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Kate Poor ‘16 explores the challenges faced by football’s cheerleaders. | Page 7
Emily Kling ’19 reviews Buyer & Cellar, currently playing in downtown Ithaca at the Kitchen Theatre. | Page 11
During Title IX Probe, C.U. Updates Policy 6.4
The Red’s football captain uses his boxing past to bring confidence to the field.
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Human of New York
Sexual violence complaints no longer handled by J.A. By REBECCA BLAIR
into effect Oct. 5, requires universities to distribute a student bill of rights to all students, give alcohol and drug amnesty to bystanders The University announced Friday or victims reporting sexual violence and use changes to its sexual violence policies to an “affirmative consent” standard when include additional protections for sexual investigating possible instances of sexual assault victims and has transferred the assault. It goes on to define affirmative conresponsibility of invessent as a “knowing, tigating these cases out voluntary and mutual “Our effort to address of the Judicial Admindecision among all paristrator’s office. ticipants to engage in sexual assault and These changes to sexual activity.” violence will continue to Policy 6.4 come more On Aug. 13, than three months Cornell amended evolve.” after the U.S. Policy 6.4, the proviDepartment of sion governing sexual Mary Opperman Education initiated a assault cases on camTitle IX investigation pus, to accommodate into Cornell’s “possible violations of federal “Enough is Enough”’s alcohol and drug law over the handling of sexual violence and amnesty and affirmative consent provisions. harassment complaints.” However, that version of 6.4 left the J.A.’s These modifications were made in accor- office responsible for handling Title IX comdance with a new New York State law called plaints initiated against Cornell students, “Enough is Enough,” according to the University. The resulting law, which will go See TITLE IX page 5 Sun Assistant News Editor
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Brandon Stanton, creator of the photojournalism blog Humans of New York and best-selling author of three books, gives a talk in Bailey Hall Friday. (See page 10 for coverage and interview.)
Memorial Celebrates M.H.Abrams By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Staff Writer
COURTESY OF JOHN FOOTE ’74
Bringing touchdown back | A statue dedicated to Touchdown, Cornell’s unofficial mascot, will be unveiled Saturday near Teagle Hall.
Touchdown to Come Home With New Statue By JEANETTE SI Sun Staff Writer
A statue dedicated to Touchdown will be unveiled Saturday in honor of the 100th anniversary of Cornell’s unofficial bear mascot. Over 300 people have raised over $20,000 for the bronze statue, which will be the centerpiece to the new Class of 1915 plaza outside of Teagle Hall. “This is a birthday gift to the University by alumni and friends, who have raised all the money for this. These are people See TOUCHDOWN page 4
Cornell’s English department held a memorial for M.H. Abrams, Class of 1916 Professor of English Emeritus on Saturday. He died on April 21 at the age of 102. Cornell faculty, alumni, students and Abrams’ family and friends attended the memorial ceremony to honor his memory and celebrate his achievements. Attendees heard speeches from Abrams’ family and colleagues. Abrams had been at Cornell since the beginning of his teaching career — almost 70 years — according to President Elizabeth Garrett. During this time, she said, he was also the founding editor of the Norton Anthology of English Literature, a book used in English classes for decades. “He influenced millions of students all over the world,” Garrett said. “I still remember the Norton Anthology from my days in undergraduate.” Geoffrey Galt Harpham, who worked with Abrams on the Glossary of Literary Terms, remem-
bered Abrams’s humility and intellect. “He didn’t always seem to notice how distinguished he was,” Harpham said. “From the way he told it, his presence among [the great figures of Cornell’s English department in the ’50s] could only be accounted for by a kind of lucky fluke.” Julia Reidhead, Abrams’s editor at W. W. Norton & Company, also spoke about how he
influenced her throughout their years of working together. “I learned from him — not a lesson I could ever master, but a model to which I could aspire — what it meant to be a wise editor, a generous mentor and a largespirited human being,” Reidhead said. Speakers also discussed how Abrams “remained deeply engaged in the life of Cornell” even after his retirement, according to See ABRAMS page 4
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In memory | Attendees celebrate the life of Prof. Emeritus M.H. Abrams (inset photo), founding editor of the Norton Anthology of English Literature, at a memorial Saturday.