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Cornellians,Ithacans Join National Protest Against Gun Violence

By JULIA CURLEY Sun Staff Writer

Cornellians and Ithaca residents took part in the nationwide March for Our Lives protest on Saturday to speak out against gun violence in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida mass school shooting that took the lives of 17 high school students and faculty in February.

Roughly 200 Cornell students marched out from the Arts Quad around noon before walking down to the Ithaca Commons area escorted by Cornell police, where the Cornell march merged into a larger local rally.

Organized just over a month after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the march is part of a nationwide call for “common sense gun control legislation”, according to Stephannie Chen ’19, president of Cornell Roosevelt Institute, organizer of the march.

“No longer will America allow Congress to continue to

send their ‘thoughts and prayers’ before shying away from the issue. No longer will America’s youth sit in silence while waiting for another tragedy to strike,” Chen declared in a speech.

Around one thousand Ithaca residents showed up to the rally, which featured speakers and nourishments and emphasized national unity rather than a particular policy prescription.

“Today is a show of solidarity, it’s not a discussion of policy or next steps. That will come later,” Chen said.

The protest was designed as a rally instead of a march so that people of all ages and abilities can participate, said Tompkins County legislator Amanda Champion, one of the organizers, in the event description on Facebook.

Many parents participated in the protest to advocate for the safety of their children, according to Gloria LemusSee MARCH page 14

Comedian Adam Conover Calls Out Cornell,YouTube MICHAEL WENYE LI / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Ivy fame | Adam Conover calls Ithaca the “Hard Rock Cafe of college towns” after seeing people wear “Ithaca is Gorges” T-shirts all across the country.

ideas with them. “[My parents would say] ‘Oh, that’s nice… Your sister just turned matter into energy. It’s not going to make the Christmas Card,’” Conover said jovially.

Conover said that one of the reasons he loves comedy is because it allows him to combine his interest in both comedy acts and philosophy, a discipline which “constantly [undermines] your beliefs ... [with] the idea of questioning everything.”

The show Adam Ruins Everything — See CONOVER page 4

S.A.Candidates Outline Future Plans

By KATHERINE HEANEY

Student Assembly candidates criticized previous Assembly decisions and promised to increase campus diversity and accountability if elected, in a Thursday candidate forum.

When candidates were asked to answer which past Assembly policies they disagreed with, most candidates answered that they disagreed with the decision taken last semester to defund Cornell Cinema.

specifically on African design “serves the dual purpose” of general entertainment and strengthening the African and The annual Afrik! Fashion Show cele- African diaspora community at Cornell, brated the fashion, cuisine and culture of according to Abdalla.

“It connects all these different African Africa and the African diaspora at diaspora through fashion and through Duffield Hall on Saturday night.

Hosted by the Coalition of Pan- entertainment, and it gives our commuAfrican Scholars, the fashion show fea- nity something to bond over,” Abdalla said. tured designers from Chino Agulanna across the country “Traditional attire tends ’18, a model for the who presented “modshow, ern and traditionally to stick to its roots ... but fashion expressed his worry influenced designs” the whole world is about Western influcomposed of “refreshbecoming Western.” ence undermining the ing and bold African unique identity of trapatterns,” according Chino Agulanna ’18 ditional African fashto the event’s ion.

Facebook page.

“The line [between Western fashion Reem Abdalla ’20, CPAS events coordinator, saw the fashion show as an and African fashion] is blurred,” he said. opportunity to “bridge the gap between “Traditional attire tends to stick to its different Pan-African community” by roots, in terms of its color and its style. giving voice to designs that are underrep- But the whole world is becoming Western.” resented in the fashion world.

On the other hand, Chidera “We want to give these kind of Aneke, one of the designers, designers who … incorporate said that the influence of African influences and Western fashion may African experiences into actually help African their design the platform fashion broaden its to … present that to our boundary. community,” Abdalla “For the most part, said. the African clothes are A fashion show bright. If you see it, you cannot think of anything but African diaspora,” she said. “But there definitely

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Saturday morning to join the larger Ithaca rally on the downtown Ithaca Commons.

Students, Designers Celebrate African Culture,Tradition at Annual Fashion Show

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Comedian Adam Conover, creator and star of truTV’s Adam Ruins Everything,” shared his perception of Cornell and th philosophy behind his show at Statler Auditorium, Friday evening.

Conover, who called Ithaca the “Hard Rock Cafe of college towns” because he saw many people across the country wearing the “Ithaca is Gorges” t-shirt, kicked off his show by roasting Cornell as the outcast of the Ivy League.

“This is an Ivy League School? I always forget,” Conover said jokingly, but then expressed shock after learning the cost of going to Cornell.

“70K,” he sighed. “Man, you guys are lucky this show is free.”

Conover, who graduated in 2004 with a philosophy degree from Bard College, joked that as the only person in his immediate family without a Ph.D. degree, Conover often inspired bemusement from his parents when he shared his comedy set

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A march for lives | Students march down Ho Plaza on

Tireniolu Onabajo ’19, candidate for undergraduate representative to the University Assembly, said that many candidates criticized the Cornell Cinema decision because, due to S.A.’s lack of accessibility, they are unaware of most other Assembly decisions.

“I think students at the least need to know who their representatives are and how to contact them,” said Shraddah Harshvardhan ’20, candidate for undesigSee ASSEMBLY page 13

See AFRIK! page 4 YISU ZHENG / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Afrik! | Designers display the traditional culture of Africa and the African diaspora in the annual Afrik! Fashion Show Saturday night.

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Students Celebrate Multiculturalism at Inaugural Culture Fest

By STACEY BLANSKY Sun Staff Writer

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Food and festivities | Students gather in Barton Hall to learn about different cultures at the inaugural Culture Fest Sunday afternoon.

Featuring free food, music and performances, Cornell’s first Cultural Fest aimed to achieve the dual goals of celebrating the diversity of the student body and inspiring students to learn more about other cultures.

The inaugural festival was a platform for people to speak out against cultural intolerance and get their voices heard by a larger community, according to Chris Arce ’19, head of programming for the event.

“I think a good consequence of Culture Fest will be that people [are] getting out of their bubbles, and are understanding where people come from and what their experiences are,” he said.

Arce hoped that a consistent desire to understand and appreciate diversity, rather than as a temporary reaction to a hateful incident, will inspire a desire to learn about other cultures.

“I hope that people learn to appreciate the differences in others, but also recognize that we shouldn’t celebrate our differences just because something bad serves as a stimulus for that appreciation,” he explained.

The student organizations that attended the Culture Fest echoed the idea of breaking the boundaries and accepting the differences between cultures.

Vivian Vázquez ’18, president of the Cuban American Student Association, said that CASA is open for everyone who’s interested in the Cuban culture, even if they aren’t of Cuban descent. “[We] want to share our culture with other people so that they can learn about where we come from,” Vázquez said. “We want to be able to interact and meet with other people, so that they can get a taste for our culture and be exposed to it.”

Chanan Heisler ’19, vice president of religious programming for the Center for Jewish Living, expressed similar opinions on the center being

open to all individuals with any level of interest in Judaism.

“The most involved members will be people who want Jewish identity and Jewish culture to be a pivotal part of their college experience,” Heisler said. “Depending on where you see Jewish identity playing a role in your college experience, we can serve those needs in various ways.”

Heisler said that there is an interesting balance between the intimacy of identifying with one's’ own culture and venturing out to explore other cultures.

“On the one hand, [there] is a place where everyone has their own space where they can … feel completely comfortable and immersed in a single identity,” Heisler said. “Beyond that, they are able to expand beyond their immediate circles to get a sense of what else is out there.”

Paola Camacho-Lemus ’18, president of the Translator Interpreter Program, which aims to provide language assistance for emergency or nonemergency situations in Ithaca and the Tompkins County area, hopes that events like Culture Fest can promote multiculturalism within the community.

“The role of having such a huge event focused on culture is to promote multiculturalism and, in doing so, it makes people more conscious that there are other sets of culture and languages out there to be cognizant of,” Camacho-Lemus said.

Heisler hopes that through events like Culture Fest, students will consider future involvement with organizations based on these brief cultural introductions after getting a small taste of many different cultures.

“What it does is it lets people create associations and create more context to what else is out there,” Heisler said. “Maybe it will lead to eventually building a stronger relationship with other communities.”

Stacey Blansky can be reached at sblansky@cornellsun.com.

McGraw Hall Renovation Plans Resume After Seven-Year Deferral

By YUICHIRO KAKUTANI Sun News Editor

McGraw Hall’s renovation plan — indefinitely postponed since the University installed temporary struts after three ceilings collapsed in 2010 — may finally be brought back in motion.

A report written by consultants to “study renovation options” for the 136year-old building is now “out for review among the various stakeholders,” said Rick Burgess, vice president for infrastructure, properties and planning.

“The consultants presented their findings [in February] and we are now sifting through their report in greater detail,” Burgess told The Sun in an email. “We all recognize that McGraw Hall is an iconic structure and must be renovated, so I am confident that we will arrive at a solid plan that we can move out on.”

Burgess said that the deadline for stakeholder consideration is yet to be decided, but added that the renovation project will be undoubtedly very costly.

“While we do not yet have full financial information, the renovation will be quite expensive, and funding for this high priority project will need to come from a variety of sources, including significant fund raising,” he said.

Aside from commissioning the report, the University has yet to commit to a renovation project or fundraising plan as they are “still very much in the exploratory and fact-finding phase,” according to David M. Taylor, associate dean of administration for the College of Arts and Sciences.

The prospective renovation projects came after the incidents in 2009, when three ceilings in the building — two in

faculty offices and one in the hallway — collapsed overnight.

In one of the affected offices, ceiling tiles and lights fell down on a professor’s table, “dropping down and crushing computers” in a way that would have “seriously [injured] or potentially even kill[ed]” the occupant of the table had he been there, according to Prof. Holly Case, history, who described the details to The Sun in 2010.

The University patched up the collapsed ceilings, but has yet to fix up all the ceilings with cracks in McGraw Hall.

“They redid the whole ceiling, but they couldn’t afford to do all the ceilings right? So what, you look above, you can see the crack in the ceiling above the desk,” Prof. Durba Ghosh, history, told The Sun. After the consecutive ceiling collapses, the University opted to add temporary external supports to the building. At least 14 bracings are visible from the outside of the building, but they are only partially effective in easing the worries of the people who work inside.

“It’s always worrisome when you look at the cracks that suddenly appear on the building,” said Prof. Isabel V. Hull, history. “But beginning in 2011, they really started to get on top of it, and the scaffoldings are proof of that.”

However, after adding the temporary supports, the University indefinitely postponed it’s plan to overhaul the building for a permanent fix. In response, Burgess said that the building is safe as the temporary bracings are “performing as expected,” but conceded that it’s not a permanent fix.

“We do not anticipate structural issues that would pose undue risk,” Burgess

MICHAEL WENYE LI / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Falling apart | Renovation plans for McGraw Hall, the second oldest building on campus, have been on suspension since 2010.

said. “It’s not a long-term solution though; for that, we need to get on to the full building renovation.”

The renovation plan may have been suspended due to the construction of Klarman Hall, which was a “competing need” that absorbed money that could have went to renovation, according to then University facility manager Eric Grey, The Sun previously reported.

Peter Lepage, then arts college dean, contested Grey’s account and said that the budgetary limitations caused by the 2008 financial crisis contributed to the suspension.

“Our budgets are tight because of the financial downturn, the need to maintain adequate financial aid for our students, and so on –– that is, for reasons that have nothing to do with the humanities building or the tech campus,” Lepage said.

Built of local Ithaca bluestones and designed by locally famed architect Archimedes N. Russell in 1872, McGraw Hall is the second oldest building on

campus. It originally housed parts of the University library and a large natural history museum.

McGraw Hall was originally constructed to be part of a building series along with Morrill Hall and White Hall, which were renovated in 1973 and 2003, respectively.

Hull suspects that that the building’s transition from a museum to faculty offices and classroom spaces led to its structural issues.

“The architect of the building ... is rather famous in upstate New York and has a bunch of buildings that are still standing,” Hull said. “So you would expect this building would be just as good as the other ones that he built, but it is true that this building was originally meant to perform a different function than it now performs, and now has been for many many years.”

Yuichiro Kakutani can be reached at ykakutani@cornellsun.com.

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Fashion Show Celebrates Adam Ruins Everything, African Designs, Culture From Cornell to YouTube AFRIK!

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has been a Western influence on African design and African fashion, and a lot of designers … cater to not just the African audiences, but cater to every women and every men.”

Yahya Abdul-Basser ’20, said that the show resonated with him in a different way from other fashion shows because it spoke to his African heritage.

“I went to CFC show as well. I’m just interested in fashion,” he said. “But I feel like this

show specifically is connected to me in a different way. It’s more personal, I guess.”

Aneke said he hopes that the fashion show will allow Cornellians with African heritage to be prouder of their culture.

“Hopefully those that don’t feel empowered and those don’t have the courage to come out and say they are African will feel and know that there is a group of people that are just like them in the school,” she said.

Louise Tang can be reached at xt95@cornell.edu.

TCAT Bus Catches on Fire, No Injuries Ithaca and Trumbansburg fire departments extinguish flame

By MEREDITH LIU Sun Assistant News Editor

and Trumansburg Fire Ithaca Departments responded to the report of a TCAT bus filling with smoke on a state highway this evening. No injuries were reported, however the cause of the fire is still unclear and will be under investigation.

The Ithaca Fire Department reported their involvement in putting out the fire at the 1600 block of state Route 96 around 4:45 p.m. on Friday in a Facebook post.

“Trumansburg worked with the Ithaca Fire Department to quickly knock down and control the fire … extinguishing nearby grass fires started by the blaze,” IFD wrote.

The firefighters arrived on the scene to find the bus ablaze, with all occupants out and accounted for.

The two fire departments fully extinguished the fire within 30 minutes of the initial call. State Route 96, which was briefly shut down during the operation, has reopened a single lane after all hazards were mitigated.

Fire personnel remained on scene for about an hour to control the traffic on the road along with New York State Police.

Trumansburg ambulance also provided help at the scene.

Meredith Liu can be reached at meredithliu@cornellsun.com.

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thing.”

The show Adam Ruins Everything — which aims to debunk the misconceptions on topics that most Americans may not be particularly aware of — is the product of this philosophically informed skepticism that is not satisfied by merely stating the truth, according to Conover.

“It’s not enough to just prove that your right, you have to speak to the other person’s emotional truth. You have to respect the other person’s feeling and speak to that feeling.” he explained.

Some past topics that Conover has “ruined” include dog breeding, racial segregation in American housing and trophy hunting.

Conover said the purpose of the show was not to prove “really hardcore people” wrong or to make them feel bad, but to get ordinary citizens to think about the nature of what they believed to be true.

“We never talk down to the audience,” Conover said. “I’m not trying to go for the crazy weirdos like scientologists … Most people are normal people who you can have a conversation with.”

As for the comedy industry in general, Conover complained that comedians publishing content on sites like YouTube and Facebook struggle because they do not receive fair compensation from the web giants. For example, the YouTube channel CollegeHumor, where “Adam Ruins Everything” ran before truTV picked it up, “has gotten smaller,” according to Conover.

“YouTube and Facebook have destroyed independent

“It’s not enough to just prove that you’re right, you have to speak to the ... emotional truth.”

Adam Conover publishing on the internet ... [by forcing creators to] figure out how to be rewarded by Facebook’s complex algorithms,” Conover lamented.

Jacob Wexler can be reached at jwexler@cornellsun.com.

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Dale Barbaria’19 for S.A.President UNDERGRADUATES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE for their Student Assembly representatives for the 2018-2019 school year beginning Monday at noon. Those elected will be responsible not just for representing student voices to the administration, but for overseeing the various organizations that receive byline funding.

They will also face the daunting task of restoring trust in a body that has over the past year made a habit of controversial decisions and ill-timed statements that often overshadow the good work they do.

In the race for president, The Sun is proud to endorse Dale Barbaria ’19, who currently serves on the assembly as a College of Engineering representative. We believe he has the greatest appreciation for the responsibilities and limits of the Student Assembly, and his experience as a college representative, parliamentarian, vice president for internal operations, and member of the University Assembly Codes and Judicial Committee leave him best prepared to face the challenges of the coming year.

In both the debate and an interview with The Sun, Barbaria showed clear focus on the distinct ways in which the S.A. has the power to influence student life. He supports a more in-depth, formal review process for organizations funded by the student activities fee, the nearly $7 million the S.A. allocates to a variety of campus organizations every other year.

Although the coming year is an off-year, it is important that the S.A. ensures accountability among the funded organizations, as illustrated by the ongoing CUTonight debacle. Moreover, a more formal and transparent appropriations and review process could help avoid a repeat of last semester’s Cornell Cinema controversy, which devolved into a he-said-she-said argument with both sides presenting their own set of facts and assertions, and culminated in an outcome that left nobody happy.

And as campus eagerly awaits the findings of the elusive Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate, Barbaria’s familiarity with the Campus Code of Conduct will allow him to effectively advocate for undergraduates in any eventual discussion on hate speech and harassment.

Varun Devatha ’19, the current executive vice president, is also a strong candidate for president. Devatha’s focus during the campaign has been on using the S.A. as a platform for student voices and on increase S.A. outreach to greater numbers of student groups, an admirable goal. His emphasis on collaboration and outreach is excellent, as is his record of sponsoring resolutions and working in committees to make direct improvements. However, we are concerned how he views the S.A.’s role on campus. During the debate, he expressed hesitancy about the S.A.’s power to allocate the Student Activity fee — this is perhaps the most important function of the S.A., and is one that should absolutely rest with the students, not the faculty or the administration.

Our leaders cannot shy away from their responsibilities simply because they are difficult or uncomfortable to carry out.

The Sun is pleased that both candidates agree on many issues important to the S.A. They see the need for a more welcoming and sympathetic atmosphere, and support diversity and inclusion training and other measures to make the atmosphere of meetings less adversarial and more welcoming of student voices and differing opinions. Both candidates support voting with iClickers in meetings to maintain better voting records, save time and increase public accountability.

But only one can be president, and of the two candidates, we believe Barbaria’s understated but effective approach to governing is best suited for Cornell in the coming year.

The complete list of candidates and their statements, for all S.A. races, can be found on the Office of the Assembly’s website. Voting begins 12 p.m. Monday, March 26, and continues through 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 28.

To the Editor: On Friday, The Sun ran an article detailing the platform of Student Assembly executive vice president and presidential candidate Varun Devatha ’19, one of the points of which was an intent to provide students with “access to streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu.” Putting aside the ridiculous cost to students that implementing such a plan would entail and the redundancy of using allocated money to purchase thousands of subscriptions that students likely already have, I would like to ask Mr. Devatha a simple question: have you heard of Kanopy Streaming? It’s an online streaming service providing media ranging from entertainment to educational content and classic movies. Boasting an ever-expanding library as deep and rich as the streaming giants, Kanopy is available to students completely free through Cornell’s library website — all you have to do is sign in with your NetID! Why should Cornell students pay for a corporate streaming service when they already have access to a great one through the school?

As things currently stand, the student assembly has a very poor track record regarding awareness of services the school offers to students, particularly those offered through the library. Consider a $2.50/student allocation made last semester to purchase Wall Street Journal subscriptions for every student on campus. A great idea, if you disregard the fact that every student on campus could already access up-to-date archives of The WSJ, The New York Times, and others through a service provided through the library called Factiva. How did I learn this? I googled “Wall Street Journal Cornell.” To be sure, many students are unaware of and don’t know how to access the services our library provides, but I would consider it the duty of our undergraduate representatives to be aware of these services we all can access through the school, and to raise awareness among the student body before casting a vote. The ignorance of our representatives may be genuine, but it is malicious if its consequence is that limited allocations and our own money is being gifted to corporate interests for redundant resources.

Nathan Chazan ’19

Suggestions for the business dean search committee To the Editor: As jarred Cornellians across the globe felt in 2016, the formation of the University’s College of Business was characterized by haste, cryptic explanation, and — without exaggeration — heartbreak. The pain of betrayal by a loved one does not diminish on its own, even with time. So it is with cautious optimism that I write: now can be a time of hope.

With the sudden resignation of Dean Soumitra Dutta, perhaps the University can slow down, and throw open the shutters to sunshine and breeze. The next dean must do no less than: 1. Heal a battered community, 2. Assess the mission and resources, and 3. Grow three unique schools while forging a new unified culture.

I implore the Search Committee to recruit the next dean to: First, heal.

Choose someone familiar with both what was lost and feared-to-be-lost.

Clearly the most vociferous outrage came from Hotelies. The new dean must understand why what appears as a “narrow” curriculum at the Hotel School produces alumni extraordinarily effective in broad areas of business, law and public service. Similar to an accomplished cellist successfully undertaking flute lessons, the secret sauce is experience achieving excellence. If you’ve been to the mountaintop once, you know what it takes to get there again.

We also need a great communicator who will spend due time listening, meeting and winning-back faculty, students, staff and alumni who felt shunted and managed-by-press-release. This person must be someone not only with industry chops, but also a friend who sows trust and honors legacy.

Second, assess.

Empower a CEO with mastery in his or her emotional attunement. An intuitive learner who does not rush to create a neat-and-tidy SWOT for the College of Business. Instead, someone with a solid foundational belief regarding the College’s role in today’s messy, fascinating and interconnected world. What does the candidate see as its raison d'être? Can this person give voice to our higher calling?

Third, grow.

We want a tribal leader who is comprehensive in seeking fresh ideas, yet cleareyed enough to take firm steps forward. They must never lose sight of why change is important though in the short term; feathers will be ruffled and not everyone will wish him or her well.

Like a parent in a healthy household, I see the next dean fostering the unique personalities of Dyson, Johnson and Statler. A custodian whose sacred responsibility is to fan the flames of curiosity, create a safe haven and hold family accountable for reaching deep inside to give their very best to each other.

If he or she starts with the above, I believe the College of Business will be a force-multiplier — much greater than the sum of its three parts. Proving to skeptics that Cornell continues to be the education of choice for tomorrow’s John Zimmer, Josh Tetrick, Abby Cohen and Ratan Tata — gamechangers making an indelible dent in the universe of business.

Choose wisely & good luck.

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Against the combination of the Human Ecology and ILR To the Editor: To combine the College of Human Ecology and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations would be a grave error and cruel abuse of administrative power. Such a decision would wreak havoc on the lives of students and faculty associated with both colleges.

Moreover, it would disservice Cornell University for decades to come.

The decision to combine various disciplinary studies across the University in the interest of synergy — a buzzword used repeatedly in the recently released report by the Committee on Organizational Structures in the Social Sciences — is not novel. Several of the promises made in regard to this new merger between CHE and ILR are those same deliverables that were issued concerning the College of Business: the “potential to promote new collaborations, synergies, and cutting-edge research,” the “[expansion of] opportunities for undergraduate students,” and the combination of units that already shared similar missions and commitments.

Thus far, the College of Business has failed on all of these counts. The school still lacks a collective identity, representation of its progress or ability to communicate its decisions as programs function independently with misaligned goals. If the College of Business should serve as an example of how a CHE and ILR merger would develop, we should abandon this decision immediately.

Moreover, where there was a clearer motivation for the combination of the Hotel, AEM and Johnson programs, none such reasoning exists for the combination of ILR and CHE. Within the report itself, the Committee on Organizational Structures in the Social Sciences notes: “some of the committee felt that it was not evident what problems exist with the existing structure that this is meant to cure. Nonetheless, most could see something exciting and new emerging here.” The academic pursuits of students should not be toyed with for the sake of novelty, interest and development without guidance or goal. Visions for change must come with clear goals in what those transformations aim to solve and achieve. If not, the college will be left in the lurch.

Additionally, there are the vast implications of those risks mentioned within the report itself: the “potential harm to the unique external identities of both units.” CHE and ILR are unique insofar as they are founded on specific versions of academic pursuit and purpose. They are two of the most specialized programs at our University, and, in the world. Now, more than ever, their decided focus is essential to understanding our changing world. ILR Alexandra Klein, ILR ’18 Hannah Cho, ILR ’19 Carunya Achar, ILR ’18 Julia Velazco, ILR ’20 Kataryna Restrepo, ILR ’21 Laura Martinez, ILR ’19 Daniel Bromberg, ILR ’20 Gabriel Kaufman, ILR ’18 Katy Habr, ILR ’18 Amanda Madenberg, HumEc ’20 Daniel Kirchner, ILR ’21 Julia Albrecht, ILR ’18 Madeleine Goldberg, HumEc ’18 Caitlin Gleason, ILR ’18 Rachel Soderstrom, HumEc ’18 Kathryn O’Brien, HumEc ’18 Emma Ungar, HumEc ’20 Nathanael Cheng, ILR ’20 Emma Moore, HumEc ’20 Michael Iadevaia, ILR ’16, JD ’19 Gabe Diamond, ILR ’18 Olivia St Amand, ILR ’20 Delaney Ho, ILR ’21 TingAnn Hsiao, HumEc ’18 Hannah Light-Olson, HumEc ’18 Vanessa Chicas, HumEc ’18 Stacey Chen, HumEc ’18 Richard Green, ILR ’21 Jin Ahn, ILR ’18 Marinna Chung, ILR ’21 Gabriela Dickson La Rotta, Luke Daniels, ILR ’18 HumEc ’20 Onyinyechukwu Nnodum, ILR ’21 David Scharf, ILR ’19 Mohammed Ullah, HumEc ’21 Jessa Chargois, HumEc ’18 Juliette Raymond, ILR ’21 Syjah Harris, ILR ’20 Arlo J. DiPasquale, ILR ’17 Stephanie Chow, ILR ’17 Hannah Redding, ILR ’18 Julissa Andrade, ILR ’18 Andi Kao, ILR, grad Grace Bogdanove, ILR ’18 Solomon Shewit, ILR ’19 Kyle Friend, ILR ’18 Amy Ewert, ILR ’18 Xavier Eddy, ILR ’19 Carolina Braga, ILR ’18 Cameron Dunbar, ILR ’21 Victoria Straub, ILR ’18 Matthew Indimine, HumEc ’18 David Blatter, ILR, grad Jaëlle Sanon, ILR’19 Allison Herstic, ILR ’21 Zachary Kaplan, ILR ’18 Sabrina Rivers, ILR ’18 Aja Ceesay, ILR’19 Margaret Smith, ILR ’21 Gleni Kodra, ILR ’19 Liel Sterling, ILR ’21 Caroline Baldwin, HumEc ’18 Chiamaka Ijebuonwu, HumEc ’20 Aimé Freedenberg, ILR ’21

classes ought be dealing with those impending questions of labor in today’s world including those challenges of globalization, precarity, and organizing. Programs within the College of Human Ecology each have their own 21st century challenges, including dealing with global poverty, climate change, sustainability, and the numerous issues that exist both domestically and internationally in regard to healthcare policy and childhood development.

A call for interdisciplinarity inherently asks not only for a loss of this specialization, but also for a loss of those focal points and views essential in the current pursuit of these ends. Industrial and Labor Relations already has a dearth of electives that explore, in depth, issues of labor and the working class. No possible solution could exist for this problem in a world in which colleges are combined, spreading thin those resources which are already noticeably lacking.

Human Ecology extends its academic breadth to issues far beyond the scope of an umbrella of social science, including those unique tracks of fiber science and apparel design, global health, human development, health administration and nutrition. These programs will find themselves excluded and under-resourced through such a merger. Thus, a merger of CHE and ILR will naturally make it impossible for students to gain the education that they desire. Further, the consolidation is a deliberate attempt to treat social sciences as a nebulous discipline. The idea of inequality — and the specific groups and populations that it impacts — cannot be treated as decentered from issues of labor, climate change, and health care. To combine these schools is to downgrade the immense ties that these issues have to one another.

Furthermore, because the members were encouraged “to ignore the challenges or feasibility of implementation,” the opinions of the student body have yet to be considered within the process. This decision comes in the wake of a concerning trend towards a lack of democratic governance and increased opacity in decision making processes. The only proposed studentfeedback venue will be an email address to privately voice concerns; however, we believe publicizing the visceral, inter-disciplinary frustration with this intentionally secretive proposal is essential. The notion of “Any Person, Any Study” manifests in the ability of Cornell students to pursue those unique academic tracks of the College of Human Ecology and Industrial and Labor Relations.

The merging of these two programs would be an absolute travesty: we, the undersigned members of both colleges, strongly urge the University to not make such a horrendous error in judgement.

Patrick May, ILR ’18 Omar Nesheiwat, ILR ’20 Natalie Lilien, ILR ’21 MacKenzie Vick, HumEc ’21 Amanda Tripodi, ILR ’21 Katherine Curtis, HumEc ’19 Barron Williams ILR ’19 Erika Kane, HumEc ’20 Eliza Sherman, ILR ’21 Sabrina Sugano, ILR ’19 Lillien Ellis, ILR ’14, ’17, ’21 Terrill Malone, ILR ’21 Micaela Moravek, HumEc ’21 Clady Corona, ILR ’19 Jaylexia Clark, ILR ’19 Robert Goldberg, HumEc, ’18 Jenny Swift, ILR ’18 Hannah Sosenko, ILR ’19 Yvonne Schichtel, HumEc ’21 Mariel Emrich, HumEc, ’18 Liliana Minerva, HumEc ’21 Annice Lee, HumEc, ’21 Georgia Manning, HumEc ’21 Jane Hinkle, HumEc, ’18 Junhan Zeng, HumEc ’21 Ugochukwu Ukponu, HumEc, ’21 Victor Rieman, ILR ’21 Alexandra Kosakoff, ILR ’20 Jinyoung Park, ILR ’19 Grant Fabrizio, HumEc ’19 Nikolaus Krachler, ILR Sara Salmonson, ILR, ’19 Shara Safer, HumEc ’19 Isabella Lombardo, HumEc ’21 Elizabeth Allen, HumEc ’18 Christine Cho, ILR ’18 Daniela Rochez, HumEc ’21 Christopher Moon, HumEc ’21 Marissa Rifkin, HumEc ’18 Sarah Edwards, HumEc ’19 Alison Graziano, HumEc ’20 Anna Kallmeyer, HumEc ’20 Sydney Hamroff, HumEc ’19 Mikayla Wilson, ILR ’18 Jill Warren, HumEc ’19 Sloane Applebaum, HumEc ’18 Kevin Linsey, ILR ’18 Asia Moore, ILR ’20 Josh Mooney, ILR ’20 Kevin Mendoza, ILR ’19 Arleigh Parr, HumEc, ’21 Matthew Fooksman, ILR ’20 Jenna Korotkin, HumEc ’19 Arnella Mucha, ILR ’20 Renee Odom, HumEc ’20 Isabela Motta, ILR ’18 Christine Ye, Hunan Ecology ’20 Marion Panepento, ILR ’21 Christina Troisi, ILR ’18 Rrita Osmani, ILR ’20 Vanessa Roga, ILR ’20 Chelsea Hiciano, HumEc ’20 Mika Forman-Yossifov, ILR ’21 Olivia Heim, HumEc ’21 Lauren Price, ILR ’20 Alisha Nanji, HumEc ’19

Alex Champagne, HumEc ’21 Natasha Nanji, HumEc ’19 Hannah Harvey, HumEc ’21 Isabelle Doubleday, HumEc ’21 Allison Fox, HumEc ’20 Matthew Fischer-Daly, ILR Jay Wook Jun, HumEc ’18 Hyesook Chung, ILR, grad Kelly Bouzi, ILR ’18 Molly Novak, ILR ’18 Phoebe Rorke, ILR ’18 Lauren Woods, ILR ’19 Charlotte Borgers, HumEc ’21 Emily Abelow, ILR ’21 Ty Joseph, ILR ’18 Olivia Tometich, HumEc ’21 Claudia Chan, HumEc ’20 Soo Bin Ahn, ILR ’18 Lee Usiskin, ILR ’18 Kineret Brokman, ILR ’18 Alexis Pollitto, ILR ’18 Daniel Rosenfeld, HumEc ’18 Carolyn Todd, HumEc ’19 Claudia Greenspan, ILR ’19 Olivia Baryluk, HumEc ’20 Brenna Louie, HumEc ’18 Hannah Simmerman, ILR ’19 Irvin McCullough, ILR ’18 Ashni Verma, ILR ’21 Bella Harnick, HumEc ’21 Eliana Kaplan, HumEc ’21 Sammy Stern, HumEc ’21

Ara Hagopian | The Whiny Liberal

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ccording to a March 16 Sun story, the police that raided Maximilien Reynolds’ apartment found “the rifle [an AR-15], a bomb, 300 rounds of ammunition, body armor, chemicals, and a trauma kit”. A subsequent anecdote reveals that “once, in freshman year, a drunk student accidentally stepped on and killed Reynolds’ pet turtle… while Reynolds was upset, he told the student not to worry and that he understood it was unintentional.” And the last two paragraphs contain the real kicker; his friends stressed to The Sun that “the stereotype of the white, male school shooter doesn’t apply to Reynolds… Anyone who knew him liked him.”

Dehumanization is never a good thing.

There was a controversy in my Massachusetts hometown involving the corpse of “the Boston Bomber” being kept at a local funeral home, but I never took issue with it. As Prof. Kevin Nixon, plant sciences, was quoted as saying about Reynolds, “I don’t think anyone gets anything from

The Shooter That Never Was scapegoating him as some kind of evil force.” I don’t consider compassion for the victims and human decency toward the perpetrator to be mutually exclusive.

But something doesn’t seem quite right about how Max Reynolds is being treated in the court of public opinion. The entire story seems to imply that his paranoia led him to stockpile weapons for self-defense, and that he had no intention to harm anyone. First of all, I think that’s bullshit — the dude had 300 rounds. And secondly, since when is paranoia a legitimate defense? Dylan Roof was paranoid about black people killing white people in the streets; should he be absolved of guilt too?

Obviously Reynolds didn’t end up harming anybody, while Dylan Roof did. Even if I concede for the sake of the argument that he never intended to go on a killing spree, I still feel obliged to point out that there was a homemade bomb in his apartment. I don’t know a lot about do-it-yourself explosives, but something tells me that they present a

risk of accidental detonation. At the very least, Reynolds was endangering his nextdoor neighbors and any house guests he may have had by keeping that bomb in his room.

Thank goodness it didn’t go off. Consider this hypothetical; Max loads up his 300 rounds and shoots into a crowd of people, but doesn’t hit anyone. To me that situation is directly analogous to hiding an explosive device in your closet.

Why is Reynolds being treated so well in the media? Because he’s “likable”? Because “he had an insatiable curiosity and was driven to understand the world around him”? I find that hugely problematic. I have a pet turtle. If some drunken asshole killed my pet turtle by stepping on him, I’d probably chew the guy out. Does that mean I deserve less empathy if I’m ever caught with an AR-15 under my bed? I don’t believe in dehumanization, but neither do I believe in selective compassion.

I feel sympathy for Reynolds because he’s a human being, and because the necessary

removal of an individual from society is one of the most tragic things that ever has to occur. I don’t feel sympathy for him because “the stereotype of the white male school shooter doesn’t apply to him.” Or because, as The Sun so diligently informs us, “his father Tim Reynolds MBA ’94 earned millions as a founder of Jane Street Capital.” I think humanity should strive for universal compassion, but I would rather have every school shooter (or potential school shooter) be treated with vitriol than have one be treated better than the other because they’re a rich and likable. What you have in the latter case is not empathy, but selective moral tee-totaling. Appeals to the human virtues of empathy and mercy are always desirable, but mentioning Reynolds’ affability in the same breath as the danger he posed to innocent lives is despicable.

Ara Hagopian is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He can be reached at ahagopian@cornellsun.com. The Whiny Liberal appears alternate Fridays this semester.

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Michael Glanzel | Cornell Shrugged

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In Defense of The Ivy League

couple years ago, a former English professor at Yale published an article in the New Republic entitled, “Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League.” The title reflected a growing sense of hostility towards elitist institutions of higher education across the nation. Over the last few years, there has been a sort of a backlash against Ivy League-type schools –– from President Trump’s attacks on univer-

The Ivy League nevertheless has produced brilliant thinkers and powerful innovations. sity endowments, to the assaults from conservative media groups that label the Ivy League as a harbor for radical snowflakes.

At the risk of sounding elitist and out-of-touch, I argue that the Ivy League –– from its hyper-competitive admissions process, to its rigorous academics, to its army of loyal alumni –– is actually good for society. Though there are certainly problems with the sort of elitism that emerges from these top schools, the Ivy League nevertheless has produced brilliant thinkers and powerful innovations that have pushed the human race forward.

Among the first criticisms leveled at elite schools is the admissions process. The low acceptance rate of the schools necessarily forces the respective admissions offices to only admit highly-accomplished, interesting and capable students. Many argue that the process stresses out high schoolers and transforms them into lifeless robots. They argue that high schoolers become engrossed with an enhancing their personal sense of prestige rather than truly developing a love for learning.

The problem with this argument is that it is highly stereotypical, and is often not reflective of actual prospective Ivy Leaguers. Yes, the process is stressful; but so is life. Top schools produce individuals that will almost always work in demanding, high-intense professions. Students go to the Ivy League to be movers and shakers –– not to be cruise directors.

Thus, the intensity of the admissions process is simply reflective of the stresses that one will face both at the prospective school and in life after schooling. How can one lambast the SAT when our nation’s future doctors will be faced with stressful medical examines or when future lawyers will be faced with admission to the bar –– both of which are infinitely more intense and time consuming than a mere threehour test on math and reading.

Another attack on the Ivy League is that the schools produce students that are highly insecure, and are unable to deal with the prospect of failure.

Because of this insecurity and fear, these students try to avoid risk, thus depriving them of intellectual curiosity. I agree, to an extent, that top students often exhibit strong sense of insecurity. However, this is not a product of the schools per se, but rather an environment that brings together the best and brightest young minds in the country. The students at schools like Cornell are brilliant –– and it is often intimidating to bear witness to the intellectual horsepower of some of the top students at these universities.

However, the insecurity does not necessarily bring students down to a level of mindlessness that is free of true intellect. Instead, the environment challenges to students to push harder and work to achieve greater heights.

What is certainly one of the greatest hallmarks of the Ivy League is that it truly is more affordable to low-income students than most colleges. While I have

written extensively on how Cornell has policies that are economically detrimental to lower income students, the fact of the matter is that the entirety of the nation’s higher education system hurts poorer students. Rising tuition rates and growing fees make it difficult for poor families to afford a college degree.

However, the generous financial aid packages of top schools help to give these students the opportunity to achieve an incredible education at a bargain price. In fact, students from families making less than $65,000 at most Ivy League schools receive their education virtually for free. The limited debt accumulated by these students is vastly outweighed by the massive return-on-investment generated by an elite diploma.

Another popular attack on elite schools comes from the right-wing media that portrays these campuses as epicenters of weak and insecure snowflakes.

These portrayals often highlight isolated events and comments made by radical students who are in a very small minority. In my experience, professors and students alike have been willing to challenge my views and I have felt more than comfortable to challenge their perspectives. The Sun is a perfect example of this. This newspaper is filled with conflicting and competing ideas; and this conflict is the very contrapositive of the snowflake narrative generated by the right.

Though it is clear that the Ivy League is currently facing an era of tough resistance from the media, public, and the administrative state, I firmly believe that it is a force for good. There are, of course, a myriad of problems with elite schools. Nevertheless, the Ivy League has produced incredible thinkers, revolutionary advances in research and incredible educational opportunities. It is for this reason that we must work to defend these schools from outside attacks and work to continually improve and strengthen these institutions.

Michael Glanzel is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mglanzel@cornellsun.com. Cornell Shrugged appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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Why We Love the School We Hate

ornhell. This is the nickname I hear as I cross the Arts Quad every morning, 50 students shivering under parkas with a ring of fur around their face, their L.L. Bean boots dragging through dirty slush.

Some clutch cups of mediocre coffee from Libe. All bear an expression of death on their faces.

Reality is uncertain and terrifying right now, ridden with countless events startling Cornellians over the past few months — the discovery of a weapon stockpile in Collegetown, an atrocious pig roast, a string of racial and sexual violence. The first day of freshman year seems like a faded picture by now, when we looked out at the slope with resounding certainty that this would be the best four years of our existence. It’s hard to remember why we loved Cornell in the first place.

But the other day, my architecture teacher brought it all back when he told us how Cornell is a world within two thresholds. In architecture, thresholds are crossed to enter anything: a doorway, an arch, a rooftop.

Cornell’s thresholds are two bridges suspended over roaring, beautiful gorges; every morning and evening we cross one on North Campus and the other in Collegetown. Or we scale a slope grazed by lush grass, climbing toward a tower. There is no way to enter and exit campus without passing through nature, crossing rolling hills and waters into an awaiting institution.

Sitting in the lecture hall of Milstein, I realized that this is the rea-

son why we continue to cross thresholds every morning. We love this place. We chose this place for the moments of happiness it gives us that no other school can. And remembering those moments is the only thing that can pull us through times like these.

I love Cornell because I love sitting in the A.D. White Library at sunset and snagging the black couch by the window. As I sit among books next to a window, overlooking a town I have come to love, I realize in no other place I would be able to do this, to sit in nature and a library at the same time.

I love the way the coffee machines whir in Klarman Hall as I rush to class. The baristas press the coffee grounds and the smell of coffee beans pierces the air. I love the way it’s always chaotic by the sugar and cream station, but the line to the soup and sandwich line stays orderly. Goldwin Smith is an ebb and flow, and the Temple of Zeus is its counterpart.

I love walking down to Louie’s food truck and biting into a toasted sandwich, warm sauce dripping down your hands. I love how the other students chatter by the red truck, their conversations growing louder and louder as they wait for food, anticipating Cajun fries and malt shakes and pizza subs.

I love passing the Johnson in the evening and glimpsing its roof of stars behind the trees. I love how it reminds me of the first day I came to campus — the Johnson held a welcome back party, and the strangers who have now become my friends lay on the crooked

bench with me, and we talk like our lives are still ahead of us.

I love how the stores of the Commons line up in ways that make me want to wander in every one of them but never buy anything, to smell the spices of the olive oil shop and touch the felt birdhouses of the trinket store. I think back on when these streets were filled — caramel coated apples drip from stands during Applefest and chefs toss canned beans to one another during Chilifest. Even when I am alone in the Commons, there is something about the liveliness of the past that reminds me of the best parts of summer and fall, reminiscent of long weekends wandering on winding streets.

I love standing at a concert in Barton and feeling the rush of bodies hit me and we are all shouting, we are singing and screaming seemingly in unison with every other student from Cornell. And I love the way I can sit on the patterned couches of Goldwin Smith’s Pale Fire Lounge with complete strangers and feel at peace as us each read a book, Nabokov smiling from a picture frame to remind us of those who sat there before.

Best of all, I love the way I can think back on the first day I walked on the crooked roads of this campus, and the strangers I was once so timid to approach have become my closest

friends. I love how they have showed up at my door to help me carry boxes on move-out day, climbed the gorges at sunset with me, sat in the alcove of the library and talked until the sun started rising above the horizon.

I don’t know a single Cornellian who doesn’t feel this connection

It’s hard to remember why we loved Cornell in the first place. toward their school — it just becomes hard to remember them sometimes.

But it is important to hold onto those moments, and remind one another why we are here. The bond of two students walking past the clocktower at midnight, the unparalleled relationship between two strangers sitting on a bench, gazing at the starry sky of the Johnson — those are the moments that keep us walking through the snow in the morning. It is a collection of these moments that keeps us loving each other and our Big Red home, no matter what else is happening in the world.

Kelly Song is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at ksong@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Sherlock Gnomes: The Kids Deserve Better

BY DAVID GOULDTHORPE Sun Staff Writer

Do you ever hear about something, and after a few words you already know it’s a terrible idea? That’s how I felt with Sherlock Gnomes, the sequel to 2011’s Gnomeo and Juliet. Now, I never saw Gnomeo and Juliet, but from what I know, I feel that it didn’t warrant a sequel. Audience reactions seem lukewarm at best. Its gross wasn’t particularly impressive, only turning a profit thanks to the small budget.

Was it worth adding a sequel seven years later with a bigger budget? One 86-minute headache later, I can answer with a strong NO. Follow me, and let me count the ways I detest this film below.

Sherlock Gnomes opens with our titular character, Sherlock Gnomes (Johnny Depp). He saved a group of garden gnomes from his nemesis Moriarty, voiced by Jamie Demetriou. Sherlock, along with his trusty Dr. Watson (Chiwetel Ejiofor), defeats Moriarty and finds his shattered headpiece, believing his reign of terror to be over.

Meanwhile, Gnomeo and Juliet, voiced by James McAvoy

and Emily Blunt, are moved to London with their owners.

Shortly after the move though, their family and friends vanish. That’s when Sherlock and Watson arrive to solve the case, and they must work together to find the gnomes before time runs out.

I have to jump right in and say it: this film is a huge mess from beginning to end. Starting with the characters, motivations do not make a lick of sense. For example, when they first move into the garden, Juliet decides to clean the place up. Gnomeo now feels like she’s not listening to him any more, so decides to give her a romantic gesture. He does so by breaking into a nearby flower store to get a certain kind of blossom. He’s foiled though, and Juliet comes to meet him. She proceeds to berate him, saying that he’s distracting her, that “the garden can’t wait; you can!” First of all, why is she so angry? She didn't have to come save him; he didn't get caught. Their fight seems artificially inflated instead of a genuine conflict. Second, that particular line (“the garden can’t wait; you can!”) seems so mean-spirited. There’s also Gnomeo complaining that he’s not being listened to, and Sherlock’s consistent rudeness. The whole main cast feels

unlikable. They never feel natural.

This makes the plot clunky as well. Early on, Gnomeo and Juliet are proclaimed the new leaders of the gnomes by their parents. This has no bearing on the rest of the movie at all, and could be cut. There’s a romantic subplot between a frog and a gnome which has no impact on the rest of the movie. The main plot itself feels tedious. You have not one, but two “twists” that can be predicted within the first five minutes. There are also glaring plot holes: the gnomes sometimes freeze into ceramic to avoid human detection, but in other scenes don’t want to be seen at all. It all depends on what the plot demands. Finally, there are outright errors. Juliet, Sherlock and Watson find out where their friends are for the evil plan. Next scene: Gnomeo, who was not present for the evil reveal, knows about the plan too, and is there to help? This is not bad storytelling, this is broken storytelling. This is something that should have been fixed in a script review. I’m aghast that a film from a major studio managed to get to theaters like this.

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Okay, so the storytelling is bad. Is it at least funny?

Many people I talked to about this movie said that they thought it at least looked humorous. As a heads up, most of the trailer’s jokes are not in this film. Exactly one line made me laugh in this 86 minute film. A lonely moment of comedy in a sea of dabbing gnomes and selfie sticks.

Sherlock Gnomes and Juliet in Sherlock Gnomes.

One line has Watson losing Gnomeo in a museum, at which point he calls out “Wherefore art thou, Gnomeo?”

It might only be my inner nerd, but I felt enraged that the movie apparently doesn’t know that “wherefore” means “why”. I don’t appreciate this myth being perpetuated on kids for the sake of an unfunny line. It’s a dull time.

Now, you might have noticed in my synopsis that Moriarty is in this picture. However, he’s not mentioned in any promotional material. That’s because Professor Moriarty, described as the “greatest schemer of all time, the organizer of every devilry, the controlling brain of the underworld, a brain which might have made or marred the destiny of nations” is reimagined as a rubber pie mascot. You might have gotten a slight chuckle from reading that. I assure you, that’s the most fun you’ll have from that concept. It’s a ridiculouslooking character that is not enjoyable, only obnoxious. It reduces one of the most enduring villains of all time COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT ANIMATION to a punchline. I might have forgiven if it was at least a

funny punchline.

As for the visuals, the movie leaves a lot to be desired on this front. At many points, the animation and designs looked good — on the animals and humans in the background. Many of the main characters have off-putting designs. There are also instances of water and liquids on screen that don’t look realistic at all. I get that fluids are difficult to animate, but that’s why you write around stuff like that. Not to mention there are blatant errors: very important clues change appearances between shots.

Continuity in backgrounds is one thing, but we’re talking about something in the foreground that’s an essential plot element. Again, any kind of review would have caught this. The directing doesn't work, with shots going on for way too long, resulting in very awkward scenes. Editing could have fixed it — again, any kind of oversight would have made this so much better.

Sherlock Gnomes has one redeeming feature: it’s short.

The story is unappealing, it’s flat-out unfunny and it’s riddled with poor design choices and objective errors. If the script had been revised even one more time, if more thought had gone into the characters and story, this would have been at least passable. Instead, more thought went into “How many gnome puns can we cram into the opening?” The result is an unwatchable presentation. It’s obvious that very little care went into the crafting of this film. Why should we, the audience, care enough to watch it then?

David Gouldthorpe is a senior in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at dgoulthorpe@cornellsun.com.

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Free Netflix? No Thanks

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uring my sophomore year, former Arts & Entertainment Editor Sean Doolittle ’16 wrote a polemic titled “I'm Mad as Hell, and I'm Not Going to Take This Anymore.” Doolittle put Cornell students on blast for failing to value the arts. “We don't make time for art anymore,” Doolittle wrote, “There's no urgency for beauty.”

I disagreed with Doolittle’s column. Ways to appreciate arts and culture were everywhere on campus. Every weekend, students presented a cappella concerts, dance performances, live theater and more. Even if you wanted to stay in after a long week, who’s to say that watching Netflix doesn’t count as engaging with art?

This year’s Student Assembly presidential race has made me change my perspective. The question is not whether students consume art and entertainment (we all know we do). The question is how we do so.

In his platform, presidential candidate Varun Devatha ’19 includes the plank, "Improving the Student Experience." One way that Devatha suggests doing so is “Improv[ing] media and pop culture accessibility through increased Slope Day funding and free Spotify, Netflix, etc.” On paper, free access to Netflix, Spotify and other streaming services might seem like a good idea.

But many Cornell clubs that focus on the arts do not receive enough funding. Controversies in the past year surrounding the S.A Appropriations Committee and CUTonight’s funding decisions show that there isn’t enough money to go around. Last semester, for example, the Student Assembly voted to stop funding Cornell Cinema. The cut could have forced a dramatic cut in the Cinema's programming. (The Cinema currently shows movies six to seven nights a week.) The College of Arts & Sciences has since stepped in with bridge funding, which means that the Cinema’s operations can continue as normal. For now.

We can’t even adequately fund every existing club. As such, I don't see how Devatha could justify allocating funds for students to stream for “free.”

I put free in quotations because, in the end, someone will be paying. Will the administration pay for our access?

I doubt it. If not, the funds will likely come from student fees.

I don’t have a problem with my student fees going to fund resources I’ll never use. It’s the very nature of attending a university like Cornell. Most of my tuition will go towards classes I’ll never take, professors I’ll never learn

Shay Colins Morning Bowl Of Surreal from and clubs I’ll never join. A healthy campus depends upon having an array of resources. Most, if not all, of which will not appeal to everyone. But there’s a difference between using student funds to support a dance troupe or club lacrosse team and using them to buy streaming access.

The distinction is between a given student's experience and “the student experience.” Free streaming access might improve many students’ experiences at Cornell. But what do we mean when we talk about “the student experience”?

I argue that we mean — or should mean — activities and resources that bring students together.

There’s a difference between seeing a play at the Schwartz or Risley and re-watching The Office. On one hand there’s going to a friend’s arch sing, Wynton Marsalis

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at Bailey or Playboy Carti at Barton. On the other there’s streaming music on Spotify while studying.

There’s nothing wrong with streaming music or watching something on Netflix. Lord knows I do both more than enough. But Devatha’s stated goal is improving the student experience. As such, he would do better to focus on funding our existing cultural resources.

Additionally, I don't see the sense in increasing Slope Day funding, either. I won't pretend that I’m innocent. I, too, complain about the Slope Day headliner from year-toyear. Still, as much as I would love to see a top-tier act come to campus, Slope Day is one day out of 30 weeks at Cornell every year. Many student groups that operate throughout the whole year are chronically underfunded.

Why funnel more money into a one-day event instead of year-round cultural resources?

Student Assembly voting takes place Monday through Wednesday. I encourage undergraduates to assess the candidates’ platforms. Do their proposals sound achievable?

Will they improve the student body's collective experience? Will they provide opportunities to students that they might otherwise struggle to access? “Free” Netflix or Spotify do not, at least in my eyes, meet any of the above criteria.

As a student body, we deserve better. We deserve to have our clubs and arts resources supported. We deserve to be able to access resources and funding without jumping through a series of bureaucratic hoops. We deserve to have student tuition and fees go to programs that tangibly improve the student experience. It's what we’re paying for, after all.

Shay Collins is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. Morning Bowl of Surreal will appear alternate Mondays this semester. He can be reached at scollins@cornell.edu.

Blockers Is the New Sex Comedy for This Generation

BY ELIA MORELOS Sun Contributor

The close to two-hour runtime of the film Blockers was filled with laugh after laugh which was unexpected, given the film’s old-fashioned premise of sex and its relation to women. However, after its screening at South by Southwest Film Festival and the positive response it received, it is no surprise that Kay Cannon’s (who wrote Pitch Perfect and several episodes of NBC’s 30 Rock) film solidified itself as an effortless comedy, bringing laughs as easily as Superbad or 21 Jump Street. The only thing different about this film is its attribution of raunchy comedy to women, a recent turn that has been explored in comedies such as Bridesmaids, Trainwreck, and Girls Trip.

Blockers follows three parents’ (played by Leslie Mann, John Cena and Ike Barinholtz) desperate attempts to prevent their teenage daughters (played by Kathryn Newton, Geraldine Viswanathan and Gideon Adlon) from losing their virginity on prom night. Although I had assumed the movie would be another slapstick comedy reminiscent of Adam Sandler movies — cashing in on sex jokes, gross gags focusing on bodily fluids and making fun of the gap between millennials and their parents in over-the-top ways — Blockers instead explored the pivotal growth of children and how their parents cope with letting their children grow up with one of the most sexpositive attitudes I have seen in modern comedies.

The decision to have sex on prom night is not something that the three girls are indecisive about throughout the film.

Instead, Julie (Newton) and Kayla (Viswanathan) nonchalantly decide that they will sleep with someone on prom night, showcasing that for these girls, their virginity does not carry as much weight for them as it did for their parents. After the three leave for prom, Lisa (Mann) and Mitchell (Cena) stumble upon text messages from a group chat their daughters are in. Hunter (Barinholtz) guides them

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through a dragged-out and predictable scene where the three attempt to decipher a whole conversation carried out in emojis, an inaccurate preconceived idea of teenagers. Hunter also happens to be the only parent that is not plagued by fears of his daughter growing up and abandoning him the majority of the film: he does not care if his daughter has sex. He wants to prevent Mitchell and Lisa from ruining his daughter’s night and follows along with their shenanigans.

The three travel from party to party, attempting to find their daughters and getting into hilarious hijinks that leave the audience laughing. Given how self-assured the three girls are of what they want, the movie pits the audience against the parents; they have favorable personalities thanks to the acting chops demonstrated by all three, and the audience is aware that they only want the best for their children. However, what they think is best may not be the reality of things, an idea that is shared by other adults in the film. When confronted with Mitchell’s wife, they are chided by her. She states that what the three are doing is ridiculous and that women should not be tied to an old-fashioned idea of virginity and the weight it carries, even berating Lisa for siding with the two men.

The message Blockers delivers rings out various times in the film, causing it to become heavy-handed. Whenever a new character was introduced to the group, I wondered if they would once again advice the three on being sex-positive. However, as a whole, the message is one that has been missing from many narratives concerning teenage girls.

I am not sure when the last time female sexuality was explored on a movie screen for anything other than laughs, especially regarding the sexuality of teenage girls.

Blockers displays conflicting ideas with regards to sexuality: all three of the parents agree that having sex in high school is too early. They face opposition everywhere they go, but their daughters are unapologetic in what they want.

Kayla, the student athlete, is firm and

sure of what she wants and is not afraid to change her mind. When she decides not to have sex, her date easily respects her wishes and they venture onto different activities.

When her father throws her date against a wall due to his protectiveness, she is offended that he does not trust her enough to make her own choices regarding her body, despite growing up being taught to respect herself.

Sam (Adlon), a nerdy girl with an interest in cosplay, struggles with her sexuality throughout the film and is pressured into

and the expectations placed on her. Losing her virginity is seen as a step towards independence for Julie. It is a choice that she makes herself and is her first step towards “womanhood” to her. Although Hunter and Mitchell are also in cahoots with Lisa to stop their daughters from having sex, it seems as if Julie and Leslie’s relationship holds the most weight. The two have spent their whole lives together, without another parent taking up responsibility, and share a deep bond. The night is over once Lisa accepts the fact that Julie will have sex with

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Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholt and John Cena track down their children in Blockers.

the sex pact under the guise that her friends will forget about her if she does not do something impactful with them. She shoots longing gazes to Angelica (Ramona Young), while dreamy music plays. Sam eventually accepts the fact that she is a lesbian and, with help from Hunter, is able to come out to her friends and make a move on Angelica. The inclusion of a lesbian teenager in a sex comedy that was not made fun of for their sexuality was one of my favorite parts of this movie.

Julie, the preppier of the bunch, finds herself conflicted with gaining independence. As the daughter of a single mother, Julie has become suffocated by her mother

her boyfriend and that she is a grown-up, free to pursue her own dreams.

Blockers made me laugh and made me reminisce on my own relationship with my parents. It features a blend between raunchy humor and heartfelt moments, and the characters in the film, both teenagers and parents, are extremely likable. There were gags that ran on for too long and times where it played into what I expected it to be like, but overall Blockers is an enjoyable movie to watch and laugh along to.

Elia Morelos is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at egm57@cornell.edu.

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nated representative at large.

“The main way for students to make policy happen on campus is through Student Assembly, so students who aren’t on S.A. need to able to do that.”

Marco Antonio Peralta-Ochoa ’21, candidate for College of Arts and Sciences representative, criticized the Assembly’s funding decision for Slope Day.

“I want to change classroom and campus culture to better ... facilitate diversity.”

Catherine Li ’21 “I sit on the [S.A.] Appropriations Committee, and was unhappy with the recent decision to a lot half of the money that Slope Day asked for to fund ‘Alternative Slope Day,’ [which is] for students who don’t enjoy Slope Day for the drinking or party environment,” said Peralta-Ochoa.

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Khaddy Kebbeh ’19, also a candidate for arts college representative, said that CUTonight’s allegedly discriminatory funding decisions reflected the need for greater diversity initiatives on campus.

Olivia Corn ’19, candidate for and encumbent arts college representative, hopes to facilitate conversation between students and administrators in light of the arts college’s recent proposal to restructure its curriculum.

“I think it’s important that the faculty and higher administration hold office hours, so that students can sit down with the dean without waiting six months for a meeting,” Corn said.

Other proposals candidates brought up included increasing access to LGBTQ resources like gender neutral bathrooms and facilitating the transfer of credits from other institutions.

Catherine Li ’21, candidate for undesignated representative at large, said her platform’s main focus is “not to stay silent.”

“I want to change classroom and campus culture to better acknowledge and facilitate diversity,” Li said.

Katherine Heaney can be reached at kheaney@cornellsun.com.

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Sanchez — a parent, one of the rally organizers and a student in an employee degree program at Cornell.

“I have two kids in high school and one in elementary school. It would be very nice to think it happens everywhere else and not here,” Lemus-Sanchez told The Sun. “I’m doing it to teach [my kids] what activism looks like and what it means to be proactive and care for your community.”

Lemus-Sanchez said she savored the homely atmosphere that permeated the rally.

“It’s a feeling of being home,” Lemus-Sanchez said as she looked into the crowd.

“It’s knowing that you’re there with people who are like you and think like you. You’re

among friends. It’s a very empowering feeling.”

Chen, who is planning a follow-up discussion in April on developing policy proposals, saw the march and the rally as a stand against complacency and a way to increase people’s awareness of their role in influencing society.

“We’re really frustrated and upset at how gun violence has been talked about and talked about and really just talked about … Every time it feels like deja vu,” she said.

“It’s become really easy to be passive these days. You post on Facebook or you discuss with friends and then … you just move on with your lives,” Chen said. “With the march, we just really, really wanted people to … accept that … that this is something we can change and ... affect.”

Julia Curley can be reached at jcurley@cornellsun.com.

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From Parkland to Ithaca | Students and local Ithaca residents take part in the March for Our Lives protest that swept the country on Saturday.

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Laxers Explode in 2nd Half to Defeat No. 15 Penn

By DYLAN McDEVITT Sun Sports Editor

In a season so far marked by ups and downs, Cornell men’s lacrosse picked up its first conference win of the year on Saturday, defeating Penn, 20-13.

During halftime at Adams Field in Philadelphia, the scoreboard reflected a two-goal lead for the Quakers (54, 1-1 Ivy). But the Red (4-3, 1-1) came out strong in the second half, scoring nine of the game’s last 11 goals to power itself to victory.

“I thought it was our best second-half effort of the year,” said interim head coach Peter Milliman. “Our guys solved some defensive problems at halftime …

Offensively, I think we just kept our head and tried to stay patient and disciplined, and we got the ball enough times to get it in there.”

Sophomore attack Jeff Teat led all scorers on the day, notching six goals and two assists for his most points since earning 10 against Hobart on Feb. 24. The secondyear standout had a hand in both of the Red’s man-up tallies on the day, scoring on one and assisting on another. “[Teat] is just a big piece of the offense,” Milliman said. “He’s able to do so much for us, you know, we can turn to him when we need things … But I think our offense in general was clicking pretty well and moving the ball and creating opportunities.”

Junior midfielder Jake McColluch was instrumental on both sides of the ball, putting up eight points of his own, a career-high, and causing two turnovers.

Senior goalkeeper Christian Knight played the entire first half but did not return for the third quarter, leaving sophomore Caelahn Bullen to fill in. Bullen stood strong behind solid defense through the game’s final 30 minutes to earn his first career win. “[Bullen] was strong, I think our defense tightened up a bit in the second half,” Milliman said. “He made some key saves … [and] made some good decisions.”

Perhaps the biggest bright spot of the day for Cornell came in the faceoff circle, where sophomore FOGO Paul Rasimowicz continued his upward trend, emerging victo-

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First Ivy win | Though the Red trailed by two at halftime, Cornell energetically rebounded in the second half — scoring nine of the game’s final 11 goals — to claim the team’s first conference victory of the season. rious on a career-high 21 of the contest’s 36 draws.

Faceoffs had been a struggle in the early part of the Red’s season, as Cornell sported a dismal 25 percent success rate in its first three games. Since then, however, Rasimowicz has vastly improved, particularly in his last two games.

“If you take a look at the few games since Albany [on March 4], Paul has really performed well,” Milliman said.

“His numbers maybe don’t reflect that because of the tough start early on in the year.”

Cornell executed the fundamentals well on Saturday, going a perfect 10-for-10 on clear attempts and only

coughing up six turnovers — a stark contrast to last week’s 14 against Yale.

The win was Cornell’s second against a ranked opponent this season and its first on an opponent’s home turf.

“We talked all week about finishing plays,” Milliman said. “We knew what we wanted to do, and we had to go and execute.”

The Red returns to action this Tuesday, when it takes on Air Force at Schoellkopf Field at 5 p.m.

Dylan McDevitt can be reached at dmcdevitt@cornellsun.com.

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No. 21 Lacrosse Finds Offensive Rhythm, Downs Yale

By SMITA NALLURI Sun Staff Writer

Cornell got off to a strong start and maintained its momentum to handily defeat Yale, 13-8, on Saturday.

Senior midfielder Ida Farinholt was able to find the back of the net less than two minutes into the first half — precipitating a six-goal scoring run for the Red that would leave the Bulldogs (6-3, 2-1 Ivy) scoreless for over 17 minutes.

Cornell (5-3, 2-1) continued to assert its dominance over Yale the entire game — holding the Bulldogs to its lowest-scoring game of the season thus far.

“We focused a lot at practice on not just a set play, but working off of each other and understanding what we’re going to do in a freelance game,” said senior captain and midfielder Taylor Reed. “I think that really translated into what we saw on the field today.”

The Red outmatched the Bulldogs on

“The Ivy League is eight really talented teams, so we’re just going to have keep getting better every day.”

Junior Sarah Phillips

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Ivy-ready | Cornell’s offense produced a six-goal scoring run on the way to earning a decisive victory over Yale — an auspicious result as the Red prepares for more conference matchups.

every level — taking 33 shots to Yale’s 21, causing nine turnovers to Yale’s four, winning 12 draw controls to Yale’s 11 and fielding 13 ground balls to Yale’s seven.

Farinholt, as has been the case for most of the season, led the way for Cornell — tallying five points on the day, winning six draw controls and fielding a ground ball.

But the Red’s Ivy triumph saw contributions from a wide range of players.

Junior attack Tomasina Leska added four goals of her own, while senior midfielder Joey Coffy earned three goals, won two draw controls, fielded two ground balls and caused three turnovers.

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Reed also demonstrated her versatility by scoring a goal, winning four draw controls, fielding a ground ball and causing a turnover.

In her career debut for Cornell, sophomore attacker Izzy Zachara scored her first collegiate goal from an assist from Farinholt and also fielded two ground balls.

Defensively, sophomore goalkeeper Katie McGahan made eight saves and fielded a ground ball.

The Red knows the conference win puts it in good position heading into the rest of the season.

“Any Ivy win is a huge win,” said junior captain Sarah Phillips. “We’re not looking too far ahead, but the Ivy League is eight really talented teams, so we’re just going to have to keep getting better every day and try to come out on top at the end of the season.”

The Red will take a brief break from Ancient Eight play as it is slated to take on two non-conference opponents — Rutgers (4-6, 0-2 Big 10) on Saturday and No.1 Stony Brook (8-0, 1-0 America East) on April 3.

“We’re just going to continue to build on our offense and lock down our defense as usual,” Reed said. “We just have to play our game next Saturday.”

Smita Nalluri can be reached at snalluri@cornellsun.com.

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Icers’ Title Hopes End in 1st Round of NCAAs

By RAPHY GENDLER and JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editors

WORCESTER, Mass. — Cornell men’s hockey’s first and only losing streak of the season couldn’t have come at a worse time.

After its most successful regular season in over a decade, Cornell (25-6-2, 17-3-2 ECAC) experienced an early end to its postseason as the top-seeded Red lost 31 to fourth-seeded Boston University (22-13-4, 12-8-4 Hockey East). It is the Red’s second straight NCAA first round exit.

Cornell took a 1-0 lead in the second period of the northeast regional contest, but quickly saw its lead disappear as the Terriers, now riding an eight-game unbeaten streak, responded 36 game seconds later with a tally of their own.

“It just goes to show you that any little play … can hurt you,” said senior forward and captain Alex Rauter.

“We responded well even after it was 1-1, but we just couldn’t get those bounces in front of the net.”

Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 said the first Terrier goal was the game’s turning point.

“You need a little fortune, and the fortune for B.U., that [Shane] Bowers picks it out of midair, whiffs at it and it ends up going in the back of the net, I thought that was a real momentum buzzkill,” Schafer said.

Senior forward Trevor Yates got the Red on the board 7:33 into the second with a snipe from the top of the right circle on a feed from freshman Cam Donaldson.

But the lead didn’t last long, and the Terriers scored the game’s final three goals.

“It’s always fun scoring goals, it’s something I like to do,” said Yates, whose 13th goal tied junior forward Anthony Angello for the team lead. “I wish I could’ve scored another one at the end there.”

The squads entered the final period knotted up at a goal apiece, and 4:39 into the third, the Terriers sealed Cornell’s fate of another early postseason exit, a week after the Red lost to Princeton in last weekend’s ECAC semifinals. B.U.’s David Farrance sent one past freshman goaltender Matt Galajda for what was ultimately

being the game-winner. “[Freshman center Brenden Locke was] standing behind the net and the right winger takes the puck up behind the net, it’s like ‘man this is not going to end well,’” Schafer said.

Cornell outshot its longtime rival, 31-24, and kept the Terriers’ tough top line at bay. “[B.U.] averaged like 36 shots on goal and we kept them to [24] tonight,” Schafer said.

“We did a lot of things we wanted to do. It’s funny, the last two games we’ve played we’ve lost and statistically we’ve done a lot BORIS TSANG / SUN ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR of things we wanted to do that usually lead to victo- Frozen out | After Cornell’s best season in over a decade, B.U. ended the Red’s season on ry, but that’s the way the Saturday, winning 3-1 and dashing Cornell’s Frozen Four hopes.

In the final minutes, the Red — who now hasn’t won game is.”

Cornell’s best-in-the-nation defense knew it would an NCAA tournament game since 2012 — tried to face a big test in slowing down B.U.’s top line, espe- sneak one past B.U. goaltender Jake Oettinger, but cially center Jordan Greenway, a Minnesota Wild Cornell’s efforts were to no avail, and B.U. sealed the prospect. Many times throughout the game, the Red game with an empty-net goal. Oettinger made 30 saves matched up six-foot-five center Beau Starrett, who in the Terrier victory.

The Terriers advanced to the northeast regional final played on a line with Angello and junior forward and co-captain Mitch Vanderlaan for much of the contest, on Sunday afternoon and lost to Michigan, 6-3.

Despite being eliminated in the first round of the against Greenway.

“Our job was to try to make sure he could play for NCAA tournament in two straight years, Schafer said the Wild next week, that was kind of our goal,” Schafer he’s proud of his team’s season.

“I’m not disappointed at all,” Schafer said. “I said. “You need multiple people to play him. He gets determined down low, you better get ready to come couldn’t be more proud. Disappointed? 25 wins, down and cheat and help because you’re just not going NCAAs, I got a job for a couple more years.” to handle a guy like that one-on-one. [Starrett] did a tremendous job, but at the same time we had different Raphy Gendler can be reached at rgendler@cornellsun.com.

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun.com. guys on the ice.”

WRESTLING

MEN’S SWIMMING

By JACK KANTOR

In Nation’s Top 5

Wrestler Wins Title With Torn ACL Evdokimov Places Sun Assistant Sports Editor

Eventual national champion Yianni Diakomihalis unknowingly tore his ACL in the first period of his quarterfinal match.

But the freshman continued the match to defeat two-time national champion Dean Heil of Oklahoma State and eventually won two more on his way to an NCAA title.

“We got in a “A g a i n s t scramble in the Dean Heil, first minute of we got in a the match. I felt scramble in the first minthat pop.” ute of the Freshman Yianni match,” Diakomihalis Diakomihalis said. “I felt that pop.”

With 20 seconds remaining in the 141 pound national final, Diakomihalis executed a masterful four-point cradle to defeat Wyoming’s Bryce Meredith, 7-4, and win the title.

Diakomihalis wrestled his final three matches of the NCAA Championship with the knee injury.

But when he suffered the injury, he wasn’t immediately concerned.

Swimmer breaks his own Ivy record in 100m breaststroke

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

JASON BEN NATHAN / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER

Through the pain | Despite suffering an ACL tear in the NCAA quarterfinals, Yianni Diakomihalis earned a national title, defeating Wyoming’s Bryce Meredith.

“It was a little loose and I thought it wasn’t a big deal and just had pain,” Diakomihalis said.

Nonetheless, Diakomihalis wrestled through the pain to join Kyle Dake ’13 as the second Cornell freshman to win a national championship, also at 141 pounds. “[It was just] a good mentality and the confidence that I’d be able to win the matches,” Diakomihalis said.

Diakomihalis said he will undergo surgery next week and expects recovery to take six to seven months.

Dylan McDevitt ’19 contributed reporting to this story.

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun.com.

Senior Alex Evdokimov earned first-team All-America honors in two events at the NCAA swimming and diving national championships in Minneapolis on Friday and Saturday.

Evdokimov was one of just four swimmers to earn All-America honors in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke, earning fourth place in the 100 and fifth in the 200.

In the 200, Evdokimov swam a 1:52.36 to get into the top five, less than a tenth of a second slower than his previous best time. In the 100, he swam a 51.32, breaking his previous Ivy League record.

The four-time Ivy champion holds the Cornell program record in the 100 by more than two and a half seconds. Evdokimov is the first Cornellian to become a national finalist since Randy Sprout ’86 did so in the 50 free in 1986.

Raphy Gendler can be reached at rgendler@cornellsun.com.