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The Corne¬ Daily Sun Vol. 140, No. 13

8 Pages – Free

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2023 n ITHACA, NEW YORK

News

Arts and Culture

Sports

Weather

Hollywood on Cayuga

Fall Fiction

Football Falls

Sunny

The Sun sat down with local film experts to discuss the early history of movie production in Ithaca. | Page 3

Emma Robinson ’27 looks ahead to the season's most exciting releases, including Ana Huang's "King of Greed." | Page 5

Cornell football fell short in their Homecoming game against Colgate.

HIGH: 80º LOW: 56º

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Cornell Vows $460,000 to Support IAED DOUAE MAAROUF / SUN CONTRIBUTOR

Farm, a popular apple-picking destination for Cornell students, lost over 90 percent of this year’s crop according to its newsletter, while Littletree Orchards owner Amara Steinkraus told The Sun the orchard lost their entire crop. Steinkraus said the loss of their crop forced Littletree to buy apples from other orchards to press cider and produce other items like apple cider doughnuts, for which they operate a popular stand every year at Applefest. “Logistically, it's crazy because we're not set up to [import apples]. Normally we grow everything that we use,” Steinkraus said. See APPLEFEST page 3

See ECONOMY page 4

JULIA NAGEL / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

harvest, Applefest drew large crowds to its food stands. JULIA NAGEL / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Community Unites for Applefest Sun News Editor and Sun Staff Writers

This year’s edition of the Apple Harvest Festival — an annual three-day event held on the first weekend of October popularly referred to as “Applefest” — brought locals and Cornellians together in the shadow of a difficult harvest to celebrate one of New York State’s most prized exports — apples. Taking place on the Ithaca Commons and adjacent portions of Cayuga Street, the festival featured local businesses selling a variety of handmade products and apple-related goods. This comes in the wake of an extraordinarily weak apple crop due to tem-

perature and drastic weather fluctuations in the late winter and early spring of 2023, which resulted in unseasonably late frosts. “A staple of the Northeast is that we have a massive amount of apples — [but] sadly not this year, because the May frost killed a lot of the crops,” Holland-Bavis said. “So I think that makes it even more important that we're all here invest[ing] in these businesses because they are struggling, especially the ones who make their living based upon apple sales and apple production. It's pretty much diminished this year.” Some orchards reported massive declines in crop production this year. Indian Creek

Sun News Editor

Amid concerns regarding Cornell’s economic contributions to the City of Ithaca, the University committed $460,000 to Ithaca Area Economic Development — an economic development nonprofit serving Ithaca and Tompkins County — through a five-year investment, according to an IAED press release. IAED publicly announced their new fiveyear investment initiative entitled Th!nk Tompkins during a private reception held at Tompkins Community Bank on Sept. 21. At the launch, IAED said they had already secured 65 percent of their $2.1 million goal, particularly through large investors including Cornell who committed to donations during the quiet phase — a fundraising period that precedes publicizing the campaign goal. Cornell made the largest private investment in Th!nk Tompkins, the Cornell Chronicle wrote. IAED was created in 1964 to attract, grow and retain companies in Ithaca and Tompkins County by facilitating a supportive business environment. The organization’s strategic priorities are to provide “direct services to businesses, [facilitate] workforce development and [establish] economic development leadership,” according to the press release. According to The Chronicle, IAED is funded about equally by Tompkins County, fees charged for administrative services and investors. According to the press release, Th!nk Tompkins will run from 2024-2028 to foster a thriving economy with goals in jobs, payroll and private investment.

Appetizing apples | Despite a decline in this year's apple

By JONATHAN MONG, ASLI CIHANGIR and SOPHIA TORRES

By JULIA SENZON

Candidates Voice Their Views in Student Assembly Forum By MARISA CEFOLA Sun Assistant News Editor

Candidates for the Student Assembly transfer, freshman and student with disabilities representative positions discussed ways to increase S.A. engagement among the Cornell community in a forum held in Warren Hall on Friday, Sept. 29 and moderated by Sun news editor Julia Senzon ’26. Instead of focusing on national issues, these candidates want to narrow the S.A.’s scope to solving issues where its direct impact is tangible to the campus. Voting begins Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 10 a.m. and ends Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 11:59 p.m. Transfer Representative Forum Simone Chan ’25 — a junior transfer student from Pasadena City College — wants to create services to bridge the gap between

regular transfer students, like herself, and guaranteed transfer students, who are accepted by Cornell through the Transfer Option program during their senior year in high school.

“The transfer students that are not transfer options are more like the freshmen in terms of we don't know what's coming.” Simone Chan ’25 She believes Cornell has room to improve regarding catering to both groups of transfer students equally. “Cornell does a really good job in reaching out to transfer option students [before arriving on campus],” Chan said. “The transfer students that are not transfer options are more

like the freshmen in terms of we don't know what's coming. We come here with all new expectations, and everything is so brand new.” Chan hopes to work with the S.A. to provide more information and guidance to transfer students throughout the year. In her own transfer experience, Chan has struggled due to this lack of information. “One struggle [I had that] was really scary [was] I couldn't select my classes for some reason,” Chan said. “So [Cornell Student Center] didn't really fully register my status as a student. So I was really panicking during the whole summer.” Hasham Khan ’26, a sophomore transfer student from Towson University, voiced similar concerns regarding neglect towards transfer students. “One of the biggest concerns that I heard from transfer students was in regards to housing and feelings of isolation,” Khan said. “It

was so crazy going online [to] SideChat [and] Reddit and seeing a lot of people say that they feel so alone at Cornell because they’re transfer students — they left their friends, they left their communities, and now they're here. There are already set friend groups that have been established.” Khan hopes to establish a community for transfers to meet and limit feelings of isolation. As a Risley resident, Khan suggested creating a designated transfer student residence hall so students have more opportunities to connect. “I came to Cornell, and I was surrounded by freshmen, so I got integrated into the freshman class,” Khan said. “I know five other transfer students, compared to someone who's on West in Cook or one of the other houses on West. And that's where the transfer community is. See FORUM page 4


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