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means for us, and she said that they will discuss it and let us know.”

Gideon Amoah ’19, another internationA week before the beginning of classes al student who also works at the library, was this fall, international students on financial upset to see the change. aid were notified they would no longer be “I’ve been working there since 2015 and, eligible to participate in Federal Work Study well, you build relationships,” he said. “The jobs for the upcoming semester and beyond. program made it easier for us to work at the The 130-word email library, but now I think sent from the Office of it’s our last semester “Now, if you’re an Financial Aid and working there.”

Student Employment The library, on its international told students that the end, is making some student with high Foreign Student Emaccommodations for the ployment Program — affected students. financial need, you the program that makes “During 2016–17, need to be international students eliCornell University gible for work study jobs Library employed 20 exceptional.”

— had been defunded. students with the help of Ming Khan ’18 “After a careful review the Foreign Student of the Foreign Student Employment Program,” Employment Program, said Bonna Boettcher, including a budgetary review, the decision director of John M. Olin Library, Uris has been made that funding for the program Library and the Library Annex, in a stateis no longer available,” Student Employment ment to The Sun. Advisor Nicole Waterman said in the email.

“In order to help mitigate the personal International student Ming Khan ’18, an impact of the cuts on the students, we have employee at the library since her freshman offered to continue their employment year, was surprised when she unexpectedly through the fall 2017 semester, while knowwas told her that the program would no ing that this will affect our student employlonger be funded. ment budget for the remainder of the year,” “I got an email saying that the funding Boettcher said. for the program is not there anymore, [and] The Sun reached out to the International should we choose to work in a qualifying Students and Scholars Office for comment, department, the department would be but they declined to comment since the responsible for 100 percent of our wages,” she said. “I asked my supervisor what that See EMPLOYMENT page 4

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Performers and spectators flood the Commons for C.U. Downtown last year. Ithaca is preparing for its second annual C.U. Downtown celebration Saturday. (See story page 3.)

Ridesharing Spurs Reactions Uber and Lyft continue contentious trial period

By SHIVANI SANGHANI and JEANETTE SI Sun Staff Writers

This fall marked the dawn of a new era of transportation for Cornell students. No longer does a trip to the mall require elaborate planning, conflicting bus routes and juggling between approximate arrival and departure times.

In April, Uber, Lyft and other rideshar-

Life-Threatening Storm Hits Home for Cornellians

By JOHN YOON Sun Assistant News Editor

Before Eric Bailey ’19 opened his parents’ text messages Sunday morning, he had no idea any water would be flowing

into his home in Houston, Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

“There had been no evacuation notice or anything from the city,” he said. “But there ended up being enough water that they couldn’t stay at home. It was up to 15

When it rains, it pours | Hurricane Harvey has hammered Houston with record-breaking flooding.

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inches or so.”

As the outer edges of the cyclone had started hitting the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane, Houston was expected to face a “multiday rainfall disaster” over five to six days, according to the National Hurricane Center.

“My parents actually had to borrow a kayak from a neighbor and take the essentials to a neighbor’s house until the floodwaters receded,” Bailey said. “Now they’re staying with some other relatives I have in Houston. It’s definitely scary.”

The storm plummeted through southeastern Texas, bringing 130-m.p.h. winds and torrential rainfall to the region, the National Hurricane Center said — affecting people underneath its path, including millions in the fourth-largest metropolitan area in America.

The hurricane was defined as “lifethreatening” due to potential flooding and strong winds that could leave parts of See HARVEY page 5

ing companies announced that they will be extending their services into upstate New York after the approval of the 2018 budget by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

These companies began a trial period starting in July, before students returned to campus.

With the surge of Cornellians returning since mid-August and some embarking on Ithaca’s hills for the first time, students and Ithacans alike share mixed reactions of the new transportation “During the options.

During the summer, Uber summer, fewer prices were Uber drivers were based in Ithaca, very cheap. ... said Shirley Kabir Now that there ’20, due to the are so many fewer number of students on campeople, Uber pus than during hiked up the the academic year. Despite the prices.” scarcity of driSneha Kumar ’20 vers, the price of rides was not insurmountable. ”During the summer, it was only $7 to get around locally,” she said of the affordability of Uber’s summer trial period.

However, with the start of school, Ithaca’s cohort of drivers grew.

Uber driver Thomas Harris said that he just recently transferred to Ithaca from Buffalo on August 25 due to the “high demand for Uber in the area, caused by the start of school.”

“I serve a mixture of customers, ranging See UBER page 4

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Student-Led Course Updates CurriculumAfterUnexpected Demand

dents too, we got a bit overwhelmed.”

For the second semester, the Data Science team reimagined its approach and format.

Foremost, the student group increased teacher and tutor access: the course now employs two lecturers rather than one and six TAs rather than four.

“Mainly, we realized we needed to offer a lot more support,” said Dae Won Kim, grad, a course instructor. “We needed to expand office hours.”

Last semester’s session passed a dedicated 120-student group — as a result, the Data Science team will quadruple office hours this fall.

“The main goal of the updates is to help students intuitively understand data science in an approachable way,” Kim said. “We want students to leave with a starter tool kit to implement programming models.”

In another major change, the Data Science project team reassigned its programming language from R to Python.

The switch makes the course basics a bit more accessible to its typical enrollee — computer science majors — Kim said.

AMIT MIZRAHI / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER “We found that a huge proportion of Students first | After a year of high demand, Cornell Data Science’s student-led programming course returned with a redesigned curriculum. our students came from computer science backgrounds where they’re more

By JULIA CURLEY and his team wanted to do better for familiar with an object oriented system told The Sun. Sun Staff Writer Keeping with its student-centered Cornellians. like Python rather than the R programAt its core, the Cornell Data Science ming language,” Kim told The Sun. focus, course evaluations generated a new Cornell Data Science’s formerly unof- wave of progress for this semester’s train- team works with the According to Jared ficial, completely student-led training ing course, now formally titled INFO “real” — real data, real Lim ’20, Cornell Data course is now a fully accredited class with 1998: Introduction to Data Science and programs, real prob“We want students to Science’s Education enticing updates. lems — on a digital Machine Learning. lead, “Python is more leave with a starter tool Last January, the Cornell Data Science According to Thomas, the Cornell level. Its course updates popular and extendkit to implement project team launched an unofficial stu- Data Science student president, the first reflect this effort to stay able.” dent-taught and student-conceived sta- training course was “a huge success.” in touch with the data Lim hopes to help programming models.” tistical method and programming course.

“We expected no more than 20 or 30 science industry and its students emerge from This fall, the course returns with major enrollments and almost 150 students students needs.

Dae Won Kim, grad the program prepared improvements.

“Data Science is added the course,” he said. “There’s to take on real-world The course puts students first — both clearly a lot of data science demand that such a huge and vast projects. as teachers and learners — and offers an wasn’t being met.” topic,” Thomas said, “We tried to tackle Beyond simple slide rearrangements immersive experience in the “buzz word” Despite its impressive student interest too much in one semester. We weren’t world of data science, Chase Thomas ’19 and positive feedback, however, Thomas able to answer every question. We’re stuSee PROGRAMMING page 4

Engaged Cornell Starts New Leadership Program

By CHANCE MASLOFF Sun Staff Writer

Treating others the way they want to be treated can now be a certifiable skill, according to Engaged Cornell.

Introduced in the Fall of 2016, the Certificate for Engaged Leadership program gives Cornell students the opportunity to use their leadership skills to “address areas of public concern” in the local community.

Twenty-four Cornell students formulated the Certificate in Engaged Leadership program in the spring of 2016. The program aims to “challenge students to bring about the world they wish to see — now and throughout their lives,” said Mike Bishop, director of student leadership in the Office of Engagement Initiatives.

Bishop stressed that the Certificate on Engaged Leadership focuses on the importance of “critical reflection as a prerequisite for life-long leadership development.”

Bishop also noted that the Certificate in Engaged Leadership is “meant to support one in integrating one’s interests in leadership and public involvement.”

The Certificate in Engaged Leadership usually takes around two years to complete. It consists of three stages: “Involved,” “Committed” and “Capstone.”

During these stages, students first explore various community-based issues of interest, then focus on one issue and finally develop a model of change and life-long action plan.

Each stage of the program requires community-outreach work, along with leadership development workshops. In the final stage of the program, students have dialogues with others completing the certificate and reflect on their experiences.

Conor McCabe ’18, an Engaged Ambassador and one of the students involved with the start of the Certificate in Engaged Leadership program, earned his Certificate through his work with Cornell Cooperative Extension, which works to bring information gained at Cornell into the local community, namely in regards to agriculture and food production.

To read the rest of this story see cornellsun.com.

Chance Masloff can be reached at cmasloff@cornellsun.com.

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Drumming in downtown | Yamatai, Cornell’s student-run Japanese drumming team, welcomes visitors with a performance at last year’s C.U. Downtown.

C.U. Downtown Festivities Return Saturday

Dance, music, shopping drew 2,000 to Commons last year

By ANNE SNABES Sun Staff Writer

Downtown Ithaca will be abuzz with Cornell students listening to performers and exploring stores this Saturday at the second annual C.U. Downtown.

Seventeen different Cornell groups will perform at C.U. Downtown including Yamatai,

Cornell Big Red Marching Band and Cornell Bhangra, according to the event’s Facebook page.

Students will also be able to get coupons for Ithaca stores and compete in a Game of Thrones scavenger hunt, according to Allison Graffin, Downtown Ithaca Alliance Marketing Director.

The Tatkon Center and DIA

are among the sponsors of the event that drew an estimated 2,000 people last year, according to Margherita Fabrizio, The Jack and Rilla Neafsey Director of The Carol Tatkon Center.

Fabrizio described the event as a “back to school celebration,” and emphasized that it is for new See DOWNTOWN page 4

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Int’l Students With Financial Need Face New Barriers EMPLOYMENT

a job, staff in our student employment office can offer assistance,” she said. “Given the ISSO is no longer directly large number of jobs available involved with the financial aid for students seeking employprocess for international stu- ment and the job search infordents. mation available on our website, Susan Hitchcock, director of we seldom encounter students the office of Financial Aid and who have difficulties finding a Student Employment, defended job. Let’s not forget that there the cut, saying that the Foreign are also thousands of jobs availS t u d e n t able across camEmployment pus with departProgram was essen“This means that ments willing to tially being used to pay the full cost you’re holding “subsidize Cornell of employing departmental budstudents.” international gets [by] paying stuThis change is students to a much n o n e t h e l e s s dent wages.”

“This seemed for the higher standard, severe like an unnecessary international stupractice, especially which is unfair.” dent community when those funds and comes after Ming Khan ’18 could be used for the admissions direct financial aid process for interinternational to national students undergraduate students with became need-aware. financial need,” she said. “The “Now, if you are an internahiring departments will employ tional student with a high finanthe students without the subsidy, cial need, you need to be excepso spending $40,000 in that way tional,” Khan said. “Otherwise, was not the most impactful use you won’t even be accepted. [It of Cornell’s limited international feels like] you’re only going to be financial aid resources.” awarded that aid, and by extenHowever, contrary to what sion the acceptance if they really Hitchcock said in terms of stu- really want you. This means that dents being able to continue you’re holding international stuwith their current employer, the dents to a much higher standard, library has declined to comment which is unfair.” on anything definitive beyond the current semester.

According to Hitchcock, the Divyansha Sehgal can be reached money will be directed toward at dsehgal@cornellsun.com. providing at least one additional international student with financial aid.

“Under the Foreign Student Employment Program, 30 students received subsidized wages, and the beneficiaries were the Cornell departments receiving the subsidy,” Hitchcock said.

“Under the new approach, those DOWNTOWN 30 students can continue to Continued from page 3 work with their current employer and receive their full wages students, returning students and paid entirely by the hiring Ithaca community members. department while Cornell will “It’s really an opportunity for be able to provide financial aid first-year students to learn about to at least one additional interwhat’s downtown, and to begin national student a year.” to see how close-by it is and that Employment during the it provides a really good respite school year contributes to the for them,” she said. “self help” portion of a student’s “There were many people financial aid, according to the last year who were performers FWS website. Almost a quarter who were upper-level students of the jobs on campus are FWS who weren’t that familiar with it jobs, while the other three quareither,” she added. “I’ve heard a ters pay all of an employee’s lot of students say as they’re wages. seniors, ‘Oh I wish I had discovAmoah also said that finanered Ithaca earlier.’” cial aid was awarded almost a Stores in downtown Ithaca month before he was notified will also have unique demonthat the Foreign Student strations on Saturday.

Employment Program would “Most of the stores downnot be funded. Employment was town are doing activities inside counted as part of the financial the shops to show the students a aid, and at this time, he does not little bit about who we are and believe that the aid will be recalwhat’s downtown,” Graffin said. culated to include the change.

Students will be able to “mix Nevertheless, Hitchcock their own scent” at Linsey encourages affected students to Layne and observe a laser cutter contact the office if they are havand 3D printer at work in ing trouble finding a job due to Ithaca Generator, according to the changes.

Graffin. Multiple establish“As is the case for any student ments will even serve free ice who is having difficulty finding Continued from page 1

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New Programming Course Welcomes Beginners PROGRAMMING Continued from page 4

and increased office hours, the updated course offers a new path to the data science study.

“We’ve reduced the overall course material so that students can really know what they learn,” Lim said. “We go more in depth into the when and why of programming techniques rather than focusing only on the how. We want students to know how to do it but it’s important to understand why we do it.”

As with last semester, students — even those with

no prior experience — begin coding on day one.

After a semester long practice with manipulating data, debriefing trends, and implementing algorithms, each student gains what Kim calls “data science intuition.”

The Cornell Data Science Training Program is a one-credit, 12-week course. It meets every Wednesday night in Gates Hall.

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

Students Praise Uber, Lyft for Reliability, Scrutinize Cost, Apps’ Lack of Functionality UBER

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from students to the general Ithaca population,” Harris said.

“I came out here because there are so many potential customers here, but not enough drivers.”

This increase of potential customers came with its setbacks.

Depending on demand, prices can fluctuate, according to Sneha Kumar ’20, who, just before the semester, paid $35 to travel from the airport to her apartment in Collegetown.

“During the summer, Uber prices were very cheap,” Kumar said. “But just before the semester started, at the airport, it was expensive, since so many students were coming back to campus. On the app, it even said, ‘Because of high demand, we’re going to charge you $35.’ Now that there are so many people, Uber hiked up the prices.”

Despite concerns of high demand increasing Uber prices, Kabir remained optimistic.

“If people are really in a rush, people will opt for Uber, since

TCAT buses are not reliable all the time, especially at night,” she said “For example, buses might not run, but Uber will run.

TCAT also takes much longer, and you might have to transfer from many buses, while Uber is very simple to use.”

Harris said that the reliability

“[No taxi will be] as convenient or reliable as Uber.”

Uber driver Thomas Harris

of ridesharing apps will compensate for its potentially steep prices, because no taxi will be “as convenient or reliable as Uber,” he said.

“It’s [the] 21st century — everything’s digital,” Harris said.

“Students have phones in their hand, they can just download the app, hit a button and boom, your ride is here.”

Yet complaints about price do not appear to be consistent across

different ridesharing platforms.

June Xia ’18 said that her Lyft ride from the Commons to West Campus during the first week of classes was reasonably priced, with an eight-minute wait for the driver.

“I think it [came out to] somewhere in the 9 to 13 dollar range for [our party of three,]” she said. “[But] it was a Wednesday evening, which I feel is a pretty low traffic time.”

Xia noted that her Lyft driver was very accommodating of specific route requests, such as additional drop-off points.

“We wanted two different drop-off points [in Collegetown and on West], and the driver was accommodating of taking the detour,” she said.

This flexibility, on top of the ability to instantly summon a ride, makes ride sharing apps an especially attractive option for students. But the fact still remains that these apps are not the cheapest transportation methods in Ithaca.

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C.U.Downtown’s FestivitiesWill Target New Students Event aims to familiarize new Cornellians with Ithaca’s downtown area cream.

The DIA created a map for the event that includes around 50 coupons, according to Griffin. These will be for shops such as The Cornell Store and Yoga Path. Gaffin also added that the DIA’s scavenger hunt involves students searching for Game of Thrones references — of which there are 30 — in stores downtown.

“The students can go in, find the reference, collect the sticker on the map, and then the more places you visit, the more qualifying points you can earn for some really cool prizes,” she said.

Some of the prizes relate to

“It’s really an opportunity for first-year students to learn about what’s downtown.”

Margherita Fabrizio Game of Thrones, while others are gift certificates or other items from Ithaca shops.

“The ultimate prize and the

ultimate bragging rights prize is that we have here.” an Iron Throne replica for your The event will also introduce dorm room,” Graffin said. students to service opportunities Graffin also added the TCAT in Ithaca. Fabrizio said there will bus system will adjust its sched- be a tent at C.U. Downtown ule to stop more often than representing Cornell Public usual on Cornell’s campus this Saturday.

“These routes nor“Cornell students ... bring mally have a bus on so much of their own the route every 30 minutes, and so they’re culture to these shows.” adding additional buses to the different Margherita Fabrizio routes, so that it’s a more frequent shuttle, so that more students can get on Service Center and Engaged the bus and ride it down the Cornell, while another tent will hill,” she said. represent two organizations Fabrizio said the event will called Home Plate — which allow Ithaca residents to see allows Cornell students to eat how Cornell students fit into dinner with an Ithaca family — the Ithaca community. and International Friendship “It’s a great way for Ithacans Program. to see Cornell students in a “[C.U. Downtown] should very different way and to really also be a way to think about the appreciate what they con- community that you’re part of tribute to the fabric to the and that you’re going to be part community, because this really of for four years or more and shows they bring so much of what your role could be in it,” their own culture to these Fabrizio said. shows,” she said. “It’s just this really great celebration of the Anne Snabes can be reached at diversity of the community asnabes@cornellsun.com.

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Students’ Families Brave Fatal Storm HARVEY

around her neighborhood, she said she kept in close contact with her friends and sometimes even received calls from friends who she had not spoken to in a long time.

South Texas “uninhabitable for weeks or months,” according to the Since the flooding, distance from home has been especially overNational Weather Service. whelming to bear for Kaya Coleman ’20, whose parents and brother are For Cornell students from the region, reports of the destruction forced to stay home and unable to travel to work or school. stirred up concerns for loved ones back home.

“Being away from home is hard, because I can see what’s going on but “There’s been a lot of FaceTiming and a lot of calling.” said Raven I’m so far away and can’t help them,” she said. “I feel sad that I can’t be Schwam-Curtis ’20, whose mother, grandparents and cousins were of service to them.” struck by unprecedented floodings. “It’s hard to not be there and not In addition to flooded streets surrounding her house, Coleman’s famknow what’s going on when I don’t hear back from them, say for an ily experienced a power outage for two days during the deluge. hour.”

“When the storm turned from a Category 3 into Category 4, they Her mother, who lives in downtown Houston, has been trapped in knew they weren’t prepared,” she said. her flooded house, where the ceilings and molding is peeling off and For Viridiana Garcia ’20, a Sun arts writer who drove to Houston to water is seeping in from the walls. attend a Coldplay concert with her family on “She hasn’t really been sleeping. She’s Friday, the news could not be more visceral.

“Being away from home is hard, waking up every few hours and using the “They were closing off the roads and the bucket to clear the water,” she said. “I’m because I can see what’s going on but metros were shut down,” she said. very worried and have been obsessively Garcia was there, 17 inches of rain I’m so far away and can’t help them.” hadWhile checking in with her.” fallen, and the affected area stretched As the onslaught continued, Schwamalong Texas’ most populous region from Kaya Coleman ’20 Curtis kept in touch with her extended Corpus Christi, where her cousin went to family through a group chat. school, to Houston.

“One of my little cousins would text us from a rural area about the She said her flight out of Houston was one of the last ones before there flooding there,” she said. “There was a crocodile right outside the door.” were no more.

As Harvey’s destruction unfolded, Autumn Watt ’19 received pictures “I was really anxious,” she said. “My family had to drive back home, from her parents of her house and her neighborhood in Houston. which is a seven-hour drive south of Houston. I tried to keep an eye out “I didn’t really understand the gravity of what it was until I looked at on what was going on as they slowly made it home.” the pictures,” she said. “I FaceTimed my parents on Sunday and they As the disaster subsided, students began to anticipate the burden their showed me my house and all of the furniture were pretty much gone.” families would bear to recover from the damage — and this is especially While her house was not flooded, she said, the streets were filled with grueling for those who had experienced similar events before. water and her parents moved the furniture upstairs.

“This is actually the third time we flooded in three years,” Bailey said.

“My mom’s really stressed,” she said. “My dad said that the local news “There’s a lot of debris in the house, which is very unpleasant, and channel got kicked off the air because their place flooded.” reclaiming your home back is difficult after the flood.”

While she said hurricanes and flooding have been a regular occurrence While Schwam-Curtis’ family had made it through Hurricane for her family, this year’s events have been especially frightening and wor- Katrina in 2005, one of the deadliest in recent history, the calamities risome. from Hurricane Harvey are not easy to withstand.

“My neighbors were kayaking down flooded streets,” Watt said.

“We made it through Katrina and there’s a strong sense of solidarity “Some two-story apartments were flooded and a lot of people were talk- from it in Houston,” she said. “But it’s still really crazy — the magnitude ing about moving their furniture.” of this thing.”

“People were asking for somebody to rescue them out of their house,” she added.

As she kept seeing posts on Facebook showing the hurricane’s damage John Yoon can be reached at jyoon@cornellsun.com.

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TCAT, Taxis Still Appeal to Students RedRoute, taxi services cite efficacy with arrival of new ridesharing platforms UBER

… decided to stay.”

When asked about future plans to compete against ridesharing apps, Lewis cited the efficaFor Kumar, the option of TCAT — a free cy of Ithaca Dispatch’s own app, RedRoute, option 24/7 for freshmen and for all students which was founded by a group of Cornell stuafter 6 p.m. — still remains. dents and implemented in 2016.

“Even though cab prices are higher, the “I think we’re in good shape,” Lewis added.

TCAT bus is still free, and I will always use the “We have a taxi app called RedRoute that does bus to save money,” Kumar said. “But if I’m anything Uber or Lyft can do, and we’ve been really tired and am in a rush, I will turn to utilizing it since before Uber and Lyft got here.

Uber.”

We see a lot of activity on there.”

Despite the earlier skepticism that Uber and His sentiments are echoed by Rene Lyft’s arrival will negatively affect local taxi Tsukawaki ’17, who had attempted to use the companies, Gary Lewis, a manager for Ithaca Uber app but was ultimately discouraged by Dispatch — an Ithaca-based cab service — said surge pricing and a lack of functionality. that Uber and Lyft have not been having as “I downloaded the app for the express purlarge an impact on his business as previously pose of checking out the prices when I needed anticipated. a taxi, and saw that they were really high,” she “Since Uber and Lyft have not been able to said. “I think [when I last checked] there's only sign up many drivers after launching here about one functioning Uber driver ... in Ithaca, so the price is at least double the taxi “If Cornell is like those other college towns ... fare.”

According to Tsukawaki, the it seems likely that Uber and Lyft will be 3.5 mile ride for which she was attempting to hail an Uber had around for a while.” cost over $20 during busy hours, a Michael Maffie, grad price which made her hesitate.

Surge pricing occurs when three months ago, they are not yet competitive there is a momentary increase in demand for with us,” he said. “A ride that would cost $12 the service. in a cab has recently been costing $30 or $40 in “It happens all over the country,” said an Uber or Lyft because of surge pricing.”

Michael Maffie, grad. “It is still predictive in Lewis says that many customers have com- the sense that Uber has been collecting data for plained about Uber and Lyft’s pricing, calling it now almost seven years in almost all of the “unreasonable.” He also said that though his major cities in the United States to try to figure drivers are not allowed to drive for Uber or Lyft out the predictive transportation patterns for and Ithaca Dispatch at the same time, most of consumers,” Maffie said. them have chosen to stay with him.

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she said. “But apparently Cornell has … a free late-night shuttle service, and I want to check that out first.”

Harris does not anticipate these ridesharing companies to go away soon.

“As long as we’re utilizing the service, as long as we keep it here, it’s presence will be permanent,” Harris said. “If we go to a different service, then obviously, Uber is going to go away.”

Xia expresses her support for these apps as well, stating that they might help students get home safely on weekends, among other things.

“Based on what I've heard from friends and at work, the general response to these services coming here has been overwhelmingly positive, and I'm inclined to support these services given how happy they have made everyone,” she said.

From his research, Maffie said that college towns constitute the “ideal experiments for transportation companies to model” due to their “varying populations during the predictable times of the year — summer with fewer people and the school year with many students and higher demand.”

“Allowing for this scalable labor model to guide the transportation option seems to be, at least in other college towns, a fairly effective way of meeting the changes in population through those areas,” he said. “I’ve talked to other drivers who work in other college towns and they’ve commented about the difference — some of them will work only during the school year or only when school is in session and they will have other side jobs during the summer because it doesn’t pay nearly as well when there aren’t enough customers. If Cornell is like those other college towns, which seems reasonable to infer, it seems likely that Uber and Lyft will be around for a while.”

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his past summer has been lukewarm for the box office, even for the animation industry. Critical receptions have capped at mildly positive, and the only animated movie to exceed $500 million worldwide has been Despicable Me 3. Contrast that with 2016 where, by September, two animated films had already neared or surpassed billiondollar grosses.

So I don’t want to talk about movies for now.

Instead, I want to talk about a little short called In a Heartbeat.

Since its release at the end of July, the short has garnered over 27 million views on YouTube. Created by Beth David and Esteban Bravo at the Ringling College of Art and Design, In a Heartbeat has won over online audiences. If you haven’t seen it, I recommend taking four minutes to watch it online.

If you’re looking for a general synopsis though, the short follows a simple and familiar plot: a young schoolboy has feelings for one of his classmates, which he keeps on the downlow. However, one day the sight of his crush causes his heart to literally leap out of his chest. The heart only wants to be with the young boy’s crush, while the boy himself desperately tries to get it back under control before he’s discovered. The twist to the whole thing? His crush is another boy.

Comments have predictably ranged from adoring to… well, less than adoring. As a gay man myself, I find it endearing, but for a very particular reason. I don’t like it simply because there’s a same-sex relationship depicted. Rather, I love how it’s depicted,

and it’s the “how” that makes me feel like it’s a step in the right direction for the LGBT community.

If you haven’t watched the short already, I strongly urge you to do so. As you watch it, I want you to replace one of two main characters with a girl. What do we get? A short that’s still endearing and charming that shows what it’s like to be in love.

Animation In a Heartbeat doesn’t simply Analysis use gay characters as a gimmick to reel in viewers.

As a contrast, let’s take the latest Beauty and the Beast remake. Disney raised all kinds of fuss over how the new LeFou was going to be gay, and worked it up into a big deal.

And what did we get? Approximately two seconds of screentime shoehorned into the finale where he dances with another guy. In other words, Disney relied on the “shockingness” of an LGBT character to draw audiences without actually making him that much of a character.

That’s why In a Heartbeat is so refreshing. The characters’ orientation certainly draws a lot of audiences, but that novelty takes a backseat to the story unfolding.

And that’s exactly how it should be.

The LGBT community has come a long,

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long way, and society has for the most part accepted us (certain fundamentalist folks notwithstanding). Events like Pride have done a lot to raise the visibility of the community. However, if the community wants to fully integrate into society as equals, we need to normalize our presence. And, to be frank, Pride parades don’t really accomplish that.

I’m not saying Pride events have not been useful and important, and they may yet be useful and important well into the future, but some day they will have to cease if we want to be accepted as normal. On that day, LGBT media that relied on “HEY LOOK GAY PEOPLE! That’s novel, give us money!” is going to look horribly dated, possibly even outright offensive. “In a Heartbeat,” meanwhile, will hold up.

Another aspect of the short I like is how the characters are just schoolchildren.

There’s an innocence to it, a chastity you would see in a Disney short. Again, another shortcoming of Pride is that it’s not always G-rated. In a Heartbeat can be shown to children, a demographic that needs this media more than adults. Bravo spoke to NBC about this very issue, saying “...we wanted to challenge the preconceived notion that LGBT content is not appropri-

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ate or suitable for younger audiences” by making “an innocent and lighthearted story about a boy and his crush that we hope will resonate with younger people.” Their goal is more important than you may realize.

Childhood romances can be confusing, and are a time where kids begin to grapple with emotions they have not experienced before. Condemning their emotions as wrong only confuses the process, and leads to more problems in the future. Media is part of how we socialize our children into the world, and it’s important that we show them all kinds of experiences that people may have. It won’t give them a step-by-step how-to, but it may at least give them some idea on how people may react.

In a Heartbeat also benefits from being a flat-out well-made short. The visual storytelling is masterful, with not a single word of dialogue showing up anywhere. The character animation brims with energy, switching between comic and emotional very well. A delicate and stirring musical score helps to accent the mood. Overall, it’s just so well done!

Many comments have demanded “Why isn’t this a movie yet?!” and honestly I feel their desires. I would love to see Beth David and Esteban Bravo move on to big-budget projects with even wider releases. With this short film, which they made only as students, they’ve mastered what representation should be about: it’s not about holding different races/genders/orientations as trophies, but rather as different people who can experience regular storylines as much as anyone else. A wonderful short, and I look forward to seeing more from this duo.

David Gouldthorpe is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He can be reached at djg284@cornell.edu. Animation Analysis will appear alternate Tuesdays this semester.

The Defenders Meets the Hype

BY ZACHARY LEE Sun Staff Writer

The Defenders, like its eponymous heroes, is ambitious and flawed, yet overall entertaining. Surprisingly, it truly does feel like the worlds-colliding TV show it was billed as, as well as being fresh and original. Since 2012, viewers have seen Avengers assemble, CW shows crossover, X-Men band together, will soon witness the Justice League unite, and thus the mere prospect of seeing another spandexed group of individuals in the same room (or in The Defenders: a Chinese restaurant) does not excite as it used to. Nonetheless, seeing these heroes from all over New York City set aside their differences to sacrifice for the collective and greater good is still exciting. It is a gripping series that services each individual’s character arc and adds another dimension to the gritty, street level noir setting of New York City. It operates on a smaller, darker and more personal scale, and, although there are no aliens flying out of the sky this time to threaten the Earth, the stakes still feel high.

Taking place a few months after Daredevil season 2 and Iron Fist’s first season, the first few episodes of The Defenders focus on each individual character in their separate sectors of New York. Each is seem stuck and unable to move forward with their individual lives, and express moments of frustration at their current state.

Showing the heroes broken and somber is an interesting way to start of the series. It attempts to make clear that these characters have no business in resuming superhero work again, much less team up with each other. Yet it is Murdock (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) and Iron Fist’s (Finn Jones) inability to think about anything other than their own present problems that makes their ultimate unification all the more rewarding. As they separately observe and analyze strange happenings going on in New York, they realize that the cases they were exploring are all connected to the Hand, a shadowy organization led by the enigmatic Alexandra

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(Sigourney Weaver) who has plans to destroy New York.

Despite the excitement of the four heroes banding together to defeat Alexandra and the Hand, their team-up occurs much too late in the series. Past Netflix series were simultaneously blessed and cursed with thirteen episode seasons; while this gave more time for the audience to see characters develop and grow, unfortunately it meant that a seven or eight episode plot had to be painfully stretched to fill the season. The show never really clicks or comes together until the heroes do. The hour-long episodes are often disjointed, as those 60 minutes have to be shared with all the characters. Just as one character’s story gets interesting, it switches to the next.

Yet what the show suffers for in pacing, it gains from its stellar characters. Supporting cast from all prior shows make mostly glorified cameos here, although it is rewarding to finally see them interact with each other. Weaver’s Alexandra is a cool and calculating villain that never breaks under pressure.

She always assumes and acts as if she is in control. There is an aura of mystery around her, despite her charisma and willingness to be a public villain. Jones’ Iron Fist/Danny Rand remains the show’s weakest link (and much of the series revolves around him as a central plot point). His whininess and zeal is curtailed and tempered by the other three members, who are more experienced.

As The Defenders focus on the Hand, the show services Murdock and Rand’s character arcs better, and so seeing their mystical reality collide with Jones and Cage’s more grounded background provides both tension and humor. Jones and Cage are the audience’s foothold in the world and have a smaller stakes; Jones is trying to help one family who is suffering from the Hand while Cage wants to avenge a young boy from Harlem who was killed by them. They have no desire to take down a ninja organization and their incredulity clashes with Murdock and Rand who realize the citywide implications of the Hand’s plan. As a team, they frequently bicker and argue, but eventually learn to accept each other, idiosyncrasies and all. Some of the best chemistry occurs when the team splits in pairs, with Cage and Rand slowly fostering a

mentor-student relationship while Murdock and Jones act like siblings who annoy each other and care for each other deep down, but will never admit it.

A big theme of the show is the importance of “moving on.” As much as the four heroes would like to deny it, once they enter into each other’s lives, they realize that they need each other to truly move forward individually. In a beautifully-choreographed hallway fight and the subsequent aftermath in a chinese restaurant, Murdock’s pragmatism, Jones’s snark, Cage’s care and Rand’s ambition all collide and the four realize that they can learn from each other.

The unity displayed within the heroes is a stark contrast to the Hand. The Hand are united over a cause and believe that the ultimate end justifies the means, even if it means members must be sacrificed or killed. Yet the Defenders never let their goal eclipse their care for each other.

Yet for all the philosophical themes The Defenders explores, it still delivers brutal and adrenaline-pumping action sequences. The fights play out like a battle royale. As with all Netflix Defender shows, most if not all of the fight scenes take place in the dark and, because there are so many assailants on screen at a time, it can be confusing to trace who is punching who.

"You four. The Devil of Hell's Kitchen, the smart detective, the righteous ex-con, and the kid with the glowing fist...

The war for New York is here. So get your shit together."

Spoken by Daredevil’s mentor Stick (Scott Glenn) this phrase is hardly a rallying cry but it accurately summarizes why the Defenders come together in the first place. If it were up to the characters, they would walk away from the responsibility of fighting the Hand. Yet they are bound by something greater than their own selfish ambitions: their love for their city. As much as Alexandra believed that if the Defenders had more connections they could be easily broken, they prove that those connections made them stronger.

Zachary Lee is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at zjl4@cornell.edu

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Cornell Study: Reduced Taste Causes Higher Calorie Intake Researcher says taste dysfunction could contribute to obesity

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Taste that! l High calorie foods, like chocolate cake, could be among those used to obtain an optimal level of sweetness.

By ARNAV GHOSH Sun Staff Writer

For those of us with a sweet tooth, an extra helping of dessert can seem irresistible.

Nutritionists and doctors though, do not dismiss this as an arbitrary craving.

In fact, many have hypothesized that a key cause behind these cravings is a diminished ability to taste sweet compounds. A new study by Prof. Robin Dando, food science, hopes to shed light on this mechanism and could have serious implications on how obesity is managed.

“Several research projects in the past have found that taste is weakened in the obese. But we don’t know if this even matters.

The motivation behind the project was to ask ‘if taste is weaker, does this affect what people actually choose to consume?’” Dando said. “We had people come to our sensory evaluation facility on four separate days and run a series of taste tests with a blocker of taste function applied at different levels.”

During the experiment, participants consumed tea containing different levels of the herb Gymnema sylvestre. Native to the tropical forests of southern India, the herb is known to temporarily suppress sweet receptors. Exposure to the herb for 60 seconds left the participants with dulled sweet receptors for nearly 45 minutes.

Each participant was then given an unsweetened drink and two solutions, labelled ‘more sweet,’ containing plenty of sucrose and ‘less sweet,’ containing no sucrose. As participants sipped their drink, they adjusted it to their desired

sweetness by slowly adding the two additional solutions.

“We found that people who taste less effectively select stronger tasting and higher calorie foods,” Dando said.

In fact, Dando observed that those with dulled receptors added between 8 to 12 percent sucrose in their drink, comparable to ratios found in soft drinks. Consequently, Dando hypothesized that for those with a 20 percent reduction in their sweet-tasting abilities, an extra teaspoon of sugar would be required to compensate.

Referring to whether such an effect

needs to be carried out.

“This project wasn’t really about the food industry, but could mean that taste dysfunction is contributing to obesity.

Really this just tells us that we have to be mindful of what we’re eating, and if we’re drifting towards bad eating habits,” Dando said.

Caffeine Affects Sweet Tastes Too

In a separate study, Dando noticed that caffeine also affects our perception of sweetness. Participants were separated into two groups and given decaffeinated coffee; one group had caffeine re-added to their drinks. Both groups were then made to taste various bitter, sour, salty, umami and sweet compounds. The group with added caffeine reported that their coffee and subsequent sucrose solutions were less sweet, while there was no difference in the perception of other tastes.

According to the study, this is due to caffeine’s ability to block adenosine receptors. Adenosine plays a crucial role in energy transfer during biochemical processes. “[In a previous study involving mice], we blocked adenosine receptors and saw smaller [sweetevoked] calcium signals in their taste buds,” Dando said.

By not allowing adenosine to bind to its receptors, caffeine prevents neural activity from slowing down and promotes wakefulness. But a diminished ability to taste sweet compounds may be an important side effect of this process.

“We found that people who taste less effectively select stronger tasting and higher calorie foods.”

Prof. Robin Dando was observable for other tastes, “It is possible, however we didn’t see it in our testing,” Dando said.

According to Dando, the study suggests that diminished sweet tasting abilities and its corresponding effects on eating habits could be a key factor in causing obesity. Scientists have long believed in such a connection, and though Dando partly validates this hypothesis, the authors of the study emphasize that empirical testing of this connection still

Arnav Ghosh can be reached at aghosh@cornellsun.com.

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should probably be writing this under a pseudonym but I’m a messy bitch who lives for drama. And I’m shameless.

And I love attention. But mostly, I’m writing about this topic with my real name because it is an important issue that affects so many women and is so rarely acknowledged in this context: the all-important ~orgasm~.

If you know me, you probably think of me as a sexually liberated beautiful goddess queen… or at least you think of me as sexually liberated. I’m chronically the “Samantha” of any group, and since puberty, I’ve always made the first move. My reputation makes this even harder to admit, but I’ve never had an orgasm. Nope, never.

Yes, I still enjoy sex. Yes, I’ve come close.

Yes, I give guys direction. Yes, I’ve tried masturbating.

This problem is especially frustrating because you can just look at a guy and bat your eyes and all of a sudden he has a sticky mess in his boxers. I guess this makes sense evolutionarily: a man needs to orgasm to

Since my first full penetration at age 17, I had pretty much faked an orgasm every time I had sex. But, I’m not alone. Women are faking all over town. The Cosmopolitan Female Orgasm Survey says women fake it either “to make my partner feel good or spare my partner’s feelings” or “to end sex more quickly because I knew I wasn’t going to orgasm” or both.

So, with Laura’s support, I was ready to assert myself in the bedroom. It got a little awkward. First there was my hometown fuck buddy who had to come to the realization that I’d been faking it all those years and that he really wasn’t the sex god I’d acted like he was. And then there were all the guys who assumed my problem was caused by the fact that I had yet to experience the magic of their wonderful and life changing sex skills. Some took it as a challenge, spending hours with their head between my legs (God bless ‘em) until I got so bored I started eating chicken wings and scrolling through instagram — true story.

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I’m chronically the “Samantha” of any group, and since puberty, I’ve always made the first move. My reputation makes this even harder to admit, but I’ve never had an orgasm. procreate and a woman doesn’t. “The Gender Orgasm Gap” is real. While the statistics vary, according to the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, about 55 percent of women usually reach orgasm from intercourse (with a male partner), compared to 95 percent of men. The rates are significantly better through oral or manual stimulation but still, five to 10 percent of women just never orgasm ever.

Period. This statistic keeps me up at night… masturbating… hoping to make it into that 90th percentile.

It’s even rarer as a young adult: 15 percent of women never orgasm before age 28.

So if my situation isn’t even that weird, why do I feel like every woman on TV, in the movies and at my table for brunch is having mind-blowing, toe-curling, vomit up your breakfast spectacular orgasms?

The first time I told my best friend from high school, Laura, that I had never orgasmed, she responded by sending me an Amazon link to a vibrator and some invaluable words of encouragement: “Will, maybe this is why you’re such a bitch! Your gunna be a new person once you cum!”

Is that possible? Could I really “be-cum” a new person? I decided from that day to make a more concerted effort to have an orgasm. My sexual journey started with not faking it. Through my research online and from talking to friends, I’ve realized that “faking it” is really common. About 85 percent of men report that their partner had an orgasm during the most recent sexual event, whereas only 60 percent of women report having an orgasm during their last sexual experience. Clearly there is a disconnect.

been able to orgasm? Why are so many women sacrificing their own pleasure for the feelings of some guy? Why does society value male pleasure over female pleasure? I obviously don’t have the answer to these questions, but I believe they deserve discussion.

There are a lot of possible explanations and many of them have to do with being comfortable in the bedroom and being able to fully relax. Women who have experienced sexual assault are far less likely to experience orgasm, especially with casual partners. Women who report being uncomfortable with their bodies, genitalia, gender or sexuality also report having much more difficulty reaching orgasm. By refusing to acknowledge the issue of the Gender Orgasm Gap in regular conversation, we are confirming the societal ideal that a man’s pleasure really is more important than that of a woman.

Ultimately, I’ve learned not to be ashamed of my frigid “Benedict Arnold” of a clitoris. She will ring her bells when she is good and ready. Or she won’t and I’ll die a miserable bitch just like I was born. Only kidding. Maybe I need to find a guy I really love or maybe I need to splurge on a $175 vibrator or maybe I need to go to sex therapy along with the talk therapy my sister says I desperately need. Whatever the solution, at least I’ve learned I’m still a sexually liberated beautiful goddess queen — hold the “O.” Willow Hubsher is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She can be reached at wrh73@cornell.edu. This is Not a Sex Column appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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hen the Iron Curtain fell and waves of Russian emigrants washed upon the American shore, a famous musician you've never heard of wrote a song titled "Good Bye America." It is about the America that existed in the collective unconsciousness of the deprived Soviet population, a country that achieved happiness via abundance and freedom. It is about how this imaginary kingdom collapsed once faced with its real-world counterpart.

Sometimes I think Americans never experienced this healthy disillusionment in regards to their Cold War buddy: few of them ever traveled East, and russian pop culture never made it into the states, unable to compete with Hollywood. In their views on modern Russia, U.S. citizens don’t have much to go on other than event- and gore-driven journalism. For example, you may have heard in that 30-second segment on The Daily Show that a journalist was killed or blogger was sent to prison. It sounds bad and, indeed, every such occurrence is a disgrace to the nation. But how much can one infer from those incidents about an issue as systemic as freedom of press? I want to take this particular example and dispel some potential misconceptions.

When thinking about the issue of free press, we must address two separate issues: firstly, how much effort does it take for a motivated individual to get access to reliable information and diverse opinion; and, secondly, how informed the typically unmotivated population really is.

When it comes to availability, I submit that Russia does not lag too far behind the West. You can buy a boring newspaper that can output an in-depth 30-pager on the corruption schemes at a top university and Putin's daughter’s involvement in it. You can subscribe to social network groups with millions of followers that produce more digestible tweetlike news bits and mock the government with the power of the meme. One of the biggest radio stations in Moscow casually invites most outspoken opposition to blast Putin and his underlings, all avail-

Perhaps you are picturing Orwell's Ministry of Truth public announcements... I want you instead to think of Fox News. able to you during your insufferable morning commute, if you are willing to listen. All of these organizations will occasionally clash with government officials, but it is extremely rare for the state to aggressively interfere with their operation: all the sources I use personally have stayed afloat and untouched even as the screws of censure have tightened steadily since 2011.

You might have noticed that one item I am leaving out of this summary is television, the medium of the passive and disinterested.

Controlled by the government, television tragically has a near-monopoly on facts and thought: for 60 percent of Russians (versus 25 percent of Americans), TV is the preferred and often the only way of finding out what is going on.

But government-controlled TV may not be what you think it is.

Perhaps you are picturing Orwell's Ministry of Truth public announcements or Hugo Chavez ranting live for hours straight on the villainy of American imperialism. I want you instead to think of Fox News. The analogy is surprisingly apt and I suspect not coincidental.

The similarities are numerous. In news reports, anchors never really have to outright lie when relaying facts to the population. Careful and subtle omission is the only tool required to perform a remote lobotomy, and only amateurs resort to reporting factually false information. Then there is a Bill O'Reilly-type show where the host would give his personal take on the recent events in a pseudo-intellectual manner that makes you feel you're smart for following his convoluted conspiratorial explanations.

But a personal favorite TV gimmick of mine is the panel discussion — whoever invented this genre was a genius! You can present your radical viewpoint as moderate by inviting to the show someone outright insane and you can pretend you are being fair to the other side by inviting them to participate, and then cutting them off after five seconds.

You don't need to act unprofessionally by making unbased claims — you can instead let your guests do the job. Finally, what can be better for ratings than the engrossing drama of spit-n-shout arguments which are oftentimes misconstrued as debate? The crazy thing is, if you listen long enough, even while disagreeing with every word and making fun of moderator's style choices, you will walk away with your point of view nevertheless ever so slightly shifted; like uranium radiation, propaganda poisons you regardless of whether or not you choose to believe in it.

The bottom line is that information in Russia is abundant but unwanted. And the main obstacle to improving freedom of press is not the imprisoned bloggers but the pathological and irredeemable ignorance and addiction to television exhibited by my compatriots.

Chances are, neither of those things sound foreign to you, reader.

Artur Gorokh is a graduate student studying applied mathematics at Cornell University. He can be reached at ag2282@cornell.edu. Radically Moderate appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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These rents are close to NYC prices! If the university is serious about providing affordable student housing this is NOT the way to do it!”

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s I approached senior ple. Everyone’s high school might actually let me afford my year, I spent some time experience is different, and I food addiction when the kid over the summer consid- cannot speak to what everyone’s next to me also applied and ering the space my words occu- pre-college years looked like. stayed up late three nights in a py in The Sun every other Personally, however, I found my row studying for the interview? week. I wrote my first column high school environment He clearly deserves it more — for The Sun before I even got to encouraged me to put things in the kid hasn’t slept in three campus as a freshman, and we perspective simply by the way it days, and I woke up at 1pm are now at my last first column was set up. I had smaller classes, today.

What is important then, is and spent time with very differof the academic year.

I sound like an Instagram ent people from very different not breaking down the Cornell caption. At least I think I’m an backgrounds with whom I bubble by calling people out on would not otherwise have inter- the facades they put up (espeadult.

For my first column of the acted with. Cornell, on the cially don’t do this if you want year, I wanted to be sure to steer other hand, is organized in a friends) or actively seeking out clear of the columns that speak manner that is supposed to a group of friends the same way to freshman about what they encourage similar interactions you would were you looking to might expect in the coming between yet can instead be very re-create a diversity brochure. months. Don’t get me wrong — much a bubble. People often Instead, recognizing that there’s nothing wrong with giv- adhere to certain facades, and Cornell is not always what the ing advice to freshmen (God try as you might, you will likely “real world” looks like can be knows I could’ve used some myself ). I think I’m just tired of speaking about things you should Cornell, on the other hand, is or shouldn’t do at Cornell. Just do whatever organized in a manner that is you want. Chances are you’ll graduate either supposed to encourage similar way. interactions between yet can What I do want to address, however, is the instead be very much a bubble. importance of perspective at Cornell. Coming to Ithaca after spending the end up gravitating towards peo- enough. Not everyone stays up summer in one of the most ple that, at a very basic level, three nights in a row to prep for populated cities in the world is share similar characteristics, an interview. Not everyone jarring. The sheer amount of views or backgrounds. And even studies for interviews. variety New York offers high- since we’re in Ithaca — the lit- Many people make the conlights a narrative we would do eral middle of nowhere — it is scious decision to not pursue well to keep in mind through- much harder to seek out differ- that kind of job or lifestyle. ent perspectives, especially ones They aren’t less deserving or less out our semesters at Cornell.

Everyone, to a varying that don’t fit the bubble that is motivated; they simply share a perspective we don’t encounter extent, puts up certain facades. Cornell. on campus.

Getting away from Ithaca, often It can be to make it seem as if they’re doing better than they and honestly, Cornell in gener- Understanding that the Cornell actually are or to make it seems al, pushed me to gain perspec- bubble is a small part of a much as if they’re doing worse than tive I would not have encoun- larger world, and more importhey actually are — that tered otherwise. Much of my tantly, a small part of the life depends on the person. At perspective in the city was you will create keeps you Cornell, it can often be tough grounded in believing in grounded in how you approach to, for lack of a better phrase, myself. On campus, surround- the people you meet and the see through people’s bullshit, ed by people that seem to con- way you think about life outsimply because there is less vari- sistently do better than you, it side Ithaca. ety in the kind of people you is tough to believe you deserve encounter to give you a broader good things too. Why should I Hebani Duggal is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be perspective on how people are score an interview with that reached at hduggal@cornellsun.com. sexy startup that has free lunch Teach Me How to Duggal appears actually doing.

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“Stepping into this role is more natural because I spent most of my career as a head coach,” Hornibrook said. “And I [have] great relationships with the [Cornell] players because of the assistant coach’s role.”

Hornibrook’s familiarity with Ithaca extends beyond the women’s program, as he was an assistant coach for the Cornell men in the spring of 2004.

And prior to his time at Cornell, Hornibrook spent eight seasons as head coach of the Cortland men’s soccer team, leading the Red Dragons to their first-ever SUNYAC championship in 2008 in addition to coaching a number of highly distinguished players, including the 2007 SUNYAC Player of the Year. The team’s overall record under Hornibrook was 63-69-17.

Preceding Cortland, Hornibrook gained valuable experience as head coach of the men at Houghton College for nine seasons, compiling an even more impressive record of 119-46-13, and at one point earning a No. 9 ranking in Division III. Even before his career as a collegiate coach, Hornibrook’s life was centered around the pitch.

under his leadership.”

Hornibrook’s relationships with players like Fitzgerald have made for a relatively smooth transition into his new role despite the magnitude of a head coaching change. But while his familiarity has provided some sense of consistency for the Red, he has no intention of maintaining the status quo.

Despite his respect for Farmer’s coaching style, Hornibrook intends to implement changes in both the physical and psychological realms of the women’s team. Physically, he emphasizes a heightened level of conditioning.

To achieve the level of fitness he believes necessary for peak performance on game-day, Hornibrook has been simulating real-game levels of competition during practice.

“You have to play to get better, and so our practices are very play oriented,” he says. “We spend a lot of time focusing on how to react to the game.

You don’t have time to think about it, it’s not a science lab — you’ve got to react the right way.”

Hornibrook’s goal for the team this season is to win the Ivy League — a goal which demands the highest levels of focus and dedication from his players. And while he aims to bring out the best in his athletes on the field, he remains conscious of the

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As an undergraduate, he attended the University of New Brunswick, where he was a member of a men’s soccer team which won the CIS Championship in 1980. He went on to earn his master’s in sports science from the United States Sports Academy in 2008, on top of attending the National Coaching Institute, where he earned a diploma in high performance coaching.

Further back, he worked as a high performance coach for the Canadian National Team for several years, working with World Cup, Olympic and U-17 National teams, including the 1992 Canadian World Cup squad.

His experiences working with soccer players at all levels, including the most elite, have made Hornibrook well-equipped to assess the skills of his collegiate level athletes and help them develop toward becoming players of the highest caliber.

During his time as an assistant coach for the Red, he worked individually with many of Cornell’s greatest players, helping shape the likes of Elizabeth Crowell ’17 and Kelsey Tierney ’17, the Red’s first All-Ivy first-team selections since 1995, in addition to the team’s current captains and standouts.

“I was excited to hear that he had been appointed head coach, as I have grown to respect him as both a coach and person over the three years I’ve known him,” said current senior captain Kaylee Fitzgerald. “He is extremely dedicated to this team, and has been a consistent positive presence on and off the field. I’m excited for this upcoming season and I can’t wait to see what our team accomplishes

fact that soccer is only one facet of their lives.

Hornibrook’s awareness of his athletes’ identities apart from the soccer team is perhaps reinforced by the fact that his own daughters, Kathryn and Emily, are not far in age from his players. In addition, he is married to the winningest field hockey coach in Cornell history, whom he can learn from each day.

His wife, Donna, currently leads a dynamic field hockey program that plays its games just a field over from the women’s soccer team.

While his wife and two daughters provide support away from the field, Hornibrook looks to foster yet another family in his life by cultivating a trusting and supportive team culture.

“We’re not trying to intimidate them, or bully them or anything like that,” he said of his team.

“We’re your new family.”

Such commitment to his athletes’ mental well being, paired with a fiercely competitive mindset, gives a promising glimpse of what lies ahead for the Red — this season, and in seasons to come.

And while Hornibrook has observed the Cornell women’s program for years from a more supporting role, he is ready to take the next step as its leader.

“I actually have to make the decisions,” Hornibrook said. “So it does put a little more pressure on me because obviously I’m in charge and the results fall on my shoulders.

“Now I’m not just giving suggestions.”

Mary Barger can be reached at mbarger@cornellsun.com.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Rejuvinated Red Hope for Bounceback Season

By CAITLIN STANTON Sun Staff Writer

The preseason for Cornell women’s soccer has been riddled with changes to the team and coaching staff, all in preparation for redemption this upcoming season.

Throughout the 2016-2017 season, the Red continually experienced setbacks with a schedule that featured fierce competition, including Rutgers, which was ranked No. 21 by the end of last year. This led to an overall record of 5-9-2, featuring league wins against Yale and Princeton, but not enough to lead the Red to an overall successful season.

Since then, a new head coach has taken the helm to potentially give the program a boost.

Dwight Hornibrook made the transition from an assistant coach to head coach this past season after the resignation of Patrick Farmer.

“It’s actually a more comfortable place for me, in a coaching role,” Hornibrook said in his new office recently. Now I’m not just giving suggestions, I have to make the decisions. It does put a little more pressure on me, because, obviously I’m in charge and the results fall on my shoulders, but I think, because of the relationships I’ve had with the players … I think we’re in

a good place and have a good dialogue.”

In addition to coaching, the team itself has seen changes since last season. Seven student-athletes have graduated, carving out nearly a quarter of the team. They’ve been replaced with a new recruiting class of nine — eight freshmen and one transfer — and the captaincy has been passed onto defenders Kaylee Fitzgerald and Whitney Farber, both seniors.

“With the change in coaching staff and a graduating senior class, kind of the whole team dynamic changed and I feel like we have a much closer team,” Fitzgerald said.

“Hopefully that will show on the field.”

Although the team has only been training for a few weeks, Farber said that she has been able to see a difference in the team’s gameplay.

“You can just see how the mentality and how people are just happy to be there,” she said. “There’s a lot of excitement about this season moving forward and just the opportunities we have this season to do something big in the Ivy League.”

The important facet that both the captains and the coaches have been focusing on is that, although many important players graduated last year, the Red still has a solid core of returning players to rely on.

This core will be supplemented by new players ready to accept new roles on the

ADRIAN BOTEANU / SUN FILE PHOTO

The new wave | Defender Kaylee Fitzgerald will co-captain the Red along with classmate Whitney Farber. The two lead a team that has lost nearly a quarter of its players to graduation.

field.

“There were a lot of roles that were solidified. … Now that [Farmer] has left, we have new people, other spots have opened up,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s kind of like anybody’s game for a lot of positions, which has given the team in general just a much more competitive spirit in practice,

BRITTNEY CHEW / SUN FILE PHOTO

New coach, new style | Dwight Hornibrook will begin his first year as head coach this season, looking to instill change as soon as possible.

… there isn’t as much complacency, [and] people are working to get starting spots.”

But there has been the need for adjustment on the part of the players, mainly due to Hornibrook moving into the head coach position. The new class of players for Cornell were recruited and vetted by former head coach Farmer, meaning that they have had to adapt to a slightly different coaching style than what they were expecting.

However, Hornibrook doesn’t seem too concerned by his switch in roles.

“The impact [for the new players] is ‘Oh my gosh, I’m a freshman at Cornell and i’m scared to death,’” Hornibrook said. “All over the world, every fall, there’s millions of scared kids going to college — our job is to help them feel relaxed and comfortable and develop some confidence in that. … We’re you’re new family.”

This new squad has been practicing with some preseason matches, but will see its first official contest on the road against regional rival Syracuse on Thursday, Aug. 31.

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

WOMEN’S SOCCER

New Coach to Implement‘Praise-Oriented’Culture

By MARY BARGER Sun Staff Writer

Head coach is a familiar title for Dwight Hornibrook — and Cornell is a familiar team. After five years serving as assistant coach of the Cornell women’s soccer program, Hornibrook has stepped up to the head coaching role after the departure of Patrick Farmer this past offseason.

Hornibrook, who joined the program at the same time as Farmer, says he hopes to build on some of the groundwork laid out by his former boss, but wants to put his own spin on things at the same time.

“I have my own way of doing things,” Hornibrook said. “There are some things that Farmer did that I thought were really good; Farmer had a ton of experience.”

One such change Hornibrook is keen on implementing is forming a team focused on mental fitness just as much as physical fitness. After sending his own kids to college, Hornibrook knows the stresses that can come at a place like Cornell, especially for

the newcomers to his team.

As for the physical fitness, “there’s been a stronger emphasis [during] training on making sure that we’re ready to play from a physical perspective,” he said. “That was some-

thing that I don’t think we were as good at as we needed to be.”

And when it comes to mental health, Hornibrook said “I coach people before I coach players. You’re not just a soccer player.

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Dwight’s developments | New women’s soccer head coach Dwight Hornibrook has his eyes set on an Ivy title, and will look to change the program culture en route to that goal.

You’re somebody’s daughter, you’re a student.”

Hoping to alleviate as much stress as he can for a team under transition, Hornibrook says he plans to instill a “praise-oriented culture” on the team, which is coming off a low 5-9-2 2016 season despite riding a highlysuccessful 2015.

“We try to develop a culture that is praise-oriented,” Hornibrook said. “That doesn’t mean you’re not going to get critique, because you have to get critique to improve, but we want [the players] to feel like we value them. We’re here to add value to their lives on the soccer field as well as people, and obviously we want them to have an incredible four years here at Cornell.”

One key factor that could help Hornirbook is his experience. Not only does he have a rich history as a head coach, but he said his time around the Cornell program should minimize any issues that could arise with a new coach for any team, not just his.

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