Americans faced not only the insult of Jim Crow policy, but also

We must fundamentally question economic and political institutions and confront the dark legacy of our past to speak out and reinvent a structurally broken system that continues to systematically disenfranchise people based on wealth, race and gender. of the discussion of racism and any overt racial animosity also stifles the conversation of the structural issues that concern Americans of color. Masquerading under a pernicious guise of race-neutral rhetoric and diction, this new era of color-blindness has been a catalyst for profound reinvention in the public behavior of white America. However, it has failed miserably to promise the same equality in the economic, social or political spheres to the most historically deprived parts of the American racial hierarchy. Not only is it a superficial and empty promise for equality, but it also serves to delude Americans from the fact that Jim Crow continues to this day to exploit and oppress those of color.

When looking at the systemic disadvantages against minorities, the first terms that come to mind are structural racism and racial capitalism — the material inequalities that arise out of the institutional realities of capitalism. Specifically, racial capitalism looks at inequalities that span racial barriers, as well as capitalism’s tendency to marginalize people of color. In order to assume racial capitalism is real, we must first acknowledge that capitalism itself is fundamentally a system that creates wealth while disenfranchising those who are the bottom of the hierarchy. At its heart, capitalism is a system of inequality masquerading under the noble pretenses of “competition” or the “free market.” And within this framework, there is a subtle, almost invisible mechanism that actively looks to persecute the non-white — while these mechanisms were much more transparent several decades ago, they have evolved over time to become an injurious and predatory system that seeks to subvert efforts of racial and economic equity. The data is irrefutable — while white households have seen their wealth rise exponentially over the last several decades, the same cannot be said about their Hispanic or African-American counterparts.

Furthermore, we must look at racism not as a series of interpersonal violations, but a structural system of disadvantage that

attacks from white landlords and employers against black residents and employees.

White flight also contributed to a systemic cycle of poverty in inner-city neighborhoods. After the Great Migration, affluent, white homeowners escaped the growing number of black neighbors into the suburbs, which saw economic growth and wealth leave these neighborhoods. As a result, standards of education, decent access to health care and living conditions in these disadvantaged neighborhoods substantially decreased, and its lingering implications are still very much seen and felt today.

American politics is governed today by personality over policy. Even President Trump was cognizant enough to remind voters on Twitter that he “loves Hispanics” on Cinco de Mayo. After all, posing with the best taco bowls made at Trump Tower Grill makes for better conversation than calling Mexicans “drug dealers, criminals and rapists.” Though liberals bemoan the neoconservative grasp on Washington, it is in times like these we can rally around bigotry to provoke meaningful, progressive change. With an unabashedly abrasive president, the national dialogue has shifted towards an analysis of how “presidential” his rhetoric is or what nonsensical thought he posts on Twitter every morning. At times, we may even discuss isolated instances of racism within the Trump administration. However, we must fundamentally question economic and political institutions and confront the dark legacy of our past to speak out and reinvent a structurally broken system that continues to systematically disenfranchise people based on wealth, race and gender. It is a problem around which the government and the American people may be reluctant to mobilize — however, it can only be remedied with their help.

Jason Jeong is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. Jeongo Unchained appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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Don’t Cut Aid ILR alumnus supports union Based on Bad Accounting To the Editor:

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he Cornell Board of Trustees meets in Ithaca today. If recent Sun reporting is correct, one of the topics discussed will be whether to reduce financial aid. A similar decision was made in 2012 when I was the undergraduate student trustee — I implore my former colleagues and friends to avoid repeating that mistake.

First, some definitions. “Need aware” schools consider an applicant’s ability to pay as part of the admission process; they may accept a rich “A-“ student over a poor “A+” pupil. By contrast, “need blind” universities pursue a meritocracy in the admission process, considering only the quality of each application.

Cornell is currently need blind, but the university plans to become need-aware this year for the 10 percent of undergraduate students that are international. If recent Sun reports are correct, the administration is considering extending this discrimination to transfer students as well. (Caveat: while I was once a trustee, I no longer have access to internal documents such as current financial projections or trustee agendas, and am basing this column entirely on publicly available figures.)

Why would a university sporting the motto of “Any person, any study” turn its back on transfer or international persons in need? In this case, largely because of bad accounting.

The stated justification for scaling back financial aid is that the costs are increasing exponentially and will quickly become unsustainable. Yet the main driver of financial aid “cost” is tuition. If tuition increases, more new applicants end up needing aid, and those already on campus need more help. Because 50 percent of the Cornell campus is on financial aid, Cornell has to raise tuition two dollars to increase revenue by one .

Thus, the massive growth in financial aid “costs” is actually a growth in revenue combined with an expansion of financial aid to more students — two positive aspects somehow pitched as a negative.

The important number for the university’s financial stability is actually the percent growth of net revenue; tuition minus financial aid. In other words, how much money does Cornell get from tuition after it pays out financial aid. If net tuition revenue is not growing as fast as costs, the university will eventually have to make some cuts to spending or find ways to increase revenue.

However, it turns out that net tuition is actually growing more rapidly than costs are: the budget projected an estimated six percent growth this year; faster than the university’s expenses as a whole (4.8 percent) and its largest expense, faculty wages (5.7 percent). There is no financial aid crisis, and no reason to scale back our commitment to “Any person, any study.”

Of course, even without a financial need, one could still argue that Cornell should not spend so much on financial aid; there are other priorities the university could fund instead. Yet, imagine how that proposal would be received if the university were instead discriminating against any other group? Picture the headline: “Cornell will start discriminating against black students to save money.” Or “Cornell will start discriminating against LGBTQ students to save money.” If we cannot fathom those scenarios, then why are we considering discriminating against students from working-class backgrounds?

Further, those hypothetical cases might mirror reality. Cornell financial aid includes a program called “preferential packages;” targeted aid meant to boost enrollment for underrepresented groups. Cuts in these programs could devastate the yield from certain underrepresented minorities, meaning Cornell would be literally reducing its racial diversity in order to save money.

If the Board ends up discussing cuts to financial aid today, I implore the trustees to ask three questions: What is the five-year projection for net tuition revenue, and how does this compare to the projection for faculty salaries and wages?

What is the yield rate for URM those who receive preferential package, and how does it compare to the yield rate for URM who do not receive them?

Of all the ways to reduce costs, why make another cut to financial aid, when it has already been reduced at least twice in the past five years? In other words, when will we have cut financial aid “enough”?

Having been a trustee, I know how difficult some of these tradeoffs can be, and I have no doubt that those working on these proposals have the best interests of Cornell in mind. But our commitment to financial aid, and the diversity which it enables, is one of the reasons Cornell is such a special university. Cornell’s 12th president, David Skorton, once said, “Cornell is the original opportunity university, and we still carry forward our founder’s vision of inclusion. We are proud of this commitment to access and to the diversity within our student body it fosters.”

Misleading accounting is not a good enough reason to deviate from that vision.

Alex Bores ’13 served as undergraduate student-elected trustee from 2011 to 2013. He can be reached at abores@palantir.com. Guest Room runs periodically throughout the semester.

I am writing to express my strong support for Cornell’s graduate students who are organizing a union to win a better voice on the job. I am an ILR alumnus from the class of 1992, and am a labor economist for a public sector union. My career has stood for the proposition that workers should have a voice in the jobs they do and that organizing unions is the best way to promote dignity and respect in the workplace.

It was as a Cornell undergraduate that I began to build my future, and my graduate teaching assistants were indispensable to my time there. I remember inspiring and hard-working T.A.’s in labor history, organizational behavior, English literature, and many other courses. They provided top-quality instruction and intellectual stimulation, and my career would not have been possible without their work.

I was heartened to hear that the graduate employees are forming their union, because they deserve a real voice in their lives as they contribute to the success of Cornell and its students. I was disappointed to discover that the administration has been expressing opposition to unionization rather than letting graduate employees make this choice on their own. Other alumni have also expressed concern. It would help restore my confidence in Cornell if the administration respected the judgment of graduate workers.

Cornell graduate workers, I am proud of the steps you are taking to stand up for yourselves. You and I have the best interests of the university in mind. I wish you success as you approach your union election.

Gary Storrs ’92

On CGSU balloting To the Editor: Absentee ballots really should be allowed for individuals who are traveling during the election but who would be part of a collective bargaining agreement if the measure carries. Restricting polling places and absentee ballot access is a classic tactic used by electioneers to disenfranchise particular constituencies. CGSU's stated purpose in doing so is to reduce "intimidation and coercion." Of course there is always a risk of voter fraud with absentee ballots, but by democratic custom we assess the injustice of disenfranchisement greater than the risk of fraud. If elections for public office can assume the risks in the interest of free access to the ballot, then there seems there could be no legitimate reason that a union election should be any different. CGSU's statement on this subject, issued February 24 is weak.

Matthew J. Hall grad

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Toeing the Party Line

t’s not hard to find ways in which the Trump presidency is challenging the notion of a “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” Only a few months into the presidency and already the Affordable Care Act is on the chopping block, the Spanish version of the White House website along with pages devoted to LGBTQ+ rights and climate change (Chinese hoaxes, right?) have been removed, and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is alleged to be yet another part of the Trump team with Russian ties. Meanwhile, Melania Trump has been dragging her designer shoe-clad feet wasting taxpayer dollars simply because she doesn’t want to live in the White House.

But of course, let’s give credit where credit is due. The Republican Party in Congress has been instrumental in supporting Trump’s backward policies. They are the ones who voted to confirm Betsy Devos, a woman with no relevant experience in the field, as Secretary of Education. They are the ones who confirmed Scott Pruitt, a man who believes carbon dioxide is not really a factor in global warming (a statement the directly goes against all scientific evidence we possess) as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. And they are the ones who voted to confirm Jeff Sessions as attorney general, the same senator who was quoted as saying, jokingly or not, “I thought those guys were OK until I learned they smoke pot,” when questioned about none other than America’s most notorious

hate/terrorist group: the Ku Klux Klan. These are the people who the Republican senators decided were top notch picks to lead the country.

It has certainly given the Democrats plenty of talking points, and they are very quick to point out how different they are from the GOP. Democrats love to position themselves as the champions of the downtrodden. Yes, when it comes to social reform the Democrats tend to have a better track record than Republicans; women’s reproductive rights and environmental reform are at least platforms, but how much better will they do? Because while the Democrats have made strides in social reform (something that should never be trivialized), they have failed the working class.

Look how the Democrats handled the past election. Ever since Obama was elected president, they have been pushing the same Hillary 2016 agenda. There was never any choice in the matter, after Obama we were to have Clinton. End of discussion. The DNC actively worked against the Sanders campaign when he threatened to take away the nomination from Clinton and promote actual progressivism to the party.

Moreover, Clinton, along with countless other democrats, claimed to support the downtrodden working class, but failed to actually address the concerns of rural American and continued to accept massive donations and speaking fees from Wall Street.

The activities of the DNC demonstrate that the party is not interested in enacting any mean-

ingful reform, only holding onto power.

Which is why, more than ever, we need to work to dismantle the two-party political system, because it is strangling our democracy. The GOP has shown that it is all too happy to go along with Trump and the alt right, while the Democrats continue to cling on to their own faux progressivism. Neither parties are enough to help the country’s 99 percent. Trump is a reaction to Obama, who was a reaction to Bush, who was a reaction to Clinton. I have no doubt that a Democrat will be next after Trump, but as long as there is the Democrat/Republican gridlock in Congress, nothing will get done.

So I urge you, if you’re affiliated with either the Democrats or Republicans and have been disappointed with them, drop the party and register with another one. It doesn’t matter with whom, so long as it is someone different. If you’re liberal, there’s absolutely no reason not to. In past years, the argument about the political dangers of splitting the party may have been valid, but what’s the point now? Breitbart is already in the White House, and the Democrats have failed to stop it.

So, liberals can either keep supporting a party that failed to beat a man who bragged about sexually assaulting women, or they can find an alternative that actually appeals to rural voters.

Soren Malpass is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at smalpass@cornellsun.com. Sorentiy Now runs alternating Thursdays.

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I Could Have Never Even Met You, Sacred Heart

t feels clichéd to say so, but I still remember the day I met my favorite book. Maybe thanks to the sudden changes in the weather, I’ve been thinking about last summer, and one fateful evening in the Harvard COOP. Let me set the scene.

I’m living in Boston (Somerville, to be exact, with two grad students and two troublesome cats I look after as part of my sub-lease). I’m interning at an unnamed organization and, on the whole, feeling like I’m doing Good, Important Work™, but also staring out the window of the converted helmet factory I work in for hours on end. Even though I’m living in a city I fell in love with when my sister started at Tufts five-or-so years ago, I’m spending a lot of time alone and daydreaming about being back in Ithaca during the four miles I walk home from work to kill time.

One evening after a few Lagunitas at a restaurant that didn’t card (praise), I feel myself drifting further into limbo. It’s too late to go to the gym, but I’m dreading going back to another evening of hanging out with the cats and scrolling through Facebook. I jump off the red line at Harvard and go into the COOP, a bookstore that always makes me feel both excited and inadequate.

At this point in the summer I’m going through one of my phases of thinking that if I throw myself deeply enough into some topic it will give me Purpose and Meaning and help me figure out my life. After moving through the critical theory, pop statistics and “maybe if I read enough general interest books about law I can go to law school and totally have a head start” phases, I’ve settled on graphic novels. The COOP shelves them behind a checkout counter, so I know I’ll have to make small talk with a clerk even though I’m tipsy, sleepy and unsure if I should be dropping cash on an indulgence buy.

Sure enough there’s a clerk between my quiet browsing and me (and I know that it’s his job to be there and I am not, at the time, as bratty about it as I might sound now, but I’m in the mindset of a woeful, anti-social kid in the big city). He asks if I want recommendations. “Sure,” I say, “But I really don’t like fantasy, so non-fantasy suggestions would be prime, please,” and he launches into a long list of books that fall under the category of “I know you just said you don’t dig fantasy, but seriously, dude, just give this one a try.”

And then I see it. (In my memory, my gaze just slo-mo

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Depeche Mode Spirit Columbia Records

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I knew pop music reached a turning point when Depeche Mode released their single “Where’s the Revolution” and Katy Perry followed, a week later, by releasing “Chained to the Rhythm.” Ever since the presidential election, everyone became “woke,” including artists. I expected Katy Perry to buy into this, but not Depeche Mode. “Where’s the Revolution” left me hoping for something less industrial and more like the band’s trademark upbeat synth sounds. I had high expectations for Spirit and, sadly, they were not met. Rather than continuing to make thoughtful, soul-searching soundtracks, Depeche Mode bought into the rising “Purposeful” or “woke” pop act.

Before Spirit, Depeche Mode had not released an album since Delta Machine in 2014, which was not their best work. After three years, I expected Depeche Mode to come back and give us all a deep, thought-provoking album. That’s not to say they didn’t try to do that, but they simply went about it the wrong way. Spirit was possibly not in the works until after the election, when the national political climate reached boiling point. Over the three-year period between Delta Machine and Spirit, it appears that Depeche Mode did not begin to work on Spirit

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There’s the oddball Game Cube soccer game another friend bought on a whim, leading to our mutual, allnight-mara thon obsession COURTESY OF FANTAGRAPHICS (SegaSoccer Slam).

It’s strange, I realize, how much of my personality I base around my favorite media. If I had just stayed on the red line one more stop, or forgotten a recommendation, or left a house show too early, would I have ever known about so many of the things that I love?

A few times over the summer, I tried to regain the joy I felt when I first read Sacred Heart with other graphic novels. None of the attempts worked. Adrian Tomine’s Killing and Dying bummed me out. Maggie Thrash’s Honor Girl had a great, melancholy story but all of her characters had the same face.

Brian K. Vaughn’s Paper Girls didn’t make me feel nostalgic for somewhere I’d never been like Sacred Heart did.

A few weeks later in the summer, Newbury Comics had a “buy two, get one free” graphic novels sale. Unable to choose a third book, I considered grabbing a second copy of Sacred Heart. I figured I could leave one in Albany and the other in Ithaca, and never be without a copy if I forgot to bring it to school or back. I balked at the last second. The moment in the COOP when I grabbed a beautiful black book off the shelf means too much to me. I’m scared that if I have two copies, I’ll eventually mess up and forget which was the one.

zoomed-in as T. Rex’s “Teenage Dream” started playing.) It’s thick and jet black and its spine screams “SACRED HEART” in a wicked, angular font. The author’s name is Liz Suburbia, which seems super cool, too. I flip to the front cover and a teenager is gazing at me over her shoulder, tears sliding down her face. The sun is setting, or maybe rising.

I turn to the clerk and calmly say, “wowthankyousomuchforalltherecommendationstheyallsoundsupercoolbutrig htnowIwanttobuythisbookplease.” I get home and get lost in Sacred Heart. I don’t even notice the cats destroying stuff and being the little adorable hobgoblins they always are.

I can’t say too much about Sacred Heart. I promised myself I wouldn’t. Every panel of Liz Suburbia’s work carries so much emotional heft that I don’t want to sell short. I also want to retain the power to tell friends, “I can’t even describe it, you’ll just have to read it and see.” (I’ve been trying to get Jack Jones — the columnist who I’m filling in for this week — to read Sacred Heart for eight months. Seriously, Jack, what else do I have to do? Can you please just read it?)

Over time, Sacred Heart becomes my religious text.

When I can’t sleep because my heart’s beating too fast or I want to cry Guest Room because I’m convinced that I’ll never write a song again, I open it up and a therapeutic calm descends over me. All I will say is that it’s a heart-wrenching book about the kind of vulnerable, audacious punks I wish I could’ve been in high school.

I love my story of happening upon Sacred Heart almost as much as I love the book itself. I find something hopeful about the idea that, in a time of curated playlists, website cookies and “Must Read” lists, I’ve still found most of my favorite things through word-of-mouth and happy accidents. There’s the techno song I heard at a party and only remembered to ask the host about a year later (Deorro’s “Five Hours”).

There’s the glam punk band my friend talked up, a band that I ended up seeing in the Cayuga Lodge basement later that semester, and then twice more throughout the year (PWR

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Therefore, Depeche Mode’s finished product was something that resembled Delta Machine, but took all the less appealing elements of it, such as songs that were excessively slow and monotone, along with obnoxiously haunting rhythms. This, however, does not mean that the whole album was worthless.

Depeche Mode has always delivered poetic lyrics, and Spirit maintained that consistency, at least with the few tracks that were not political, such as “Eternal,” “Poison Heart” and “So Much Love.”

Nevertheless, this lyric consistency failed to follow the album’s political theme.

At least eight of the album’s twelve tracks were a direct slash at current politics, which is something an increasing number of artists are beginning to try their hand at. It’s refreshing to see artists taking on activism through music once more, just as The Beatles and other artists from the ‘60s did.

However, this movement is different from that of the ‘60s. Today, artists are putting profit over activism, which is blurring the purpose of the movement. It’s unclear whether Depeche Mode is just going with the act or they actually mean what their songs imply. Depeche Mode has made political

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songs in the past, but not a whole album revolving around this theme since Construction Time Again in 1983. Martin Gore wrote both albums, but everything since 1982, which was when he became the band’s main songwriter, has been a mix of songs about love, heartbreak, pessimism and politics.

Now, suddenly, Gore has written a whole album on politics again. This means that either Depeche Mode is jumping on the “woke” train, or the current political climate is so bad that they had to make another political album, which they hadn’t done in 34 years. Regardless, the music itself did not compare to Sounds of the Universe or Playing the Angel, more recent albums that featured both rich music and lyrics.

Overall, Spirit was unimpressive but Depeche Mode was definitely making an effort to convey something bigger than the music could. This could mean that the end of Depeche Mode happened in 2013 with Delta Machine, but they could bounce back in another three years or more.

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

Red Confident Heading Into NCAAs LaxersTurn Attention To Penn on Saturday though.

“We’ve been doing pretty well on the road all year so we are not too worried about how many long. That has been a strength of ours: coming into fans they have,” said senior goalie Mitch Gillam. a game and really respecting what the other team “We will probably have a lot of Lynah Faithful there can do, but not fearing it and getting ready to play anyway.”

It has been an emotional and crazy past two our game too. Lowell’s got a great hockey team, weeks for this team with last week’s snow day in they are well coached and they play hard. We feel addition to victory and defeat in Lake Placid. Due we have a lot of those similar traits.”

The River Hawks boast a high-powered offense. to renovations at Lynah, the Red is also practicing They rank third in the nation in power play effi- at a nearby rink in Lansing.

“I thought the guys did a good job of staying ciency (27.1) — narrowly beating out ECAC focused last week on a wacky week of preparation,” Champion Harvard — and sixth in goals per game Schafer said. “And it’s a (3.69).

UMasswacky week of preparaLowell is also home “We have worked hard all year, tion again, a lot of exams, to the 10th and 11th practicing out here at best scorers in and I think we deserve to be here.”

Lansing. [But] also, it’s Division I. fresh — it’s different. This “[UMass-Lowell Senior Goaltender Mitch Gillam is more like the NHL has] CJ Smith and shaped rinks without [Joe] Gambardella, much ice behind the goal. and that line is an outstanding line,” Schafer said. “But they play a So there are a lot of similarities that practicing out team game. They are an offensive team. They are here will help us going up to Manchester also.”

The Red is coming off a 3-goal loss to Harvard very well coached and have great offensive habits. in the ECAC Championship finals but was not We have to have great offensive habits ourselves.”

Lowell is very capable defensively, as well. The overly discouraged in defeat.

“I think we are working hard,” Gillam said. team ranks 13th in defense with 2.29 goals allowed “Harvard buried their chances on the power play per game — not far behind eighth-ranked Cornell and got a lucky bounce. Other than that I thought at 2.24.

And while UMass-Lowell is an unfamiliar foe, we played with them and played up to our expectations of working hard. I think we just need to carry Schafer is sticking to the basics. “[The key is] to play a very simple game,” he that into this weekend.”

Action gets underway at noon on Saturday, said. “We simplified our game plan for Union, we knew exactly what we wanted to do. [We] made March 25 in Manchester. The game will be broadthat mistake against Clarkson [and] had way too cast by ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app.

“We have worked hard all year, and I think we much thinking. We’ve got to make a couple adjustdeserve to be here,” Gillam said. “I think people are ments against Lowell, they play a little bit of a diflooking down upon us, and I think we are right ferent style. But those adjustments will be very there and we can come out of this with a national minor.”

The SNHU arena in Manchester is just under championship.”

40 miles from the River Hawks’ home ice, a somewhat unfortunate draw for the Ithaca-based squad. Jack Kantor can be reached at The team is confident that its fans will show up, jkantor@cornellsun.com.

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nearly 25 minute goalless stretch for the Raiders. The Red tacked on another goal at the end, securing the 15-6 victory.

“We have great athletes on the defense — we were forcing [Colgate] to take shots from tough angles, and we knew that was our game plan,” Knight said. “We executed that and held them to six goals, it was awesome.”

On the field, Cornell was the far more dominant team. One category that the Red was outdone in was faceoffs — — Colgate won 19 of the 25 faceoffs — a component that the team has been weak in all year.

Kerwick wasn’t discouraged by the numbers on the stat sheet, however, calling them in this particular instance “misleading.”

“It’s an interesting stat sometimes — they came up with a few that we ended up sticking with and maybe ended up checking away from them and getting possession back,” he said. “Technically we lost the faceoff, but we were able to scrap and create offense from a few of those.

Kerwick added, however, that it’s an area the team “certainly has to improve upon” moving forward.

The game was Knight’s seventh straight with double-digit saves, the first time all season that Cornell held the opposing team to single-digit goals and the second time it scored in the double-digits to preview just how dominant this team can be when things come together.

“Over the course of the season we’ve shown flashes of how we want to play offensively, and today was a game that everything came together for us,” Teat said. “We were dictating most of it, we were firing from all cylinders and getting production from everybody, so it was a good day to finally see us break through.”

Players were hooting and hollering to loud music after a welldeserved victory, but the team does not have long to ride the joy of its first victory. Cornell will get back to Ivy League play as Penn (33, 0-1) comes into town on Saturday. Both teams will be looking for its first Ivy League victory.

“Penn’s a very good team, they’ve been playing very well up until last weekend [when it lost to Princeton], so we’re going to have to clean a few areas up [and] win some more faceoffs,” Kerwick said.

“If we continue to [do what we did tonight], we should be in good shape.”

On paper, both teams match up very similarly offensively — Cornell averages 10.79 goals a game, and Penn 10.83. However, Penn has a slight defensive advantage averaging 11.33 goals surrendered a game, compared to Cornell’s 15.83.

Both teams also struggle with faceoffs, as Cornell only has only won .354 of its faceoffs, and Penn .418. Hopefully for the Red, however, coming off its first win and staying put in Schoellkopf, the stats will not carry over into Saturday’s matchup.

“The biggest thing is that we have to be that type of team that we saw today — we have to be a team that mucks it up and scraps it up, and it might not be the prettiest of lacrosse, but it’s got to be an intensity level we saw today,” Kerwick said. “That’s the only way we’re a good team.”

Action gets underway from Schoellkopf at 1 p.m. Saturday.

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

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Dining Guide

Your source for good food

How to Cook Like a French Patissier

By EMILY JONES Sun Staff Writer

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Preview: Wings Over Ithaca

By SIDDHANT RAO Sun Contributor

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golden BBQ. Another menu item that is scarce amongst other Collegetown restaurants are their barbeque ribs which come in a variety of flavors. In addition to the delicious ribs and wings, they also serve some of the best onion rings you can find in Ithaca, along with other classic side dishes like french fries, waffle fries and macaroni salad.

The new owners expect that, due to its central location on Dryden Road, this iteration of

ave you ever sat around with your friends wondering why it's impossible to find a restaurant that specializes in fried chicken? If you have, fear not: Wings Over Ithaca will be back soon and this time, it’s right on Dryden.

The new restaurant is a little smaller than the previous location in East Hill Plaza, but it retains its classic design, with the white tables and “This comes as a blessing for those black chairs that patrons who are looking for reasonably of their previous location priced, high-quality chicken wings.” will find Siddhant Rao ’18 familiar and comfortable.

It’s big enough to host large groups of Wings Over will be more of a over ten people, especially since pickup and late-night restauthe owners expect a drop in rant, rather than the primarily dine-in traffic in favor of take- delivery-based service offered out. However, several tables by the previous establishment. and a large TV screen — visi- This comes as a blessing for ble from more than half the those who are looking for reaseating space — makes it an sonably priced, high-quality ideal place to view sporting chicken wings after a late night events, something synonymous of partying or studying. As a with a wings restaurant. fan of the establishment myself, I was lucky enough to have a I’m very excited for their opentaste at their pre-opening, and ing, and the enthusiasm of the their wings are as succulent and new owners assures me that it crispy as ever. If you’re one of will be as good — if not better the unfortunate people who has — than before. never tried their wings, you are Wings Over Ithaca opens at in for a treat, because they cer- 11 a.m. on March 24 at 121 tainly exceed those of any other Dryden Road. restaurant in Collegetown.

Their menu has stayed the same, so you can expect to see Siddhant Rao is a junior in the crowd favorites like garlic School of Arts and Sciences. He can parmesan, afterburner and be reached at sr692@cornell.edu.

ave you ever gotten back a dreadful prelim and consoled yourself with the thought that, if your [insert career ambition] plans don’t work out, you’ll become — oh, I don’t know — a pastry chef? The idea might seem farfetched, but it doesn’t have to be. Here are a few not-too-difficult recipes I’ve learned over the course of the semester from an assortment of French cooking classes and my Parisian host mother. So roll up your sleeves, grab your chef ’s hat and indulge your backup plan of a career path — or simply treat yourself to some desserts à la française.

Financiers Possibly the most French underrated dessert I’ve tried so far — I wish I’d met this nutty cousin of the madeleine sooner.

Deliciously moist and chewy, these almond cakes would go well alongside a cup of coffee or tea.

Ingredients: 150 g butter 50 g flour 150 g confectioner’s sugar 60 g almond powder 3 egg whites

Directions: Preheat the oven to 200°C (about 390°F).

In a small saucepan, melt the butter. Once melted, remove from the heat and let cool.

Meanwhile, in a frying pan, add the flour, sugar and almond powder and whisk together.

Add the cooled butter and the egg whites. Mix until smooth.

Fill a set of financier molds to the top.

Bake 10 minutes for small financiers or 13-15 minutes for

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Remove from the molds and cool.

Fondants Perfect for any chocolate lover, these cakes are meant to ooze gooey chocolate when cutting into them. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream for added indulgence.

Ingredients: 110 g 70% dark chocolate 90 g of butter 3 eggs 120 g of powdered sugar 40 g of flour Directions: Preheat the oven to 210°C (about

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the way.

Bake 8 minutes (be careful not to overcook!).

Remove from the molds and serve warm.

Pain Perdu The dish name literally translates to “lost bread,” but it’s the equivalent of what Americans would call French toast. Lose yourself in this sweet, chewy treat, perfect for an afternoon goûter (snack) or a more indulgent breakfast.

Ingredients: 2 eggs ½ liter of milk 150 g confectioner’s sugar.

100 g butter 12 slices of stale bread (or brioche), cut in thin slices of about the same size.

Optional: caramel sauce, maple syrup, jelly, powdered sugar, etc.

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410°F).

In a saucepan, melt the chocolate and butter. Once melted, remove from the heat and let cool.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and the sugar.

Add the chocolate and butter mixture to the egg and sugar mixture, then add the flour and whisk all together.

With additional butter and flour, butter and flour a set of financier molds, then fill ¾ of

Directions: In a wide, shallow bowl, beat the eggs, milk and sugar.

Dunk each slice of bread in the egg mixture until saturated.

Heat and butter a pan.

Cook each slice until browned on both sides.

Serve warm and sprinkled in sugar.

Add toppings, if desired.

Emily Jones is a junior in the School of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at ej68@cornell.edu.

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Sports

THURSDAY MARCH 23, 2017

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MEN’S HOCKEY

IcersTake On UMass-Lowell in NCAA First Round After ECAC finals loss to Harvard, Red makes first appearance at NCAAs in five years

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The Cornell men’s hockey team is now in uncharted territory.

Unlike last week’s ECAC Championship weekend, not a single member on the roster has competed in the NCAA Tournament — until now. The Red will have the opportunity to skate with the River Hawks of UMass-Lowell on college hockey’s biggest stage this weekend.

CAMERON POLLACK / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Finishing touches | With just a few days before the biggest game of its season,

the Red is making its final preparations before heading to New Hampshire.

“Everyone in my class is excited. We are trying to share with the younger guys not to take it for granted.”

Senior Defenseman Patrick McCarron No. 3 seeded Cornell (21-8-5) will play regular and postseason Hockey East Champion UMass-Lowell (2610-3) — the No. 2 seed — at the northeast regional semifinal in Manchester, N.H. Saturday’s contest will be the Red’s 20th appearance in the NCAA tournament and its first since 2012 as Cornell seeks a third national title. But this team has yet to enjoy this experience.

“I don’t think [experience] plays a part,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “I think it plays a little bit of a part if you don’t get into … your league championship.

But these guys have had that kind of experience this past weekend where there’s a lot of pressure in wanting to win a championship.”

This team, especially with the upperclassmen, has been yearning for this opportunity for quite some time.

“Everyone in my class is excited,” said senior defenseman Patrick McCarron. “We are trying to share with the younger guys not to take it for granted. It’s our first time [here]. It’s the most excited I've been in my entire career.”

Despite UMass-Lowell’s impressive resume in 2016-

17, Schafer is not too concerned about his team’s ability to advance.

“They are not intimidated by anybody,” he said.

“They respect all opponents we have played all year See M. HOCKEY page 14

MEN’S LACROSSE

Lacrosse Avoids 0-6 Start With 15-6 Victory Over Colgate On an early Colgate possession, midfielder Jackson Lanning passed the ball back to his goalie Brandon Burke. His The Cornell men’s lacrosse team was Cornell counterpart Christian Knight looking for a breakthrough. During the was out of the goal as Burke was 55 yards tough five-game stretch of losses to open away from the Red goal. Nonetheless, the the season, it seemed as though the Red Colgate netminder ripped the ball and team got closer and closer to getting over hit the net point-blank for his first and the hump and finally getting a victory, only career goal just over eight minutes highlighted by a narrow OT loss to then- into the game.

What is a pretty demoralizing occurNo. 13 UVA at the time.

A blowout loss to Yale this past rence is something Knight has experiSaturday made it look like the team took enced before. Two years ago, in the first a step back, but the Red rebounded in a round of the 2015 NCAA tournament, big way Tuesday to finally get in the win Knight fell victim to another goalie goal column, 15-6, over in-state rival Colgate. when Albany’s Blaze Riorden ran the better part of the F o r field and blastCornell (1-5, “I thought the hustle plays we were ed one by in 0-1 Ivy) — a has team that making really decided the game today.” what become a viral only played clip in the Head Coach Matt Kerwick one game at lacrosse world.

Schoellkopf The Cornell in the past five weeks — opening the three-game goalie knows he cannot let it get the bethome stand with a victory over the ter of him, though.

“It’s a 10-man ride, I’m out of the Raiders (3-5, 1-2) brings some muchneeded momentum to the young group. goal, it’s expected that they might shoot “We’re obviously pleased to get the at the goal,” Knight said. “I just have to victory tonight,” said head coach Matt think that I can’t really do anything Kerwick. “This group has worked very about this, and the mindset of a goalie is hard and it hasn’t paid off on game day to move past a goal and put it behind you yet [and] to not get a win before [today] anyways.”

And just 1:15 later, Cornell got into a — it’s been tough.”

Cornell could have made history hole when Raider sophomore Sam Tuesday. Had the team lost, it would Cleveland added a goal of his own to give have been the first 0-6 start since 1946. Colgate an early 2-0 lead.

The young Cornell team did not At the game’s inception, it looked like the 71-year streak might be on the fritz. panic, and came back from Colgate’s two

By JAMIL RAHMAN

Sun Assistant Sports Editor

goals looking more relaxed and poised.

Two goals within one minute by midfielders in senior Andrew Keith and sophomore Clarke Petterson knotted the game at two-all just over the halfway point of the first quarter.

“We still had a great deal of energy, and they stuck with that,” Kerwick said. “That carried us through the game — I thought the hustle plays we were making really decided the g a m e today.”

With a slow offensive quarter for both teams in the books, Cornell came out of the gates firing in the second quarter as freshman standout Jeff Teat scored two goals quickly to give the Red a 4-2 lead. Just 10 seconds ADRIAN BOTEANU / after Teat’s SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER second, sophomore C o l t o n Step one | After winning its Rupp gave first game, the team must the Red its refocus and prepare for Penn. f i f t h straight goal for a 5-2 advantage.

After some back and forth, Cornell maintained its two-goal lead and headed into halftime with a 7-5 scoreline. This was only the second time all season that Cornell walked into the locker room with a lead — the only other time was against

UVA, a heartbreaker Cornell dropped in overtime.

The second half came, and Cornell started out on a tear. Seconds after a big hit in front of the Colgate net forced its goalie to the sideline, sophomore midfielder Jake McCulloch took advantage of a fresh face in goal and scored his second of the game to put the Red up 8-5.

Cornell shut out Colgate in the third quarter, and scored four more goals to head into the final frame with a 12-5 lead. The dominance continued on into the fourth quarter.

Goals by freshman Connor Fletcher and Rupp put the Red up 145, making it eightstraight goals for Cornell.

Colgate finally came up with a goal to put the streak to an end and cut the lead to 14-6 with 10:27 left in the game.

It was the first goal for Colgate since the 5:14 mark in the second period — a nearly 25 minute goalless stretch for the See M. LACROSSE page 14