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Class of 2022: Lowest Acceptance Rate, Most Diverse Ever CORNELL ACCEPTANCE RATES

By MEREDITH LIU Assistant News Editor

Cornell accepted 10.3 percent out of 51,328 applicants for the incoming Class of 2022, breaking the alltime record for lowest admission rate and highest number of applicants. The accepted students, notified at 7 p.m. Wednesday, constitute the “most diverse class in university history,” according to the University.

Cornell admitted 5,288 applicants for the Class of 2022 while 6,684 students were placed on the waitlist.

Of the students accepted, 33 percent self-identify as underrepresented minorities, setting a new record for the fourth year in a row. Students of color — which include underrepresented minorities and AsianAmerican students — represent 54 percent of the student body.

Geographically, the prospective class represents all 50 U.S. states, in addition to Washington D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa. International students, who make up nearly nine percent of the admitted class, hail from 93 countries around the globe. Canada, China, India, South Korea, Singapore and the United Kingdom are the top countries represented, just as last year.

Jason C. Locke, associate vice provost for enrollment, said that the incoming class reflects Cornell’s diversity and its “any person … any study” motto.

“The exceptionally large applicant pool this year produced a most remarkable class,” Locke said in a press release. “No doubt Ezra would be proud of the Class of 2022!”

The University has seen a consistent decrease in acceptance rate since 2015. The Class of 2022 had the lowest rate in the history of Cornell.

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Also among the admitted students are over 700 first-generation college students. About 60 total freshmen are expected to join the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences in January 2019 as the fourth class of the First-Year Spring Admission program.

“We have admitted a highly talented and accomplished Class of 2022 who will flourish as Cornellians,” said Barbara Knuth, senior vice provost. “We look for-

ward to welcoming them into our campus community.”

Accepted students have until May 1 to accept Cornell’s offer of admission. Before then, approximately 1,800 admitted students will visit the campus during Cornell Days between April 12 and April 23, the University estimates.

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Stolen Clippings Cast Shadow on Art Show

Exhibit, featuring old newspapers, designed to remember, reflect on Holocaust

By MOLLIE CRAMER Sun Staff Writer

An art exhibit by Ariella Lindenfeld ’18 titled “Never Forget” featured artistic reflections and historical artifacts from the Holocaust and continued even after newspaper clippings valued at $2,500 went missing on March 26.

Lindenfeld, who began working on the project over a year ago, said her interest in the Holocaust began because of her family back-

ground and continued with her participation in the March of the Living during high school.

A unique feature of her exhibit, which was open from March 25 to March 28, was a table with antique newspapers Lindenfeld found at her Grandpa’s house.

“I was looking through these really cool antique newspapers, and it went with my topic,” Lindenfeld said. “Then my mom was looking at them on a table, and it was a metaphor like how my grandfather had probably read the

LEXI QUARLES / SUN CONTRIBUTOR

Reflecting and remembering | The exhibit seen above expresses Ariella Lindenfeld ’18 emotional reactions to the series of events during the Holocaust.

newspapers and then my mom, his daughter, was looking through them, and it was [showing] a generational thing.”

A few of the newspapers, specifically those with large headlines about Nazis, were stolen.

Ariella is working with police in an ongoing investigation to resolve the matter. Helene Lindenfeld, her mother, saw these events as particularly heartbreaking because the newspapers belonged to Lindenfeld’s grandfather.

“It had a very emotional effect on her because they are a collection that my father left for the family,” Helene said. “It was important because she felt she could use family history in this project, so she felt like a piece of her was invaded. But, it’s another piece to this story.”

The exhibit also featured photographs, paintings and sculpturelike objects arranged to capture emotions the artist had and the series of events that happened at the time. One such feature was a piece called “Scrapes and Scratches” that included five paintings in a row that represented See ART page 4

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Hearing employees| During an open forum at the Employee Assembly, President Pollack discusses gun violence and sexual assault.

Pollack Hosts Open Forum MIGUEL SOTO Sun Staff Writer

President Martha E. Pollack and Mary Opperman, vice president and chief human resources officer, participated in an open forum at the Employee Assembly meeting on Wednesday. They discussed sexual assault, responses to gun violence, employee concerns and how recent government policy will impact the University.

Hei Hei Depew, less than five years of service representative at-large, initiated the conversation by asking how effective resources for sexual assault

victims have been in a time when sexual assault reports have increased.

In response, Opperman stated Cornell’s “education programs that we have run for students, staff and faculty have been very effective.”

President Pollack reiterated Opperman’s qualification to handle sexual assault on campus, mentioning that Sen. Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali.) “… has been consulting with Mary Opperman as they develop guidelines for the Senate on sexual harassment and sexual assault.”

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Business School to Offer Academic Resources to Rwandans

By VALE LEWIS Sun Contributor

The SC Johnson College of Business plans to provide training and educational resources to 1,275 young Rwandans in the hospitality and tourism industry as part of its recent partnership with the Mastercard Foundation over the next five years.

The Mastercard Foundation’s initiative Hanga Ahazaza, which means “creating the future” in Kinyarwanda, the official language of Rwanda, aims to provide training for 30,000 Rwandans.

The foundation, according to its website, increases the quality of educational materials given to Rwandan students in order to “ensure [the students] are aligned with national and global standards within the tourism and hospitality sector.”

With a rapidly increasing working population that is outpacing job creation, the Rwandan government hopes to create 200,000 new jobs each year, according to Nickie Fredenburg, assistant director of Hanga Ahazaza at Cornell.

As a part of this initiative, Cornell aims to grow the hospitality and tourism sector “by upskilling current managers, resulting in advancing careers and providing businesses the proper training to increase revenue and in turn, create more jobs,” Fredenburg said.

After being contacted by the Mastercard Foundation, See HOSPITALITY page 4

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Creating the future | A participant of the Mastercard Foundation and the University’s initiative gains hands-on hospitality experience.

C.U. ‘Jump-Starts’ Small Businesses Mass Incarceration

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Innovation nation | The Cornell Center for Materials Research, shown above, will offer guidance and financial support to seven small businesses through the program.

By KATHERINE HEANEY Sun Staff Writer

Iko Systems is one of seven small businesses in New York that have been selected this semester to receive access to Cornell experts and New York State funds.

Through JumpStart, a Cornell program created in 2005 that has since served 87 awarded companies, Iko

Systems will be given the opportunity to problem-solve and grow their business, according to the Cornell Chronicle, which is run by the University.

JumpStart garners support from the Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation to help startups develop their products, increase revenue and create jobs, according to the Cornell Chronicle.

Awards provide companies with a semester-long project and up to $15,000 toward project costs for faculty, research time, facilities, supplies and materials, according to the Cornell Center for Materials Research.

Recipients can also benefit from Cornell resources, close interactions with Cornell faculty and receive up to $5,000 in matching NYSTAR funding.

Seven New York state businesses will receive funding to participate in the program and work with Cornell faculty to improve their products this semester. Among these groups are Ithaca-based companies Iko Systems, Ionica Sciences and Zymtronix Catalytic Systems.

Iko Systems, led by a team of Cornell engineers and botanists, and Re-Nuble, another startup funded by Cornell, are working with Prof. Neil Mattson, horticulture, to develop weed-free growth media.

During his time at Cornell, Michael Eaton ’18, Iko Systems CEO, missed his home garden and wanted a place to grow herbs in Ithaca free of weather or spatial constraints.

“Jumpstart revealed and then enabled us to make the most of the spectacular resources right under our noses,” Eaton said.

Brooklyn-based company ReSee JUMPSTART page 4

Students Present Migration Projects to Farmworkers

By SAMANTHA STERN and ALEXIA GE Sun Staff Writer and Sun Contributor

During the final stop on the “Farmworker Movement: From North to South, East to West,” speakers from the Familias Unidas por la Justicia and The Alianza Agricola educated the community about challenges immigrant farmers face in addition to helping some Cornell students with projects they are currently

working on.

The talk was in tandem with the spring course “Migration in the Americas: Engaged Research Methods and Practice,” in which students prepare a project that they can test with farmworkers. The course is the advanced research methods of a fall course devoted to investigating transnational migration patterns.

Students from the class were able to bring their projects to the event to

gather feedback from the farmers themselves.

It was an “educational event associated with the course but it was also an opportunity,” said Mary Jo Dudley, director of the Cornell Farmworker program.

Students from the class found the talk to be especially interesting as it helped reinforce what they learned in class.

“I thought it was really interesting especially given the background information of the course,”

Barbara Chami ’18 said.

“Being in a class that was rather critical we knew about all the challenges but it is hard for us to think of solutions or whether or not projects are helpful.”

Chami also noted that the event instilled a sense of hope in her that the dire problems they learned about in class could be resolved.

“There is a chance of making progress,” Chami See FARMERS page 4

Week to ‘Inspire’ Change

By STACEY BLANSKY Sun Staff Writer

Amnesty International at Cornell will be hosting a Mass Incarceration Week of Action, from April 9 to April 13. The week will be dedicated to educating students and spreading awareness regarding flaws in the United States’ current criminal justice system.

“Amnesty International at Cornell had this idea of hosting a week of action to fight against incarceration since last semester,” said Chris Elliott ’20, one of the organizers for the Mass Incarceration Week of Action. “Mass incarceration has significant intersection when talking about how it affects different communities in the United States.”

At the beginning of every semester, Amnesty International allows its general body to discuss what specific human rights issues they feel most passionate about.

“This semester, and past semesters as well, we have repeatedly talked about how mass incarceration is one of the biggest human rights crises happening in the country right now,” Elliott said.

Some of the events of the week include a mass incarceration teach-in by Black Students United, a screening of the documentary 13 by Amnesty International and a talk about the intersection of police brutality and mass incarceration, featuring guest speakers Yusef Salaam, a member of the Innocence Project who served five and half years for a crime he didn’t com-

mit, and Kenneth Chamberlain Jr., the son of the man shot in his own home after police responded to his life alert alarm.

“We also hope to raise awareness about how there is a specific intersection between mass incarceration in different communities,” Elliott said.

“We believe there is power in both Yusef Salaam and Kenneth Chamberlain sharing their experiences.”

He said that if student organizations can highlight specific abuses repeatedly, they will prompt students to speak up about these issues and bring about change.

“We would hope, in an ideal world, that after this event, Cornell students would feel inspired to speak out and to write to lawmakers to end mass incarceration as we know it in the United States,” Elliott said.

Emma Lester ’20, cofacilitator of Amnesty International, said that actions as simple as calling your local representative and expressing disapproval of the construction of new jails can send a powerful message for future legislators.

“In that same vein, it’s an international human rights issue, but it’s also very local,” Lester said.

“Students here can feel like they are having a tangible impact when they look at the local community, but also know that they are part of an international movement.”

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

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Art Exhibit Remembers Holocaust Immigrant Speakers Advise Student Projects

LEXI QUARLES / SUN CONTRIBUTOR

Stars of David | The exhibit “Never Forget” included a piece titled “One Amongst the Stars,” above, which featured multiple Stars of David that Jewish people had to wear during the Holocaust.

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Lindenfeld’s emotions during a visit to the gas chambers in Europe.

“When you walk into the gas chambers, you feel the anguish in the room, you see all the drips on the walls from the gas, you see the scrapes on the concrete,” Lindenfeld said. “It’s surreal to be in there, and I was trying the replicate the feeling, not necessarily what it was.”

On the adjacent side of the room was the piece “Vanishing” that consisted of two chairs facing each other with a mirror behind them.

Lindenfeld painted the chairs herself and sought to arrange them in a meaningful manner.

“The chairs are representing all the people that were lost in there and it’s just the emptiness you feel when you see those chairs,” Lindenfeld said.

“The mirror reflects that emptiness onto you.”

Helene was extremely impressed with her daughter’s work, particularly Lindenfeld’s ability to express two important aspects of the Holocaust through art — her own reflection and remembrance of the people.

“The impression is within the gas chambers and what reminds her of

being in the camps, so it’s all of the melting and the loss of identity and the loss of people, and then also the plaques are very much in remembrance of everyone,” Helene said. “So, I think she’s doing both. And then in the end, she’s almost suggesting that everybody question themselves with the chairs in front of the mirror,” hinting at responsibilities the world has moving forward from the Holocaust, she said.

Lindenfeld hoped that, through this topic, she could create pieces that would urge people to remember the Holocaust — an intention reflected in her piece “One Amongst the Stars,” which consisted of various paintings of Stars of David with the word “Jude” on them that Jewish individuals had to wear during the time period.

She was able to accumulate many different types of art into her exhibit and combine knowledge from every class she has taken at Cornell. The exhibit was Lindenfeld’s first time doing a solo exhibit, making the experience both exciting and nerve-wracking.

“It was different in that I got to curate the whole thing whereas when I’m in a group show I tend to try to go with whatever everyone else wants,” Lindenfeld said. “This was my first time having to think where to place everything, how to tell a story with my own work. And all the pressure came from me.”

said. “The system is not stuck in this destructive format. The farmworkers are working towards something that is achievable.”

The talk focused on the rights and protections of immigrant farmers in the United States. In particular, how advocacy and organization work to strengthen those rights and protections.

Familias Unidas por la Justicia is the only existing union led by over 400 indigenous Mixteco and Triqui farmworkers. It is comprised of independent agricultural workers from Washington State who left home after they couldn’t make a living.

These speakers discussed the union’s work with producers and companies to achieve better conditions for workers, including reducing the use of pesticides in fields and getting breaks while working.

The Alianza Agricola is a grassroots organization that originated in Green Light, New York, and advocates for driver’s licenses for New York’s undocumented immigrants.

In the early 2000s, undocumented immigrants could apply for New York driver’s licenses. Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, this program was discontinued.

The audience, comprised of about 65 people, was “quite receptive,” according to Dudley, who noted the successful question and answer period.

“In general, the audience really was there to learn more,” Dudley said. “There weren’t any negative comments. They were really there to gain a deeper understanding of what motivates people to do this.”

Mollie Cramer can be reached at mcramer@cornellsun.com.

Samantha Stern can be reached at sstern@cornellsun.com.

Alexia Ge can be reached at qg29@cornell.edu.

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“We want people to tell us about their experiences even though it’s uncomfortable,” Opperman said, emphasizing the importance of reporting sexual assault.

Addressing concerns over gun violence, Pollack mentioned the wide availability of active shooter training on campus. She also expressed the desire to adapt a Stanford informational video on gun violence “to the needs and culture of Cornell.”

Carrie Sanzone, vice chair for communication, expressed her concern above the disconnect between performance reviews from staff and a clear path to increased wages and career development.

Opperman mentioned national inflation as a hindrance to wage increases. She also explained that increased job specialization has led to a shift away from the traditional career development, saying it’s “harder to see how you make your career move.” She added that potential changes to the Cornell Career

Navigator, an online service that guides employees on where to take their careers next based on their current position, would need to be made to adapt to the changing workplace.

Adam Howell, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences representative, asked how the uncertainty of state and federal legislation would affect employees.

Joel Malina, vice president for university relations, assured members there was currently nothing “harmful” in Washington that would affect the University, though the changing tax legislation did tax the endowments of some universities.

Opperman encouraged assembly members to give suggestions, with Malina stating that the assembly members and possibly their constituents “are closer to these issues than we are.”

“I think you have an understanding of what is possible on an open campus. I would really encourage you to give us suggestions,” Opperman said.

Miguel Soto can be reached at msoto@cornellsun.com.

Cornell Helps Educate Rwandans in Hospitality Industry HOSPITALITY

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which was drawn to Cornell due to the School of Hotel Administration’s reputation, the University found that the mission of Hanga Ahazaza “aligns closely” with the hotel school’s mission to “create and disseminate knowledge about hospitality management through teaching, research, industry relations and service,” Fredenburg said. eCornell, the University’s online education department, will play a large role in this initiative, providing online training, as well as virtual live interactions between students and Cornell faculty.

Online programming will allow the initiative to reach a large num-

ber of Rwandan students while saving resources and faculty travel time, according to Fredenburg.

The program will benefit young Rwandans, but also Cornell students and faculty, by allowing faculty and students to “conduct relevant research to not only support the Hanga Ahazaza initiative, but to contribute to the growing hospitality and tourism sector in Rwanda,” Fredenburg said.

Paul Krause, associate vice provost of online learning, said that Hanga Ahazaza is a “natural fit with our mission to extend the reach of Cornell University” and that the team feels “privileged” to be a part of the initiative.

Fredenburg also said that this program aligns with Ezra Cornell’s

vision of “any person, any study” in that it stresses public engagement and will help fulfill Cornell’s goal of “developing and enhancing” programs in East Africa.

The first 25 students in this program will begin their studies this June, according to a University press release.

Fredenburg said that even if the partnership doesn’t extend past the initial five years, which depends on funding and success of the program, students who have completed the program “will be able to continue the development of the Rwandan youth by leveraging their Cornell education.”

Vale Lewis can be reached at vl283@cornell.edu.

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Nuble focuses on commercializing technologies that transform food waste into chemical free, organic nutrients for plant cultivation. Instead of going to landfills, this food waste is recycled safely and sustainably, according to the Re-Nuble website.

The Re-Nuble team was excited to “join research and development efforts” with Iko Systems in the program because of their “mutual interest in upcycling resources for the beneficial growth of food,” said Tinia Pina, Re-Nuble founder. “This opportunity enables us to accelerate our testing and development on a new type of material that we'd like to upcycle for farms and identify a second life or use case for.”

Zymtronix Catalytic System and Ionica Sciences — granted a second semester of funding — will collaborate with Prof.

Christopher Umbach, materials science and engineering.

Ionica Sciences will use JumpStart resources to help improve a Lyme disease diagnostic test in humans with hopes to provide this new testing by late 2019, according to Joel Tabb, president of Ionica Sciences.

Stephanie Corgie, CEO of Cornell startup Zymtronix, which “develops innovative

materials to support enzyme catalysts for faster, safer and greener chemical production,” expressed gratitude to CCMR for granting the company “access to the academic expertise and analytical equipment to develop and assess [their] materials.”

Other award recipients are Lab141, which works with luxury brands and designers to make clothes custom fit to people’s bodies, Ontario-based company Optimax and Vital Vio. According to Lab141 cofounder and CEO Andrea Madho, “The [Jumpstart Program] funding was instrumental to getting the manufacturing strength and durability testing done to prove our concept.”

Optimax will be working with director of Cornell’s Biotechnology Resource Center Rebecca Williams and CT Manager Teresa Porri to develop new methods for inspecting materials used for optical devices.

Vital Vio develops germkilling LED technology for commercial and residential use and will be collaborating with Prof. Warren Zipfel, biomedical engineering, to characterize phosphorus wavelength conversion coatings for use in antibacterial LED lamps.

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

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On proposed curriculum change to language requirement To the Editor: We, the undersigned, as members of the Cornell community and as faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences, are alarmed by the proposed changes to the language requirement for the College of Arts and Sciences suggested by the Curriculum Committee. These changes are wide-ranging and, in our opinion, dramatically antithetical to the mission of the College. For this reason, we believe that further discussion must be held that include the opinions of the many members of the faculty who oppose the proposed changes.

We are unsettled not only by the changes

themselves, but by the distinct lack of familiarity demonstrated in the document with the global mission of our classes. For as long as we have been teaching at Cornell, our classes reflect the dynamic interplay between language and culture. Long gone are the days — if there ever were — of teaching language simply through rote memorization, conjugated verbs and grammar lessons. Our classes introduce students not only to the language, literature and culture of the European home countries, but, and more importantly, to their historic diffusion across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Furthermore, we prepare students

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I Didn’t Know What I Was Getting Myself Into

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remember Ivy Day when I was a high school senior, even though I wasn’t implicated. I had heard back from Cornell early decision, and I was coasting through whatever high school I had left. But I remember the quiet from the kids who were hearing back, or the boasting, depending on who they were and what they heard. In hindsight, it feels silly — something like homecoming or spirit week. However, for a day, that felt like our whole lives. Submitting applications, hearing back, picking a place… It was all part of this grand scheme of impossibly important choices.

As I’m writing this, I don’t know where my little brother is going to college. I don’t know what his options are, and I don’t know what little pieces of advice I can hand down to him. All of this not know-

for their future in non-European areas of the world where the influx of peoples and cultures into the European context has radically altered the culture of the “home” countries. To say we do otherwise does a disservice to us, to how we teach and to how Cornell students learn.

To be clear, we support curriculum redesign. At the same time, eleven credits form a cornerstone to linguistic and cultural competency that one would expect of any global citizen of the 21st century. Global citizenry surely means being able to function in the linguistic environment in which you are working, which in turn certainly requires more than

ing gives me an uncomfortable knot in my stomach. I love knowing things for certain. I think that’s a big part of why I chose early decision in the first place.

There was an anxious part of me that just needed to know where I was going to college — needed the decision to be made for me.

As I sit down to scribble some talking points for when I can finally catch my baby brother, with his busy schedule, for a phone call, I wonder if I knew what I was getting myself into. I wonder if I have any way to help him know what he’s getting himself into. The most important decision that I’ve ever made was made almost blindly. I mean, I saw the campus, I took a tour, I browsed the website ritualistically, I caught a student on the footbridge who exclaimed, maybe a little too emphatically,

two semesters in that language.

Finally, we foresee a dramatic ripple effect from top to bottom with the language requirement as proposed — on graduate students, on undergraduates, on faculty. Hence our desire for further discussions in which we can lay out the details as to why eleven credits in a language remain fundamental for a Cornell curriculum today.

This important issue concerns all of us within the Cornell community. That is why we feel that more time for informed discussions on these proposed changes is essential.

In solidarity,

Prof. Rebecca Slayton, science and technology studies Prof. Eric Rebillard, classics Prof. Nelson G. Hairston, Jr., Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Environmental Science Prof. Susan Tarrow, Romance studies Prof. Jonathan Monroe, comparative literature Prof. Ross Brann, Near Eastern studies Prof. Kim Haines-Eitzen, Near Eastern studies Prof. Marie-Claire Vallois, Romance studies Prof. Neil Saccamano, English Prof. Wayles Browne, linguistics Prof. Alison Power, ecology and evolutionary biology Prof. Anette Schwarz, German studies Prof. Thomas D. Hill, English and medieval studies Prof. Nava Scharf, Near Eastern studies Prof. Maria Theresa C. Savella, Asian studies Prof. Geraldine Monterroso, Romance studies Prof. Alejandro Madrid, music Prof. Shalom Shoer, Jewish studies Prof. Paul Fleming, German studies Prof. Douglas D. Heckathorn, sociology Prof. Jura Oliveira, Romance studies Prof. Silvia Amigo-Silvestre, Romance studies Prof. Makda Weatherspoon, Near Eastern studies Prof. Jane-Marie Law, Religious studies Prof. Misa Suzuki, Asian studies Prof. Misako Chapman, Asian studies Prof. Sara Pritchard, science and technology studies Prof. Rui Liu, food science Prof. Sreemati Mukherjee, Asian studies Prof. Philip Lorenz, English Prof. Deborah Starr, Near Eastern studies

“I love it here!” But what could all of that have really taught me? I didn’t even really expect to get accepted here, so when people ask me how I chose Cornell, it’s hard to give a full and right answer. I usually just say something along the lines of, “I have no idea, but I’m glad I did.”

And for the most part, I think that’s the best I could hope for. Most days, if a shy high school senior caught my arm on University Ave., I would tell her that I love it here. There are some days when I’m so sleepy, I might not even see her. There are other days when any questions could likely make me cry. What I mean to say is that you get such a small snapshot of a school when you’re still in the process of searching. You get half of a page out of a whole book. There are things that I have done in my last three years at Cornell that no one would’ve, or could’ve, predicted for me.

Like that one day I’d overdraft my bank account, trying to buy soup from Zeus, or that I’d sit in Vladimir Nabokov’s office, discussing masters programs with a poet I really admire, or that I’d fall down the stairs in a frat house, or that I’d try (and fail) to mosey a co-op, or that I’d join a sorority, or that I’d deactivate from my sorority, or that I’d have a radio show, or

write a column, or be on an executive board, or cry in Olin (so much, so much), or go to a Young Thug concert.

This experience is at once more than I could have ever asked for and nothing like what I expected. I feel so beyond lucky to be at Cornell, through its best and worst days. How I ended up here is still a bit of a mystery to me, and where my brother will end up is still a mystery to both of us.

I think there’s no way to know if you will be a good fit at a school until you really get into it, so my only advice is to find a place that has a 1,000,001 ways and places to find out how you belong. Even though “choosing” to apply to Cornell early decision seemed like the biggest decision of my life, what ended up being the best decisions were those where I pushed myself to take advantage of everything that this school has to offer. So, it’s not just about what the Admissions Office decides, but what you do with that decision afterward. I think that’s what I’m going to tell my little brother, and I hope it’s what you tell to yours, too.

Sarah Lieberman is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at slieberman@cornellsun.com. Blueberries for Sal appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

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OPINION

Jade Pinero | Jaded and Confused

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Stormy Daniels, Deus Ex Machina

n adult film star is trying to take down the President of the United States. This is the latest iteration of the comical absurdity to which, in the Trump era, we’ve become accustomed.

We no longer feel moral outrage for more than a day or two because we are perpetually inundated by scandal.

But this offense, unlike the others, persists. It remains in the public consciousness not because it is exceptionally shocking, but because it feels like the third act of the story. In Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump has finally met his match.

Daniels is a foe unlike any the President has yet faced. She has no fancy education, no Purple Heart or Gold Star, no liberal agenda. Her superpower is doing everything Trump does, but better.

She is neither the victim nor the villain.

Stormy Daniels is America’s anti-hero.

Daniels transcended her humble beginnings through her career as a sex worker. She is a stripper, a porn actress/director/screenwriter and a parttime D-List celebrity. Her life’s work has been the promotion of hedonism, perversion and seedy activities.

On the surface, Ms. Daniels looks like just another low-life whose involvement with Trump has given them a platform

they don’t deserve. But a closer look proves our anti-hero is the perfect foil to our two-dimensional antagonist.

In business ethics, the two could not be farther apart. Stormy Daniels has managed to succeed in a misogynistic, exploitative industry while remaining committed to producing culturally critical, quietly feminist porn. The only thing the President ‘committed’ to over the course of his mediocre career was fraud against blue-collar workers, the Central Park Five and his three wives.

These characters’ political philosophies are similarly divergent. Trump’s first earnest foray into public service flirted with fascism. He retooled the trope of the black male rapist, originally used to justify lynching, as the Mexican rapist, upgraded to justify mass deportation. On the other hand, Daniels’ short-lived 2009 Senate bid hoped to address dishonesty and corruption. Her opponent — an anti-abortion, anti-LGBT, pro-abstinence incumbent who had, ironically, recently been named in a D.C. prostitution scandal — motivated her to consider a run.

At the end of her brief candidacy, she asserted intersectional feminism and criticized the bourgeois establishment: “Just as these misguided arbiters of the main-

stream view an adult entertainment star as an anathema to the political process, so too do they view the dishwasher, the cashier or the bus driver.”

To be clear, Stormy Daniels is no righteous revolutionary. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m not an angel,” she warned in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, “I’m capitalizing on this.” She is, however, intelligent, self-aware and deeply hon-

lishment’s neoliberal narrative.

This seemingly inescapable fate has only one resolution: our deus ex machina.

She is an external character, so she doesn’t have to symbolize lofty ideals like democracy or justice. She is the best-suited for the challenge, as she scorns the meaningless “respectability” politics Trump’s adversaries usually play. She is

Stormy Daniels is a foe unlike any the President has yet faced. est — everything the President is not — which makes her the only one who can destroy him.

Liberals love to throw around the term “anti-Trump” to describe any centrist corporate Democrat, particularly those they think might have a shot in 2020. But these are exactly the sort of candidates that created the conditions that made a Trump presidency possible. He was the inevitable ending to the political estab-

singularly poised to expose the impotence of our elected representatives, because a pornographer, unlike a politician, is honest about selling a fantasy. The Stormy Daniels storm is the unexpected poetic justice that might save us after all.

Jade Pinero is a junior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She can be reached at jpinero@cornellsun.com. Jaded and Confused appears alternate Thursdays.

Matthew Lam | The Despatch Box

No-Brainer for Improving Mental Healthcare: A Dedicated Phone Line for CAPS T

wo weeks ago, a friend texted me that she wasn’t feeling very well. I immediately wrote back, asking if she was safe and needed someone to talk to. And, of course, I counseled that she should call Cornell Health if she needed professional help. I remembered the number, 607-255-5155, so I typed it in the chat box. Cornell Health’s number glowed light blue, signaling that she can literally just press on the link and her phone will dial for her. I was relieved; from my experience, timing is utterly crucial in mental health.

But a small issue quickly bugged me as I looked away from my phone: I didn’t give her the specific extension to Counseling and Psychological Services. I tried to recall what it was. Was it four? For some reason, I

extensions to departments from medical emergencies to billing, effectively placing these services on the same level of urgency. This service setup makes little sense.

As I’ve stated before, timing and trust are crucial with mental crises. The person-in-need requires immediate and reliable assistance and relief. Just as in any other medical situation, the onus of care should be on the provider, not the people asking for help. Having them shuffle through a telephone menu reminiscent of Time Warner Cable call centers in the early 2000s is clearly an improper approach.

CAPS should have its own convenient, accessible hotline, separate from less urgent services at Cornell Health. I anticipate there could be several arguments against this move.

First, the potential abuse argument is a nonissue and, quite frankly, an insult to our student body. Just as it is statistic a l l y insignificant that victims of sexual abuse make false reports, I anticipate that people who call a CAPS emergency line for fun are nonexistent. We all go to Cornell: mental health is a serious issue here and no one has the time to prank nurses.

Second, some may claim that that having one phone line is convenient and should be kept for that. I agree.

The line is easy to remember, but also woefully inade-

A prerecorded telephone menu, incapable of empathy and riddled with long wait times, cannot adequately serve in this capacity. thought it was four. Turns out it’s two. As I awaited her reply, I prayed internally that she would respond well to the telephone menu, not another person, that awaits on the other line.

Currently, Cornell Health heavily promotes one and only one phone number to students: 607-255-5155.

Once you dial that number you are welcomed by a lengthy, pre-recorded menu of services that includes

quate in emergencies. When someone is triggered or dealing with a mental health crisis, they cannot “be patient,” as a Cornell Health staff once advised me to do when I complained about the number, and think through eight options in a menu. What makes mental problems so insidious is their debilitation of the patient’s self-care capacity, similar to how HIV infects the immune system and renders its carrier’s defenses useless. People going through a mental crisis are running in a hamster wheel of destructive thoughts and need a literal wrench thrown into it, and fast. No matter how convenient the number is, a prerecorded telephone menu, incapable of empathy and riddled with long wait times, cannot adequately serve in this capacity.

A new mental health emergency line is a no-brainer.

Even if money is tight at Cornell Health, this solution doesn’t cost a fortune. Phone lines are cheap in the grand scheme of Cornell’s budget. Take some people from the triage desk, properly train them in dealing with mental health crises and assign them this line.

I owe a lot to the men and women who work at Cornell Health. They’ve helped me deal with my mental health problems last semester professionally and I thank them very much. But as the continuing public mental health crisis suggests, there are immense structural problems in not only the health facility, but the University itself. As a mere student, I cannot propose much on those issues — it’s above my paygrade. But here is a low hanging fruit: a phone line dedicated to Counseling and Psychological Services.

Matthew Lam is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at mlam@cornell.edu. The Despatch Box appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.

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He may be contacted at jbellin@cornellsun.com. For Whom the Bellin Tolls appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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DINING GUIDE

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ike any other carnivore, I love my burgers. There’s not much that can beat a juicy slab of ground beef on a brioche bun. Personally, I’m a burger purist; you don’t need more than a slice of cheese, a thick patty and a good bun.

Toppings like lettuce, tomatoes or frivolous condiments interfere with the flavor of the beef.

If you feel the need to add all that extra stuff, you probably have a terrible piece of meat in the first place, and honestly, you should just walk away. Nothing can really compare to a good, juicy cheeseburger. So when I heard that Cornell Dining was

offering the Impossible Burger, a 100% plant-based burger that it claimed was “hearty, juicy, satisfying and yes, downright meaty,” I was skeptical. But I’m no narrow-minded fanatic. If someone claims that he or she can see the future of burgers and that it’s meatless, I will investigate these claims, even if it’s just to invalidate them.

The Impossible Burger is available at two locations: the Ivy Room and Trillium. At the Ivy Room, it’s served with lettuce and tomato on a brioche bun with curly fries and a pickle. However, since you are able to choose your toppings at Trillium, that’s where I headed to try it. As I stood in the consistently long grill line, I was

entertained by the signs advertising how the Impossible Burger “looks — tastes — and smells like a burger.” This was supplemented by a quick summary of how the Impossible Burger is created. Essentially, Impossible Foods, the company behind the burger, incorporates heme — the molecule primarily responsible for the taste and smell of a burger — into its own plant-based product. Although incredibly abundant in animal muscle fibers, heme is also present in plants. According to their website, Impossible Foods harvests heme from genetically modified yeast, which is what “makes their burger so rich and decadent.”

As I sat down with the burger (with toppings on the side in the case I had to mask the flavor of a fake patty), I noticed that it didn’t smell that identical to a meat burger, which was not a promising point for the Impossible Burger. Before even taking a bite, I felt pretty smug.

After taking a few glamour shots with my phone, I dug right into the burger without any toppings. With each passing bite, my resolve wavered. I’m going to be 100% honest with you right now — I never thought I’d eat a meatless patty that tastes as good as a beef one, but that’s exactly what the Impossible Burger accomplished. Don’t get me wrong — it didn’t taste like beef. Although it nailed the texture of beef, its flavor didn’t exactly replicate the unique beefiness of cattle meat, yet it had a thicker crust than a normal beef patty, adding a surprising amount of depth to its flavor. I tried the burger with and without toppings, and I have to say that it tasted way better without any toppings. Like a good meat patty, the Impossible Burger doesn’t need extra toppings to mask weak flavors.

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point, as it costs two dollars more than a regular burger. If the Impossible Burger cost the same as a beef burger, I would buy the Impossible Burger every time.

And why would I do that?

Because the beef industry has such a damaging impact on the environment. According to a study conducted by the Department of Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon, compared to other food products such as vegetables, fruit and beverages, red meat produces much more greenhouse gases. Another study by the United Kingdom’s Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs shows that

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the production of a kilogram of denying that beef production beef creates 34.6 equivalent kilo- significantly contributes to grams of CO2. Compare this to greenhouse gas emissions. If eatjust 5.46 kilograms of CO2 for a ing a delicious Impossible Burger instead of a kilogram of beef burger chicken. This “Before even taking a bite, I means that I doesn’t even take into felt pretty smug. After taking a am doing my part in account the few glamour shots with my decreasing ridiculous greenhouse amounts of phone, I dug right into the methane that burger without any toppings. e m i s s i o n s , then I’ll gladcattle farms switch ly release into With each passing bite, my over. atmosour With the phere. Nearly resolve wavered.” advent of lab15% of all the greenhouse gas emissions grown meat and new agricultural released into the atmosphere processes that reduce waste and come from the Agriculture methane production, it is unlikeSector, according to the World ly that the future of sustainable Resources Institute. There’s no food will be meatless. But I’m

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Murali Saravanan is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences. He can be reached at mms396@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Too Many Zooz Energizes The Haunt

BY DAVID GREY Sun Contrbutor

A house and EDM band composed of a baritone saxophonist, a trumpeter and a drummer might be unexpected. Last Wednesday night at The Haunt, however, Too Many Zooz defied conventional musical expectations and did so. With screaming trumpet melodies from Matt Doe, evocative dance moves from Leo P and heartpounding beats from The King of Sludge, Too Many Zooz brought a large EDM festival ambiance to an intimate Ithaca venue.

Too Many Zooz is a self-defined “brass house” trio consisting of saxophonist Leo Pellegrino, trumpeter Matt Doe, and drummer David “The King of Sludge” Parks. I had a chance to sit down with Pellegrino before the show and learn about the band and how they got their start.

Taking a bite out of a piece of celery, Pellegrino explained that he met Doe while studying music at the Manhattan School of Music. The third piece of Too Many Zooz came into the picture when Pellegrino started playing in another band called Drumadics, through which he met The King of Sludge. When The King of Sludge announced to the Drumadics that he was going to busk after rehearsal to make some extra money, Pellegrino was “the only person who showed up.” He then asked Doe to accompany them and after that first day they realized that they had a “pretty unique sound going.” After playing together in the subways of New York City and creating an EP “from popular demand,” Too Many Zooz grew into the brass-house ensemble that it is today.

Too Many Zooz’ unique sound generated substantial interest from the music

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ne of my best friends is that guy who you might have seen on the Ivy League Snapchat story a few weeks back, wearing an Army uniform and playing the pedal steel guitar.

Before I met him, during the Fall 2016 semester, I had only some vague sense of what the pedal steel guitar is, what it sounds like or what it even looks like. I think I understood that the pedal steel is behind that ambient, stoner wave in the beginning of “Breathe (In The Air)” from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. This, of course, was news to my friend, who primarily considers the instrument as it appears throughout classic country music, by artists such as George Jones or Buddy Emmons — we often like to joke about the humorous dichotomy between my city-folk tastes and his north country musical preferences.

The entire niche culture around the pedal steel was foreign to me, as was the brand of classic country that he enjoys, but nevertheless, this did not stop us from becoming friends and even playing music together. With him on the pedal steel and me on an acoustic guitar, we managed to find a common ground in playing some rock

industry leading to the group playing with Beyoncé at the Country Music Awards in November 2016. Pellegrino described the experience as “heavenly” and “angelic.” He continued, “Seeing music industry on that level is pretty amazing.”

At The Haunt, the trio entered the stage to roaring applause from the audience and immediately began playing, sans introduction. They began with a lively beat from The King of Sludge, a booming bassline from Pellegrino and escalating trumpet licks from Doe, meant to echo the synths popularized in house and EDM. Occasionally Doe and Pellegrino would exchange roles or take emotional solos. A unique feature of the group is The King of Sludge’s drum-rig: he had a single bass-drum tied around his legs with cowbells, cymbals and much more attached to the top for added percussive effect.

From the moment they entered the stage to an hour afterwards, there was a consistent stream of energetic, upbeat and exhilarating music. The group literally did not stop playing for an hour straight — an impressive feat for any instrumentalist.

What made this marathon even more impressive was Pellegrino’s signature dance moves. Having to play such a large and cumbersome instrument while kicking and running around stage is not easy, even for a short period of time.

Once they stopped playing, Doe introduced the band and they got right back to it. They played songs such as “To the Top,” “Get Busy” and “F.W.S.” from their January 2014 EP titled F Note, and “Brass House Vol. 7 No. 68” and “Subway Gawdz” from their June 2016 LP titled Subway Gawdz.

At one point in the performance, Doe cleverly inserted the melody from famed producer J Dilla’s track “Time: The Donut of

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Leo Pellegrino, Matt Doe and David “The King of Sludge” Parks of Too Many Zooz. the Heart,” displaying some of his musical influences. The group as a whole showcases a fresh take on famous artists who came before them. When I spoke with Leo prior to the show, he had mentioned that the saxophonists who influenced his playing in his early days were “John Coltrane, Clarence Clements, Pepper Adams and Leo Parker.”

The audience was quite engaged in the performance, dancing and moshing throughout the night. The group’s energy was certainly felt by the members of the audience who were crowd-surfing periodically throughout the performance. At one point, Pellegrino disappeared and returned with a shimmering black tenor saxophone

while Doe transitioned to playing his keyboard rather than trumpet, conjuring a more aggressive and exotic sound. The crowd went crazy as Pellegrino held the saxophone up in the air like Rafiki did with Simba in The Lion King.

Through an exciting brass house performance and an inspiring display of endurance, Too Many Zooz rocked The Haunt until the show was over. Their first foray into Ithaca’s music scene was declarative, powerful and undeniably memorable.

David Grey is a sophomore in the School of Industrial Labor and Relations. He can be reached at dag366@cornell.edu.

Do What You Love tunes by artists like Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Mumford and Sons. On many occasions we have sat around jamming until the early hours of the morning; these nights certainly stand among my fondest memories from Cornell. Part of it is definitely that joy one derives from making music with others, the sort of cosmic coincidences

tion of the instrument, either in passing or while listening to music, he will begin a lengthy dialogue on a pedal steel guitarist he was recently listening to or a newly discovered pedal steel track on a song.

I find it quite inspiring to see someone so absorbed by an entity which they love, especially when the admired thing is not widely

Nick Swan Swan’s Song that occur when certain elements of the sound become uncontrollable and synthesize into something entirely unexpected. The other, more significant portion of my fondness for playing music with my friend, however, is being able to witness someone immerse themselves in a world that they enjoy so profoundly.

Seriously, do not ask him about the pedal steel guitar if you do not have some free time. At any men-

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known. Indeed, the pedal steel guitar is not overwhelmingly popular; one does not hear it on the newest popular albums being released, nor can one discern it amongst the noise and music played at frat parties. But all of this certainly does not matter to my friend.

I feel as though it is much too easy to forget how to really love things, particularly in college and even more so at an intensive insti-

tution like Cornell. At some point, after all of the campus pre-professionalism, resume obsession and grade-point anxiety, we forget what it means to simply lose ourselves and be passionate about something. Professors and advisors will tell us not to worry about certain things and to focus on entering the standardized, industrial world. Each of the aforementioned stressors contribute to a culture that is entirely characterized by the mainstream. The individuals who exist in this culture continuously morph themselves into versions that are more socially acceptable, that better fit some arbitrary mold.

Where the hell did all of the originality go?

I do not mean to chide anyone from some position of loftiness, as I am certainly a victim of this environment. Sometimes I really feel as though I am no longer passionate about the things I once loved.

When I arrived at Cornell, I gradually withdrew myself from playing classical piano, an instrument and a music through which I once breathed. I felt an anxiety about existing in this classical world, away from most people. I figured that, since it is not mainstream, it is essentially meaningless.

After a year or so away from playing and taking lessons, however, I realized the sadness of abandoning a passion. Doing so left me devoid of an outlet and at some point it struck me that I did not really feel anything anymore. So, I have begun to step back into a place I once loved. Recently, I started taking harpsichord lessons because it allows me to access this brilliant, historical world.

Sometimes I am rather reserved in telling people this fact, in revealing my sojourn out of the mainstream, but perhaps I will one day find a sort of confidence similar to that of my friend.

All of this is not to suggest that Ithaca and Cornell do not have vibrant artistic communities. I am constantly inspired by the endeavors I see on a daily basis. Yet, I want to see more of it! I want everyone to exit the mainstream, to find their pedal steel guitar, if only for a little while, and bask in all the fervor that comes with truly loving something for the way it makes you feel.

Nick Swan is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at nswan@cornellsun.com. His column Swan’s Song runs alternate Thursdays this semester.

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Mike Birbiglia at the State Theatre: Comedy Over Kids

BY WILBERT REN Sun Contributer

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Mike Birbiglia’s 2013 special My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, Birbiglia basically tells only one joke: the story of how he got married to his current wife. Sure, there are many small sub-jokes, and every so often he decides to go a bit offtopic to provide backstory, but everything is focused on how he and his girlfriend eventually decided to tie the knot.

This is Birbiglia’s comedy style, whether it be on his Netflix specials or while appearing on This American Life.

Instead of jumping from subject to subject, with segways to link each bit together, Birbiglia decides to follow a cross between Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey theory and Dave Chappelle's insight. He does not use any extreme ideas or absurdist routines. He is just focused on having one beginning, middle and end, with a rising climax and a tidy resolution. In his new show, The New One, which Birbiglia performed at the State Theatre in Ithaca last Saturday, he follows this tried and true formula once more as he illustrates the process of having and raising a child.

Now, I am not a fan of kids at all. I hate just being around noisy brats and toddlers. Being on an airplane with a baby within a fifty-foot radius is a personal nightmare. Birbiglia starts off his show by addressing such sentiments, along with other ideas of why he would

be a terrible father, from his bad genetics to the fact that he just does not want to lose his lifestyle. Birbiglia’s greatest strength is this ability to connect to the common person. He wears dad shoes and tucks his buttoned-up shirt in. He describes his old couch he picks up off the curb. He is not a pretentious, rich celebrity but seems more likely to be the middle-class white dude next door. The audience finds humor not because of the ridiculious, out-of-this-world statements he says, but because of the relatable situations he describes. Birbiglia

stated that when one has kids, they lose all hobbies and interests, and a person in the crowd loudly agreed with a “yep!”

The statement itself is not necessarily that funny, but everyone understands what Birbiglia is talking about, whether they have kids or not. People are not laughing at Birbiglia, but with him.

Birbiglia hides nothing from the audience about the journey of conceiving and raising a child in the early stages. He describes all the details, from sex to visiting the gynecologist to

his wife’ stages of pregnancy to the first year with the baby. Never once did the experience seem pleasant. Instead, it seemed like a roller coaster that constantly turns and always induces vomit, but it is a ride that the audience has the thrill of being able to watch from afar while recollecting memories of their own experiences. Why does Birbiglia still decide to tell adventures of these negative experiences, including his cat pissing all over the hallway and couch?

Even though Birbiglia stated that his focus of The New One is to just provide laughs and an enjoyable time, he does highlight the beauty of the mundaneness in family. Birbiglia ends his show describing his wife, daughter and himself just sitting on a couch in a store, happy to be one as a family unit.

Birbiglia does not finish his show with the strongest joke, but instead with the warmest and fuzziest memory. Like other comedians, Birbiglia’s first focus is on making the audience laugh, but he is also a storyteller. Sure, his journey might have bumps, but it leads to a family. It might not be idyllic, and it definitely is not perfect, but it is actual happiness.

After The New One ended and as I left the theater, my views on children had not changed that much. I still find them loud and way too much work. But maybe I can understand a bit more the reasons for and joys involved with having them.

Wilbert Ren is a sophomore in the College of Engineering. He can be reached at wr62@cornell.edu.

Jack White Boarding House Reach Third Man Records

Rachel Mattessich To prepare myself to listen to Jack White’s album Boarding House Reach that was released last Friday, I did a few things. First, I listened to some of his popular songs from his previous band, The White Stripes, such as “Seven Nation Army” and “We’re Going To Be Friends.” Those songs had a familiar comfort, as I recognized their tunes.

My next step was to listen to “Servings and Portions from my Boarding House Reach,” a collage of the songs from his upcoming album. I was struck by the stark contrast between the predictable and rhythmic music of The White Stripes and the erratic, almost manic energy of White’s personal collage. Just like a photo collage has pictures messily taped together with scribbles of dates and places, the album collage felt like different parts of each song were just taped together… but somehow it kind of worked. So I was intrigued and waited eagerly for the whole

album to come out.

It was kind of a let down.

The album (if you can even call a mishmosh of country, rock, synthesizers, screaming and orchestra an album) is confusing to follow, yet entertaining in a “what the hell am I listening to?” kind of way.

The album starts off strong, though. “Connected by Love” has a solid, catchy beat and a somewhat poetic depth when White sings “Forgive me, and save me / From myself / Don't forsake me, woman / And go and choose somebody else.”

This portrays his underlying idea that we all have pain in our lives and that sometimes we push away the people that we love.

After that, the album goes downhill. Honestly, if you can make it through the third song, “Corporation,” and all of its unnecessary screaming then you deserve a gold star. White then moves on to “Abulia and Akrasia,” which starts by featuring the soft music of an

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orchestra and a piano while White speaks — a decent track if you can get over how weird it is that White is speaking over the music. The juxtaposition with the previous song is bizarre, though, and the transition from “Abulia and Akrasia” to “Hypermisophoniac” is even stranger due to the addition of a synthesizer.

If you’re going to listen to the album, I recommend “Connected by Love,” “Abulia and Akrasia,” “Everything You’ve Ever Learned” (for its futuristic vibe), “What’s Done is Done” (not sure which is crazier, that I’m recommending a country song or that this album even includes one) and “Humoresque.”

After listening to his previous single album, Lazaretto, one can appreciate White and his artistic ability. In fact, I think that Boarding House

Reach is getting a lot of its hype because of White’s impressive resume. And rightfully so. While I don’t love this album, White’s talent is undeniable. Not only does he play the guitar, drums, piano and sing, but he’s become a producer for his own record label, Third Man Records. White’s music with The White Stripes dominated and influenced the early 2000’s rock band scene, paving the way for many other artists (and winning a few Grammys along the way). He was later part of popular bands The Raconteurs (you might recognize the hit single “Steady, As She Goes”) and The Dead Weather. White further demonstrated his artistic versatility by collaborating with artists of different genres such as Beyoncé and Norah

Jones.

To give White some credit for Boarding House Reach, he does bring the album full circle and tells a story. He starts with the semi-optimistic view that we are “Connected By Love,” but then in his second to last song, “What’s Done Is Done,” he comes to the conclusion that “I just can’t fight it no more / So, I’m walking downtown to the store / And I’m buying a gun,” showing that he has given up. His final song, “Humoresque,” is very light and almost angelic as he sings “Over the air, you gently float / Into my soul.” Does this symbolize his death? Or immortality? If you are a fan of Jack White and are interested in his progression as a musician, definitely check out this album, but if not, I don’t blame you for skipping it.

Rachel Mattessich is a sophomore in the College of Human Ecology. She can be reached at rjm463@cornell.edu.

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shutting the Red Hawks out thanks to a dominant performance by senior goaltender Hayden Stewart who replaced Galajda after a shaky performance in the previous game.

It was at that moment, according to Schafer, that the team proved its resilience. After a several week hiatus, Cornell went on a massive tear, amassing an 11-game unbeaten streak and climbing to a No. 1 national ranking.

“We had a great team meeting [after the first Miami game],” Schafer said. “To me, that was a little bit of a turning point … We just prepare hard and we throw it out there.”

Through it all, Cornell showed its grit and character many times this season, coming back from several multiple-goal deficits and gutting out wins all year long.

“It just helps so much when everyone cares about each other,” Rauter said. “Everybody wants to win and be successful and it all just comes together.”

“I don’t plan on losing any games next year.”

Freshman Matt Galajda Asked whether he could pinpoint what made this team more special than others he has coached, Schafer underscored the nature of this team’s sense of camaraderie. In particular, he noted how the team’s 10 freshmen — its biggest rookie class in four years — grew substantially thanks to the leadership of the upperclassmen.

“A lot of the credit for [the freshmen] feeling comfortable goes to the upperclassmen,” Schafer said. “As a freshman you feel like you have to defer …

[But] these guys just felt so welcome that they knew that they

were a teammate … The freshmen did a great job and the upperclassmen did a great job.”

In the end, Cornell’s season did not come to the conclusion that many had hoped for, falling in the ECAC semifinal and then the NCAA Tournament in backto-back weeks. The Red’s monumental season had ended with nothing to show for it.

“Someone needs to bring a championship home to Cornell ... I really think this group of guys can definitely do it.”

Senior Alex Rauter “Our goal every year is to win [a championship], and we didn’t do that,” Rauter said.

“Obviously it was nice to be regular season champs, nice to have a good year … But someone needs to bring a championship home to Cornell. It’s been a long time and I really think this group of guys can definitely do it.”

Cornell will retain much of its core next season, particularly on defense, with 21 of the team’s 26 players coming back for another season on East Hill including all eight blueliners.

“I expect us to be a lot better,” Galajda said. “I don’t plan on losing any games next year …

We got a lot of guys returning, and I think we’ll do an unbelievable job.”

Whether the 2018-19 squad will match up with Galajda’s prediction and join the 1969-70 squad as the only undefeated team in Cornell history remains to be seen, but with the best defense in the country retaining its core and a young, superstar goaltender in net, the Red has reason to be optimistic about its near future.

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

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SPORTS

MEN’S GOLF

Golfers Look Ahead to Spring Season, Ivy Play

By TIM MORALES Sun Staff Writer

Although the fairways in Ithaca are still covered with patches of snow, the Red will make a trip to Jupiter, Florida, this Thursday to tee off the spring season at the Cornell Spring Invitational.

After a strong fall season, with three top-three tournament finishes, the Red has only reached the midpoint of the 2017-18 campaign, with the ultimate goal of an Ivy Championship a mere 24 days away.

“We're all really confident and itching to get back out to competing,” said senior three-time All-Ivy honoree Michael Graboyes. “The first few tournament rounds might be rusty for some of us, but considering the climate we're dealing with, that is to be expected.”

These final four tournaments in the spring represent the final push for these seniors to achieve what they were brought here to do: win the Ivy league. And now, with only one final spring remaining, they sit on the 17th tee of their Cornell careers, most of the work behind them, just in need of a strong finish.

“Expect big things from us this year and we're going to work hard and follow through with the expectations for this team,” Graboyes said.

Graboyes has played a central role for the Red since his freshman year, when he averaged a score of five over par and received All-Ivy honors.

He followed that freshman campaign with an even better sophomore stretch, posting a scoring average of 74.11 and becoming the first Cornell golfer to receive All-Ivy honors in his freshman and sophomore seasons.

After qualifying for the NCAA tournament and again receiving all-Ivy honors his junior year, he started his 2017-18 campaign hot with a second place finish at the Connecticut Cup this fall after posting a final round five under 67.

The offseason in Ithaca isn’t easy, but Graboyes and the team have been working hard on what they can

given the weather conditions.

“The offseason is great for improving non-technical stuff,” he said. “Thankfully, due to great alumni support, we've also had an indoor facility with a simulator to practice in no matter how much snow there is outside.”

Although the simulator is helpful, many members of the team have even made the trip down south to avoid the frigid Ithaca winter to get some practice and feel back into their games.

“A bunch of us have spent time in Florida during the winter months, but the simulator helps keep our swings technically sharp while in Ithaca,” Graboyes said.

And for those who couldn’t make a trip to Florida, but wanted to still hit outside, they figured out other ways.

“Some of the guys have gone to the golf course to hit balls even when it is snowing,” said sophomore Michael May. “Freshman Charlie Dubiel was out there shoveling snow off the range so that he could hit outside last week.”

The effort aims to help the team achieve what it came close to doing last season: winning the Ivy League. After placing second last year, losing by 15 strokes to Harvard, Graboyes has the Red’s chance at redemption on his mind.

“I'm most excited for the Ivy League Championship,” he said.

“Our team's improvement over the last two or three years has been tremendous, and I believe it’s our year to go out there and take the final step and win Ivies.”

May said putting has been a team-wide focus heading into the season. “[Head coach Matt Baughan] wanted us to stay loose and especially focus on putting,” May said.

“As a team, we think we struggled with putting at the championship last year … and with some improvements by everyone we can make a run at it.”

For now, Graboyes and his teammates get a break to enjoy the Florida weather before returning home for an Ivy League matchup with Princeton on April 7.

Tim Morales can be reached at tmorales@cornellsun.com.

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Momentum | Cornell will take on Rutgers in a nonconference tilt on Saturday, hoping to start a winning streak after defeating Yale last weekend.

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Cornell’s focus against the Scarlet Knights will be improving its consistency. “[We’ve taken] a step forward in our attack, After taking care of Ivy League foe Yale last defensive and draw units,” Olin said. “But we are weekend, Cornell women’s lacrosse next takes on a still looking to get a complete 60-minute effort Big 10 opponent, hoping to start a winning streak. from all three areas.”

The Red (4-3, 2-1 Ivy) faces Rutgers (5-6, 0-2 The Red has the overall advantage in the series Big 10) in an afternoon tilt on Saturday. against Rutgers, 13-4, but lost to the Scarlet “We need to use that Knights in 2014, the teams’ momentum against Yale to carry most recent meeting.

“We are still looking to us through this week and into With no midweek game, the the game against Rutgers,” said get a complete 60-minute squad will have the full week to junior captain Sarah Phillips. prepare for the match. effort from all three This will be Cornell’s third“We will be prepared to give areas.” to-last nonconference matchup a great scout in order to get our of the season. offensive and defensive units Assistant coach Bill Olin “It is important to keep up ready to go and confident for our winning ways in order to get Saturday,” Phillips said. into a rhythm as we head into the back half of our The Red looks forward to playing at home season,” said assistant coach Bill Olin. before embarking on a two-game road trip.

The Scarlet Knights also won their most recent “We are tremendously proud to represent the game, downing Niagara, 14-8. Before that win, University at home,” Phillips said. “We have awehowever, Rutgers had racked up a four-game losing some fans supporting us so we try to use that elestreak. Despite this, Olin said the Red will not ment to our advantage and go out and get the underestimate its competition. win.”

“Our staff has a ton of respect for the Rutgers The Red takes on Rutgers at 1 p.m. Saturday at program and the product they put on the field,” Schoellkopf Field.

Olin said. “They play a difficult schedule in the Big 10 and have played some great teams and tight Gracie Todd can be reached at games.” gtodd@cornellsun.com.

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Springtime | The Red will travel to Florida to tune-up in advance of its spring season, where it hopes to improve upon last year’s second-place Ivy finish.

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Inside Lacrosse.

Bullen made six saves in the first three quarters before being replaced by freshman Parker Henderer who played the final

defense work to defend us so that we could play team offense.” lies were the most for a Cornell The win was Cornell’s secteam in more than 20 years. ond straight and 750th in proIn the cage, sophogram history, a mark more Caelahn Bullen achieved by only six was once again tasked “[We were] making the defense work to other Division I with filling in for NCAA lacrosse teams. defend us so that we could play senior Christian “Knowing the traoffense.”

Knight, who left early dition and the history in last Saturday’s game of this program … it’s Interim head coach Peter Milliman against Penn and did humbling to have an not play Tuesday. opportunity to be a Knight had been one of the quarter. part of these wins,” Milliman most reliable assets for Cornell, Cornell executed things well said. boasting a top-10 save percent- on the clear, going a near-perfect Cornell is back in action this age nationally.

14 for 15, and won the ground Saturday when it travels to Milliman declined to com- ball battle decisively, 35-18.

Hanover for a conference ment on the nature of Knight’s “I thought we were pretty matchup with Dartmouth. absence, but the keeper consistent on the clear, doing appeared to suffer an injury well on ground balls,” Milliman Dylan McDevitt can be reached at against Penn, according to said. “[We were] making the dmcdevitt@cornellsun.com.

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After Disappointing Finish, Red Looks to 2018-19

By DYLAN McDEVITT Sun Sports Editor

At the start of the 2017-18 campaign, Cornell men’s hockey was picked to finish third in the conference. Many thought that this season would be a replication of the last — a decent conference showing, but ultimately a record that would pale in comparison to the conference giants of Harvard, Quinnipiac and perhaps even Union. These predictions couldn’t have been further off the mark.

But even after winning 25 games and an ECAC regular season title, the Red was unable to find much postseason success this year. Still, the team looks back on how it built such a successful year and finds much to be proud of.

“I’m happy with the season,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “I’m happy with the development of our players, the excitement of the program.”

Cornell got off to a hot start — its hottest in 40 years, in fact — winning its first seven games out of the gate and jumping into the top five of the national rankings. It didn’t take long for this “The team chemistry Cornell team to turn heads, but the feeling started to come inside the locker room was together and became that this team was simply living up to its potential. something really “We had very high special.” expectations,” said senior captain Alex Rauter. “We Senior Alex Rauter knew from the second we got to campus the quality of the team that we had … We had belief all along in our group. The team chemistry started to come together and became something really special.”

One of the hallmarks of Cornell’s season was its defense — the stingiest in the country. And while the Red boasted talent on the blueline from the start, the anchor of the defense was freshman goaltender Matt Galajda, who performed so well that he was the only freshman named a finalist for the Hobey Baker award, given annually to the most outstanding player in collegiate hockey. “[Galajda] exceeded the expectations,” Schafer said.

“To have a [1.51] goals against average and to lead the country is a tremendous feat for any goaltender, let alone

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Forward-thinking | The Red will return the bulk of its offensive production and defensive corps, along with goaltender Matt Galajda, putting the team in good position to compete next season.

a freshman.”

“I thought personally I matured a lot as a goalie over the year,” Galajda said. “From my first game to my last game I gained a lot more control and poise in the net. I think throughout the year I just gained a lot more confidence in my play.”

Part of Cornell’s impressive run to start the season was a thrilling, last-second victory over its archrival Harvard at Lynah Rink, when junior defenseman Alec McCrea potted the game-winning goal in the waning seconds of the contest.

“The Harvard game, that was just crazy,” Galajda said.

“The way I saw Lynah erupt after we scored that goal was just incredible.”

In that moment, Cornell secured its sixth straight win to start the season and also cemented itself as a national

contender, catapulting to a No. 5 ranking in the USCHO.com poll.

But Cornell’s historic win streak would come to an end just a week later, suffering a shutout loss at the hands of then-No. 7 Clarkson.

“The game against Clarkson was a tough one … we didn’t have it that night,” Rauter said. “But the biggest thing that came out of it was the response … They were such a good team, it showed us how hard we had to play if we wanted to be up there with the best teams in the league.”

The Red’s second loss of the season came just three games later, in a road contest against Miami (OH). But Cornell came back the next night to beat the same team, See M. HOCKEY page 14

Laxers’ Offense Overpowers Air Force

MEN’S LACROSSE

Cornell takes early lead, controls faceoffs in win

By DYLAN McDEVITT Sun Sports Editor

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Hot start | The Red scored the contest’s first seven goals, never looking back in a 23-5 win over the Falcons in which Cornell controlled play all game long.

When it rains, it pours.

At least that was the case at a cold and wet Schoellkopf field on Tuesday evening, as Cornell men’s lacrosse put on an offensive showcase, defeating Air Force by a score of 23-5.

After an explosive first quarter which saw the Red (5-3, 1-1 Ivy) score the game’s first seven goals, Cornell was in the driver’s seat early and had no trouble dispatching the Falcons (3-7, 1-1 Southern Conference).

“I thought we came out really well,” said interim head coach Peter Milliman. “Getting the ball to our offense the first few times and producing goals really set the tone for us.”

Sophomore FOGO Paul Rasimowicz was a major factor in Cornell’s run to start the game, dominating faceoff after faceoff in the opening quarter and allowing his team to win the possession battle.

“Faceoffs are a unique component to the game breakdown, and they’re a challenge in every game,” Milliman said. “And obviously when you get a possession after a goal it gives the team a lot of life, especially when you can score on consecutive possessions.”

Rasimowicz won 18 of 24 faceoffs on the day — a solid effort that reflected a continuation of improvement from the start of the sea-

son. The sophomore has now registered five straight games with a faceoff winning percentage over 50 percent.

“I think we’ve just been putting a lot of work into the faceoff game,” Rasimowicz said of his improvement. “Specifically working with our wings … and everything is just starting to click.”

Also a major factor in Cornell’s tone-setting stretch early on was sophomore attack Jeff Teat, who assisted on three of the game’s first four goals.

“I was just seeing how they were playing their defense right away,” Teat said. “At the time it seemed like they were kind of sticking to their man pretty tightly, so at that point I felt like I was trying to be more of a distributor, seeing guys open.”

In typical fashion for the second-year standout, Teat led all scorers with three goals and four assists. But late in the game, some unfamiliar offensive faces got involved in the action, including sophomore midfielder Griffin Buczek, who scored his first two collegiate goals.

“I thought [Buczek] was very good, we used him offensively and defensively,” Milliman said.

It was the second straight game in which the Red posted at least 20 goals and the 23 talSee M. LACROSSE page 15