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Students discuss their plans (or lack thereof) for this year’s Halloween. | Page 3

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Conduct Code Gets December Deadline

Cornell football head coach David Archer ’05 expressed little optimism that football will play in the spring. | Page 12

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Voting pains

By SEAN O’CONNELL Sun News Editor

After two years of on- and off-again work, the revised campus code of conduct — the document that dictates Cornell’s judicial proceedings — finally has a deadline: Dec. 7.

Addressing the University Assembly on Tuesday, Oct. 20, President Martha E. Pollack laid out a strict timeline for “I feel like we’re finally in the home the final approval of stretch. We will obviously give full the code, allowing for month of community respect to the comments that come in.” ainput before sending it to the Board of Trustees President Martha E. Pollack for final approval.

“I have to tell you,” Pollack said, “there is no slack in this schedule.”

Before the final due date of Dec. 7, the code will be open for public feedback — inviting members of the Cornell community to weigh in See CODE page 5

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Early voters line up in Suwanee, Georgia on Oct. 12, waiting hours for their polling place to open so they could cast their ballots.

Tompkins County Reports 16 New COVID-19 Cases

By ALEC GIUFURTA Sun Senior Editor

The Tompkins County Health Department reported 16 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, totalling 76 active cases in the highest spike since the start of Cornell’s semester.

But unlike the early September spike, the recent case jump is occurring

“We share the community’s concern with another increase in cases not associated with a clear cluster.”

Frank Kruppa

without a known source or cluster, meaning COVID-19 is likely spreading throughout the community, the health department said.

“We share the community’s concern with another increase in cases not associated with a clear cluster,” said Tompkins County public health director Frank Kruppa in an Oct. 16 press release.

ZOE YANG / SUN CONTRIBUTOR

The little things | COVID-19 complicates activities as simple as sitting on Libe slope; students must wear masks at all times and stay in groups of fewer than ten.

The majority of the cases do not appear to be connected to Cornell: The University’s dashboard shows only 10 new positives from Oct. 13 to Oct. 19, while the county reported 56 positive cases over that same period.

The University has not updated its dashboard since Oct. 19 and remains See CASES page 3

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Students Plan for Partyless COVID-19 Halloween

By SASHA ABAYEVA Sun Contributor

As the spookiest holiday of the year approaches, students are planning what candy to buy and costumes to wear — but the old routine of parties and trick-ortreating won’t look the same.

Even though Michele Lee ’21 said she doesn’t really celebrate Halloween, she enjoys the spirit of the season.

But above all, she misses the Halloween events that she went to in her previous years at Cornell.

“My sophomore year, Rose House had this Halloween trick-or-treat event. We went to each floor and knocked on doors and asked for candy,” Lee said.

But despite the limitations of the semester, Lee is

not discouraged — she plans on spending the weekend destressing from prelims, sticking to her routine of eating takeout with friends and watching dramas and YouTube videos.

Lee is not planning on going out, she said, and was sure that classmates would follow Cornell’s public health guidelines like her. “Since Cornell is back in the green zone, I know students are trying to be more vigilant and not party,” Lee said.

Eliza Hodgkins ’24 is disappointed with this year’s holiday — but not just because of the virus. Hodgkins said she misses how she used to spend Halloween carving pumpkins with her family.

“We used to match up with our costumes when we were little,” Hodgkins said. “One year we did Harry

BEN PARKER / SUN ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Spooky season | Pumpkin picking remains a permissible fall favorite under public health restrictions, but the usual Halloween parties and group costumes will take the season off this year. Above, pumpkins are seen at Tompkins County’s Indian Creek Farm.

Potter and I did a Quidditch field on my pumpkin.”

But Hodgkins said she thinks Halloween never meets its expectations, and this year is no different.

“It never quite lives up, even in normal times, you never have the Halloween of your dreams,” Hodgkins said. “But I think it’s going to be even less this year.

You can’t really meet up with people, can’t have costume competitions. No one wants to get dressed up for a Zoom thing.”

Since there is a lot of uncertainty, Hodgkins doesn’t have a costume yet. “I can pull out some basic costumes.

Farmer, tourist is a big one — I have a Hawaiian shirt, throw on some shorts, and steal a fanny pack from someone and call it a day.”

Theo Bloch ’24, “You can’t really meet up on the other hand, with people, can’t have is already thinking about his costume costume competitions. No — Steve Irwin is one wants to get dressed currently an option. up for a Zoom thing.”

Bloch said he believes that stuEliza Hodgkins ’24 dents are trying to make the holiday seem somewhat normal and exciting: “At Cornell, we seem to be good at that.”

Even with the constraints of the pandemic, students are nevertheless trying to find ways to uplift their spirits and take a break from the fast pace of their college lives.

“Just have fun. Dress up even if you think it’s kind of stupid,” Hodgkins said. “I feel like dressing up makes it more fun, even if it’s a stupid costume that is easy or basic. It’s fun to do something normal.”

Sasha Abayeva can be reached at aa743@cornell.edu.

Cornell Alumnus Charts Winding Tompkins Reports 16 New Journey to Filmmaking Career Cases, Highest Spike Since Sept.

By MIA GLASS Sun Staff Writer

After graduating from Cornell with a degree in economics, Jonathan Champagne ’13 moved to New York City like many Cornellians. But he didn’t jockey for a job on Wall Street. He arrived in the Big Apple to pursue acting.

But two years later, he realized what he really wanted to do: create his own films.

“You get tired of waiting for permission to make your own art,” Champagne said. “There’s a bit of a fire that lights underneath you to really create something that came out of your own mind instead of working on other people’s projects.”

Champagne founded the music licensing company Silverside Productions in 2015, alongside fellow alum Owen Pataki ’10, who works as a director. Having known each other since their undergraduate years, the two instantly hit it off and produced their first short film The Pigeon together in the summer of 2019.

He not only produced The Pigeon, but Champagne also wrote the script and composed a song featured in the film. “As a producer, you can wear a lot of hats,” Champagne said.

The short Champagne arrived in film was ultithe Big Apple to pursue mately a sucacting. But two years later, cess, featuring the 2019 he realized what he really in Albany and wanted to do: create films. M a n h a t t a n Film festivals.

It’s now available on YouTube.

As soon as their first film ended, the team moved onto their next project, called Company Retreat. This time, however, Champagne and Pataki had to navigate the pandemic.

Adapting proved difficult. Filmmaking in mid-June came with significant COVID-19 safety concerns, especially in New York City, where Champagne hoped to film.

On top of following guidelines established by the Screen Actors Guild and New York State, Champagne partnered with an ER doctor from Mount Sinai Hospital who gave the film crew access to rapid testing services.

“What kept us going was truly the love for filmmaking and that we wanted to keep hard working peers in the industry employed, and

“My undergraduate education lent itself really well to being a self starter and coming up with my own ideas.”

Jonathan Champagne ’13 we wanted to give everyone a sense of normalcy in a time where so much was uncertain,” Champagne said.

Unhindered by these obstacles, Champagne is hopeful that they will finish Company Retreat

by November and have it ready for film festivals by next spring.

Champagne and Pataki are already gearing up for their third project, a feature length film.

They will be bringing in conductor Jeff Cox ’13, Champagne’s former classmate, to do the majority of the scoring and composing for the film.

“It’s been wonderful to connect to two classmates and to see the very long beacons that those relationships cast,” Champagne said.

Champagne said he never would have expected to go from economics to filmmaking, but credited his time at Cornell with giving him the knowledge to start his unconventional career.

“I think the nature of my undergraduate education lent itself really well to being a self starter and being an independent and really coming up with my own ideas,” Champagne said.

Mia Glass can be reached at mglass@cornellsun.com.

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at the green alert status as of Wednesday.

On Saturday, the health department announced that nearly 100 people were quarantined after an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 traveled to an out-of-state hockey tournament. The Rink in Lansing was contacted in potential association with the exposure, The Ithaca Voice reported.

In the Oct. 16 release, the health department warned of several potential exposure events. A COVID-19 positive individual had dined at both the Ithaca Ale House and Liquid State Brewing Company on Oct. 9 and Oct. 10, and an Ithaca Wegmans cashier worked four shifts from Oct. 7 to Oct 11.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) noted an uptick in cases along the New York– Pennsylvania border at a Wednesday news conference, restricting school openings and nonessential business operations in one county bordering

Tompkins County and another just to the west.

In the Southern Tier, COVID-19 cases have climbed throughout October. Politico reported that if the Southern Tier was a state, it would have met the criteria (10 cases per 100,000 residents) for New York State’s travel advisory list.

In a Wednesday email to the Cornell community, Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi reiterated that visitors are “strongly discouraged” from coming to campus and implored students to avoid traveling outside Ithaca.

“The prevalence of COVID19 cases has increased substantially within and around Tompkins County in recent weeks,” Lombardi wrote. “It is more critical than ever that we remain diligent in following the Behavioral Compact, the Daily Check requirements, travel restrictions, and all university public health guidelines.”

Alec Giufurta can be reached at agiufurta@cornellsun.com.

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Lacey ’87, Government Profs Discuss Election Clinton win because Trump backers were less likely to admit support for him to pollsters.

But some professors denied the From “the needle” to misinformation, over 500 participants existence of “hidden supporters,” gathered on Zoom Monday for a instead categorizing them more as panel on the state of election poll- unrecognized supporters that polling and journalism’s perception of ing samples simply failed to fully capture. voter interest.

“I don’t think the systemic Moderated by Prof. Doug Kriner, government, the panel fea- issue that we looked at was that tured Marc Lacey ’87, national people were unwilling to express editor of The New York Times, and their opinion, but rather that they an array of government professors weren’t in the sample,” said Prof. who shared their perspectives on Sergio Garcia-Rios, government. the trends of the looming election. “Many of the people we considered Near the beginning of the dis- to be hidden Trump voters [in cussion, Lacey referenced “the nee- 2016] were also people we considdle” — an infamous meter graphic ered unlikely voters. Those weren’t that The New York Times used to on the sample.”

Other panelists, however, reached “Let’s not be overconfident. Nobody a different concluon the panel or the audience knows sion. Prof. Peter Enns, who directs who will win.” the Roper Center for Public Opinion Marc Lacey ’87 Research, said that a meaningful pordisplay their forecast of the 2016 tion of voters polled said they had presidential race victor. The needle not made up their minds, but, in was steadfast in its prediction of fact, broke heavily for Trump.

“In 2016, we found ‘hidden Hillary Clinton’s win all the way Trump supporters,’ meaning speuntil the end of election day.

But this time, Lacey hedged his cifically that they were detectable bets: “Let’s not be overconfident. but not revealing their decision,” Nobody on the panel or the audi- Enns said. “There were large portions of responses, in some polls ence knows who will win.”

The first question fielded from almost 15 percent, that, all the way an audience member asked the up until a few weeks before the panelists whether the notion of election, would not say whether a “silent majority” and “hidden they were voting for Trump or Trump voter” was true. According Clinton.”

Some high-profile misses to the theory, many 2016 polls inaccurately pointed towards a in 2016’s state-level polling —

By ESAT BRAVEBOY Sun Contributor

ALEC GIUFURTA / SUN SENIOR EDITOR

Between the polls | A Klarman Hall screen advertises Monday’s panel. As the election looms, government professors and The New York Times national editor weighed in on votes, polling and the spread of misinformation.

Clinton, for instance, led Trump by 6 points in Wisconsin’s pre-election polling, despite ultimately losing there by a point — prompted concern over how election handicappers and publications would handle forecasting this election.

But for Lacey’s New York Times, the answer to that question was a decisive one.

“You might think that after what happened in 2016, The New York Times would back off on polling,” Lacey said. “What happened is the opposite. We’re doing more

polling than ever, especially in key states.”

Even so, however, many news outlets are now being more cautious in their coverage. This trend comes as the spread of misinformation online is increasing in prevalence. Prof. Alexandra Cirone, government, teaches courses specifically on concepts like “fake news” and misinformation in politics, and was quick to explain everyday strategies to combat it.

“Declutter your newsfeed. Help older relatives to narrow down their sources, because at times, they do not know if their sources are dubious,” Cirone said. “Sites now have ways of tracking origins of platforms and uploads to see if they are questionable And make sure to support local newspapers and sources to encourage good grounded reporting.”

The panel also emphasized the importance of voter engagement in local politics. Despite the media’s tendency to emphasize national coverage, Prof. Jamila Michener, government, pointed out that down-ballot races — such as judicial elections — can have a surprisingly outsized influence in shaping politics.

“I think that we’ve seen now that these [local] decisions are critical, and we will now be looking to see not just how the seats are filled, but also the veracity of the process,” Michener, who is also the co-director of the Cornell Center for Health Equity, said. “This way, we won’t have to worry about how biased the court is when the election is finally here.”

While the professors agreed that polling predictions were healthy, the panelists acknowledged that the unprecedented nature of an election in a pandemic poses unique challenges. With mail-in voting already smashing previous records, prior assumptions about who votes, and how, may no longer prove true.

“There has been much ado about how early voting is dominated by Democrats, even though we know a lot of Democrats also are concerned about COVID-19 and they’re more likely to want to avoid physical voting,” Michener said. “We may see that Republicans will turn out more on election day because they’re less worried about distancing.”

Esat Braveboy can be reached at eab323@cornell.edu.

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Financial Aid Delays Stretch Halfyway Into Semester month, there were at least 300 applications that the Office of Financial Aid had not yet processed, Jonathan Burdick, Despite significant processing delays vice provost for enrollment, previously at the beginning of the semester, many told The Sun. According to Colleen Wright, direcstudents have since finally received their financial aid package. But for some, the tor of financial aid, heightened demand process has stretched into October, caus- for aid since last spring is the primary culprit. ing financial and mental stress.

Wright said that Cornell aims to Tómas Reuning ’21 still hasn’t received his financial aid package, provide consistent aid to students from despite spending about an hour each year-to-year, unless the student and their week on the phone with the financial family faces a major change in financial aid office or sorting through documents. circumstances — something that has Waiting months longer than he has in proved much more common in a time of past years, Reuning said he has found historic unemployment.

“Circumstances the entire finanfrom two years cial aid process ago may not frustrating. reflect a family’s “It’s just this current ability to kind of constant pay, especially in stress in the back times of a global of my head,” economic crisis,” Reuning said.

Tómas Reuning ’21 Wright wrote in Thanks to his an email to The job at Louie’s Sun. Lunch, a food Sahil Kapoor ’21, unlike Reuning, has truck on North Campus, and a partial refund of financial aid, Reuning is now received his financial aid. But Kapoor able to pay rent, but he will not be able said the delays in receiving his original to pay tuition until he receives the rest of financial aid package concerned him when he tried to find out whether his his financial aid package.

This year’s financial aid efforts have award could be increased.

“This year was more stressful. I didn’t continued much further into the fall semester than in previous years. Last get my financial aid package until two

By TAMARA KAMIS and FAITH FISHER Sun Staff Writers

“It’s just this kind of constant stress in the back of my head.”

days before I had to pay my tuition,” assumption that students are able to earn Kapoor said. “I was in the dark about money in the summer, and therefore, how much I would need to pay, and contribute to tuition. obviously, it didn’t meet my financial Over 4,000 students are expected to needs.” be able to take advantage of the new proStudents commonly appeal their financial aid award if more of their siblings enter “I didn’t get my financial aid college, members of their fampackage until two days before I ily face high medical expenses or lose their jobs. had to pay my tuition. I was in the This year, Cornell’s financial awards were buttressed by dark ... and it didn’t meet CARES funding — money provided by the federal govmy financial needs.” ernment to help with stuSahil Kapoor ’21 dents’ financial needs caused by pandemic-related disruption.

The University initially received gram, with the average size of the awards a $12.8 million CARES Act award. ranging from $500 to $2,000, depending Although half of the funds could be on a student’s financial aid status. used by Cornell to defray institutional The last $1 million in funding will be expenses, Pollack decided to allocate allocated to an emergency fund, which the entirety of the grant directly to students can apply to help with unexstudents. pected expenses, such as moving and With $8.5 million remaining to be storage costs. Grants are usually limited distributed this semester, $7.5 million to $500 per academic year, with priwill be spent to fund COVID Summer ority given to those who the Office of Savings Expectation Grants, a program Financial Aid consider to have signifiintended to account for the fact that cant financial needs. many Cornellians, amid unprecedented economic distress, were not able to find Tamara Kamis can be reached at adequate employment. Typically, finan- tkamis@cornellsun.com. Faith Fisher can be cial aid packages are structured under the reached at ffisher@cornellsun.com.

Conduct Code Revisions Due by Dec. numerous delays and disagreements with the University ultimately gave the final say to University lawyers.

The code of conduct had been identified as too “legalistic” by the 2018 Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate, and revisions officially began in

to the U.A. to examine in early May. However, in a May 8 email to the U.A., Pollack rebuffed the on the changes already made changes made to the code, calluntil Nov. 17. ing the standard of proof “not The campus code of concongruent” with federal Title IX duct, which currently applies regulations. The revision process to faculty and employees as was then upended yet another well as students, will become time when Pollack handa student-specific code ed over the responsibility of conduct — leaving Princeton University “We will obviously give full respect to of reworking the code to University Counsel as the only Ivy League school with a communi- the comments that come in. We have Madelyn Wessel.

Under the University no interest in doing something that is ty code of conduct.

This change was opposed to what the community wants.” Counsel’s draft, the standard of evidence has owed to the “vanishingly been left for the commusmall” number of facPresident Martha E. Pollack nity to decide. The most ulty and staff that were important issue, Wessel involved in code violations compared to students — 4 January 2019, but were delayed said to the U.A., “is to provide out of 820 — according to by changes to the leadership of feedback and help come to a decision on what the standard Pollack, who said there were the CJC. It was only in April 2020 of evidence should be for the “contortions in the [code’s] language to make it fit all three of that the CJC, under chair Joe student code.”

Anderson ’20, was finally able Wessel also addressed a comthese cases.”

The judicial process involves to make headway on a draft of mon request — to document every single change made in the any student who violates the the code.

The most salient issue dis- code in the past months to bencode of conduct, which can mean anything from alcohol cussed was whether to recom- efit observers unfamiliar with possession to assault. From mend a reduction in the stan- the code. She declined, citing 2018 to 2019, the Office of dard of proof needed to find the the difficulty of accounting for the Judicial Administrator — accused responsible in judicial these revisions.

“I’ve got to be honest with proceedings, from the pre- you that I just can’t do it,” The campus code of conduct will become vious require- Wessel said.

Pollack underscored the ment of “clear a student-specific code of conduct — and convinc- importance of public additions leaving Princeton University as the only ing” — which to the code, promising to take means the evi- them into account in the final Ivy League school with a community dence must be draft sent to the trustees. code of conduct. “highly and “I feel like we’re finally in s u b s t a n t i a l l y the home stretch. We will more likely to obviously give full respect to be true than the comments that come in,” in charge of investigating such untrue” — to “preponderance Pollack said. “We have no intercases — reported 820 cases of of the evidence,” a lower stan- est in doing something that is code violations by students, of dard meaning the infraction had opposed to what the community wants.” which 377 were found respon- more likely than not occurred.

Ultimately, the CJC decided sible.

Revisions to the code have to compromise, using separate been in the works for the past standards of proof depending two years by the Codes and on the severity of the code vio- Sean O’Connell can be reached at Judicial Committee, although lations. Its draft was delivered soconnell@cornellsun.com.

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Can Cornell live up to its reputation of sustainability?

By ANDREA MIRAMONTES SERRANO

CLAIRE CHEN / SUN GRAPHIC DESIGNER

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am a freshman in the School of Engineering and an international student. This last detail is important because from Aug. 17 to Aug. 31, I had to quarantine in my room, eating only the boxed meals provided by Cornell Dining. During, and well after my time in mandated quarantine, widespread complaints about two issues circulated: The overuse of single-use plastics and inadequate waste disposal. Every student I talked to feels guilty about the ridiculous amounts of plastic used by each and every dining hall.

I never thought that three pairs of dollar store, reusable utensils would be so useful, but because of them I never needed to use a single one of the plastic utensil packets that came with every one of my quarantine meals. Washing and reusing my flatware allowed me to see the plastic packages for what they were: Unnecessary. By the end of the 14 days, there were 29 packets in my bag — some wrapped individually, others not.

Now, almost one month later, they still sit in my room. They have not changed, just as they wouldn’t change if they were sitting in a landfill. Plastic doesn’t disappear — not inside my room or outside in nature. It only gets smaller and smaller, degrading into microplastics that infiltrate the soil and sneak into our aquifers.

But those single-use utensils are only the ones in my hands. On average, dining halls and eater-

ies will distribute two, sometimes three, packets per person. There are currently 15,043 undergraduates at Cornell, so even if only one fourth of undergraduates eat at dining halls, up to 22,566 pairs of single-use, non-recyclable packets could be thrown away each day.

That is 157,962 packets per week, and 631,848 in a month.

I wish I had spoken out sooner because maybe then we could have prevented our entire community from creating all this unnecessary waste. However, it only occurred to me later when I saw shiny stacks of throw-away containers ready to be filled with salads, dressings, fruits and beverages, as well as the plastic film wrapping thousands of apples at every exit of every eatery.

I suggest that single-use plastic items be replaced by their reusable or sustainable counterparts.

Here are some ideas: 1. Give all students a reusable water bottle, eliminating the need for plastic cups. If the average student uses one plastic cup per meal, this could avoid disposing of around 11,283 plastic cups per day.

2. Replace the pre-packed salad stations with salad bars, and allow salads to be put in the entree container. Not only would this stop the need for separate salad and topping containers, but it would also encourage students to eat more greens. The current boxed salads don’t look too appealing, so it would be great to choose your own toppings and quantity to suit your diet and preferences.

3. Dining halls should use reusable tupperware, and disposable plastic cutlery should be switched to metal cutlery.

Students can keep their utensils inside the tupperware, and drop it off at the same place where tupperware is currently dropped off. If losing metal flatware is a concern, dropping it off should be required to get a new set. This should not conflict with COVID safety precautions: If staff members use dishwashers and wear masks and gloves, cleaning will be safe.

4. To avoid the need to wrap plastic cutlery, they could be kept in covered boxes and distributed by a staff member wearing gloves and a mask.

5. If individually wrapping apples is necessary, all apples should come in wax paper instead of plastic film.

If we were guaranteed that all our plastics were being recycled, my conscience would be clear, but overflowing trash cans,

sickening mixtures of white cardboard, food scraps and plastic wrappers are common sights that have concluded every student’s meal in the past month and plague various public spaces on North Campus.

“There are barely enough trash cans to throw away our junk, let alone recycle it,” admitted a freshman, visually frustrated to contradict the sustainability oath Cornell had inspired her to take. It’s true that some parts of campus do make distinguishable efforts to improve their waste management — Mattin’s, located in Duffield hall, has three visually distinct bins to separate recycling from organic from trash.

Nonetheless, in a campus as big as Cornell’s, most spaces don’t have trash cans or recycling bins.

If people don’t have access to trash cans, they will be tempted to litter, even if they do care about sustainability.

Yet, overflowing trash cans are only the beginning of some of the stories I have come across these past weeks. The first day out of quarantine, I met a girl who showed me a drawer full of empty water bottles she was reluctant to throw away — Clara Dickson’s recycling, I learned, had been completely shut off. Another day I met a boy who stacked the salad containers under his bed because he said if he gave them a second use he wouldn’t feel so guilty about having used them in the first place. There are many others: Some arrive at the dining hall extra early to ask for unwrapped apples, others hold on to their yogurt cups and use them for storage and others simply cancel their meal plan to avoid participating in the creation of so much waste. Whatever their background, all incoming Cornell students are made to write about sustainability before starting their semester, so not a single one of

us is unaware of what our food system is doing to the planet. My suggestions for dealing with all this waste are the following: 1. That one, large-sized recycling bin be placed beside every trash can, with very clear and visual differentiation between the two.

2. That there are two recycling bins in every lounge of every residence hall.

3. That more trash cans — and their recycling counterparts — are put around green spaces such as: The fields around North Campus residence halls, the Slope, West Campus and the Quads.

4. That the compost system is reinvigorated, and organic bins for compost are put in eateries and every residence hall’s lounge and kitchen.

These should be actively maintained and visually recognizable as compost because the ones currently found in our kitchens are rotten and unrecognizable — probably why nobody uses them.

We understand these are difficult times and that safety is currently the main concern.

However, I believe there are sustainable ways to ensure security against COVID, reduce the reliance on single-use plastics and properly dispose of different kinds of waste. It’s time for our campus to reflect what the press, other universities and thousands of people admire about Cornell.

It’s time to live up to our sustainability STARS Platinum award, regardless of the adversities we face. It’s time to reform our system. It’s time to scrutinize our methods. It’s time to take action.

Andrea Miramontes Serrano is a freshman in the College of Engineering. She can be reached at am2389@cornell.edu.

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Get Some Rest, Y’all

his semester is the weariest one I’ve had yet. And I don’t particularly know why. Based on a very small, very biased survey of friends, this feeling is well-reflected in the student body. I have several theories, although knowing the root cause for general tiredness doesn’t do much. However, I do know the solution: More time off from school. I implore Cornell’s administration to consider more breaks next semester.

One obvious cause for our fatigue is COVID-19. As a student body, we’re also simply people constantly bombarded by the same pressures this virus has placed on the rest of society. With the threat of contracting a deadly disease hanging over each of us, we’re constantly thinking about our own safety. I can’t count the number of times I remember feeling overwhelmed because there were so many situations and people to think about. Being back in Ithaca meant preparing for whatever situation might hit. While the COVID-19 threat might be different for each Cornellian depending on their location and living situation, it’s uniformly stressful for all.

Dealing with disaster stress and COVID-19 fatigue are difficult enough on their own, as we found out during our extended spring break last semester and our summer break. But, adding the element of school has made this a terrifying storm of stress: Late nights, unhealthy eating and bawling in the bathroom all included. In any given semester, you can find students freaking out over their unnecessarily high number of credits and the prelims they have in the next week. With COVID-19, you have students under the same academic pressure without the on-campus support networks and social scenes they use to help them cope.

Some classes have adapted better to the online environment, with professors who are capable of wielding Zoom and other platforms to distribute information to students ahead of time. But other classes

have been less transferable to the mainly-online format of the semester, only contributing to the stressful environment.

Moreover, in any given semester, we’d have more breaks. We’d have an additional day attached to a weekend for fall break and, importantly, a less compressed semester. This isn’t to say I’m not thankful for this year’s one day break. I can barely imagine the semester without it. I spent the day with a few friends, safely socially distanced, and we were able to get some barbeque I had been craving for months. Yet, I had problem sets and other homework due on the following days, and my roommate had an exam throughout the “fall break.” Which is ridiculous — our breaks should be sacrosanct, because that is, after all, the point of a break.

In light of this abject need for rest, the Cornell administration should think more carefully about the possibility of an extended break in the spring semester.

There is not yet a spring break on the academic calendar, meaning that some of these plans have not yet been finalized; if they have, the details have not been released to the public.

I understand the COVID-19 planning committee’s hesitation to allow students the chance to travel and return to campus, but with strict guidelines and the widespread surveillance testing we have already been conducting, the administration is faced with balancing student welfare with only a slightly higher chance of increasing the prevalence of the virus. Both are important, and we can do no less than to convince the administration of the necessity of even a little vacation time.

In the meantime, however, I plan to schedule breaks in my calendar. Pockets of respite when I’m off screen or off the grid, unable to be contacted on any platform. Times when I can think deeply about my faith, or process what’s been going on in my life or simply just physically rest. I need it, and I’m sure you do too.

With COVID-19, students are under the same pressure without the support networks and social scenes they use to help them cope.

Our breaks should be sacrosanct, because that is, after all, the point of a break.

Cornell should think about an extended break in the spring.

Both are important, and we can do no less than to convince the administration of the necessity of even a little vacation time.

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This Semester Calls for Trust and Compassion

Joshua Dov Epstein Heterodox Joshua Dov Epstein is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, and can be reached at jde74@cornell.edu. Heterodox runs alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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ith the transition of all learning to virtual instruction right around the corner, one of the main concerns for instructors and students alike is ensuring academic integrity during online exams. Professors have tried different testing modalities, with some resorting to proctored Zoom breakout rooms and others relying on Canvas timed, open-note exams.

Some professors, however, use a software called Examity. Examity is an online proctoring company with its own brand of software which markets itself to universities as a stress-reducing, lockdown-browser system option for instructors looking for a modem to conduct asynchronous exams. The company came to prominence a few years ago as online learning became more popular.

They have recently capitalized on the transition to virtual education as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

They’ve even procured a contract with Cornell.

The company and its software, put simply, is not a favorite among students. The registration process is faulty for some and knowing that an unknown person at an undisclosed location has sweeping access to your computer and is watching you for the duration of the exam is uncomfortable to say the least. Unfortunately, the concerns do not stop there – the main issue that some Cornellians have with Examity is a lack of digital privacy, stemming from the software’s terms of use.

In order to make an account with Examity, one must first agree to the company’s basic terms of use allowing them to collect certain data, although Cornell’s contract with Examity limits that data to a degree. That being said, they do require agreeing to a baseline set of terms for use of their software, and what they collect in order to use that software is vast. Additionally, the company shirks responsibility if the data is stolen by a bad actor or is used by one of the “trusted” third parties Examity shares its collected data with. At the end of their terms of use, one must acknowledge the company’s disclaimer, “while [Examity] strive[s] to protect your personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee that it will be 100 percent secure.

Your transmission of your data to our Platform thus is done entirely at your own risk.”

So what is the data that they collect, and why do they collect it?

In their own words, Examity uses the rationale of only potentially collecting personal information as a means of properly identifying a student, yet the information they would have the right to collect includes the names of immediate family members, financial information, retinal scans and access to the browsing server being used to open the application, and therefore caches and search history along with more hyper-specific data. Although a string of articles came out over the past few years in publications such as The Verge and The New York Times describing the experiences of students and professors across the country with proctoring software, along with their concerns over

the apparent privacy outreach of companies such as Examity, students at Cornell have surprisingly by large not been made aware of these risks. It’s paramount this year for students to read what they are agreeing to prior to exams and to request potential proctored alterna-

It’s paramount this year for students to read what they are agreeing to prior to exams and to request potential alternatives if the above is concerning to them. tives if the above stated information is concerning to them. While most courses that use Examity for exams have similar, less invasive alternatives that still ensure academic integrity, if none such option exists for your course, petition for one. As many of these options are already in play across campus, an instructor is sure to find a modem that works for their course content.

Truth be told, the in-person exam environment at Cornell is impossible to replicate online, and sacrificing privacy at the capacity Examity requires in order to gain the unattainable replication of the proctored in person exam is, in my opinion, not the answer. Instead, an instructor could resort to the more inventive testing measures that can both ensure academic integrity and even the playing field among students, a strategy that has been reflected in many courses at Cornell. The answer is to put trust in students and not resort to “by any means necessary” type solutions like Examity.

At the end of the day, Cornell and our professors offer an invaluable education experience, and students who are willing to forgo absorbing knowledge in order to cheat on exams are just cheating themselves in the end.

Vote Biden on the Working Families Party Line

Daniel Bernstein Feel the Bern Daniel Bernstein is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences.

He can be reached at dgb222@cornell.edu. Feel the Bern runs every other Monday this semester.

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he Working Families Party in New York State is at risk of losing its spot on future ballots if it doesn’t reach 130,000 votes for President.

This third party is a left-wing advocate for social democracy and progressivism and it’s best known for its support of democratic challengers to moderate incumbents across the state. With new rules raising the minimum votes required for a third party’s spot on the ballot, WFP is at risk of fading away.

In 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo formed a commission to reform the campaign finance system in New York. One of the commission’s decisions was to increase the threshold of votes necessary to keep a third party on the ballot in future elections. If a minority party doesn’t receive more than 2 percent of total voter turnout or 130,000 votes (whichever is higher) in a presidential/gubernatorial election, that party will lose its automatic spot on the ballots of future elections.

This seems to come as an attack to progressivism in the state. It wasn’t long after a WFP-endorsed candidate, Cynthia Nixon, primaried Governor Cuomo that the new regulations came out. Now they’re taking effect after an incredible year in New York for progressive democrats. WFP-backed congressional candidates Mondaire Jones, Jamaal Bowman, Jackie

Gordon and Dana Balter won hard fought primaries in June. Progressive challengers can be viewed as a threat to powerful establishment Democrats like Cuomo or Congressman Eliot Engel, who was defeated by Bowman. Getting WFP off the ballot can be a way to curtail their efforts.

The party truly does make a difference in pushing progressive policies and moving the state further left. Giving help and money to grassroots campaigns goes a long way in putting progressives in office and making policy changes. In each of the 2018 and 2020 election cycles, the party spent a little less than $300,000 supporting campaigns.

This translates to policy wins. WFP backed progressive challengers in New York state politics like Alessandra Biaggi and played a role in defeating the Independent Democratic Conference, which was a rogue group of Democrats in the NYS Senate who caucused with Republicans, giving them the majority rule. With no IDC, state Democrats have been able to usher in sound progressive changes like strengthening rights for voters and tenants.

WFP stands for true progressive ideas, like taxing the rich, a $15 minimum wage, the Green New Deal and Medicare for All. Ideally, the party can keep supporting candidates who call for progressive change in New York. But unless the party gets votes in November, they will lose those opportunities.

Without having an automatic spot on the ballot, WFP can still lend their efforts towards helping campaigns of primary challengers, but then they’re no different than any other progressive PAC or organization. The party, which has been growing in terms of victories and chapters across different states, would likely lose members, donors and electoral sway in New York. They wouldn’t be able to list general election candidates for state and local races and nobody wants to join or support a party that can’t even put names on the ballot.

Luckily, New York has fusion voting, which means that a third party can endorse a major party candidate if they feel that the candidate’s views align with their platform. That’s how Joe Biden is listed for the presidential election on both the Democratic party line and the WFP line. Regardless of the line you choose, a vote for Biden is still a vote for Biden and against Trump.

It counts the same.

There isn’t too much electoral suspense over who

will win New York in the presidential election, but that your vote could still prove vital. For the thousands of New Yorkers at Cornell and for those that may be registered to vote here in Ithaca, vote for Biden and Harris on the Working Families Party line (for that matter, please vote for them regardless of your home state).

The party truly does make a difference in pushing progressive policies and moving the state further left. Giving help and money to grassroots campaigns goes a longway in putting progressives in office and making policy changes.

Luckily, New York has fusion voting.

Future progressive candidates and ideas need your vote now. Put them on the ballot by voting WFP in the 2020 presidential election.

Go beyond, if you feel inclined. No matter your statehood, you can donate to the party, volunteer for their candidates and maybe even become a member. Stand for workers’ rights and progressive ideals.

I wouldn’t blame you if you feel unheard by the Democratic party in our current state of politics. This country needs structural change and Democrats haven’t stepped up. They’re supporting fracking and letting the Senate judiciary committee walk all over them.

Although it still elects their candidate, voting for Biden on WFP can act as a moral victory over Democratic establishment. It’s a way to tell them to do better or they will continue to be challenged, as is right.

The work to better this country doesn’t end if Joe Biden wins. The Working Families Party will continue to fight if we give them the opportunity. They deserve our vote this November.

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The Twilight Zone Yesterday and Today

t is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge.” Believe it or not, the entity described here is not no man’s land on the debate stage, but rather an entirely fictional dimension that enveloped 1960s television viewers and quickly ascended to untouchable acclaim.

Upon tuning into any arbitrary episode of The Twilight Zone, the obvious soundstages and shrill orchestrals appear to be archaic predecessors to the intricate sets and strikingly complex special effects that have become trademarks of modern horror. The grainy, monochromatic wasteland of dated three-piece suits makes the show appear to belong in an era entirely separate from our own, one to which we bear no ties or relations.

Of course, however, appearances are so often deceiving. Doesn’t this twisted web of trepidation, confusion and frustration sound awfully familiar?

The Twilight Zone isn’t brimming with gore or jump scares; yet it, like many of its contemporaries, reflects the diligent design of plotlines that taunt the limits of the human condition.

Megan Pontin Rewind As the title sequence so enthrallingly previews, the Twilight Zone is something unearthly without transgressing into the territory of the extraterrestrial.

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Correspondingly, what is perhaps most perplexing in the landscape of The Twilight Zone is the role of humanity.

Are Rod Sterling’s, the creator of the series, characters human? They appear to wallow in some quasi-human classification that waltzes precariously along the border between the qualities we recognize in ourselves and those we scorn as the outsider. The essence of this inquiry lies in the show’s undeniable trend towards determinism, opting frequently to insert characters into pernicious plotlines over which they are poignantly powerless.

The absence of free will is The Twilight Zone’s most moving motif. Time and time again, the characters are caught in the throes of a world they are simply incapable of impacting, a world in which the most crucial decisions are made at the hands of some force that is out of sight

yet far from out of mind. As historians have noted on numerous occasions, the show was in many ways an allegory for the environment the Cold War had constructed — potent, puissant, pervasive governmental authorities left to fiddle with the lives of citizens (in their own country or beyond) like pawns.

On a more sinister note, however, the allegory still feels unsettlingly applicable.

It is clear that we cannot so easily dismiss The Twilight Zone as a relic of an era marked by containment, proxy wars and missile crises.

As evidence of the series’ enduring resonance, it has since been swooped up for multiple reboots. The most recent surfaced in 2019 with Jordan Peele at the helm and remains strong with two seasons now on the books.

The new installment follows the triedand-true format of the original rendi-

tion, leading viewers through a path of (albeit longer) detached stories that are, of course, anchored by foreboding narration — this time with Peele’s voice instead of Serling’s. As is to be expected for a project that bears a cultural weight as heavy as The Twilight Zone’s, the scroll of featured actors is practically bursting with big names, ranging from Seth Rogen to Tracy Morgan, Ginnifer Goodwin and Kumail Nanjiani. Peele’s interpretation is also painstakingly aware of the context in which it was created, grappling with issues like racial profiling in law enforcement and immigration policy.

The series also appears to have been a predecessor for Black Mirror, Netflix’s wildly popular foray into the world of science fiction first released in 2011.

While the contemporary project’s focus is concentrated on technology’s role in fashioning the lives we lead and the people we become, the two are indisputably intertwined.

The Twilight Zone accomplished in 25 minutes each week what many film creators would be proud to execute in a single, once-in-a-lifetime project. The show’s success in developing and maintaining its trademark unpinnable haunting quality, even in the midst of an ever-circling carousel of new characters and new cast members, is not something to be taken lightly. The anthology serves as an astonishingly clear reminder that our own world, much like the Twilight Zone, is a frustratingly yet stunningly puzzling home.

Megan Pontin is a sophomore in the School of Industrial Labor Relations. She can be reached at mpontin@cornellsun.com. Rewind runs alternate Tuesdays.

A24 Captures Coming of Age in a Political Landscape ASHLEY RAMYNKE ARTS CONTRIBUTOR

One week. Two political parties. 1,100 boys. Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine’s documentary Boys State (an Apple Original Films and A24 release; streaming on Apple TV+) tells the story of four boys learning to distinguish themselves as individual entities in a cut-throat political environment.

Its glimpse at the next generation of politicians inspires hope in our climate plagued with political tension.

Each year, high school juniors are selected to assemble their own state government in a week-long program hosted

by The American Legion that shares the same name as the documentary. Participants are divided into Federalists and Nationalists, randomly assigned to a party and tasked with establishing their party’s platforms. They also pass legislation and hold elections, with the gubernatorial election being the pinnacle of the program.

Six camera crews documented four boys uber-enthralled with winning coveted elections, specifically for governor or party chairman, at Texas Boys State in June 2018. But the differences in their backgrounds and political ideology compared to other participants rang challenging. Robert MacDougall with his blunt demeanor, muscular physique and predominantly conservative politics appears like an archetypal participant destined to be governor, but is met with ethical questions about appealing to the other participants or maintaining his values. Steven Garza is the underdog advocate that dreams

are made of. With his unwavering support for immigrants, the LGTBQ community and veterans, he amalgamates humanity and policy into an unforgettable gubernatorial campaign.

René Otero is a Chicago native and Texas transplant with an unequivocal ability to project and an extensive knowledge of combating injustice that doesn’t make him quiver in the face of impeachment. Ben Feinstein adores former President Ronald Reagan — to the extent where he has an action figure of him and studies his speeches — and is a double amputee that spews his political brilliance on anyone within earshot.

Despite the central focus on these four boys, their narratives rarely intertwined due to the sheer magnitude of participants and their opposing party affiliations. Their individual narratives instead patched together critical events throughout the week. The other factor that created cohesion throughout the documentary was the boys contemplating whether they could successfully run campaigns and execute their positions without sacrificing their values.

MacDougall embodied this contemplation during his gubernatorial campaign when he appeared to be an outspoken supporter of typically conservative values, like being pro-life.

In one of the most pivotal moments throughout the documentary, he spoke vulnerably about actually being pro-choice and his newfound respect for politicians after his stint trying to appeal to his perception of other participants. Fellow Nationalist gubernatorial candidate Garza broke all barriers of a traditional Boys State participant.

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the political ideology prominent amongst other participants carried his campaign until its final moments when he lost to his Federalist opponent. In the process, he garnered support for participants across the political spectrum and illuminated a path for other progressives to dominate all expectations set for participants who neglect the traditional mold.

Outside of the gubernatorial election, Otero was the Nationalist and Feinstein was the Federalist party chairmen.

Otero was met with heavy criticism despite his advocacy success in the professional sphere. While members of his party called for his impeachment and he faced racist remarks on social media, his composed demeanor and continuous support for policies like universal background checks kept his position and political ideology intact. And the obsession of Feinstein to solidify his party’s success left no task neglected. Like the Renaissance man of the party, he continuously transitioned between speechwriting, deciding what meme pages about the election to endorse and providing the utmost support for his party’s gubernatorial candidate.

As the dimensions of these four boys expanded and exposed a more precise understanding of how they individually contribute to the collective narrative of democracy, it brought home the idea that humanity is detrimental to politics. Without the steadfast belief in their values and utmost desire to represent the needs of the people as the foundation for their political aspirations, these four boys wouldn’t have developed newfound approaches to navigating the political landscape like they did at Boys State. This documentary in its 109 minutes-entirety bestows a look at how burgeoning minds are laying the groundwork for democracy under a new generation of politicians.

Ashley Ramynke is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at aer285@cornell.edu.

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Many moving pieces | In order for the Red to take the field next semester, numerous lingering problems will need to be resolved.

Archer ’05 Not Optimistic on Spring Football

Despite in-person practices, too many factors suggest low likelihood of such a season

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sport in the spring and then gearing up to return in the fall.

“You have to ask the medical peoCornell football head coach David ple, ‘Is playing football medically Archer ’05 expressed little hope in the appropriate to play in the spring seaIvy League holding a football season son and then turn around and play in in the spring. The team is currently the fall?’” Archer said. “If we play the not competing during the fall semes- spring, there will surely be a plan to ter after the Ivy League prohibited play in the fall because there will be varsity athletic competition. a vaccine.”

In an interview with The Sun, In addition, there are further comArcher confirmed that the team is plications that arise from fall sports, moving into Phase 2 of the Ivy League’s such as football, moving their compere a c t i vatition to tion plan, t h e several spring.

“That’s why I say the likelihood w e e k s Even if after the t h e r e of a spring competitive football University are no approved C OV I D season is next to none.” the move or mediinto Phase cal issues David Archer ’05 1. A move associatto Phase ed with 2 allows playing, in-person a logjam meetings and increases the condition- will result in the use of facilities as ing cap to two hours per session. dozens of teams must share limited Despite this positive development, space.

Archer is not optimistic about the “How on earth do you appropriateprospects of a spring season. ly schedule the facilities, the training “I think playing in the spring has staff, and all of the shared resources at a super, super slim chance,” Archer work?” Archer said. “Who would you said. “Huge hats off to Cornell — this give priority to? Would you say, ‘Man, testing is robust, the kids are unbe- the winter and spring kids got their lievable in following the compact, and season crushed [last year] — I guess this virus is contained on campus. … they get first priority.’ And then what That being said, we’re still just moving do we do, go to Schoellkopf at 10 to Phase 2.” o’clock at night and try to practice?

Archer noted that every other Ivy … That’s why I say the likelihood of League university needs to approve a spring competitive football season is the return of its students back to next to none.” campus before collegiate sports can Though Archer is not hopeful resume. This semester, Cornell was about football returning next semesthe lone school in the Ancient Eight ter, he has higher hopes for spring to invite all of its students for an sports. in-person experience.

“I think that still has a chance There is also the issue regarding because rightfully so in the spring, the medical feasibility of playing a fall they would be in-season,” Archer said.

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“That would be their traditional season, so I think that still has a chance, and I’m hopeful — as we all are — that there can be a more permanent solution to the virus sooner rather than later.”

In the meantime, the football team has been ramping up its in-person practices after spending the first part of the semester in a virtual capacity.

After the move to Phase 1, the team has practiced four days a week from Monday to Thursday, splitting time between lifting and conditioning.

With these practice conditions, two groups of 10 or fewer players will show up at a given time slot during one of the days. There are three slots at 4:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. One group is positioned on one half of the field while the other group occupies the other half.

The players are positioned on fiveyard increments to ensure proper social distancing, and all

participating players and staff wear masks.

While the conditions are far from ideal, the ability to restart a small portion of the in-person athletic experience has been a morale-booster for the players.

“What I am seeing from the team is that being able to be around their teammates and do something has been such a huge mental, emotional lift,” Archer said. “I really think they’re like the rest of the student body in being really resilient, optimistic people. They’re team players, and they’re sacrificing a lot to keep the community healthy in the hopes that we can progress to the new normal — whatever that might be.”

Luke Pichini can be reached at lpichini@ cornellsun.com.