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Students flocked to the Commons to taste Ithaca and Cornell culture in the second annual C.U. Downtown. | Page 3

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Shay Collins ’18 previews Cinemopolis’ jam-packed fall line-up. | Page 6

Pollack Tells Trump to ‘Preserve and Defend’ DACA President likely to rescind program as affected students await official announcement Tuesday

By RACHEL WHALEN Sun News Editor

In the throes of an increasingly xenophobic national climate, President Martha Pollack once again furthered her support for international students by issuing a letter to President Trump on Friday urging him not to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

“On behalf of Cornell University, I write to share my deepest concern with news reports indicating that you intend to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program,” Pollack wrote, citing Trump’s intention to announce his final DACA decision on Tuesday.

Her letter comes a day after she reversed a decision that would have eliminated the Foreign

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Student Employment Program. Many international students who are employed under this program expressed concern that the program was going to be eliminated.

DACA — a five-year, Obama-era initiative that began in 2012 — allows immigrants who came to the U.S. when they were younger than 16 or who were under the age of 31 at the program’s conception to defer their deportation and apply for working permits, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Trump has been under pressure to rescind the program from 11 Republican state officials, who claimed in a letter in June that the memorandum that instated DACA in 2012 is “unlawful,” protecting “otherwise unlawfully present TOM BRENNER / aliens.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES The Republican politicians set a hard date of September 5, 2017 for Trump’s decision on whether or not to rescind or renew the program. In the letter they said that if the president renews the program, they will follow up with a lawsuit that is currently in progress in southern Texas.

Politco reported on Sunday that Trump has likely already made up his mind to cut the program, according to White House officials. Though nothing is certain until his official announcement, there has been discussion of employing a 6 month buffer in which Congress can configure something to replace it. This compromise comes at

From one president to another | President Martha Pollack joined other university presidents in urging President Donald

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Trump not to eliminate the DACA program.

Microsoft Partners With Cornell Tech

By JAMIL RAHMAN

Prof. Ari Juels told NewsWise. “We’re delighted to work more closely with Microsoft’s blockchain experts, who share our vision of blockchain-based As Cornell Tech officially moves into its new loca- solutions for next generation financial services.” tion on Roosevelt Island, software giant Microsoft Microsoft has already done extensive work with announced that it will be partnering with the blockchain technologies, working to “create enterCornell Tech-based Initiative for Cryptocurrencies prise tooling around existing open source blockchain and Contracts, otherwise known as IC3. solutions, making them more accessible to enterprise IC3 involves faculty members from Cornell, development.”

Cornell Tech and the Technion Israel Institute of The news of the IC3 and Microsoft partnership Technology, as well as faculty from UC Berkeley and came shortly after Microsoft announced its new University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. blockchain endeavour, the Coco platform.

According to its website, IC3 “uniquely meets the According to Microsoft’s website, the platform is a blockchain community’s urgent need for world-class “new blockchain framework designed to make it easexpertise in ier to build enterprise networks.” computer sci“As we continue our journey in “We’re delighted to ence that spans blockchain, we have watched and work more closely cryptography, read the work of the IC3 team and distributed are impressed with their thinking with Microsoft’s systems, proand the perspective they bring to blockchain experts, gramming lanthe community,” said Yorke guages, game who share our vision.” Rhodes III, global blockchain theory, and business strategist at Microsoft.

Prof. Ari Juels system security “We are very aligned with the techniques.” approaches IC3 blockchain A blockchain is a digital collection where transac- experts are taking to address scale, simplification and tions made via cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, are other topics of interest for enterprise adoption.” publicly recorded.

“The synergies in their research fit well with our IC3 collaborates with experts from areas such as visions for enterprise scale blockchain solutions,” finance, banking and entrepreneurship to carry out Rhodes added. “We are excited to work more closely blockchain research and develop faster and more with IC3 through this membership.” secure developments.

“IC3 was founded to advance blockchain science, Jamil Rahman can be reached at technology and applications,” Co-Director of IC3 jrahman@cornellsun.com.

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Bouncing to victory | Beta Theta Pi brothers host a bouncy house marathon on the Arts Quad in opposition to sexual violence.

Beta Frat Breaks Record

By ANGELA CHON Sun Staff Writer

Eight brothers of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity broke the Guinness world record for longest team marathon on a bouncy castle after bouncing for 50 hours to raise funds to fight against sexual violence.

The previous record was 43 hours of bouncing, and the brothers beat the record by seven hours during their event “Betas Bounce Against Sexual

Violence,” which started on Friday Sept. 1, and continued until Sunday afternoon.

“We officially broke the record at 1:25:02 p.m. on Sunday, which was one of my favorite moments of the entire experience,” said David Navadeh ’19, chapter treasurer and event organizer. “We’d been bouncing in the rain for about 12 hours at that point, and everyone was soaked and exhausted.”

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C.U. Downtown Draws Big Cornell Crowd

By JULIA CURLEY Sun Staff Writer

Local New Engaged Learning Curriculum Offers Gateway to the World

Launching this fall, the Department of Anthropology’s new Global Gateways course sequence will give students the opportunity to prepare for, and make the most of, Cornell’s offcampus opportunities. The Global Gateways three-course curriculum combines active learning with peer mentoring to foster hands-on practical development of intercultural engagement skills, and will be partnering with the English Language Support Office on-campus, according to the University.

Around the Ivies Yale to Remove Offensive Stonework from Library Entrance

Yale University will remove a stone carving that depicts a Puritan holding a musket to the head of a Native American from the Sterling Memorial Library, according to Yale Daily News.

The University currently plans on moving the image to an asyet undecided location where it will still be available for “study and learning,” according to the Yale Daily News.

The decision to cover the musket was made by employees in Yale’s facilities division who were involved in the renovation of the Center for Teaching and Learning, said Yale Vice President for Communications.

The University has recently been confronted with politically charged issues pertaining to art and architecture, especially in regard to the decision to rename Calhoun College and to remove racist stain glass images, according to Yale University.

National North Korean Leader “Begging for War” in Midst of Nuclear Staredown

U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the Security Council that Kim Jong-un is “begging for war,” The New York Times reported on Tuesday. Haley said that North Korea is “more advanced and more dangerous than ever,” adding that they now have the capacity to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles. The Times reported that these comments were made in the wake of the most powerful nuclear test that North Korea has ever performed. For his part, President Trump confirmed U.S. allegiance to South Korea, giving South Korea the go-ahead to build more powerful missiles, according to The Times.

— Compiled by Meg Gordon and Rachel Whalen

C.U. Downtown brought the Cornell Commons to life for students and Ithaca community members at a special freshmenoriented event on Saturday.

Highlights included free Cornell Dairy ice cream samples, Coltivare cookies — which seemed to be a big hit among the crowd — and a spirited Big Red Marching Band performance at Trolley Circle.

“There had to be about 100 people on the TCAT,” Sophie Cook ’20 told The Sun. “It was so funny, it took ten minutes for the bus to fill up because the driver just packed us all on there.”

The event called North Campus residents away from the CKB Quad and into Ithaca’s broader offerings: not only did it MICHAEL WENYE LI / SUN ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR show freshman how to take a sometimes daunting TCAT Taking to the streets | The Big Red Marching Band performs in the Commons during the C.U. Downtown from campus to the Commons, festivities on Saturday. but it brought the Ithaca community together with a charac- piled on,” he said. “This is my ’21 and Mahima Kumbhat ’21 play in the marching band,” first time in the came down for the shopping, Roberts said. teristically wideThe festivities brought range of music, “This is my first Commonsand it’s restaurants and free food. Joshi said she came to watch a dance together an eclectic crowd to really beautiful.” foods, bargain shops time in the enjoy a taste of Ithaca’s offerings.

The event team she hopes to join. and personalities.

“I was planning on exploring Many Ithacans returned to Many students, Commons and it’s attracted a range of a t t e n d e e s — the event for the second time. the Commons at some point, including Aditi Joshi ’21, flocked to the really beautiful.” Cornellians and Zoey Roberts ’20 enjoyed the but because of this event I did it community mem- first annual C.U. Downtown now,” Joshi added. “It’s a good Commons with Aditi Joshi ’21 bers, freshmen and day with a friend from her orien- first impression.” their residence halls. tation group. graduate students.

“A lot of people “This year I came down again Julia Curley can be reached at Freshmen Taryn in Mews, we all walked down to the Risley bus stop together and Reardon ’21, Zoe Bertol-Foell to hear that same friend actually jcurley@cornellsun.com.

Schumer Gives $400,000 to CALS Nematode Lab

By JAI MALHOTRA Sun Staff Writer

Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences received a $400,000 federal grant this past Friday for upgrades to the Nematode Quarantine Lab. The grant, awarded in person by Senator Charles Schumer (DNY), is meant to enable the Nematode Quarantine Lab to upgrade equipment and give researchers the tools they need to study nematodes and combat nematode epidemics. The grant is made possible by CALS’s land-grant status within the University.

Though microscopic, nematodes pose a sizable threat to crops in New York and the United States. Parasitic nematodes can harm plant root systems, eroding their ability to collect nutrients and water, according to Cornell’s Department of Plant Pathology.

Cornell’s Nematode Quarantine Lab is the only research facility in the nation equipped to effectively research “biology-resistant breeding and on-farm management to combat the pests” according to Kathryn Boor, the dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

One of the greatest concerns of policymakers, researchers and farmers alike is the parasites’ devastating effect on potato yields.

“The potato industry is a major component of both the Upstate New York economy and the nation’s food supply,” Schumer said in a press release.

“Without the cutting edge work done at the Quarantine Facility, the nematode threat could become unmanageable and could threaten the health of this critical crop nationwide. Simply put, this new modern equipment will protect New York farmers from this

Nematode and Soybean Cyst pose enough danger to warrant the federal aid.

The $400,000 in federal funding is a supplement to the $1.2 million grant for the nematode lab allocated by “A world without french the New York State fries would be a world I Legislature in October of 2016. couldn’t even For Schumer, the contemplate.” repercussions of this parasite would be Chuck Schumer incomprehensible, according to The over 1,000 farms, accord- Ithaca Voice "A world without ing to Senator Schumer’s french fries would be a press release.

According to world I couldn't even Schumer, the USDA contemplate," he said. agrees with scientists at the nematode lab that the Jai Malhotra can be Gold Nematode along reached at jmalhotra@corwith the Pale Cyst nellsun.com. dangerous threat.”

In New York alone, the potato industry is valued at $65 million and accounts for 20,000 acres of cropland distributed

Cattle catastrophe

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Farmers in Texas attempt to move cattle to higher ground in order to minimize their risk of drowning. Hurricane Harvey has put thousands of animals in jeopardy and has killed at least 50 people, according The New York Times.

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Pollack: DACA Students‘Integral Part’of C.U. 50 Hours of DACA

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the request of some Republican lawmakers — including House speaker Paul Ryan (RWI), who has reportedly spoken out against the elimination of DACA. It remains unclear whether or not Trump, who has waited until the last minute to make the call, officially plans on cutting the program. But citizens who rely on DACA – sometimes referred to as “Dreamers” – are holding their breath, as The New York Times reports that they will likely know of DACA’s fate on Tuesday.

In her defense of DACA, Pollack cited Cornell’s post-Civil War origins and its motto of “any person, any study,” adding that students who rely on DACA are an “integral part of our university community.”

“They were brought to our country before they had a choice in the matter, have grown up in our culture, and are succeeding here, despite challenges and obstacles that you and I can only imagine,” the letter read.

The Cornell DREAM Team, a Cornell organization for undocumented students whose mission is to “empower undocumented students through advising and providing a support network,” commended Pollack for her gesture of support.

“We applaud President Pollack for showing her strong commitment to undocumented students on campus,” they said in a Facebook post on Friday. “Dreamers need support from administrators in stressful times like these. We look forward to working alongside president Pollack on making Cornell a more accessible and supportive university for all its students regardless of status.”

Tarannum Sahar ’19, president of Cornell Welcomes Refugees, also expressed contentment with President Pollack’s letter to Trump.

“I'm glad to see that President Pollack has expressed her concern through this letter sent to Trump and I hope that the University will continue to stand by all the students who will be affected by the termination of the DACA program,” she told The Sun. Pollack stands in company with her contemporaries; Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Duke presidents all issued similar letters earlier in the week, according to The Atlantic.

The battle for the preservation of DACA is also nothing new to Cornell. Last November, President Rawlings joined over 600 university and college presidents in signing a statement to support DACA in the same month that he affirmed Cornell’s support for DACA students after 2,000

students, faculty and alumni petitioned for Cornell to become a “sanctuary campus.”

But Cornell has been aware of the possible end of DACA for months. The Sun reported in April that Cornell administrators issued a statement that DACA graduate students would “continue to receive funding for the complete length of time offered in their admissions letters,” and that fellowships would be provided for these students. The statement also added that Cornell would attempt to use “DACA-like” criteria for admissions and financial aid policies for undergraduate students.

As Cornell DACA students await Trump’s announcement, Pollack, following in her predecessor’s footsteps, maintained that students who rely on DACA are “incredible kids” whom she has “watched blossom” under the program.

“It would be more than a shame if you act to extinguish so many bright and productive futures just as they are getting started,” she wrote to Trump. “Instead, I encourage you to work with Congress to pass legislation to allow DACA students to remain in our country, at home, where they belong.”

Rachel Whalen can be reached at rwhalen@cornellsun.com.

Bouncing Creates New World Record

Funds donated to be used for fighting sexual violence BETA

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The biggest challenge was the weather, when it started to rain at 1 a.m. on Sunday, Navadeh said.

The brothers purchased a tarp in an attempt to cover the bouncy castle.

“That worked until the tarp ripped,” Navadeh said. “We were getting very wet with water in the bouncy castle. We bounced more carefully to avoid falling, but the colder, rainy weather took a lot of energy out of us.”

The brothers made sure that

“We’d been bouncing in the rain for about 12 hours at that point and everyone was soaked.”

David Navadeh ’19 there was always an overlap when switching bouncers so that the bouncing was continuous, as required by the Guinness World Records.

“It’s definitely a tiring quad workout,” Navadeh said. “But not as exhausting as we expected since we mentally prepared so well for it.”

Though the eight brothers were part of the official bouncers who broke the record, community members also joined after paying a fee, which was donated to charity.

“Members of Alpha Phi

“It’s definitely a tiring quad workout. But not as exhausting ... since we mentally prepared for it.”

David Navadeh ’19 Omega and Alpha Chi Omega were incredibly helpful in witnessing the entire event so it could be verified as an official Guinness World Record,” Navadeh said.

The University was accommodating in allowing the philanthropy event to take place on the Arts Quad where there was high visibility, Navadeh said.

Students and professors stopped by to donate to the cause, and the brothers are still accepting donations through Venmo to celebrate breaking the record.

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

SPORTS

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VOLLEYBALL

Spikers Open Season 1-2 at Virginia Tournament

By KAREN PAPAZIAN Sun Staff Writer

This past weekend, Cornell volleyball headed to Virginia to open its season with a three-game fight in the Tropical Smoothie Invitational. The Red went 1-2 on the road and now has its sights on shoring up weakness and keeping complete focus despite dropping two matches. Cornell fell to both James Madison and Drake, but closed out its first weekend of play with an impressive 4 set victory over Hampton.

“Keeping our composure under pressure and staying disciplined ... [is the biggest challenge for the team].”

Head Coach Trudy Vande Berg “I think the last game was the highlight of the weekend,” said junior Carla Sganderlla. “It truly was amazing to see the team get a win for each other. We have such a team-first mentality which makes the win that much better.”

Head coach Trudy Vande Berg does not see this weekend’s 1-2 run as a setback, but as a challenge that the team will need to overcome throughout the season.

“Keeping our composure under pressure and staying disciplined and focused throughout the match [is the biggest challenge for the team].”

The Red kicked off the tournament against undefeated JMU but came up short in a 3-0 loss despite major contributions from seniors Kit McCarthy and Emily Wemhoff, who each had eight kills. However, the big story of the game was the debut of freshman Alena Madar. She had three kills and two digs in her first look at varsity action.

After losing the JMU, the Red was forced to enter the Saturday doubleheader still looking for its first win of the season. Cornell first faced off against the Bulldogs, who proved to be a dominant force and took the match 3-0. Cornell rounded up more blocks and

digs (53-52) than the Bulldogs and had only one less kill but still was forced to take a loss.

Senior Chelsea Sincox took on an newfound role for the team and earned herself 13 assists, which combined with sophomore Katie Randolph’s 12 to give the team 25 in the contest. The Red’s defense was strong, but ultimately fell short.

“Chelsea [Sincox] stepped into an unfamiliar role for us and I couldn’t be happier with her performance,” Vande Berg said. “[Senior Kiley McPeek and sophomore Lily Barber] handled some JASON BEN NATHAN / SUN SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER big servers well and helped our team stay organized.” Southern spikers | Cornell volleyball lost its first two games of the year, but regrouped to In the final matchup of take game three at a tournament in Virginia this weekend. the Invitational against Hampton, the Red began to put the pieces together and on show during the final match of the Invitational.

“Arenas came in and played great for us,” Vande jumped to a 2-0 lead after taking the first two sets, 2522 and 25-18. Losing the third set in a tight 25-22 fin- Berg said. “Our backcourt did a great job of conish, the Red still had time to seal the deal and earn its trolling the defense and digging some transitional first win of the season with a dominating fourth set win, balls.”

As the team looks to kick off the Cornell Invitational 25-11.

Wemhoff, McCarthy and sophomore Samantha this weekend, Vande Berg believes that rest is the best Arenas all played a large role in taking the final game of way to prepare. She is relying on all of the hard work the Invitational, each putting up double digits for kills that the team put in during the offseason to help carry to help the offense hit a season-best .240. The Red them to a winning season, regardless of the bumpy start looked sharp as the match progressed with McPeek they had thus far.

“We need to relax and let our bodies take over and recording a season-high 16 digs and rounding out her spectacular performance with four of the team’s six trust the training,” Vande Berg said. “We will get there, [we] just need to let it happen.” aces.

Vande Berg was quick to praise Arenas’s performance this weekend as well as the backcourt the team worked Karen Papazian can be reached at on strengthening this off-season. Those efforts were put kpapazian@cornellsun.com.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT So Many Movies,So Little Time

BY SHAY COLLINS Sun Staff Writer

Maybe it’s the senior year anxiety talking, but I’ve been experiencing an acute need to make sure that I do everything all the time lately.

Cinemapolis is not helping. The independent theatre’s Fall line-up is jampacked, full of must-see indies, fascinating documentaries and local collaborations. It hurts me to say this, but I simply can’t make it to all of them (I already missed Brigsby Bear, for God’s sake).

Honestly, there are too many great offerings to even profile them all, so I’ve made some tough decisions and given you the run-down on my viewing wishlist.

First off, Cinemapolis and Cornell Concert Series have partnered to present a free screening of Crescendo: the Power of Music this Thursday, Sept. 7. The documentary follows the stories of three american children in youth orchestra programs modeled off of El Sistema, a massively successful program in Venezuela founded more than 40 years ago. A Sept. 9 performance by the Catalyst Quartet, who themselves started off in youth orchestra programs, at Bailey Hall will serve as a complement to the movie.

Shakespeare lovers can rejoice as well.

Cinemapolis has collaborated with

Ithaca Shakespeare Company to create a film series — “Shakespeare The Rest Of The Year” — showcasing various film adaptations of Shakespeare works. The oncea-month screenings begin with Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, while October returns to a classic with Marlon Brando starring in Julius Caesar. 2017 closes out with two modernized and Americanized adaptations — Scotland, PA and West Side Story.

Maybe you’re not only looking to see some movies, but also to submit one of COURTESY OF A24 your own. Cinemapolis is taking submissions for their Outer Docs the viewer; it’s urgent and uncomproFilm Festival. The festival, which is run mising, showing just how far Connie

by Veverka Bros. Production, seeks to will go to avoid being caught. Music showcase mold-breaking and expecta- nerds can also revel in a score composed tion-defying documentaries. For those by experimental music giant Oneohtrix seeking to attend as spectators, the festi- Point Never.

Also currently showing, Ingrid Goes val runs for eight hours on Sunday, Oct. West is a bizarre, unnerving comedy flick 8.

At Cinemapolis right now, Good grounded in the Instagram age. Aubrey Time, the fourth full-length movie by Plaza stars in another detached, perpetuthe Safdie Brothers, stars Robert ally sarcastic role. First-time director Pattinson as a conniving, manipulative Matt Spicer crafts a tale about Instagram criminal Connie Nikas who leaves a path “influencers,” fake friendships and of destruction in his wake, ostensibly to California living that is equal parts hilarsave his brother Nicholas (Ben Safdie). ious and uncomfortable.

Starting on Sept. 8, catch one of a Good Time throws punch after punch at number of terrific documentaries at Cinemapolis this fall, Whose Streets?, the work of two activistcum-filmmakers: Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis. The film, the first by Folayan, follows the lives of a number of Ferguson, MO residents and activists in the wake of Michael Brown’s death at the hands of police officer Darren Wilson.

Folayan and Davis seek to provide an honest account of the protests in Ferguson, one not spun by the media, and Whose Streets? already seems to be both an essential documentary for our current political climate and a story of the Black Lives Matter movement for future generations.

The next week, Fumiyo Kono’s manga In This Corner of the World comes to the big screen in this adaptation directed by Sunao Katabuchi (Mai Mai Miracle). The movie tells the story of Suzu, a gentle and perceptive woman who must sustain her family and herself during World War II. Katabuchi tells a story of a human spirit beaten down, only to rise up once again.

In a Jan. 18 Los Angeles Times story, Steven Zeitchik writes

that Hasidic Jews are “generally depicted in pop culture as enigmatic props, when they’re even seen at all.” Joshua Z. Weinstein’s Menashe starts to unravel this trend, telling a semi-fictionalized story of Menashe (Menashe Lustig), a widower who must fight for custody of his son. Maybe it’s the memory of hearing the calming lilt of my grandparents speaking Yiddish, but the fact that Menashe is entirely acted in it seems to welcome in the viewer. (Editor’s Note: English subtitles provided.)

Suckers for beautiful architecture and beautiful people who talk wistfully in view of said architecture will love Columbus, which opens on Sept. 29.

First-time South Korean director Kogonada cut his teeth by creating insightful supercuts that explored filmmakers’ techniques. John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson play the romantic leads, although viewers argue that the modernist architecture of the titular city — Columbus, Indiana — is a star itself.

Artist, documentarian and architect Ai Weiwei is no stranger to speaking truth to power (nor is he any stranger to paying the price for it, as evidenced by the 2013 documentary Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case). In his latest documentary, Human Flow, Ai turns his focus to refugee crises. Despite his sometimes detached manner of speaking, Ai is a scathing polemic, unafraid to criticize those in power who are too cruel or too cowardly. Yet, his documentary focuses on refugees themselves, making the audience hear and see the lives to which they are subjected. Catch Human Flow starting on Oct. 20.

Finally, in Lucky, which begins its run on Oct. 27, Harry Dean Stanton adds another credit to his massive filmography in a role that seems like the culmination of his career so far. Stanton plays Lucky, an elderly atheist who decides, at age 90, to look inward. Along Lucky’s journey, viewers meet an escaped tortoise, David Lynch in a supporting role and an ensemble of friends who are certainly, well, characters.

The above films are only a sampling of Cinemapolis’ offerings this fall.

There’s also Eliza Hittman’s quiet, brooding exploration of late teenage sexuality in Beach Rats (starting Sept. 22), J.D. Salinger biopic Rebel in the Rye (starting Sept. 29), Ruben Östlund’s alarming satire The Square (starting Nov. 17) and many more. Tickets are nine bucks for students. Do yourself a favor and go see some movies, friends.

Shay Collins is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. He can be reached at scollins@cornell.edu.

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SCIENCE

Gender Inequality

New Study Offers Insight Into Gender Imbalance in Higher Education Researchers highlight role of green fields in increasing female STEM representation

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On par l Symbolic of the gender inequality in STEM fields, 1927’s Solvay Conference on Physics featured only one woman, Marie Curie (bottom row; third from left).

By DIVYANSHA SEHGAL Sun Staff Writer

Gender inequality in science, technology, engineering and math has been a long documented issue, but a new study coming out of the Cornell Center for the Study of Inequality offers encouraging evidence of avenues to bridge this divide.

Dafna Gelbgiser, grad, and Kyle Albert, grad, found that green fields in higher education tend to bridge the gender divide in both STEM and nonSTEM fields. Gelbgiser defined green fields as those that contribute to green jobs, which provide goods or have production processes that benefit the environment. Examples of such fields include environmental science and sustainability studies.

Gelbgiser explained that both she and Albert were interested in studying green fields since they could track “what happens when a new field of study emerges in terms of gender inequality in those fields.”

According to Gelbgiser, green fields are unique because they do not have clear roots in other disciplines. So, students do not have prior gender dispositions about the field.

“Men and women looking at fields like mechanical engineering would know that there would be very few women in those classes. If they’re thinking about psychology, they know they’re going to meet quite a lot of women,” Gelbgiser said. “But if they’re thinking about new fields like environmental engineering for exam-

Department of Education tracks all degree recipients for a given year.

Gelbgiser and Albert analyzed data on bachelor degree recipients from 2009 to 2014 to make sure green fields were actually “gaining hold.” They found that degrees awarded in these fields rose by 81 percent over that period.

“Then we looked at the gender composition of the graduating class from fields that are green and not green, in both STEM and nonSTEM areas,” Gelbgiser said. “There is a lot of literature on how women are underrepresented in STEM fields. However, women are 67 percent of degree recipients so they are over represented in other fields like humanities, social sciences, education etc.”

Green fields also had an equalizing effect for nonSTEM fields that usually have a higher representation of women. A field like environmental education has a higher percentage of men relative to “nonSTEM, non-green fields.”

“What it shows is that green has this systematic equalizing effect: it's not only bringing women into STEM fields but bringing men into fields that have traditionally had more women,” she said.

According to Gelbgiser, the study

“Green fields tend to close that divide in higher education and emerge as both technical and care-oriented, scientific and humanistic.”

Dafna Gelbgiser, grad ple, these fields don’t necessarily have enough history for them to establish gender norms. We argue that new fields open up a new space.”

The results of their study are rooted in quantitative data. The U.S.

shows that framing fields differently can attract both men and women.

“Traditionally we do know that fields that have a technical and scientific framing tend to attract a higher proportion of men, while fields that fall into humanistic and are care-oriented, tend to attract a higher percentage of women,” she said. “Green fields tend to close that divide in higher education and emerge as both technical and care-oriented, scientific and humanistic.”

Additionally, the study shows that fields like psychology, sociology and computer science — that traditionally have a higher gender imbalance — benefit even more from the equalizing force of the “green effect.”

“The larger the gender imbalance in a particular field — having a very high proportion of women or a very low proportion of women — the higher the effect of green,” she said. “The difference between green and nongreen is the largest in those highly imbalanced fields.”

However, Gelbgiser is not optimistic about the effects of green fields on the labor market.

“The dynamics work out in such a way that women tend to be a large part of the applicant pool, and so the rewards will be lower,” she said. “The labour market has a way of replicating inequality.”

Divyansha Sehgal can be reached at dsehgal@cornellsun.com.

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Reaffirming Cornell’s Commitment to Dreamers T oday, the Trump administration is set to announce a decision that could put an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

The Obama administration enacted DACA in 2012 both to protect individuals who entered the United States as minors from deportation and to provide them with work permits. The program allows eligible individuals to defer deportation and legally reside in the U.S. for two years, subject to renewal. Since 2012, the federal government has approved nearly 800,000 renewals, according to CNN. In the weeks leading up to this anticipated announcement, we have seen numerous reports and studies cite the potential effects of annulling DACA. FWD.us, a pro-immigration reform organization co-founded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, found that eliminating DACA could result in the monthly loss of 30,000 work permits as recipients’ statuses expire. The Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank, projected that ending DACA could cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade. CAP also reported that New York State stands to lose millions of dollars annually if DACA recipients lose their permits.

While it is important to understand and promulgate such economic defenses of the program, especially when it comes to convincing those less receptive to the intrinsic benefits of DACA, the Cornell community cannot forget, belittle or ignore that Dreamers comprise and integral part of our Cornell fabric.

No matter what fate the Trump administration decides for DACA, the University must impart trust in the Cornell community that it will remain a sanctuary campus for Dreamers despite any outside pressures. When students, faculty and staff members protested this March for protection against deportation, raids and fear, it is this last protection, from fear, that encapsulates what we must work hardest to thwart during these unpredictable times.

Fear from the 10 state attorneys general who have provided the Trump administration with an ultimatum to act upon DACA, potentially provoking a decision detrimental to the livelihoods of those in our community; fear of at-will raids by ICE; fear of being pulled out of classes, losing one’s job, home or position in American society. These fears have loomed large since November of 2016.

Not all of us face these fears day in and day out, but as members of the Cornell community, we can at least learn to acknowledge them and recognize that we may only be a degree of separation apart from a friend, family or faculty member who is currently facing them.

Over the last 10 months, campus organizations, students, faculty and staff members have advocated for explicit assurances that Cornell will protect them during this fearful time. Petitions and resolutions supporting sanctuary status for Cornell called on the administration to denounce acts of violence and hate speech, guarantee funding upon the discontinuation of DACA, assure student safety by preemptively refusing to release students’ private information and provide free legal assistance for DACA students. Cornell has since endorsed these resolutions, and so Dreamers and their allies have placed their trust in the University to protect them.In reading materials for a law school seminar entitled “Law and Trust in Government,” I found one scholar’s explanation of trust to be thought provoking. He argues that trust is encapsulated in the interest of the trusted, and thus, whether those who hold distinct roles in an organization will be trustworthy correlates with whether it is in their interest to do what is expected or trusted of them to do.

We can trust in Cornell because we have leaders who have an interest and desire to see Dreamers develop, inspire and continually strengthen the Cornell community. The evidence lies in President Pollack’s letter to President Trump, urging him to “allow DACA to continue as it has” for the past five years and recognizing that DACA students “have grown up in our culture, and are succeeding here, despite challenges and obstacles that you and I can only imagine.” Further evidence lies in the University’s immediate response to the violence and hate speech in Charlottesville, along with last week’s decision against eliminating the Foreign Student Employment Program.

While well over a century old, Cornell’s motto of creating an institution where any person can pursue any study rings loud and clear today. Regardless of today’s announcement, University administrators will remain committed to protecting our University’s Dreamers.

Dara Brown is a second-year law student at Cornell University Law School. She currently serves as the graduate student trustee on the Board of Trustees. She can be reached at dpb73@cornell.edu.

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It Really Is The Small Stuff

wo weeks ago, Cornell quietly put an end to a pretty good idea. In an email sent to 30 participants, the University announced the cancellation of the Foreign Student Employment Program for the coming year. It was a truly tiny program that served a narrow purpose: for $40,000 a year, or .001 percent of its annual operating budget, the University subsidized part-time work for a handful of foreign students. Yesterday, President Martha Pollack reversed course, announcing that the program would be reinstated. It was a small, acutely bad decision to end this program, and a commendable choice to bring it back.

Both of those facts can coexist, as should be perfectly clear.

However, regardless of the administration’s eventual reversal, the initial decision, as well as the way in which it was announced, fits a disturbing trend in

is an essential requirement of our campus community. Not only does it enrich our lives as students, it is indispensable to the role that universities ought to play.

The most important point here is that this was a choice with consequences.

Regardless of whether you think that we should prioritize international students more, there is no question that there is a debate to be had. However, characteristically, the University did not treat it like so.

By way of explanation, students involved in the program were sent a 130-word email.

When The Sun followed up with the department responsible for the decision, director Susan Hitchcock argued that the funds would be diverted to direct financial aid, and that the $40,000 saved could provide one international student with aid every year. Working with limited resources, her office believed this was the decision that

It is possible that all of this has a legitimate explanation, but the only result of silence in the face of important questions is distrust and frustration.

University’s relationship to its student body.

Instead of providing a meaningful justification for its choices, the University slipped into the dull and dishonest language of bureaucracy. Unsurprising, maybe, but ours is an institution that claims by rhetoric and reputation to have a unique role in American society. Cornell is meant to advance a democratic and forward-looking agenda. That only matters if we follow through on these small, quiet choices.

First, though, it’s worth noting why exactly this program is important. None of these students were able to pay tuition or cover rent with the money they made. But they probably could eat out with their friends a bit more. Probably, it bought them the kind of subtle normalcy that money brings you at a place like Cornell. I can say for certain that this is a real effect of workstudy and for an international student the effect must be even greater. Far from home, and ineligible for a slew of financial aid programs, any amount must help these students. In its way, this program made it just a bit easier for some international students to attend Cornell — it didn’t move mountains, but it did do this one good thing.

Note also the context in which this choice was made. Over the last several years, small decisions like this have gradually made Cornell less accessible to foreign-born students. In 2017, the University ended needblind admissions for international students, which made it possible for admissions officers to learn a student’s financial need before deciding whether to admit them. In 2016, the economics department discontinued the Curricular Practical Training work authorization, which made it harder to for international students to get summer internships.

None of these make it impossible to attend, that’s not my claim, but in their own way, each made it just a bit more challenging.

And this stuff should matter to all of us.

During a national moment when the distance between our country and the rest of the world feels historically great, spaces for value-neutral international collaboration have become intensely important. Cornell must do the hard work of carving out corners of the world where we can remain connected and foster trust. Thus, the presence of international students from a diverse array of economic and cultural backgrounds

would do the most good. Because the funds went to the departments hiring these students, rather than directly into the students’ pockets, her office determined that it would be more useful to directly subsidize international students — fair enough. That, however, is not the point.

Rather than asking how $40,000 can best be spent on international student aid, the appropriate question is, “why only $40,000?” Surely it isn’t a resource constraint. A university that spends over $4 billion every year only haggles over that sum because someone, somewhere, decided that was all they were willing to set aside. For every dollar spent on and off campus, a reallife choice was made, and with myriad alternatives.

We are surrounded by the results of these choices, whether they manifest themselves as a new building or a beautiful statue. Set in the context of a university trending away from international accessibility, these reminders of choices made can be infuriating. Unless they’re justified. It is possible that all of this has a legitimate explanation, but the only result of silence in the face of important questions is distrust and frustration.

Cornell, as an institution, needs to do more to treat its students like stakeholders.

Even in the incremental choices, those that affect only a few, it is our prerogative to understand the totality of the decisions that affect our lives. Last week, President Pollack said that Cornell needs to “stand firmly on the side of democracy, human dignity and the wellbeing of the many.” She is absolutely right. But Cornell’s righteous stand won’t happen in an inaugural speech, nor will it be complete with the large projects that catch headlines. Instead, Cornell will have to play its role through the little things, making small choices that do right. Yesterday’s choice to reverse policy in the face of immense pressure from the student body and faculty was a great start, but the University had to make a grave mistake in order to get there. To have more success, we’ll need to demand a more honest and good-faith relationship our university. That, I think, is our responsibility.

Rubin Danberg Biggs is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at red243@cornell.edu. The Common Table appears alternate Mondays this semester.

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Levels of Privilege At Cornell

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Casting A Shadow T Over the Solar Eclipse O n August 21, Cornellians — students, staff, faculty and alumni — were transfixed by the chance to observe a total solar eclipse in all (or some of ) its splendor.

For many Americans, it was a thrilling social and cultural event. The solar eclipse appeared to represent a welcome, if fleeting, respite from the political and cultural wars raging around us all, just as we were poised to embark on our joint venture at Cornell to engage one another in the quest for scientific and cultural literacy and critical understanding of our physical and social worlds.

Yet an important gesture was lost amidst the hoopla and commercialism that have become typical of many of our opportunities to experience and participate in an uncommon social, cultural or cosmic event. An influential cohort of American political, business and religious elites, and those captivated by their authority and guidance, found the wherewithal to accept and embrace what scientists and mathematicians perfectly calculated: the exact path and precise timing of the first total solar eclipse in North America since February 1979 and the last until April 2024.

These are the very people who refuse to acknowledge the scientific evidence connecting human activity with climate change and global warming (“It is a hoax” or “God will surely intervene“), the harmful effects on humans of many of our capital-minded environmental practices (“the scientific evidence is inconclusive”), or the significance of human evolution (“the first human pair was created six millennia ago”) for understanding our place in the biological world.

Our collective and individual reliance upon science, mathematics, and engineering, on the work of scientists, mathematicians, and engineers of course touches virtually every aspect of life in the 21st century whether everyone appreciates it or not. But how are we to understand this ostensible curiosity… the profound disconnect between the vociferous public rejection of science on the one hand and the complete acceptance of its findings on the other?

To pose this question invokes humanistic and social scientific learning and critical thinking and thereby recognizes their equally crucial value for understanding the world we inhabit. In this instance, the widespread embrace of scientific and mathematical discovery was selective because the science for the total solar eclipse represented no threat to vested political-economic interests or belief systems. The socio-political significance of the recent eclipse magnifies the importance of all of our inquiry, discovery, critical reflection, and educational activism across Cornell University and reminds us just how much work we have to do.

Ross Brann is the Milton R. Konvitz Professor of JudeoIslamic Studies and a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow. Faculty Viewpoint appears periodically throughout the semester.

hese past few days I’ve been thinking a lot about privilege and what it means. Sure, at Cornell we often talk about how privileged we are to be here at this selective institution, to be able to take classes from distinguished professors, to be surrounded by peers of all backgrounds and interests. We hear it so often from guest speakers who speak about their less fortunate college careers or from peer panelists who mention how they were able to get the job offer they wanted because of the Cornell title. The word privilege is used so frequently that it has become a dreaded “oh that again” kind of topic.

I still remember my first day here, a little over a year ago.

After signing up at RPCC for the PREPARE international student pre-orientation program, I brought my two pieces of luggage to Balch Hall with a volunteer. I will probably never forget how it felt walking into Balch and into my room. I was initially surprised by how antique everything in the residence hall was — it was the first time I’ve ever seen a manually operated elevator.

Having grown up in high-tech modern cities like Seoul and Dubai, I also wasn’t used to antiquated furniture.

Yet for some reason, the musty smell of my triple, the spider webs by the radiator and the fact that there were only two wardrobes for three people didn’t antagonize my feelings for Cornell. In fact, I think that I was simply too glad to be here at this beautiful world-renowned place, excited at the thought of living in the U.S. and of meeting new people. I was indeed shocked that this was what I received after all the money I paid to attend this university. But I was still thankful to be here.

It wasn’t until I heard someone from across the hall complain over the phone about how rusty and old this place is, how they

wanted to go back home, that I realized that while we’re all starting as the same first-year Cornell students, we may be living in different worlds. I immediately thought to myself, is it wrong to just be pleased to be here?

From my first day at Balch, I was forced to compare my privilege with that of others. I thought I had been brought up in a pretty privileged environment. Having traveled all over the world and being taught to be thankful for the education, morals and experience that I’ve developed from various sources, I have always considered myself to be privileged. However, my first day at Cornell made me realize that my level of privilege may never match up to that of others. No matter what, we are already at different starting lines.

I have been and always will be proud and thankful for having parents that would risk anything for their children’s futures. Yet, for that girl I overheard on my first day, coming to Cornell and living in a single in Balch may have simply been a given or even below her expectations. As such, all that had been provided to her on that day could have easily been taken for granted based on the degree of privilege that she had been exposed to over the past 17 or so years of her life. Nothing’s wrong with that. We’ve simply been brought up in different circumstances and what’s more important is realizing so. This fact seems to be overlooked by everyone that talks about “how privileged all of us are to be here at Cornell.” Yes, we as students of Cornell share the common privilege of being at this reputable institution. However, you cannot equate your privilege with that of others.

DongYeon (Margaret) Lee is a sophomore in the ILR school. She can be reached at margaretlee@cornellsun.com. Here, There and Everywhere appears alternate Tuesdays.

Priya Kankanhalli | Matters of Fact

How to Fare Well At Career Fair

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areer Fair is this week, and it’s my chance to shine (and yours too!).

I don’t know if I’ll shine brightly, given that 500+ eager Cornellians will join me in attendance, but try I must.

Since preparation is key, I neglected my course assignments all weekend long to redo my resume — that is, to make it more closely resemble the standard template that every career-minded individual also follows. Now, I look pretty good on resume paper ($20 well spent!). It seems counterintuitive to conform in hopes of being distinct, but standardization is the nectar of the H.R. gods.

Without further ado, here’s Step 1 in conquering Career Fair: extract all color and personality from your resume; become a corporate zombie. I promise — my most successful friends have the most lifeless resumes.

Next, you have to drop all other commitments between 10:00 AM and 3:30 PM. Classes are never cancelled for Career Fair, and this places us in a bit of a pickle…which brings me to Step 2: prioritize job/internship over education.

In years past, I’ve hesitated to skip class for Career Fair, cowering in the flawed logic that I need a solid foundation and skill-set to enter the workforce.

Thankfully, I’ve gained some wisdom since then, and my conscience has been pleasantly quiet. After all, what’s a quest for knowledge without a tangible and sustainable reward?

Last year, Career Fair was split between three different locations, in some ways redirecting traffic, but in other ways, forcing me to develop a strategy to interact with firms. This year, Career Fair is back in Barton Hall, and the beautiful chaos is restored. Day One features Engineering and Technical Employers, and Day Two features…all the rest. Luckily, the former category encapsulates my interests, so I’m not

offended by this clearly partisan structure, but if you are, my friend, follow Step 3: pursue a career in STEM and let the social sciences rot, even in the face of staggering evidence for the value of humanities.

Career Fair is a glorified flea market, just hold the friendly banter and affordable goods and add the visceral need to dominate. I’m the flea, buzzing politely to the tune of action verbs, and the market barters in egos and experience. If I extend this analogy any further, I would have to confront the fact that fleas always get swatted, so I’ll end here, but not before sharing Step 4: don’t be an annoying flea — stay back, lay low, don’t pester the recruiters, and let the opportunities come to you.

The Fair seems like a nice venue for a quarter-life crisis (reserve now — spots go fast!), but it’s exactly where you need to be to realize your potential. Students dole out resumes like hot potatoes, and employers aggressively swipe right on candidates for interviews -- it’s recruitment heaven. Granted, the ventilation is awful and death by asphyxiation is only a shuddering gasp away, but are we so prissy that we would refuse to sacrifice some air for a lifetime supply of income and benefits? Luckily, I’m able to look past the small inconveniences and see into the kind and generous soul of Career Fair.

Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life, courtesy of Career Fair. A life brimming with ambition, motivation, and passion…for the first five minutes,

anyway. As the sixth minute strikes, the vitality of youth makes way for disinterest, gloom and boredom. A few existential questions appear on stage — why am I here? Why am I wearing an ill-fitting pantsuit, standing in a queue with a tight smile and a bulky, over-assertive padfolio (aside: is it a folder? is it a notebook?) that is compensating for a lack of substantial content when I could’ve been at home in sweats? What is my purpose?

Those are all valid questions, and some folks answer them by declining to

Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life, courtesy of Career Fair.

A life brimming with ambition, motivation, and passion … for the first five minutes, anyway. attend Career Fair. These folks are doing just fine, making six-figure salaries and changing the world and whatnot. It’s almost as if there are better ways to find employment — networking with real employees and fostering organic relationships, or, better yet, letting your actual credentials pave the way...but that approach is iffy; I’m not sold.

So, with hope in my heart, firmness in my handshake and, if God wills it, lasting oxygen in my lungs, I’m going to enter the arena that is Career Fair on September 6, 2017. The odds are far from promising, but as Ms. Mavis “Power Ball” Wanczyk might agree, you have to buy a ticket to win the lottery.

Step 5: see you there!

Priya Kankanhalli is a junior in the College of Arts and Scences.

She can be reached at pkankanhalli@cornellsun.com. Matters of Fact appears alternating Tuesdays this semester.

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five grown men into a small Volkswagen Jetta and drove an hour to see everyone’s favorite low-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals — the Auburn Doubledays.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. How could we, mere unemployed college students, manage to afford such a highly coveted ticket? Luckily for us, a friend of ours knew a player on the visiting team, the State College Spikes, and we were able to score free seats. (It pays to know people.)

I loaded up my Yeti cooler and grabbed my glove, donning my favorite item of sports paraphernalia: a vintage Mariano Rivera jersey in pinstripes. Before too long, the Jetta, teeming with testosterone and trendy ballcaps, began its journey up Route 34. With the windows down and our boyish glee up, we listened to classic rock and Taylor Swift all the way to Auburn.

I won’t forget the moment we first laid eyes on the stadium. There it was in all its glory, a normality of modern architecture that would give any local diamond a run for its money: Falcon Park, home of the Doubledays. The words left our mouths simultaneously, as the sheer size of the stadium had left all five of us bewildered. “Is that it?”

We asked each other in unison. After a brief tailgate complete with Yeti cooled refreshments and ballgame banter, we locked up the car and strolled to the will call window, V.I.P. style.

Falcon Park adopts the Southwest Airlines method of seating. The best and worst seats in the house were ours for the picking. We agreed on the first base line, right in the first row, so close to the field we could have a spitting contest to the bag.

As we settled in for first pitch in the sweltering

August heat, we began to grow a bit thirsty. We were right in the sun, so cool refreshments were in high demand in our party. After a brief back and forth about who would fetch the first round, a lovely young woman, dressed in ballpark attire, offered to take our order.

Looks shot across the row. Does this place have in-seat service? Boy, we could get used to this.

Why don’t we come here more often? We thanked the waitress and gave her our order. Time to kick back, relax and enjoy some good old fashioned baseball, or so we thought.

Just when everything was perfect, a ballpark employee came over and asked to see our tickets.

“These are the club seats,” he said. “There for our season ticket holders only.” We looked around our section, brimming with empty seats, and made a half hearted effort to convince the gentleman to let us keep our seats. Alas, it seems that this airline offers first class tickets after all.

With our heads hung, we marched in file back to the canopy covered bleacher seats behind home plate, before even the waitress got back with our drinks. We selected our seats, and finally we were settled. Still thirsty, I offered to go and get us our first round of drinks. Upon my return, the waitress who we ordered from at the club seats was there to greet me. After searching far and wide, she located our seats, desperate for her tip money it seemed.

Doubled up on drinks and having a blast, we enjoyed nine innings of solid baseball.

So if you’re looking for a fun experience as classes begin to go full swing, head out to Auburn to see the Doubledays. Just don’t get a hot dog. It was the worst I’ve ever had.

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

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University also stepped its game up and attempted seven more shots, but Cornell goalies, junior Meghan Kennedy and sophomore Chrissy Mayer, managed to save them all in the second half and kept the Eagles’ lead to three.

“At halftime I said [that] we can’t change what’s happened in the first half but we can do better in the second, and I think we did that,” Hornibrook said.

“We have a lot of young kids just getting some experience, so this is what happens … You make silly mistakes and you pay for it. We can’t change the fact that we make mistakes and gave up silly goals, but I guess we came back with the right spirit, the right attitude, the right commitment, and it raises the confidence.”

This new mentality led to DeLoach scoring the first goal of the season off of an assist by senior midfielder Katerina Weikert in the 70th minute.

Fellow midfielder, freshman Shelby Wray, attributed the long wait for the first goal to the chemistry of a relatively new team and how they are continuing to figure each other as they go.

“The atmosphere itself, even

at practice, is so much more competitive, and we have a group of people who want to work really hard for each other,” she said. “I feel like I did well with the people around me and I think that they kind of rose my game, just because they were playing so competitively, and so I think collectively as a group made me individually better.”

“We have a group of people who want to work really hard for each other.”

Freshman Midfielder Shelby Wray The positivity of the new coaching staff is apparent, even after losing to Syracuse last week. With tough games to start the year, the team hopes it pays off in the future with important Ivy play looming.

“I’m glad we’re playing good teams at the start of the season, because they’re going to teach us what we can’t do,” Hornibrook said. “I said to the team at the end of the game, ‘Look I’m measuring how we’re going to do by the spirit of this team, and the spirit of the team in the second half was much better.’”

The second half of the Eastern Washington game was

much louder, as the women were more lively in their yells across the field to each other.

This was something DeLoach noticed in the shift from former head coach Patrick Farmer to Hornibrook.

“Definitely it’s been different,” Deloach said, with a laugh. “[Hornibrook’s] been more kind of conservative and reserved when the game is on, so he gives us a lot more responsibility on the field to be talking to each other and keeping ourselves accountable. He gives us pointers here and there but it’s way more pressure on us … to keep each other accountable.”

On top of that, she said she notices a shift in mood even if the efforts are not paying off in the win column quite yet.

“It’s just a more positive environment,” DeLoach added.

“Things don’t always go your way and you want them to go your way, but when they don’t, you have to be ready to deal with that, so I think that’s something that [Hornibrook’s] really trying to help us with.”

The Red is hoping to use this positive mindset to bounce back on the road against Buffalo on Friday, Sept. 8.

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

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Athletes Hope to Promote Ivy’s Minority Voices IvyUntold looks to start dialogue at pivotal time for U.S. minorities

By SMITA NALLURI Sun Staff Writer

At a time when dialogue about race relations has come to the forefront, three Cornell men’s basketball players are providing a forum for Ivy League minority students on the website IvyUntold.

Men’s basketball seniors Jordan Abdur-Ra’oof, Kyle Brown and junior Troy Whiteside, along with their friend senior Katie Kilbourne, have launched IvyUntold to fill a void by giving minority students in the Ivy League a platform to express their unique perspectives.

“There’s not a single narrative for any student on this campus and there’s not a single narrative for any minority group on this campus,” Abdur-Ra’oof said. “But I think it’s important that people can see [minorities] for who they are and see that they may have different experiences beyond the different stereotypes that they’re often confronted with.”

Abdur-Ra’oof said he came up with the idea for the website in the summer of 2016, when the Fisher v. University of Texas case reached the Supreme Court. The result of the case upheld the constitutionality of affirmative action.

He reached out to his friend and teammate, Troy Whiteside, to formulate a plan to turn this abstract idea into a reality. The duo then enlisted the help of Kyle Brown, an information science major, to build and maintain the IvyUntold website, and Katie Kilbourne, an English major who serves as the website’s editor-in-chief, joined this past January as the latest addition to the team.

“I thought it would be great if minorities had more of a voice on this campus [and others] because a lot of times they just need an opportunity to show their backgrounds and what great things they’re doing,” Abdur-Ra’oof said.

The website has featured pieces by a vast range of minorities, each shattering stereotypes in their own right. One story involves a Jamaican immigrant going from poverty to the Ivy League while another highlights a gay, Southern man in the military going from struggling with his sexuality to embracing it. The website also features a contribution from Cornell football linebacker Miles Norris, who wrote about his expe-

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Voice for the voiceless | With the current political and societal climate, Kyle Brown, Troy Whiteside, Jordan Abdur-Ra’oof and Katie Kilbourne hope to give a platform for some of the Ivy League’s most marginalized students.

rience as a black athlete in Ithaca, among other East Hill contributors.

So far, the response to the forum has been overwhelmingly positive, with the contributors empowering not only those around them but also feeling liberated themselves by sharing their stories.

“I’ve had a lot of people reach out to me talking about how much they love the site,” Abdur-Ra’oof said. “I think it’s a good, positive impacts that builds community rather than destroys it.”

“We’ve definitely seen a lot of positive impact [on social media],” Whiteside added. “Students and other people we don’t even know have been following the stories and the website.”

The team hopes to be able to expand the reach of IvyUntold beyond just Cornell to the rest of the Ivy League

and other prestigious colleges, such as Stanford and MIT. But regardless of what the website eventually blossoms into, the group knows what they have produced is, at the very least, starting a dialogue for those who are often silenced.

“I have a lot of friends who are minorities, but we never spoke about race ever. We never spoke about their stereotypes,” Kilbourne said. “Cornell is kind of a bubble. A [majority] of people here are really accepting, but that’s not necessarily always the case.

“You can’t really know someone until you know what they’ve had to struggle through.”

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

Our N.Y. Trip to Strikers Optimistic Despite 0-2 Start Watch the Auburn Doubledays Play B

WOMEN’S SOCCER

By CAITLIN STANTON Sun Staff Writer

It was 11:30 in the morning yesterday when the women of Cornell soccer lined up on Charles H. Berman Field to face Eastern Washington University. Several clusters of dedicated fans and family members huddled together under

umbrellas and blankets as a steady drizzle fell.

The dismal atmosphere of the Sunday morning game spoke volumes, as despite all of the confidence in the team, the Red was not able to pull out a win, suffering a 31 loss to Eastern Washington to open the season 0-2.

“Well it’s not the start we hoped

“But what I’m taking away from this game is a bad start with a good ending.”

Head Coach Dwight Hornibrook

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Down, not out | Just two games in, the women’s soccer team plans to use the lessons learned in its opening losses as the season progresses.

for,” said head coach Dwight Hornibrook. “But what I’m taking away from this game is a bad start with a good ending.”

The Eagles scored two of their three goals in the first five minutes of the game. It was not until the 17th minute, when Cornell senior forward Paige DeLoach made a valiant breakaway shot that got saved by the Eagles’ goalie Emily Busselman, that there was any indication that Cornell would be able to push through.

But Eastern Washington managed a third goal in the 31st minute, cutting momentum garnered by the Red. “None of us were really expecting it to go like this,” DeLoach said. “I don’t know, but it feels like the timing was off or something. We have plenty of time … to get things together, and I feel like we get things together more and more every time we play.”

The mentality of the team appeared to shift dramatically at the start of the second half. The Red began to play a more physical game, shown by adding five fouls to the first half ’s one. Eastern Washington See W. SOCCER page 11

aseball is a great spectator sport at every level. And of

of my friends and I decided that we could use some more of those

Dylan McDevitt One Point Play course, there are standard activities in which any well-seasoned spectator should partake. Hot dogs, scorecards and an enthusiastic rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” are all hallmarks of a well-executed ballpark experience.

Two weeks ago, a few

things in our life. The hustle and bustle of life on East Hill too often precludes us from fostering enjoyable experiences. So naturally, we did what any baseball fans would do in the given situation. We piled See McDEVITT page 11