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Ithaca was ranked first in its car-free transportation options compared to cities of its size. | Page 3
Kayla Bouazouni ’22 explains how to get yourself a seat at next year's fashion week.
Cornell football is 1-1 heading into its first home game of the season, set for Saturday vs. Georgetown. | Page 16
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Cornellians Honor Morrison M.A.’55
Nobel Laureate’s former students and peers recall her legacy By JUSTINE KIM Sun Contributor
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Turning the page | The oldest continuous bookstore in Ithaca will close in November.
Beloved 45-Year-Old Bookery to Shutter Landmark will close doors in November By CAIT WYMAN Sun Contributor
As Ithaca’s ever-changing downtown evolves again, The Bookery will close its doors this fall. The Bookery was a spot where serious scholars and eccentric bibliophiles could enjoy rare and uncommon books side-byside, but the 45-year-old landmark will be lost soon. In 1975, Ithaca resident Jack
“I started out actually in science and chemistry and then I interrupted that ... and fell in love with a lot of writers.” Jack Goldman Goldman — who spent a year as a graduate student at Cornell in 1967 — opened The Bookery, now located in the Dewitt Mall. “I started out actually in science and chemistry and then I interrupted that and went to Europe and that’s where I started to read more literature and fell in love with a lot of writers,” Goldman said. “Even in highschool, I worked for one of the great booksellers probably in the
world and that influenced me because in those days, some booksellers were real scholars.” His adoration for academic literature led him to open The Bookery — and eventually The Bookery II. A newspaper called The Bookpress followed, and stayed in print for 12 years. The newspaper included literary pieces, artwork and poetry by college faculty, graduate students and freelancers. “The result was a very vibrant part of the community between the new bookstore and the old one, and the literary press,” said Barbara Mink M.A. ’85, a local artist as well as Goldman’s wife. “It was an outlet for a lot of writers here in Ithaca and the region.” The Bookery was unique, Goldman said, because — like many independent bookstores — its owners had their own personal approach and inspirations when choosing inventory for their store. He handpicked each book, taking into account personal taste and what literature the community responded to. From science to serious art books, The Bookery stocked tomes from academic fields and literary fiction, trying to fill a growing need of the community. See BOOKERY page 5
On Tuesday, the Africana Studies and Research Center hosted a public commemoration to reflect on one of Cornell’s most treasured alumnae, Toni Morrison M.A. ’55, who passed away in August. The event was an intimate gathering of Morrison’s friends, colleagues and admirers and featured Cornell students, Ithaca residents and faculty from the Africana Studies department. Many of the participants knew Morrison personally throughout her prolific career. Prof. Riché Richardson, American Studies Program and English, the chair of the programming committee of the Africana Department, currently teaches English 4509: Toni Morrison’s Novels and penned a column in The Sun in tribute to Morrison back in August.
Prof. Noliwe Rooks, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, was a former colleague of Morrison at Princeton University, and Prof. Carole Boyce Davies, English, completed her Master’s in African Studies a t
Howard University during Morrison’s time teaching English at the university. Another participant, Prof. Tao Leigh Goffe, FGSS, was a former See MORRISON page 4
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Memorializing Morrison | Accomplished alumna Toni Morrison M.A. ’55 wrote many award-winning books, including the Nobel Prize for Literature. Professors and colleagues gathered to remember her.
Next Miss World Could Be C.U. Junior By KATHERINE HEANEY Sun Staff Writer
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Cornell crown? | Ji-Yeon Lim ’21 (seen above) will compete for the crown in November.
December 14 will mark the first day of finals for most Cornellians. While most students will stagger, caffeine-laden and unkempt, into their exams, one student will be in London, competing in the 69th Miss World pageant. Ji-Yeon Lim ’21 will represent South Korea in Miss World 2019, one of 130 participants in the oldest running international beauty pageant. To earn her place as South Korea’s representative, Lim competed in the Miss World Korea pageant in Seoul on Sept. 5, winning the title and securing her spot in the Miss World Competition. At Cornell, Lim is pursuing a double major
in Communications and Information Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences — and her professors have been supportive of her pageant pursuits, she said. Lim has also been involved in Student Union Board, LOKO Arts Team, several research labs and a project team. Lim said that Cornell’s motto of “I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study,” as well as Cornell’s diverse student body, encouraged her to pursue new experiences — including Miss World Korea. “This is my first involvement and exposure to pageantry,” Lim said. “I was originally traveling to Korea to See WORLD page 5