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Grads Highlight Camp-Out Raises Disaster Aid Funds Diversity Issues After Knee-in Protest
By MICHELLE ABRAMOWITZ Sun Contributor
Huddled around their hammocks, tents and sleeping bags, students camped out on the Arts Quad on Tuesday night to show their solidarity with people struck by recent natural disasters around the world. The camp-out was organized shortly after Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria ravaged through the Caribbean and the southern coast of the United States, affecting many members of the Cornell community and their families. “It has definitely taken a huge toll on everyone on campus,” Ashley Kim ’19 said. “Because it’s affecting our peers and the campus community as a whole, it’s a very emotional thing for the entire student body.” Cornell Outdoor Education, one of the event’s sponsors, rented out sleeping bags and tents for students who stayed overnight, while some students brought their own supplies. The event was free, but students could contribute to the charitable fund for borrowing camping supplies. Event volunteers ran a raffle booth with prizes including tickets to the Homecoming concert, featuring the band Foster the People, and gift cards to help raise additional funds for the cause. Students were welcome to use provided glow sticks and
light-up hula hoops and Frisbees, which illuminated the nighttime sky. Some students who attended the camp-out had friends and family struck by the disasters and their devastating aftermath. Tati Guzman ’18 said her family in South Florida and friends in Puerto Rico and Houston were struck by the hurricanes. “They’re going through a rough time. I’m keeping in contact with them,” Guzman said. “I have distant family who were in Florida and were affected by the hurricane,” said Germeen Kilada ’18, another student at the camp-out. “There’s some damage to their house and they just fixed it up two years ago from the previous hurricane.” Students could donate to three different relief agencies at the event: Nepal, India and Bangladesh Flood Relief through GlobalGiving; Unidos por Puerto Rico; and Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Galveston-Houston. Organizers of the camp-out selected those agencies after researching their effectiveness and impact. “We did a lot of research to try to find organizations that were impactful and had good reputations in the area, ” said Zoe Maisel ’18, one of the event organizers. The locations were chosen to represent different geo-
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Raffle for relief | Students camp out on the Arts Quad and raised money for disaster relief through raffles and donations. CAMERON POLLACK / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
By EMMA NEWBURGER Sun Assistant News Editor
The GPSA Diversity and International Student Committee gathered graduate and professional students to discuss Cornell’s campus climate following multiple racial incidents — including the alleged assault of a black student in Collegetown — and the lack of involvement from University departments on issues of hate speech and violence on campus. Students said that only one STEM professor was part of the faculty coalition that organized last week’s Take a Knee protest, where hundreds “STEM seems to of professors, staff, students and locals took to consider itself sepathe Arts Quad to kneel in rate from issues of solidarity with professionrace, gender and al athletes and Cornell students who have been oppression.” protesting violence Stephen Kim, grad against black Americans in Ithaca and around the country. The STEM department’s lack of involvement in the protest reflects the department’s general silence on issues of race and diversity on campus, students said. “Departments like Latina/o Studies, Africana Studies, American Indian and Indigenous Studies, and Asian American Studies should not be the only departments engaging with these issues,” Stephen Kim, grad, said. “STEM seems to consider itself separate from issues of race, gender and oppression.” Students were also frustrated about the administration’s lack of compensation for graduate students who feel burdened with addressing issues of race and See GPSA page 4
Professor Has No Regrets After Controversial Chant
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By JOHN YOON Sun Assistant News Editor
“I never assume that most people share my politics,” Prof. Russell Rickford, history, told The Sun. Activist and scholar of black American history, Rickford joined Black Lives Matter in Ithaca in 2015 and became a founding member of Cornell Coalition for Inclusive Democracy last year, which led protests demanding the University to protect and support international Cornellians in March. More recently, and more controversially, at a knee-in last Wednesday following the professional athletes and Cornell students who had been protesting racial violence, Rickford led the chant See RICKFORD page 4
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Cuomo: Nearly 210,000 Residents to Receive Tuition-Free Education
By KATHERINE HEANEY Sun Staff Writer
When New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced his free tuition plan — the first of its kind in the nation — earlier this summer, Cornell students were poised to benefit from the new measures, but with a caveat. With the passing of the budget for the 2018 fiscal year, the two programs — the Excelsior Scholarship and the Enhanced Tuition Award Program — have been given a green light and will provide a tuition-free education to around 210,000 New York State residents, Cuomo announced Sunday in a press release. The residents will receive the assistance through the Excelsior Scholarship program, as well as the Pell Grant program and the ETA. According to the Cornell Office of Financial Aid, the Excelsior Scholarship will provide 2017-18 tuition aid for up to $6,470, which is the 2016-17 SUNY tuition rate. For Cornell students, the Excelsior Scholarship is accessible to undergraduate students who are New York State residents and U.S. citizens attending one of Cornell’s land grant colleges, operated under contract
with New York State. Of the 102 students who applied from the University, just two were eligible for the awards at its three contract colleges affiliated with the state, according to The Journal News. These colleges include the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences — including the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, which is shared with the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business — the College of Human Ecology and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Priscilla Blum ’19, a New York State resident and CALS student said she thinks that the Excelsior Scholarship is a great initiative on behalf of New York State, but wishes that students from every state and within every college had access to the benefits, especially given New York residents already receive reduced tuition to Cornell’s contract colleges, regardless of their family income. “This new scholarship makes me feel proud to be a citizen of New York studying at Cornell,” Blum said. “It’s fantastic to give more opportunities to students, who may not have them at other universities. However, I imagine this could be conflicting for low-income students who have a passion for a topic not within a contract college. For
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example, if a New York resident wants to Administration said she feels the programs study government within Arts and Sciences, may add to the disadvantages that non-New that choice could create a greater financial York residents at Cornell already face. “I definitely wish that the program was strain on the student relative to choosing a available to all students,” Kropid said. “A lot major within a contract college.” The press release from Cuomo’s office of Cornell's policies seem to favor New York explained how the Excelsior Scholarship will State residents and it shows; the class of be implemented over the next three academ- 2020 was nearly 30 percent New York residents, as compared to 9 percent from the ic years. For the 2017-18 year students with Midwest. A big part of my Cornell experihousehold incomes up to $100,000 are eli- ence has been meeting and working with gible. Eligibility increases until the program people from all over the country and I think if the program was available is fully implemented; the to out of state students, the income threshold rises to “A lot of Cornell’s diversity of this campus $110,000 in 2018-19 and policies seem to favor would increase.” $125,000 in 2019–20. In his announcement on There would also be an New York residents.” Sunday, Governor Cuomo academic requirement for spoke on the necessity givthe scholarship in which Katherine Kropid ’20 ing more students access to recipients must maintain a a higher education and certain grade point average and be a full-time student, completing at making it financially attainable. “A college degree now is what a high least 30 credits per academic year. Additionally, the scholarship would school diploma was 30 years ago — it is require students to live and work within essential to succeed in today’s economy,” New York State after graduation, for the Cuomo said, in a statement. “Our first-insame number of years they received the the-nation Excelsior Scholarship is designed so more New Yorkers go to college tuitionExcelsior Scholarship. If these residency and work requirements free and receive the education they deserve are not followed, the dollar value of the stu- to reach their full potential. “New York leads the nation in creating dent’s aid will become loans that the student equal opportunity for all and we will continis responsible to repay. While the ETA program operates slightly ue to work to ensure that access to a college differently than the Excelsior Scholarship, it degree is not determined by family finances is also for New York State residents enrolled but rather is available to all who work hard and dream big,” Cuomo said. in undergraduate studies. Kropid hopes that Cuomo’s announceAccording to the Cornell Office of Financial Aid, when combined with TAP ment results in education policy changes in awards, ETA can provide tuition up to other states and increases the number of stu$6,000 to New York State residents who are dents who both see the importance in and gain the ability to access higher education in also U.S. citizens. However, this program is for students her home community in Wisconsin “I think if my state adopted the same iniwithin private colleges in New York and only for colleges that choose to opt in to the tiatives New York has that it would encourprogram. Currently, Cornell is the only age more students to pursue higher educamajor research university in New York tion,” Kropid said. “In the Midwest, a lot of families view college as expensive and choosing to participate. Because Cornell has opted in, students unnecessary and a lot of that comes from within the private undergraduate colleges flaws in the federal funding system. As a who meet the criteria are eligible. These pri- result, a lot of kids from my town never vate colleges are the College of Arts and went to school and instead work for their Sciences, College of Engineering, College of families, in fields they may not enjoy or Architecture, Art and Planning, and the want to make a career out of.” School of Hotel Administration. Katherine Kropid ’20, a Wisconsin resi- Katherine Heaney can be reached at dent, studying within the School of Hotel kheaney@cornellsun.com.
A&S Podcasts Explore Interpretations of Being Human By STACEY BLANSKY Sun Contributor
A new podcast series led exclusively by Cornell faculty and researchers — each episode fewer than three minutes long — brings together pockets of wisdom from experts who study what it really means to be a human being. The series, titled What Makes Us Human, released its first episode on Sept. 25 and will subsequently upload a new podcast every Monday throughout the fall semester. Each podcast is a two-to threeminute interview that gives leading Cornell faculty and researchers an opportunity to share their academic findings with a broader audience. Interviews featured in the podcast have offered insights into some potential misconceptions about personhood, as new research at Cornell constantly redefines what it means to be human. All of the researchers who have taken part in the podcast cast light on a handful of questions that we all use to make everyday decisions, said Prof. Caroline Levine, English, the podcast’s producer. She emphasized the importance
of thinking about what researchers in different fields have to offer, rather than searching for the “best” version of the answer from a single discipline. “What if we look around at all of the incredible work that is being done here at Cornell? We have a tremendous range of disciplines that you wouldn’t find at a lot of other universities,” Levine told The Sun. “How do we put that together into something that builds a richer picture for some of these really fundamental questions?” Levine said she had briefly considered searching for experts around the globe to interview, but quickly realized that there was already a wealth and variety of expertise at Cornell. She explained that this podcast accurately reflects the direction in which most universities are headed in that it proposes interdisciplinary solutions to previously considered one-sided problems. “Do we bring special knowledge from each discipline that we then use to collaborate or do we actually mix the disciplines in the process of asking the question?” Levine asked. “I think for some of the really big social challenges, like climate
change or obesity, we do actually need a lot of different disciplines to bring their particular expertise to the table.” For any given problem that has been assigned a scientific solution, Levine said, there are a handful of cultural and economic issues which are not addressed. “We do actually need the disciplines to stay knowledgeable in their own ways,” Levine said, but also “to bring that knowledge to these common questions.” Limiting each podcast to approximately three minutes encourages interviewees to stick to what is most important in defining how their research aligned with questions about human individuality, Levine said. “This is really a project that is for everyone,” Levine said. “We’d like to get it as far and wide as possible.” So far, What Makes Us Human has released two episodes. The first episode, called “A View from the Science of Non-Humans,” draws from animal behavior studies to question if our being human situates us above other species. In the podcast, Prof. Elizabeth Adkins-Regan, psychology, neuro-
biology and behavior, explained that recent behavioral discoveries have cast new light on the individuality of our own species. Studies in animal science have revealed that humans share a large percentage of their genome with distant relatives, such as frogs and birds, according to Adkins-Regan. “Much of our most prized and supposedly unique behavior is special only in magnitude, perhaps and not in kind,” she said in the podcast. “The realization that all those other animals are our cousins under the skin is powerfully humbling.” The second and most recent podcast, called “The Future of Human-Robot Interaction,” featured Prof. Guy Hoffman, mechanical and aerospace engineering, who talked about a future with robots based on mutually beneficial relationships. Hoffman explained there is a growing debate surrounding artificial intelligence, which has raised concerns that robots will make human labor obsolete. He said that people often ask him if, in the future, robots will take meaning away from human life and act as singular, self-sufficient entities.
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“Many roboticists don’t see the future as the classic narrative of humans against machines,” Hoffman said in the podcast. “Instead we envision a world in which humans and machines work together.” The two podcasts explore what the future of mankind might look like, reframing prominent theories about what constitutes being human. “We have to be open-minded when it comes to understanding what it means to be human, because there are a lot of unanswered questions,” Levine said. “If we make decisions with too rigid a notion, we can make some pretty big mistakes.” Stacey Blansky can be reached at sb2337@cornell.edu.
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“Free Palestine” just before the crowd kneeled. Rickford’s chant was followed by a scattered applause and a palpable unease among some in the crowd. Shortly after, the chant “Free Palestine” was dubbed by conservative blog Legal Insurrection as the “hijacking of other ‘social justice”’ causes to turn them against Israel.” It also called Rickford “an anticapitalist, anti-Israel activist” after the protest. Following the protest, Rickford was met with criticism that he misused a platform framed for solidarity with athletes and black Cornell students in addressing the hotly debated Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “Prof. Rickford assumed that because we were here to protest racism on Cornell’s campus, we all shared an opinion and belief on a separate issue,” wrote Arielle Hazi ’18 in a Guest Room for The Sun. Hazi said she was “frustrated” with Rickford’s decision to initiate the chant. Rickford said his rhetorical strategy in leading the crowd in the chant “Free Palestine” was precisely aligned with the aim of the protest. “The colonial occupation of Palestine remains one of the world's most visible campaigns of white supremacist violence,” Rickford said. The event was held not just to bring awareness to violence against black Americans, but as an expression of resistance against acts of white supremacy — to which Rickford said Palestinians were subject without exception under Israeli occupation. Rickford said his chant connected expressions of white supremacy on campus and in the United States to systemic colonial violence abroad. Comparisons of his chant with antiSemitism, Rickford said, is effectively a insulation of ongoing colonial powers. “It is also an attempt to silence the millions of Jews around the world who condemn Israel’s apartheid policies,” he said. When Rickford was growing up, black nationalism, amid its the cultural resurgence in the 1990s, was a basis for his “early resistance to white supremacy.” As he continued to evolve politically after college, he studied the works of Marxist and Third Word theorists, from Frantz Fanon to Amilcar Cabral, and has embraced a leftist view of society. “I began to link anti-racism with anti-
colonialism, anti-imperialism, and anti-militarism,” he said. Protests against racism in America today too often avoid a “direct confrontation of power,” Rickford said. This avoidance of confrontation is something Rickford said he has attempted to counteract in his speeches. That is why he said he has called for liberation and anti-colonialism not only at home but, more importantly, around the world. In fact, Rickford said he had also mentioned the history of genocide and dispossession of indigenous peoples in North America in his speech. But he said that there was no complaint about it following the protest, because that statement was not regarded as a serious challenge to the ongoing practice of colonialist power. “Those in power reserve the right to define the limits of acceptable political expression,” he said. The fact that people were specifically unhappy with Rickford’s remarks on Palestine demonstrated that, to Rickford, his challenge of Palestinian occupation was a threat to those in power in America. “The Palestinian people remain colonized,” he said. “Their oppression is routinely justified in the United States, a society steeped in the culture and logic of settler colonialism. All the great structures of U.S. violence — mass incarceration, militarism, police terror, racism, etc. — converge in the occupation of Palestine.” For Rickford, one’s dedication to principles of social justice and equality should not end at home. “If we're committed to liberation, connecting the local and the global seems not only appropriate, but absolutely necessary,” he said, adding that his motivation behind leading the chant at the knee-in was to challenge listeners to place their values in a global context. The Palestinian people, as a group that has long endured colonial occupation and apartheid, to Rickford, were thus necessary to include in the conversation about race and hate in America. “I always invoke Palestine when I speak publicly. It is part of my attempt to demonstrate solidarity, as the Palestinian people have long done in relation to the black freedom struggle,” he said. John Yoon can be reached at jyoon@cornellsun.com.
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oppression within their respective departments. “They should either provide compensation for grad students, or find professionals who have been trained extensively themselves and feel committed to offering this training to people across departments,” Kim said. Graduate students who do spend time working on diversity within their fields are often discouraged from doing so by department faculty, despite these department’s simultaneous advertising to recruit diversity, students said. The Presidential Task Force that President Martha Pollack is convening — which will address problems bigotry and intolerance at Cornell — must also consider the limitations of diversity discourse, Jesse Goldberg, grad, said. Diversity training, he added, must also teach students that differences are mediated through power rather than the “mere fact of difference.” “At Cornell, there has been a concentration on diversity as cultural competency,” Goldberg said. “We cannot equate the protecting of conservative students from saying things that we know are racist and problematic to protecting people who are marginalized because of their race, sex and gender.” Some students raised concerns about the University’s Title IX training, which is offered to students online. Manisha Munasinghe, grad, said there are no consequences if students choose not to participate in the training. “It’s clear the University did not want to invest in staff members to do in-person training,” Munasinghe said. “They didn’t even follow up to see who did the Title IX training.” Prior to the Collegetown assault, Alicia Brunson, grad, said she felt comfortable with Cornell’s campus climate. “I never felt racism or bias on campus,” she said. “Now I feel the shift. Now I feel like I need to protect myself because I don’t know who is against me because I’m black, or female. It’s uncomfortable now.” “There is a common narrative that Cornell is a liberal fairy tale where every-
thing is great,” Eugene Law, grad, added. “I know a lot of students hear that, but don’t experience it.” While the graduate community has started various diversity recruitment efforts and support organizations on campus, Law said that the fact that these programs are not widely recognized on campus is a problem. “Publicizing your involvement in these groups to faculty advisors can be a poor career move,” Law said. “I’ve had people tell me that I’m wasting my time.” Some students suggested that Cornell creates organizations such as the Africana Studies and Research Center — which they said is underfinanced and understaffed — in order to fill a void, rather than to fulfill the University’s mission of “any person … any study.” Spaces for exclusively marginalized students can often become isolated and subsequently fail to achieve inclusivity on campus, Kim said. He added that the University must cultivate spaces that encourage intergroup interaction. “There need to be spaces where people with privileged identities can talk to each other about the implications of their privilege,” Kim said. “I don’t see many spaces where white students are talking about their privilege, about what meaningful allyship is. Many white students we know might find these spaces significant.” The decentralized nature of Cornell creates barriers to collaboration across groups on issues of diversity and inclusion, Law said. While the University has made concrete recommendations addressing campus climate, Kim said many of the recommendations have not been addressed. The Cornell community Breaking Bread discussion was a “useful” and “educating” event that brought together people of different status and privilege to discuss diversity, Brunson said. “Some people don’t recognize that there is racism on campus,” Brunson said. “Events like Breaking Bread get people to come together and have powerful conversation that educate people on what’s happening, because some people just don’t know.” Emma Newburger can be reached at enewburger@cornellsun.com.
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graphical regions throughout the world that are engaging in reconstruction efforts following disasters that have occurred over the past few months. The camp-out — sponsored by the Cornell Outdoor Education club, Alpha Phi Omega, Gamma Chapter and the Puerto Rican Student Association at Cornell — raised $1,750, organizers announced on Wednesday on the event’s Facebook page. They added they were still accepting donations via Venmo (@artsquadcampout) until Thursday morning toward their goal of $2,000. “I think a lot of people didn’t know how to help so it was important to create an easy way for people to access change,” Maisel said. “This is a great event because we had donations for everything we needed, so there were no upfront costs. Everything people donate is a net gain.” The camp-out featured musical performances outside of
Goldwin Smith Hall by The Key Elements, The Hangovers and the Cornell Ukulele Club, who all urged students to donate what they could to the worthy cause after their performances. Ije Naachetta ’18 said it was important to address the hardships that others around the world are facing as a result of the disasters, and other students also agreed with him. “You kind of get desensitized hearing the same thing over and over but you also need to think about how these are real people’s realities,” Naachetta said. “I’m not in a place of privilege but I do have enough privilege to give some money to help someone.” “It’s important for us to be mindful of events going on that are not directly related to us,” said Callie Aboaf ’21. “It’s easy to get into a bubble of news when you only talk about what’s related to you.” Michelle Abramowitz can be reached at mka66@cornell.edu.
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Why We Must Protect the Hateful
came to college a Bernie-loving, John Oliver-watching, 420-friendly, devout liberal. My political awakening began in sixth grade when I read then-Senator Barack Obama’s autobiographies. To a minority kid interested in politics, his words were gospel to me. I was vehemently pro-choice, pro-gay rights, and if anybody were to disagree with me, they were ignorant, minorityhating bigots. In an era in which politics has been defined by Trumpism, liberals have rallied under a common villain — a catch-all caricature that represents the evil of the right. However, it is time that we approach the state of political discourse with more attention to nuance. The current progressive social platform is one of ubiquitous acceptance — we accept gay marriage, abortions, transgender rights, and drug addicts, and we demand equal rights for people of all races, genders and creeds. However, the one group of people we refuse to accept is those who refuse to believe what we believe in. Despite promoting a political platform that embraces unequivocal empathy for the marginalized fringes of society, liberals rarely show such compassion for their conservative counterparts. We protest conservative speakers that come on campus and silence classmates who may think that it isn’t prudent to close down Guantanamo Bay. This brings forth larger questions on how far we as a society should accept intolerance. The 20th century thinker Karl Popper argued that a society that embraces unqualified tolerance to all factions will be overtaken by the intolerant. Therefore, to establish a truly tolerant
Where the truth has a liberal accent, we must exercise caution before we wholeheartedly denounce any deviation from the status quo. status quo, society has to be vehemently intolerant of intolerance. In this line of reasoning, we must eschew and destroy all the gay-hating, Trump-supporting white supremacists. If that is the goal, Cornell has been doing a wonderful job; however, when it comes to defending our mission for “Any Person, Any Study,” we fail to extend such care. But the truth is rarely so one-dimensional. Hate and tolerance are in the eye of the beholder, and while most of us at Cornell acknowledge that Trump is a racist pseudo-fascist who looks like he bathes in a pool of Cheetos, we often fail to offer more than an emotional response as to why our opponents are wrong. We are entrenched in our conviction that
they are bad, and that we stand for good. Especially on college campuses like Cornell’s, where the truth has a liberal accent, we must exercise caution before we wholeheartedly denounce any devia-
As someone who has been called a whiny, yellow college student who has done nothing for this country in The Sun’s comment section, I understand that the effects of hate speech are both personal and infuriating. tion from the status quo. After the racially-charged Collegetown incident a few weeks ago, the Student Assembly motioned to ban “hate speech” on campus. Similarly, the GPSA passed a resolution last week condemning hate speech. Though this move is a symbol of progress, it has dangerous implications that will trickle down through every fiber of our campus’s culture. When we, as a university, elect to ban “hate speech,” we are in essence both depriving one’s ability to think or speak outside of the status quo and instituting a system of university-enforced censorship. I should be clear here — there is a legal delineation between “hate speech” and “fighting words,” words that “tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace.” Such words have no place on a college campus, where students’ physical safety is paramount. However, such treatment should not be extended to what we categorize under the term “hate speech.” As someone who has been called a whiny, yellow college student who has done nothing for this country in The Sun’s comment section, I understand that the effects of hate speech are both personal and infuriating. However, one could argue that I was spewing hate speech when speaking out against a white supremacist America. Therefore, for the sake of true liberal values and progress, we must drop our current stance of moral objectivity and accept the reality, if not validity, of our opponents. Hate speech is usually hurtful, ignorant and deplorable, but it is necessary to protect a culture of openness and tradition of free speech. We mustn’t silence those who disagree with us, but instead speak louder, march faster and fight with greater fervor. Jason Jeong is a junior in the college of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at jjeong@cornellsun.com. Jeongism appears alternate Wednesdays this semester.
6 THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Tuesday, October 5, 2017
OPINION
Marquan Jones ’20 | Guest Room
Ezra’s Oracle
We Are Not A Monolith
Nuances of Blackness at Cornell A response to Sunspots’ “Combating White Supremacy Should Not Entail Throwing Other Black Students Under the Bus”
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believe African/Caribbean students are taking up a lot of space on this matter. The only public discourse that I've seen published are from these students. As an African American whose family has been in the Americas since the start of Transatlantic slavery, my opinion is equally valid, and so I'll share on my experiences. The voice of African American Black students are stifled. We are labeled as “Just Black” on campus, and our Blackness is constantly called into question. There is a clear divide in the PanAfrican Black community and no one wants to talk about it. The fact is, African American students are the minority of the minority community. Six percent of students on campus are of African Descent, and of that six percent, African Americans are only a minute percentage.
The voice of African American Black students are stifled. We are labeled as "Just Black" on campus, and our Blackness is constantly called into question. Furthermore, because of Cornell's racist and discriminatory financial aid policies, most international students are wealthy because Cornell doesn't provide financial aid to international students as easily. This is inherently classist and perpetually discriminates against poorer international students. Many argue that “Blackness is one-dimensional and we should stop dividing ourselves because it is counterproductive to our goals... we're all just black.” This rhetoric is dismissive and fails to acknowledge class privilege, skin tone and other forms of privilege in our community. Things like homophobia and sexism run rampant in our community. Not all Black people experience racism and discrimination in the same way. We are not a monolith, so stop treating us as such. When I walk in a room, I'm never just black. I'm a heterosexual, able-bodied, black man from a low socioeconomic background. I digress, but since race is the most apparent thing in society and it is the topic of discussion, I'll speak to that. Again, not all Black people experience racism in the same way! Racism operates on three levels: individual, structural and institutional. Everyone from the African diaspora may all experience racism on the individual level (being called the n-word and being restricted from a white frat party being only the tip of that iceberg). But international students who call another place home don't have to deal with the ingrained institutional and structural forms of oppression in the same way American Black students do. (Housing discrimination, mandatory minimum sentencing, War on Drugs, school to prison pipeline etc.) This is not to discredit their experiences with now postcolonial and neoliberalism in their homelands, I'm just arguing that it looks very different and we shouldn't all be lumped together without addressing the nuances of blackness. Lastly, BSU's demands were completely taken out of context. In no way, shape or form were they insinuating that Cornell should admit fewer African/Caribbean students. I don't think that admitting more American Black students means admitting fewer international students. These things are not mutually exclusive. Marquan Jones is a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.
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Q: What's the story behind that tombstone in front of Stimson Hall? Is it leftover from Halloween? Is there a body buried just outside of our administrative headquarters? A: The stone marker in front of Stimson Hall is actually part of a pair, with the other on the west side of Duffield Hall. Instead of marking burial locations of bodies, they actually memorialize a row of elm trees planted shortly after Cornell's founding. Local farmer John Ostrander wished to give something to this fledgling university that pledged to educate "any person" in "any study," but he had no money. Instead, Ostrander gave young elm trees from his farm to beautify the campus. Sadly, the towering campus elms that once lined East Avenue and Ho Plaza succumbed to Dutch elm disease in the 1950s and 1960s, but Ostrander's thoughtful gift is remembered with the stone markers.
Kelly Song | The Songbird Sings
Why Did I Ever Want To Grow Up? I
n second grade, I spent an entire night crying because my parents wouldn’t give me a parakeet. I buried my face in my pillow and sobbed because I spent the past two months in the library reading books about bird keeping, making lists about how to line their cage and shower them with a spray bottle. I cried and cried into my floral pillow until my father came in and switched off my night light and stroked my hair.
or the homework assignments next semester, and just live now. I wish I told myself that when I was younger, but I’ll tell it to myself now: It’s never too late to cherish life for what it is right now, right this instant. I wish I had savored what I had when I was a little girl — to have realized parakeets are small problems and that life is beautiful right now, just the way it is. Live like you’re a kid. Live for today, not tomorrow or the day after. In our fear for the future, we forget today. Don’t make that same mistake again — when we wanted to grow up too fast. I’m going to call home today and tell my 10-year-old sister to pause. Dream a little more. Put away the makeup magazines and the cellphone advertisements and the college brochures. Worry less about homework or the mean girl on the playground or the Halloween costume that will look cool. Roll in the grass instead, laugh at the sunshine and run in a polka dot dress, and dress in whatever Halloween costume, even if it’s ridiculous. God knows I wish I could go back and do it all over again.
I’m going to call home today and tell my 10-year-old sister to pause. Dream a little more. Put away the makeup magazines and the cellphone advertisements and the college brochures. Last weekend, I found my myself in the same position, but my pillow’s blue now and there’s no night light to cut through the darkness and no one to stroke my hair. This time it’s not about that little bird; it’s about helplessness and giving up and a sadness that makes me think I won’t make it to the morning. I’d give anything for my biggest worry to be about the stuffed bear at the store that “just cost too much” or the canceled trip to the aquarium. Why did I ever want to grow up? I find myself asking that question over and over again lately. When I was a little girl, I used to dream of the day I could wear heels, finally use the stove to cook a meal for Thanksgiving, pack a briefcase and rush to my job at a newspaper office. Little did I know that adulthood comes with hopeless nights and dark mornings and gutting, empty moments that are nothing close to a dream. So to you, sitting there, anxiously awaiting three prelims and nursing a cup of coffee to cure sleep deprivation: Stop and pause for a moment. Because it’s not too late — we’re still kids with dreams that are too big and fears that seem insurmountable. Stop thinking about what job you’ll land next year
So to you, sitting there, anxiously awaiting three prelims and nursing a cup of coffee to cure sleep deprivation: Stop and pause for a moment. And the same goes for you: Stop trying to grow up for a moment, and just pause. Think for a moment how lucky we are to be in the life we are living, right now. Think about the blessings and the gifts and the joy right now. We’re growing older, day by day. Every second becomes a memory when it ticks past — don’t let yourself miss a single, fleeting one. Kelly Song is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at ksong@cornellsun.com. The Songbird Sings appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.
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OPINION
Veuve Cliq-Hoe | Fire & Ice and Cherries in the Snow
Kinky Boos L
ife’s too short to have vanilla sex. Now, I like to live fast and hard, so maybe this mantra is just a reflection of my lifestyle, but I have a feeling that there are a lot of kinky souls relating to this right now. For me, it goes back to my first kiss. I was 18 (I know, so much for living fast and hard), but to be fair, having to handle two dominating parents and a course load full of APs on top of a myriad of extracurricular activities was a true cock-block. Anyways, I was 18, and after many summer evenings of eye-fucking a hot guy at my country club’s gym, he finally asked me out. We went out for lunch during his work break the next day. Thirty minutes later we were making out in the back of my Mercedes. Ten minutes after that, I was at lying on naked on his bed blindfolded with a navy blue Hermes tie. It is of no surprise that this first sexual experience shaped the way I view this erotic carnal quest. I love the idea of sweet, loving, missionary sex, but personally, I know that’s not enough for me. Not sure how to bring up kinky play with your partner? Try watching a movie that you know contains a kinky sex scene and casually bring it up, send your partner a link to a light bondage for beginners article, and if worst comes to worst, send them a “Choke Me Daddy” meme and caption it: Let’s try this. For
the readers that relate, here’s my five-step guide for breaking into kinky sex. 1: Establish your boundaries If you only remember one rule about bondage, this is the one. Without mutual consent, trust, and communication, light bondage will not be safe nor fun for both parties, and you’ll have yet another reason to hate Christian Grey. Here, I suggest
on your partner. It will drive them wild. 3: Light Bondage The idea here isn’t to tie your partner up and then finish yourself off in two minutes. It’s not about you — it’s about them. Tease your partner until he or she begs for mercy: gently (or not-so gently) bite his inner thigh before wrapping your lips around him, lick your way down her
ing you unsolicited dick pictures. The first is an ephemeral erotic image that has the power to stimulate and arouse your partner from the other side of campus. The last is a public nuisance. When sending nudes, I strongly urge you to block out your face, but other than that, incorporate your own style into them to make them truly unique! Use mirrors to enhance your exposure, add heat by using dirty talk, sprinkle eggplant emojis — in short, go wild!
Try watching a movie that you know contains a kinky 5: Dress-up sex scene and casually bring it up, send your partner a Women swear by the indispensability of a little black dress, but really, everyone link to a light bondage for beginners article, and if should own a little black lingerie set. You start off at Victoria’s Secret then slowworse comes to worse, send them a “Choke Me Daddy” lycandiscover the lavishness of handmade Italian lingerie, or break your bank meme and caption it: Let’s try this. establishing a safe word, which should be a word you don’t use frequently during sex and that won’t ruin the mood. 2: Blindfolding I absolutely love controlling all aspects of my life, so being blindfolded makes the surrender intoxicatingly sweet. Personally, I find silk ties to be not only spontaneously raunchy, but also very convenient. If you want to elevate your experience, I suggest velvet blindfolds to incorporate texture-play in your adventure. Take turns dominating and surrendering yourself, focus on using your other senses, and then mimic your favorite sensations
belly, guide his hands to skim your hot zones, passionately press your body into hers… the possibilities are endless. Listen and feel your partner’s reactions and use this feedback to send anticipatory shockwaves through their body — just make sure the restraints don’t cut off circulation and you don’t leave them unattended. 4: Sexting There’s something exhilarating about sending your S.O. a nude, yet these pictures get a bad rap. Here, it’s vital to draw the distinction between a naughty picture shared with a partner with whom you've established a rapport and a stranger send-
account on your first set. Bottom line, do yourself a favor and dress up. Yes, your partner may be turned on by this, yes he or she will be pleasantly confused while taking the lacey garments off of you, but this tip is actually all about you. For a moment in your day, you’ll feel like a beautiful, hot, sex goddess, so go for it, turn yourself on! To sum up, enjoy yourself! This guide, while a great introduction to kinky adventures, is not all encompassing, so if you explore and discover something mind-blowing, invite me. Veuve Cliq-Hoe is a student at Cornell University. Fire & Ice and Cherries in the Snow appears monthly this semester. Comments can be sent to associateediotr@cornellsun.com
Lo | Bananas and Cream
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t had been at least a year since I had seen him and even longer since I had enjoyed seeing him. I still despised him and yet, for some reason, I got a message from him asking if he could visit me at Cornell. I actually considered it for a second, but my better judgement helped me decide against it. A few weeks later though, I felt this inexplicable need to see him. I had hated him for so long, but now I wanted nothing more than to be with him. So, I impulsively bought a bus ticket to Pittsburgh. Just the thought of traveling so many miles to be with a guy that I couldn’t stand, someone who irreparably betrayed me, turned me on immensely. Night One After traveling for 16 hours, I finally made it to Pittsburgh. He was waiting for me at the station. After an awkward hug, we hailed an Uber. The sexual tension was heavy and the Uber driver kept asking questions. He answered for me, explaining how he had plans to show me Pittsburgh. And if Pittsburgh was the interior of his apart-
Pretty When I Cry ment, then that claim wasn’t entirely false. Finally we made it to his place where an ice-cold 750 mL of Absolut awaited us. We took maybe a couple of shots, but less than five minutes later we are already making out. The Following Day We woke up so late. The first thing we did was have more sex and smoke…followed by even more sex, shots and joints. I’m not sure how long this went on for, but at some point we went out for lunch. Our little outing, one of the few times we left his room that weekend, was ethereal — a little bit of heaven wedged between the hell I craved. Then we walked back. More alcohol. More pot. More sex. After dark, we hit the streets so he could show me his campus. The classrooms were rather old and creaky. There were chalkboards and well, before I could observe much more, he pushed me to the ground and forced his fingers inside me. Then he pulled me off the floor and pushed me to the back of the classroom. He forced my naked torso out the window as a few people walked by the building, holding me
there until I was both shivering and dripping. Horny and high as hell, we stumbled out of there after a while, in somewhat of a rush to get back home. We traversed a dark hill, speckled with trees. At this point he was quite drunk and I was experiencing an entirely new side of him, one even he wasn’t in touch with. It was as if an infinitely more sadistic man had replaced him. I would’ve done anything for him in those moments. He was irresistible. Crossing that threshold, he warned me to stay away from him. Having never been so aroused, I walked toward him, inviting him to hurt me. He responded by violently shoving me into a tree and choking me, watching the light as it started to drain from my eyes. Then, as if snapping out of a trance, he dropped his hands from my throat and we continued on our journey back. We stopped by a CVS in search of some lube, which incidentally had to be price checked in one of the most awkward interactions I’ve ever had at a CVS. By this point, he was on the verge of blacking out. Minutes later, we were back at his place. And as
soon as we got into his bed, we both passed out, unopened lube on the ground, still wrapped in its plastic CVS bag. Day Two It was noon when we woke up, dazed and hungover, trying to remember the night before.
of their sight but completely within the eyeshot of cars driving by, he sat me down with my bare thighs pressed against the cold stairs. He forced my underwear down, pulled my shirt and bra up, and fingered me as headlights illuminated our transgressions. After some
Just the thought of traveling so many miles to be with a guy that I couldn’t stand, someone who irreparably betrayed me, turned me on immensely. My bus was scheduled to leave in about twelve hours. I got dressed and cleaned up in the bathroom only to be pulled back into bed and fucked. That whole afternoon, that’s all we did. It was an asynchronous blur of taking shots, having sex and smoking pot. Once it was pitch black outside, we headed out to take advantage of the public backdrop. There were about two hours left. After walking a few blocks, we eventually found the ideal ally, one with a few people in it. On the side of a building, out
last minute sex on his living room floor, uninterrupted by the arrival of his flatmates, we headed to the station. A couple of hours later, I was on a bus back to Ithaca, wearing a necklace of bruises, struggling to find a comfortable position for my aching fucked-over-twentytimes body and yet simultaneously feeling complete, previously-unattained sexual satisfaction. Lo is a student at Cornell University. Bananas and Cream appears monthly this semester. Comments can be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun.com.
8 THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Thursday, October 5, 2017
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The Moosewood Restaurant Table By EMILY JONES Sun Staff Writer
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n Saturday, Sept. 30, Moosewood Restaurant welcomed guests to its location on North Cayuga Street to celebrate the publication of its 13th cookbook, The Moosewood Restaurant Table. A refreshingly quiet break from the bustling Apple Harvest Festival outside, the restaurant offered signings, tastings and an opportunity to chat with four of the cookbook’s authors. In the entryway of the restaurant, two tasting tables boasted colorful realizations of six of the cookbook’s 250 new recipes: Roasted Winter Squash Agrodolce, Roasted Eggplant Salad with Chermoula Sauce, Walnut and Roasted Pepper Spread with Za'Atar Pita Chips, Easy Lemon Butter Cookies, Whole-Grain Blondies and Orange-Oatmeal Cookies with Dark Chocolate Chips. Each evoked different flavors and textures, cuisines and cultures, in a brilliant showcase of the book’s diversity and depth. The OrangeOatmeal cookies were my favorite, the pungent tanginess of the orange mingling with the richness
of the dark chocolate chips in a simple, wholesome bite. I helped myself to a second before venturing to the signing table. At the table were four of the book’s authors and members of the Moosewood Collective. According to their website, the Collective is comprised of “nineteen people who own and operate Moosewood Restaurant and write cookbooks...some of [whom] have worked together since Moosewood opened in 1973.” The four representative members — Laura Branca, Ned Asta, Susan Harville and Wynnie Stein — were exactly how I expected them to be. At book signings for fictional works, I’ve felt as though the book’s characters, morals and sense of humor are but a tributary of the author’s larger identity, and that identity makes sense given the content of the book. I wasn’t sure if it would be the same with a cookbook signing. It was. I felt as though I had already met the four women in recipe form and was simply meeting their human incarnations. I had already gotten a taste of these women through their culinary expressions of themselves: quirky, colorful, warm, wonderful. In sign-
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Happy Death Day Premiere at Cornell Cinema Horror flick is enjoyable, but unremarkable BY RUBY QUE Sun Staff Writer
I enjoyed Happy Death Day just a little more than I would like to admit. When I was trying to convince my horror movie buddy to come with me to the advanced screening at Cornell Cinema on Monday, he plainly retorted, “that movie looks like trash.” But the idea of seeing the film before everyone else was just too tempting to resist. Well, not saying that it is the best horror movie ever made, but based on the full house and strong audience engagement that night, I do think Happy Death Day can kill it in the box office before Halloween. Jessica Rothe, who you might remember from La La Land as one of Emma Stone’s roommates, plays the lead girl Tree, a college student who gets killed on the night of her birthday. Worse still, she is stuck in the time loop until she figures out the identity of her masked killer. The story of Sisyphus has been told
so many times already. Groundhog Day, a romantic drama at its core, puts the protagonist in the small town purgatory until he becomes a better person and gets the girl, while Edge of Tomorrow and Source Code take on the sci-fi/action genre. Happy Death Day is the first to test the time-honored formula’s effectiveness in horror, but you really can’t go too wrong with such a fascinating and high-stake premise. Some other factors that go into the making of the film also feel promising to me. Blumhouse Productions is known for getting low-budget hits off the ground like this year’s Get Out and Split, as well as The Purge and Paranormal Activity franchise. Director and cowriter Christopher Landon has been waiting to get this project done for nearly a decade. And the villain is so, so memorable. That baby mask with huge blue eyes and only one tooth is horrifying — seriously though, what kind of school would pick a mascot like that? This year is definitely witnessing an increasing amount of horror block-
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busters like the aforementioned Get Out, and It, which continues to float in box office and reviews. Yet if you think about it, these three films don’t necessarily fall into the conventional horror formula with stupid protagonists who would scream their heads off in gory jump scare scenes. Instead, horror is but a plot device these films employ to tell a more complicated story. Other than a horror, Get Out is a social commentary/satire, and It is a coming-of-age story with elements of comedy and romance. I wonder what Happy Death Day aspires to be beyond a slasher horror, though. The film is full of stereotypical characters — the self-centered blonde, the young professor she screws, her rival in the sorority, a frat boy who they compete over and a sweet-as-a-pie guy who just loves her unconditionally. Despite my desperate hope to see these stereotypes get challenged head on, the film doesn’t have that much ambition and seems to be pretty happy with staying in the comfort zone.That being said, the film does have a killer twist that brings it up an entire level. And that’s all I can say without giving it away. Happy Death Day could’ve won both the audience and the critics easily, but it turns out disappointingly mediocre. I enjoyed it in the theatre, but would I shamelessly bug everyone around me about how much I love it? Will it be remembered? Maybe not. It hits theatres on Friday Oct. 13. Ruby Que is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at yq62@cornell.edu.
This Weekend In Arts Nate Staniforth: Real Magic — Oct. 5 Magician Neil Staniforth leaves behind the accepted, conventional ways of performing magic tricks and instead focuses on appealing to his audience’s intellect and imagination. His aim is to revive the childish amazement magic incites in what, no matter what age: “It’s about trying to see things the way you saw them before they became ordinary,” he says. Staniforth will be performing at The Dock at 8:00 PM. Tickets start at $12. Maria Bamford — Oct. 7 Comedian Maria Bamford, who stars in Netflix comedy series Lady Dynamite, will be at the State Theatre of Ithaca. She has voiced characters in series like BoJack Horseman, Adventure Time and Legend of Korra. Tickets are $37. Deerhoof— Oct. 6 Independent music group Deerhoof, playing in Ithaca Friday, are known for their noisy and unconventional pop melodies. They are currently releasing music as part of Joyful Noise’s Artist in Residence series and are working on a new album. Deerhoof, along with Sad13, Lily and Horn Horse, will be performing at The Haunt on October 6. Tickets are $15 and up. Art-Full Family Day: Under the Sea — Oct. 7 The Johnson Museum of Art will be hosting an event perfect for families visiting for Fall Break. This Saturday, artist and educator Holly Adams will lead families in this event inspired by current exhibition of glass animals From the Darkness of the Sea. The event, taking place from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., will be free for Johnson Museum Members and $5 per family for nonmembers.
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his past Sunday night, the United States witnessed yet again another worst mass shooting in modern American history. Dozens of people are dead, and hundreds of individuals will have the rest of their lives marked by this violent catastrophe. It’s heartbreaking to think that all they were trying to do was have a good time and a catch a Jason Aldean concert. Now, in a near formulaic fashion, some media outlets are dominated by discussions on matters like effective gun control and a little less on issues like access to quality mental healthcare. A strongly partisan and highly rhetorical battle ensues, where conservative voices become increasingly creative in their defense of the present lack of gun control while liberal writers become continuously more pessimistic in their hopes that stringent laws will ever be passed. No one in the Trump administration will label what happened in Las Vegas as an act of domestic terrorism. Seemingly, nothing changes. So it goes. I would like to state here plainly that I fervently support more active legislation on gun control. I do not believe that
there are many reasons for private citizens to own guns, and I think that any situation is made immediately more dangerous by the added presence of guns. When another New York Times columnist writes a piece about a distracted congress and the need for control, I am certainly snapping my fingers along with all of my friends on Facebook who share it. That being said, could the resulting arguments following instances of mass violence be made more productive? In class yesterday, my music history professor mentioned that in such moments of horrible acts, it is often spiritually calming to appreciate the beauty of music. While music itself is far from universal in its aesthetic beauty, I do believe that music and other art forms possess a level of political complexity from which we can all learn in the time following serious events. I feel as if I have done a lot of shouting into the void lately about the relevance of art in
these moments of adversity, but horrible things keep happening and so the dialogue must continue. Seriously, hear me out again. The most recent and effective work directly dealing with gun violence in America that I can think of is Michael Moore’s 2002 documentary Bowling for
Nick Swan Swan’s Song Columbine. For those of you who have not seen it, Bowling traces the prevalence of gun violence partly to the relative lack of gun control in the United States, but primarily to the general normalization of violence in American culture. Why does this ingrained acceptance of violence exist? Moore asserts that the United States has a history of justifying institutional violence, or the threat of it. This includes the near constant — since at least World War II — invasion or arming of foreign countries under a number
of different political guises as well as the violence inherent in our domestic criminal justice systems. The documentary also highlights the culture of fear which plagues the United States and convinces many American citizens of the unrealistic need to own guns for self-defense. Fear mongering can stem from a number of outlets, including media network’s obsession with crime or the political manipulation of statistics. The more recent documentary 13th also sheds light on this fact as it discusses the effect of the prisonindustrial complex and police brutality on the AfricanAmerican population. So, perhaps in addition to our debates on gun control, we should consider resolving our foreign military conflicts abroad, abolishing capital punishment and addressing the excessive actions of our police force in order to signify that we are not such a violent society. It seems like American artists have long addressed the culture of violence which exists in the United States. Following the world conflicts, authors like Vonnegut ’44 wrote dystopian
novels dealing with the havoc that battle wreaks on its victims and the absurdity of adapting to society after war. Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove (1964) brilliantly satirized ridiculous Cold War-era anxiety over Russian invasion and world destruction. With the development of hip-hop in the 1980s, black artists began to discuss the police brutality and gang violence they witnessed on daily basis. Artists have long warned us of these facts, but too often these viewpoints — especially those of Michael Moore — are labeled as radical and disregarded. Art can augment relevant debates in profound ways by making them more nuanced and inclusive. Whether art grounds itself in reality, like in Bowling for Columbine, or abstracts from it, like in Dr. Strangelove, it seeks some truth, to a certain degree. Rather than merely looking toward partisan rhetoric in these moments, we need to consider the messages artistic dissenters in order to gain further perspectives. Nick Swan is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at nswan@cornellsun.com. Swan’s Song runs alternate Thursdays this semester.
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very intelligent and ready to talk about things at a high level,” said senior wide receiver Demetrius Daltirus. “The openness to talk about things is always there on our team,” he continued. Even though the vast majority of Cornell football players never play after college, pro- “The openness to just express what you feel and be heard is great.” fessional football players are their role models, as they have been for many players Daltirus added that more could be done, and that, with issues as complex and difsince youth. ficult as police brutality in America, there is “so much to talk about and so much” on “I see myself in all of these African American athletes that are speaking up,” sopho- which to educate others. more safety Malik Leary told The Sun in an interview during the Arts Quad demonWhile some contemplate what they can do to join the stands professional athletes stration. “I find a little bit of me in each and every one of them. With them doing are taking, other players are just trying to focus on what they can control, like the that, I feel like it empowers me to do the same.” Red’s upcoming game. The NFL players who are taking part in the protests “are “I don’t really try to pay attention to that stuff,” senior “I see myself in all of these African speaking for us, so you have to feel honored that they are captain and linebacker Kurt Frimel, who is also a member doing something for you,” added sophomore linebacker American athletes that are speaking up. of Cornell’s ROTC program, said when asked about the Mo Bradford. “They are fighting for your freedoms and NFL protests “I just try to focus on what I can control and ... it empowers me to do the same.” your rights.” what I’m doing right now. That kind of stuff is way out of Cornell football players say that since Trump was electmy line of sight. I kind of let it happen out there.” Sophomore Safety Malik Leary ed, they discuss politics almost as frequently as things like Cornell football players hail from around the country, offensive and defensive schemes. from Florida to Washington. Differences in opinions are But if there are players who want to stage their own demonstration, they may find seemingly inevitable, but players say putting on the same jersey every gameday disit to be a difficult task: At home games in Schoellkopf, both teams take the field only solves many of their disagreements. after the national anthem is played. That tradition was on display on Saturday, when “You forget all of that when you are playing on a team,” Daltirus said. “That’s the members of the Big Red Marching Band took a knee while their colleagues played the power of sports. You have black players, Hispanic players — everyone has to come anthem and both the Cornell and Colgate teams remained in the locker rooms. together for one common goal at some point.” Instead, players look to elevate the dialogue amongst themselves, knowing that the “When it’s 11 guys on the field trying to come at your head,” Leary said, “brothers responsibility that comes with being an Ivy League athlete involves more than just become brothers really fast.” grinding in the weight room and taking the field once a week. “Obviously, you’re at an Ivy League institution, so you’re with students who are Zachary Silver can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com. Continued from page 16
Red Knows Importance of Contest Against Harvard Last year, the Red was undefeated when it took on the Crimson; this year, the team is looking for win one FOOTBALL
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kept my likely letter. [Junior quarterback Dalton] Banks turned down Harvard,” Archer said, highlighting the added excitement that comes with this rivalry matchup. Only this year, Cornell enters Harvard Week winless as opposed to undefeated. Despite that, “everybody’s still really excited to keep playing, and our motivation has never been higher,” said senior captain and safety Nick Gesualdi. “We’re not down at all. In the end we’re only 0-1 in the Ivy League and the Ivy League is turned upsidedown right now. So we still have all the confidence in the world moving forward that we have a good chance.” Looking for its first win of the season, the Red faces a tall task in Harvard, whose powerful offense has outscored opponents, 86-30, over its last two games. Running back Charlie Booker III leads the way with 281 rushing yards through three games and receiver Adam Scott has 152 yards through the air. The Red will also have to prepare for the Crimson’s dual-threat quarterback system, as Joe Viviano and Jake Smith see around equal game action. The Crimson is coming off a 41-2 shellacking of Georgetown last week and is 1-0 in the Ivy League after a win against Brown. Its only loss came in its season-opener — an upset loss to Rhode Island. “If you want to be involved in the Ivy League race in football, you have to beat Harvard. Period,” Archer said. “That’s the name of the game.” “It’s Harvard, they’re always solid,” Gesualdi added. “We’re excited to step up to the challenge.” Eleven turnovers, including nine interceptions from quarterback Dalton Banks, have plagued the Red’s first three games, impeding the success of an otherwise efficient offense. Especially with its credo of playing smart football, that does not fly at Cornell. “I have this sign about ‘take care of the ball’ all over the office, and we are last in the country in giveaways or whatever it is,” Archer said of his team’s turnover issues. “We have to take care of the ball and that’s a total organization approach. [We have] to make sure we are getting the thing we execute best rocking and rolling, making the great decisions and tucking it away when we have it.” After watching his offensive line struggle to protect Banks and open holes for tailbacks, Archer said he plans to shake things up against Harvard in an effort to “dictate what they’ll give us in certain formations that will make the decision making faster.” With that, the team will trot out its fourth offensive lineup in as many games, hoping to improve on its 17 sacks
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Oh my, O-Line | Cornell’s passing and rushing game have both been in decline compared to this point last season due in part to an inexperienced offensive line. The team will put out a different group of linemen this coming Saturday.
already allowed — 10 more than at this point in 2016. Banks, sacked nine times behind the porous line, threw four interceptions against Colgate last week. But he knows that in order to lower both those numbers, it is going to take a short memory. “I forced a few throws, I was quick on a few things. Overall, they’re fixable mistakes, nothing I’m worried about,” Banks said. “I can’t really think about them going forward. I just know I’ve got to make my reads and not force throws and we’ll be fine going forward. … That’s not really who we are as an offense so I think we’ll be just fine going forward.” Gesualdi and the Cornell defense are coming off a game where they held Colgate to 270 yards of total offense, the best mark the Red has put up since 2009. Cornell will need another lockdown defensive performance to slow down Harvard’s high-power offense, led by Booker, who has two touchdowns in each of his last two games. This weekend and going forward, Cornell’s offense
will be without a key player, freshman wide receiver Eric Gallman. The team leader in receptions who set a single-game freshman receiving record against Yale is out for the season with an ankle injury sustained in that game. Difficult as the first few weeks of the season have been, the Red does not doubt its ability to turn things around, especially given the familiarity of an 0-3 start from years past. “It’s a situation we’ve been in before. ... We’re not putting too much pressure on ourselves, we’re taking it one week at a time,” Gesualdi said. “It really helps that I can speak to the team and tell them that we’re only 0-1 in the Ivy League … it’s still anybody’s league, so we’re excited to keep going. There’s no loss in confidence at all.” The Red takes on Harvard at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Schoellkopf. Raphy Gendler can be reached at rgendler@cornellsun.com.
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Solidarity | Football head coach David Archer ’05 (right) and several members of his team were in attendance at the “Take a Knee” demonstration to combat local and national racism on the Arts Quad last Wednesday.
NFL Protests Hit Home for Members of Football Team By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Sports Editor
Like millions of football fans, Cornell football head coach David Archer ’05 watches hours of the sport on Sundays. But for him, the game on the television is almost exclusively tape from team’s matchup the previous day. Last Sunday, Sept. 24, was different. At a rally in Alabama two days before, President Donald Trump called on NFL owners to “get that son of a bitch off the field right now” in regards to players who kneel during the national anthem — a movement started by ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who said he wanted to draw attention to racial inequality and police brutality in the U.S. In response, at least some members of nearly all 30 NFL teams knelt during the national anthem the
following weekend of play, capturing the attention of Archer, who usually spends the weekend obsessing over his team’s play. Archer said that his Sept. 24, unlike most, was spent paying more attention to the NFL games because of the mass protests. “This one is hard not to see,” he said. “As much as you want to say we don’t do politics, it’s hard to not have something like that bleed over,” he said. And when hundreds of Cornell faculty, staff and students knelt last week in support of Kaepernick and against national and local racism, Archer and several football players took a knee as well to show their solidarity. For several players on the team, the recent protests, along with the backlash, hits home hard. See PROTESTS page 15
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Winless Red Welcomes Crimson Archer: ‘Have to beat Harvard’ to remain competitive in Ivy By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Staff Writer
Cornell football head coach David Archer ’05 really wants to beat Harvard — maybe too much. A season ago, a red-hot Cornell team was 3-0 heading into its game against the Crimson, which it then lost, 2913, on the road. Now, still searching for the win column for the first time in 2017, the Red is confident despite its disappointing start heading into this year’s matchup with the Crimson Saturday at Schoellkopf. “I want to win so freaking bad. I’m all about that every play at a time,” Archer said. “These guys will tell you that, [but] I want to win so bad, probably too much. It’s like, chill out, maybe go one play at a time, because if I start to think like that I won’t sleep.” This year, the Red will have some extra motivation. It looks to beat Harvard for the first time in
12 years; it’s still vying for the first win of the season; and it hopes to avenge last year’s loss now in the friendly confines of Schoellkopf. Cornell offensive coordinator Joe Villapiano, in his first year with the team, last served as a wide receivers coach at Harvard
for 12 years. Archer said Villapiano will be extra pumped for the matchup, but he is not alone in his personal pursuit to upend the Crimson. “I turned down Harvard, I still See FOOTBALL page 15
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All about the ball | Junior quarterback Dalton Banks has thrown nine interceptions so far this season. Limiting those againt Harvard will be key.
ith temperatures still relatively high in Ithaca, the Cornell men’s hockey season is sneaking up on students and townies. Cornell still has more than a week until its first exhibition, let alone regular season game, due to the Ivy League’s late start. However, many of Cornell’s ECAC opponents outside of the Ancient Eight played exhibitions or even regular season contests this past weekend, offering a first scouting opportunity ahead of the 2017-18 season. Let’s rank the ECAC contenders going into the season, judging each team’s strength off their losses to graduation,
tender Kyle Hayton, who transferred to Wisconsin, but the Saints will not go marching down the rankings right away because of his departure. St. Lawrence’s major rival, Clarkson, is well-positioned to climb one place and finish fifth this season. Some around the league say they could leapfrog St. Lawrence, but fifth is a more likely finish for the Golden Knights. Clarkson has a core of young forwards that are improving, and sophomore Jake Kielly had an impressive freshman season in net. For years, Princeton has been the perennial doormat of the ECAC. Last year, they
Kevin Linsey Odd-Man Rush incoming freshman class and likelihood of team improvement. Entering the season, most ECAC pundits agree that Harvard will claim the regular season title for the second year in a row. The defending regular season and postseason conference champions return some of the best players at each position in the ECAC, including forward Ryan Donato, defenseman Adam Fox and one of the stingiest goaltenders Merrick Madsen — all three of whom were selected to the preseason allconference team. The Crimson start off the season as the team to beat in the ECAC. Quinnipiac finished fifth last season, which would classify as a down year for the Bobcats. They should be back with a vengeance this year and should finish second. Quinnipiac brings in another talented freshman class, and their defense, led by Chase Priskie, and goaltending will be strengths. Cornell should repeat its third place finish. Despite significant losses to graduation and question marks at goalie, the Red returns a number of highscoring forwards and welcomes a strong freshman class. A strong start to the year for potential starting goalie Hayden Stewart will be important. St. Lawrence finished fourth last season, but many league commentators predict a fall in the rankings for the Saints. Mark Morris enters his second season as head coach in Canton, and the North Country squad still has talented contributors throughout the lineup. The big loss is goal-
shocked many, as a number of underclassmen stepped up on offense and the Tigers recorded some memorable wins, including sweeps of then No. 10 Bemidji State and then-No. 7 Quinnipiac. Eric Robinson, Ryan Kuffner and Max Veronneau return up front, but there are question marks in goal after Colton Phinney’s graduation. Still, the Tigers are capable of finishing sixth to record their best ECAC finish in recent memory. Union had the most severe losses to graduation and the NHL, as leading forwards Mike Vecchione and Spencer Foo, as well as goaltender Alex Sakellaropoulos, departed. Still, Jake Kupsky looks ready to start in net, and some contributors from last season will step up and score more goals. Dartmouth is poised to finish eighth and secure the last playoff place. Senior Devin Buffalo returns in goal, and Dartmouth has an underrated young core that will help them improve on last season’s ninthplace finish. Colgate will have a stronger season in their second year in its new Class of ’65 Arena than last year. They were a young team last year and have more experience this season, but Colton Point will have to step in and fill the skates of graduated goalie Charlie Finn. Just a few years back, Yale was one of the conference’s top teams. Forward Joe Snively is elite, but few other members of this Yale team look capable of See LINSEY page 13