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Pollack emphasizes excellence, integrity

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Martha E. Pollack, provost at University of Michigan, has been named Cornell’s 14th president.

Pollack will begin her term on April 17, 2017, following the termination of her term as provost on January 31, 2017.

The Board of Trustees unanimously elected Pollack Cornell’s second female president MOnday morning, according to Jan Rock Zubrow ’77, chair

of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees and of the Presidential Search Committee. Interim President Hunter Rawlings will continue to lead the University until April.

“We were looking for a bold strategic leader and someone who could really further the mission of the University and what really impressed us with Martha is that she has demonstrated those qualities at a really high quality institution at the University of Michigan,” Zubrow said.

As she introduced herself, Pollack spoke about the

importance of academia, emphasizing her belief that Cornell is “leading the way in how critical universities and their work are to the world today.”

“It is really just a privilege to be here today. I have spent almost my entire career in higher education and I am deeply committed to the notion that universities are second to none in effecting positive change in the world,” Pollack said. “And really nowhere is it more true than here at Cornell — a private uniSee POLLACK page 9

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Presidential pick | Martha E. Pollack (center) has been elected as Cornell’s 14th president, the Board of Trustees announced yesterday at a press conference in Myron Taylor Hall.

Sam Addresses LGBT Inclusion C.U.Republicans Within NFL Community To Host Santorum of spontaneity that would change his life.

“I stood up in front of my team and I said, ‘My name is Michael Sam, I’m from Michael Sam, the first openly gay Hitchcock, Texas, I’m majoring in sports NFL player, shared his journey as management and I am gay,’” Sam said. “This was the first time I was an LGBT profession- “This was the first time I truly myself and after that, my life changed.” al athlete, from his was truly myself and However, Sam said his troubling childhood to after that, my life journey began with a troua tumultuous football bled childhood, long career, at a lecture changed.” before his football career Monday.

Michael Sam kicked off.

The summer after “[My story] begins with his senior year at University of Missouri, Sam said he came my mom and my dad — they had eight kids out as gay to his teammates in a moment together and I fall seventh in that line,” he said. “When my oldest sister Chanelle was a CORINNE KENWOOD / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER baby, tragedy hit our family with her death.”

Bumpy road | Michael Sam spoke Before Sam was born, his oldest sister yesterday about his experience as the first drowned in an accident. When Sam turned

As Fall Speaker

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By STEPHANY KIM

Sun Staff Writer

openly gay NFL player in a lecture at Statler auditorium.

By STEPHANIE YAN Sun Assistant News Editor

Former Republican senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum will speak at Cornell on Nov. 30 as the Cornell Republicans’ fall speaker, according a release from the organization.

Santorum’s lecture will focus on SANTORUM the future of American politics, emphasizing the importance of the next four years, with Donald Trump as president, according to the release. “[Santorum] will draw from his experiences inside and outside of Washington to provide his unique perspective on American politics,” the release said.

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Islam in Asia: Diversity in Past and Present 8 a.m. - 2 a.m., Kroch Library Division of Asia Collections, Olin Library

Voices on Vietnam: H.E. Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Vietnam in the 21st Century 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Myanmar’s Political Transition: Looking Ahead 4:30 - 6 p.m., Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Visual Culture Colloquium: Queer Satire in 21st Century African-American Art 4:30 p.m., 142 Goldwin Smith Hall

Saving Our Cities: A Progressive Plan to Transform Urban America Talk 5 p.m., 157 East Sibley Hall

Transgender Day Of Remembrance of Vigil 7 - 9 p.m., Anabel Taylor Chapel

Granular Material in a Laboratory Earthquake System 4 p.m., 205 Thurston Hall

In Defense of Crazy Ideas Lecture 7 - 8 p.m., G10 Biotechnology

The State of Ethnic studies at C.U. 4:30 p.m., 120 Physical Sciences Building

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NEWS

IthacansVolunteer to Support Planned Parenthood

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Sun Staff Writer

Six days after an election that “sent a ripple through the community,” about 65 Ithacans filled tables, couches and any available floor space in the Ithaca Health Center — operated by Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes — to show their support for women’s reproductive rights.

Planned Parenthood volunteers said they were stunned by the online response to Monday’s volunteer night when they posted the event on Facebook shortly after Election Day. “We had a meeting this afternoon where we were like, ‘We’re going to stop posting this now,’” said Maureen Kelly, vice president for programming and communications, who worried that more people would attend than could fit in the building.

“We are totally overwhelmed and heartstruck,” she said. “Good people, good community and a really just wonderful moment to do this with folks.”

Kelly, who has been working for Planned Parenthood for 22 years, said the event was born of a “community need,” as people feared what a Donald Trump presidency would do for Planned Parenthood and abortion rights. Trump, in an interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday, said the judge he appoints to fill the current Supreme Court vacancy “will be pro-life.”

“There was a lot of outpouring to us, a lot of people calling us, emailing us, stopping by our health center saying, ‘What can we do? We’re scared,’” Kelly said.

Men, women and children colored paper birds and wrote messages encouraging lawmakers to repeal the

Hyde Amendment, which bars the use of some federal funds for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the mother. Attendees also penned letters to be included in care packages given to Planned Parenthood patients after abortions and other procedures. Kelly said these packages often include chocolates, tea and letters of support.

McKenzie Jones of Ithaca sat at one table, coloring birds with her two sons, Felix, 9, and Arlo, 5.

“I came because it feels like a really relevant time to show support for services that are at risk,” Jones said.

“Educating our youth on how to be respectful advocates for everybody is a huge part of the movement.”

On the back of one paper bird encouraging the repeal of the Hyde Amendment, Felix wrote, “Women are badass. This is coming from a boy and kid.”

Other Ithacans said they attended the event because it felt like a tangible way to demonstrate their resistance to the new president-elect.

“It feels like a way to do something active that’s positive,” said Erin Deneuville of Ithaca, before laughing and adding, “instead of crying in bed.”

Travis Grout, another Ithaca resident, said, “Frankly, it was the first time since the election that I actually had something practical to do.”

Planned Parenthood workers and volunteers attempted to channel this frustration by encouraging attendees to RSVP for the Day of Action in Albany on Jan. 30, when hundreds of supporters and staff plan to meet with state officials to lobby for family leave, access to contraception and other causes.

More than 400 people traveled to Albany last January, 150 of whom were from the Southern Finger

Lakes, according to Liz Gipson, director of public affairs at the regional Planned Parenthood.

“Even though we’re one of the smallest affiliates within the state, we had a huge turnout and we’re really hoping to continue that,” Gipson said.

“It feels like a way to do something active that’s positive ... instead of crying in bed.”

Erin Deneuville She added that supporters talking to elected officials one on one “is by far the most effective way to make sure you politicians listen to you and know what you care about.”

Gipson said Planned Parenthood expects “huge interest” in the Day of Action this year, and said prospective attendees should RSVP from the links on Ithaca’s regional Planned Parenthood Facebook or Twitter as soon as possible.

“Last year we almost hit the fire code with 400 [people] so we really want people to register as soon as possible,” she said.

Ryan Quinn ’18 said he attended the volunteer night to show support for women’s rights, as Trump “has made it abundantly clear he wants to repeal Roe v.

Wade,” the landmark Supreme Court case in 1973 that made it illegal for states to unilaterally outlaw abortion.

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Prof: Women Believe They Lack ‘Thick Enough Skin’ for Politics Says perceived differences in qualifications, rather than media sexism, drive gender gap in politics

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Bridging the gap | Prof. Jennifer Lawless, government, American University, explained the causes driving underrepresentation of women in politics at a lecture Monday.

By SABIRA MEHJABIN Sun Staff Writer

Women are underrepresented in politics because they are often hesitant to participate, not because the media is implicitly biased against female candidates, according to Prof. Jennifer Lawless, government, American University.

At a lecture Monday, Lawless assessed the role of sexism in the U.S. presidential and congressional races, sharing anecdotes about her own 17 month-long campaign for Rhode Island Congress.

“No matter where you look, most of the faces in U.S. politics are those of men,” she said.

She explained that this underrepresentation stems from situational and structural barriers facing women, in tandem with a gender gap in political ambition.

Women tend to avoid politically involved fields, such as law, business, education and political activism, and are therefore significantly less likely to run for office, she said.

“Women haven’t worked in the professions that lead to these posi-

tions,” Lawless said.

Lawless also sought to disprove beliefs that the media only portrays women in a sexist manner.

“It seems to us that it might be a little bit premature to assume that only women are getting superficial coverage,” she said. “It seems that over time, men have gotten to the point that they, too, have received commentary on their appearance.”

“Women were twice as likely to say they were not at all qualified to run for office.”

Prof. Jennifer Lawless Both men and women in politics are under constant scrutiny of their appearances — as demonstrated in the media frenzy over Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) camo shoes and Donald Trump’s hair — according to Lawless.

“A lot of the attention [Ernst received] had nothing to do with the content of [her] speech, it real-

ly had to do with the heels,” she said. “But the more we thought about it, the more we thought about men enduring a similar type of coverage.”

Lawless also discussed her book, Women on the Run: Gender, Media, and Political Campaigns in a Polarized Era, which analyzes the success of women running for office on the congressional level.

To gather information for the book, Lawless said she conducted national surveys of voters regarding the candidates running for office, concluding that sexism in politics is not what is obstructing women’s representation in Congress.

“There was very, very little evidence that there was explicit sexism on the campaign trail. There was very, very little evidence that there was implicit sexism on the campaign trail,” she said. “And — most surprisingly — there was no evidence that women and men run different kinds of campaigns.”

Lawless described how she gathered campaign ads and tweets, to discover that there were little to no difference between the issues addressed by female and male can-

didates.

“Both men and women focused a bulk of their time on the economy and social welfare,” she said. “In fact, none of these differences ever approaches any statistical significance.”

Using the same data, she also debunked the belief that women are portrayed differently than men in the media.

“Women are more likely than men to be covered and to be stereotyped as empathetic and as having a sense of integrity, whereas men are likely to be seen as strong and confident leaders,” she said.

“That has pretty much gone by the wayside as well.”

With all this evidence, she said that the information relayed by the media is not significantly skewed by sexism.

“The media coverage that the candidates receive pretty much reflects the campaign communication that the candidates send out,” she said.

The actual reason behind the

underrepresentation is the fact that women, unlike men, lack confidence and often believe they don’t have “thick enough skin” for politics, according to Lawless.

“On paper, you wouldn’t be able to tell [the male and female candidates] apart, but when we asked if they thought they were qualified for office, despite the fact that they have the same qualifications and the same credentials, they didn’t self-assess the same way,” she said.

Lawless added that “women were much more likely than men to say they didn’t have thick enough skin to run for office.”

“Men were about 50 percent more likely than women to selfassess that they were qualified.

Women were twice as likely to say they were not at all qualified to run for office,” she said. “Women thought they had to be twice as good to get half as far.”

Sabira Mehjabin can be reached at smehjabin@cornellsun.com.

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Santorum to Address Future of Republican Party SANTORUM

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Cornell Republicans Chair Olivia Corn ’19 emphasized that the club chose to bring Santorum to Cornell in order to give students a “social conservative’s” perspective on the 2016 election.

“After our endorsement of Gary Johnson and the election, we wanted to return the club’s focus back to representing the Republican Party and conservative thought,” Corn said. “We think that Rick Santorum would be the perfect person to do this.”

Austin McLaughlin ’18, Cornell Republicans executive director, added that Santorum — whose former con-

stituency in Pennsylvania swung toward Trump on election night — understands the importance of working class support to the Republican Party.

“We wanted to return the club’s focus back to representing the Republican Party.”

Olivia Corn ’19 “Because of his close connection to working class voters from his home state, I believe Santorum has one of the

best grasps among Republican leaders on the future of the party,” McLaughlin said.

He added that the politician exemplifies the Republican Party’s need to address internal ideological divides, saying Santorum, “as a proponent of free trade ... must reconcile with increasingly protectionist tendencies within the Republican Party.”

Santorum was elected to the House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania, in 1990. He successfully ran for senator in 1995 and served in that capacity until 2007.

The politician campaigned twice for the Republican presidential nomination — once in 2008, in when he finished

second to Mitt Romney, and again in 2016, quickly exiting the race after the Iowa caucuses to endorse Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). Following the suspension of Rubio’s campaign, Santorum shifted his support to Trump, according to The New York Times.

Santorum attended Pennsylvania State University, where he was chair of his university’s College Republicans chapter. He has also written several books on American politics and history.

The lecture will be held in Alice Statler Auditorium and is free and open to the public.

Stephanie Yan can be reached at syan@cornellsun.com.

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“One of the most pressing issues is preserving reproductive health access for women of all backgrounds, especially underserved communities, and I think Planned Parenthood is one of the best ways to do that,” Quinn said.

Ritza Francois, 23, an Ithaca resident who has volunteered at the health center for about a year, said she was thankful for the coalition of Ithacans who support Planned Parenthood.

“I think it feels good to know there are people around who care about these issues,” she said, adding that it is important for people to know that Planned Parenthood “is not just for women’s issues. It’s really important that people understand the value of this place for serving a variety of people.”

Others echoed praise for Planned Parenthood as an organization that provides a wide range of services to women and men. Kathryn Howlett, an Ithaca resident who said she has been supporting Planned Parenthood for 40 years, said the organization helped her have children.

“I feel safe abortion is very important, but it’s another part of Planned Parenthood that sometimes people are not aware of,” she said. “When I was married, I had difficulty conceiving and so I came to Planned Parenthood and I had two beautiful children because of Planned Parenthood.”

Kelly, the vice president of programming and communications, said she was overjoyed to see “human to human moments ... particularly in a moment where we’re going to be fighting more for folks.”

“This is what we do,” she added, pointing to the room buzzing with supporters. “This is what we do.”

Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs can be reached at nickbogel@gmail.com.

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Speaker Describes Being Gay in‘Dirty Business’of Football

Says he was cut from multiple teams, shortened career after publicizing sexual orientation SAM

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five years old, another tragedy struck his family again when his second oldest brother was fatally shot.

“You know we were a broken family when Chanelle died, but when Russell died, it didn’t seem normal around the house,” Sam said.

Just three years later, Sam’s second oldest brother went missing and was pronounced dead two years afterward. After enduring this series of misfortunes in his family, Sam’s childhood was marked by abuse from his two older brothers who were involved with drugs and gang violence.

“I lived a life of fear, me and my sisters and my mom did,” Sam said.

“My brothers were very abusive to me in more ways than you can imagine.”

However, when Sam started junior high school, football changed his life for the better.

“When I got to junior high, the coaches asked me if I wanted to play football,” Sam said. “Sports changed everything. Without football, I wouldn’t be here right now.”

In high school, Sam’s talent made him stand out; he joined the varsity team as a freshman. Before long, he was being recruited by college football teams across the nation.

“I never even dreamed about college until my sophomore year, when I got my first college letter from Oklahoma State,” Sam said.

“I had to do a 180 degree turn [with my grades] because now college was a possibility. I could be the first one to go to college in my family.”

According to Sam, it was at this point in his life that he began exploring and discovering his sexuality. When Sam attended the St. Louis pride day as a college football player, he said he “felt like it was the first time [he] belonged here,” and when he gained the courage to come out to his teammates.

“After I came out to my team, my life changed,” Sam said. “We were no longer teammates, we were brothers.”

However, not everything worked out as well as it did with his college football team after he graduated as All-American, SEC player of the year.

“My agency went the extra mile and hired me a gay activist as my publicist,” Sam said. “In hindsight, it was probably the wrong decision because my publicist wanted me to come out publically. The only reason I agreed to that was because I honestly believed that it would blow over after two weeks. Boy, was a I wrong.”

After his public announcement, Sam said he was flooded with thousands of emails within 24 hours from all over the world, and he made the mistake of reading them right before his NFL Scouting

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“When I started reading some stuff, it affected me mentally. I had a terrible performance,” Sam said.

“They always went back to that performance throughout my NFL career.”

Despite his “terrible performance,” Sam was still drafted by the St. Louis Rams, but he said his success was quickly shortchanged by his LGBT status. A year later, Sam was cut from the Rams and recruited by the Dallas Cowboys, where he was cut again after another year.

“[Being gay] may affect your peace,” Sam said. “I’m actually with his father, who had abanability of playing,” Sam said. “I was starting a spiritual journey. I went doned him in his childhood, and the top prospect and should have back to Houston and I went to my his brothers, who had tormented probably been in the first round of mom’s congregation. During that his childhood. Finally, Sam said he draft, but now I’m not has forgiven himself and is even in the league. “I was the top prospect and should have working as a public [Football] is a dirty busiactivist for LGBT rights ness and there are a lot of probably been in the first round of draft, and anti-bullying cambackroom deals.” paigns. but now I’m not even in the league.”

Following his short“Being gay does not lived career in the define me,” Sam said.

Michael Sam Canadian Football “What defines me is my League, Sam said he characteristics.” turned away from football as his talk, the preacher started talking So Hyung Kim can be reached at career path. about forgiveness.”

“After this summer, I made Since then, Sam has made peace sohyungkim@cornellsun.com.

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Letter to the Editor

The tears I shed allow me to debate To the Editor: Amidst all the criticism of elite university students being fragile liberals, a letter to the editor was submitted to The Sun, which claims that students who were hurt to the point of tears ought not to be taken seriously. Frankly, after reading that letter I was painfully frustrated with the notion that students who cried were simply stubborn, disappointed toddlers.

While I cannot speak for the students who organized the Ho Plaza “Cry-In,” I can speak for myself. I was utterly devastated by Donald Trump’s victory.

So I, too, have a confession: I’m an undocumented student with DACA and I cannot vote.

I spend plenty of time protesting, writing letters to the editor, writing to legislators and engaging in political debates. I can qualify my understanding of many policy issues with seven years on my high school and university Speech and Debate teams. I have been forced to argue policy issues from both conservative and liberal sides. Yet, in the moments after Donald Trump was declared the president-elect, I was curled up in the fetal position under a blanket, crying. I am not weak or incompetent because of my tears; I am simply a person trying to live my life and have a future, and now that seems impossibly difficult for me to accomplish.

At the crux of the author’s argument is the misunderstanding that this is simply a “disappointment” for people. Unfortunately, this is not just a “disappointment.”

This is a threat to my safety and my way of life. I urge you to consider the very real consequences this election has on millions of people. A robust policy debate will not keep me from being stripped of my permit to work and from being deported.

I am allowed to shed as many tears as I need to. I am allowed to admit that I am vulnerable. And I am allowed to engage in self-care in whatever way I please However, if this alumna does not want to consider the possibility that for many of us who are marginalized and dehumanized by Donald Trump’s agenda, his victory is one that threatens our life, then I would like to engage in a pure “policy debate” of my own.

The author claims that events like the “Cry-In” are a misuse of student money.

The sponsoring organization, Planned Parenthood Generation Action is funded in part through the Student Activities Funding Commission, which has its money allocated to it by the Student Assembly Appropriations Committee, which allocates money from each student’s contribution. You might have noticed through a bit of research that the SAFC doesn’t just fund left wing organizations. The Cornell Republicans are also funded through SAFC, and while I may strongly dislike many of their activities, I do not write letters to the editor every time I see that they’ve used my money to take part in an activity I simply disagree with. In fact, the Cornell Republicans are current allotted more than five times the amount of SAFC money that Planned Parenthood Generation Action receives. Moreover, the hot chocolate being distributed was likely not funded through student activity fee money, given that according to the SAFC guidelines, food and drinks are not reimbursed through SAFC budgets.

There is no preferential treatment in terms of funding occurring here, and the argument that student money is being misused simply sounds like what the author accuses liberals of doing: refusing folks right to express themselves simply because they disagree with them.

If you would like to discount my argument because I have shed a few tears, consider that, prior to writing this letter, I actually Googled the funding sources which you critiqued, and engaged with factual information. I am allowed to engage in a debate, but I am also very well within my right to cry about whatever I please, wherever I please, especially if my safety is concerned in the matter.

Julia Montejo ’17

To the Editor: There is a dreadful atmosphere here. One of my professors said he hasn’t seen the student body this disheartened since 9/11. Though I am sure that when Obama got elected in 2008, the same ambiance prevailed on university campuses in Texas. This is democracy and we need to accept it, live with it. We reap what we sow, after all. The elites of the east and west coast have their share of responsibilities in the current division of the country.

Fundamentally, 25 percent of Americans that start high school do not graduate, and 43 percent of students who start college will not graduate in six years. The lack of education too often plays a major role in explaining the rise to power of populist and fascist figures.

Here, the privileged are furious and swear they are going to leave the country, whereas minorities are scared and feel more marginalized than ever. A good friend of mine left for the city this weekend to meet with the comrades, and is uncertain about coming back next semester. While some protest, others organize, all feeding off of hatred for Trump supporters (and going as far as blaming third party and abstained voters), claiming they don’t represent America. But, I ask myself, don’t they capture America’s heartland at its deepest? Racism, sexism, xenophobia and homophobia are not new threats to the country. In fact, these forms of discrimination have been prevailing in our modern society, only now they will explicitly form part of the political agenda. The elites have lived in a bubble for way too long, and this latter was doomed to explode.

Maybe this is a long overdue wake up call. After all, Trump got elected president of the country that sends its wheat surplus as food aid to third world countries only to prevent the wheat prices to drop internally. Trump got elected president of the country that names itself world promoter of peace and democracy, but finances and arms rebel groups in strategic locations to purposefully generate instability and take control of the region’s resources. Trump got elected president of the country that allows civilians to carry guns, when the proper use of guns by police officers hasn’t even been established yet. According to ONE, this is the country that wastes about 141 trillion calories worth of food every day, which adds up to about $165 billion per year, the equivalent of 4 times the amount of food Africa imports each year. What Trump preaches, from this perspective, is not unrepresentative of the realities of this country.

I fear for France in May 2017, and every other election to come. I fear for our Earth that simply cannot wait four more years. I fear for the vulnerable whose security has been once again severely compromised. But above all, I fear for humankind who does not seem to be able to learn from the past, dangerously getting closer to an apocalypse, or a flood, such as depicted in William Etty’s painting The World Before the Flood.

Similarly to what I shared with you after the Charlie’s attacks, I maintain that hatred and violence only contribute to the difficulty of our times. Rather, we have to continue to learn and educate. We need to reconnect with mother-nature. We must reconsider the way we spend our days, reinvent the way we as a society consume. Let us rely on each other, help and support one another, and spread love all around us. It is up to our generation to change the system we strongly disagree with. Together, we have the power to shape the world we want to live in. We shall peacefully unite, organize, impact. There comes a time where each of us has to choose between what is easy and what is right. This time is now.

Claire Hourticq ’17

Letter to the Editor

A letter to students about the election To the Editor: At the height of the Cold War, when the U.S. and U.S.S.R. were competing in the development and testing of nuclear bombs, an Australian doctor named Helen Caldicott came to the United States. An expert in children’s cancers, she had taken leave of her profession to give three years of her life to raising awareness and urging people to stand up and speak out in opposition to further production and testing, which were both sending strontium 90 into the food chain and increasing the chance of a nuclear war. As she explained to audiences: “When I first grasped what a nuclear war would mean, I felt overwhelming grief. Then that grief turned to anger — anger at the “them” who were doing this to our planet. And then I turned my anger into energy; I determined that I would do all in my power to end the danger of nuclear war. And then, I looked around to see who would work with me.”

In their grief over this election, some college communities are calling for symbolic expression, such as the American flag to be taken down or lowered to half mast. I am reminded of the young Vietnam Veterans who climbed to the top of the Statue of Liberty and unfurled a gigantic flag — upside down in the international signal of distress. But they didn’t stop with a gesture. They organized a massive rally in Washington, D.C., where veterans tossed their medals of the steps of the Capitol, and they fanned across the United States to march through towns and perform guerilla theater to simulate the experience of war. Students on college campuses responded.

When we returned to Cornell in 1970 for our 10th reunion, we were met by graduate students who passed out literature and offered teach-ins on the war. That summer, Cornell opened a lobbying office in DC, where people interested in lobbying could find out where their Senators and Congressmen stood, and after their meetings with their Representatives, return to file a report for others to use.

You are now faced with a challenge perhaps greater than those students faced in the 70s and 80s — that of climate change caused by the warming of the planet. And we have a President-elect who not only thinks climate change is a hoax and plans to strike down the advances the President has made against it, but also intends to appoint Supreme Court Justices and Federal judges who may curb our right to speak in opposition. Your first reaction was grief, as it was for millions of us Americans. And we now see that grief turning into anger in the streets and on campuses across the land. You — we all — have a choice. We can withdraw into our anger, or we can convert that anger into energy and act. You young people have power. You also have tools that the college students in the Anti-Vietnam War and the Anti-nuclear movements did not. You have the tools of the internet and social media which can connect you with students on other college campuses almost instantaneously. You can build a movement of tsunami proportions which will force politicians to listen to the generation that could easily vote them out of office in three years.

So this old Cornell grad is calling upon you to use those tools to lead us into a new age of empowerment of the people. Commit your intelligence, your energy, your skills into using those tools to build a movement that is directed toward a positive goal — a movement that calls upon us to protect the rights we won in the past and to build a safer, healthier and more just world for the future.

Cynthia Loring MacBain ’60

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Alex Davies | Have I Got News For You?

Trump and the Fading of a Cultural Archetype B

efore Tuesday night I had expected the gnashing teeth of a poll-drowned American electorate to soon take my most ugly of muses. The moment when the Trump well would run dry was close at hand. Alas, it was not to be. The Donald shall be enthroned in the seat of power, like a lascivious Jabba the Hutt, for a period of no less than four years (barring impeachment or some act by the “Second Amendment people”). America will replace its first black president with the orange zealot who built his political career on questioning his predecessor’s citizenship. Still, at least one can take heart in the power dynamic between the two — in a particularly satisfying photograph, Trump was unable to meet Obama’s eyes as they shook hands in the White House.

But first, a brief autopsy of the Clinton campaign’s corpse.

Why did the first female major party nominee lose to the most famous sexual predator in the country? (Sorry, most famous alleged sexual predator. We wouldn’t want to be libellous in Trump’s America, now would we?) Clinton’s downfall, briefly: complacency, misogyny and James Comey. Clinton played for states like Arizona and Georgia — normally beyond Democrats’ grasp but seemingly on the table this year — while neglecting her “blue wall” states, most significantly Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. A vehement distrust of such a “nasty woman” among many on the losing side of America’s culture wars stimulated Trump’s base to turn out. And the FBI director’s letter, which lacked anything more than a thread of legal implication, was spun into a political silver bullet that saw victory snatch Trump from the jaws of defeat.

But enough. In the words of our new Leader, now is the “time to bind the wounds of division.” Doesn’t that just sound wonderfully 1930s, my dear reader? Trump’s words imply that there will be no healing, only a constriction, the fastening of a tourniquet to choke off the blood rushing out. The myriad components of America – racial, economic, cultural — will be trussed and lashed to the axe of Donald Trump, dull in mind but crushing in might, like 50 rods into a fasces. “Believe me.”

If Trump were a little more eloquent, his first presidential tweet, responding to widespread protests against his victory

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ast Tuesday, Americans across the country went to the polls and voted for the candidate they felt most deserved to be president of the United States. By a stillgrowing margin, they chose former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, but the reality is that it will be Donald Trump, and not Hillary Clinton, entering the White House in January.

There will be a lot at stake these next four years. Power is in the hands of those who seek to unravel all of the progress we have made since President Obama took office.

The Affordable Care Act, Dodd Frank financial regulation, climate change accords, the Iran deal and much more hang in the balance, and already Republican congressmen and senators are salivating over the thought of rolling back the products of the last eight years.

It is a common refrain that Congress will prevent President Trump from causing too much damage, but I seriously doubt that the congressmen who were so reticent to rebuke Trump on the basis of his many character and policy flaws during the primary and general elections will be more proactive when he takes office. Speaker Ryan, perhaps the only Republican with the stature and platform to speak out against the president-elect, has shown an inability to take meaningful action against Trump even while acknowledging his “textbook” racist tendencies. It is my hope that if Donald Trump attempts to enact his misguided policy proposals, Ryan and the Republicans will stand up to him, but I am skeptical that Trump’s enablers will, moving forward, do anything but enable.

My peers and I are lucky to have come of age during the administration of such an upstanding man as our current president, Barack Obama. Though he is not perfect, I have always been proud to call Obama my president, and I have never doubted that he has the best interests of the country in mind.

I want to feel the same way about our president-elect — I really do. I want to be proud of the decisions my country makes and I want to live my life knowing that my government is looking out for the people.

Donald Trump ran a thin-skinned campaign fueled by vilification of the “other” punctuated by fits of his own insecurity; I have seen little indication his administration will act any differently.

I will never root against the success of

and reminding us of just how petty he is, would have read something like the following: “America is weakened by these backstabbing elements, diese Novemberverbrecher, protesting my victory. I alone can fix it.”

“But Alex,” you protest, “you’re just one of those young whippersnappers who barely knows the world, arrogantly wielding naught but a liberal arts education and a penchant for heavy-handed political metaphor.” To which I reply yes, I am that, but I must retort that we had better consider the possibilities of what Trump might do, however unlikely they may seem in this moment. Will Congress check his legislative agenda? Maybe, if GOP factions realise that it is in their interest to balance against the Trumpites. Will the courts strike down unconstitutional actions? Probably, but only after damage has occurred. And the Tweet Commander-in-Chief has sufficient latitude in areas like foreign policy to do quite terrible things without infringing upon the US Constitution. Blue jeans won America the Cold War. Maybe things a “hell of a lot worse than waterboarding” can win the war against bad hombres and the en vogue crusade against political correctness.

Likely the best check on Trump will be a commitment by the political elite, both Democrats and Republicans, to reintegrate his supporters and offer them a better way. However much I may attack Trump in this column, however vehemently you and I may oppose what Trump stands for, America must understand and address the sentiments that tilled the fields for his success (though I’m a columnist, so solutions aren’t really in my playbook).

Much has been written about the economic trends and social changes that slowly boiled the frog in the American cauldron. Equally important has been the blue-collar worker’s fall from cultural primacy. The 20th century was the era of the everyman, both in the capitalist West and the communist Soviet Union. The assembly line American economy instilled a national pride in the daily efforts of the little people. The Soviet Union, with its pantheon of Stakhanovs and Gagarins, was even more explicit in its glorification of the worker and his hammer and sickle. Trump, with all his

tantrums about “draining the swamp” and systematically decimating the bourgeois classes (did I tweet that? Or just think it?), promises a return to an everyman ideal enforced by a strong, paternalist figure à la Iosef Vissarianovich (to think, how far Man has progressed. In year 2016 oddly youthful hairpiece, tanning like teenage girl and mole-pink eyes are new totalitarian moustache!).

Now, our culture, in this celebrity century, prizes individualistic success. The West’s deindustrialisation has removed careers that allowed ordinary citizens to take pride in producing tangible goods. As unfulfilling service sector jobs comprise a growing proportion of blue-collar employment, Americans’ chances of attaining a career from which they can derive significant meaning are increasingly dependent on intelligence and a privileged upbringing. “Make America Great Again” evokes a nostalgia for “Made in the USA.” Trump’s sales pitch is a lie but the picture he paints of America is many people’s truth in the interior. After all, not all steel will rust.

It seems we have the diagnosis but the cure may yet prove elusive (what’d I say about columnists and solutions?). Though I can offer some bittersweet light at the end of the tunnel. As if in despair at Trump’s victory, the world lost Leonard Cohen this week. When I was young, before I developed any trace of arrogance in my thinking, my father would often play Cohen’s music. The lyrics of “Suzanne” — her tea and oranges, her mystical, melodious beauty — were engraved in a small corner of my mind long before I could appreciate their depth and grace.

Now I know, perhaps arrogantly, that Cohen’s words and music remind us that our lives do, must and will encompass things of greater importance and sincerity than politics. When our public life becomes riven with lies we must seek truths from elsewhere. It is men like Leonard Cohen who, in his words, show us “where to look among the garbage and the flowers.” But I’m just a whippersnapper, so what do I know?

Alex Davies is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at ajd253@cornell.edu. Have I Got News For You? appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

Jacob Rubashkin | The Jacobin

What Now? America or her people. I hope to be wrong about the man, and so I challenge President Trump, as should we all, to serve with integrity and with a deep appreciation for the power he will wield. I hope that he puts the interests of the people before any outstanding personal conflicts, of which he has many.

I hope that in four years every American, no matter their race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, creed or color, will be better off than they are now. The rhetoric employed by Trump over the course of this campaign makes that hard to believe, but I still hope that the office changes him and makes him into a better man, a president for all Americans.

That doesn’t mean we should hold him to lower standards. During this election it was too common to see the media holding the bar at a subterranean level for candidate Trump. They were awestruck when he successfully used a TelePrompTer; they oohed and ahhed when he didn’t break down in tears on the debate stage. We must do better than that: we must expect from President Trump and his Republican Congress nothing less than the most presidential of behavior, nothing less than the dignity and competence we need from our leaders. He ran and won on his status as a political novice — if and when it becomes apparent that such ignorance in the ways of governing is a liability and not an asset, he does not deserve, and should not expect, sympathy from the people.

In 2008, Barack Obama gave Americans hope. Many have since seen that feeling diminished or supplanted by fear and anger and desperation, but we must remain hopeful nevertheless. This battle has been lost, but the war for our nation’s future has just begun, and each of us has a part to play in the coming conflict.

We cannot let the Republicans roll back Obama’s legacy. That is the number one priority of Americans starting in January of 2017. Minority Leader Schumer must do his part in protecting the ACA, Dodd-Frank, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau

and everything else we have worked so hard for. If that requires the filibuster, then so be it. The Republicans have used the parliamentary technique to block progress for the past six years — now it is incumbent upon the Democrats to use it to protect what progress we have already made. This is not obstruction; this is a principled defense against what can only be described as short-sighted, reactionary, and self destructive behavior.

The same goes for Supreme Court nominees. Democratic senators cannot let Trump run roughshod over the Court as it stands today. The potential results would be disastrous — a rollback of Roe v. Wade would only be the beginning. Trump has long sought to “loosen the libel laws”, and may seek to appoint justices who will ravage the civil rights and liberties of everyday Americans and our institutions. If President Trump nominates a reactionary judge who will work to claw back the freedoms affirmed by the court over the past century, we must give the Republicans a taste of their own medicine and block him or her until their name is withdrawn and replaced with a suitable nominee. After a year of filibustering an eminently qualified judge for no purpose other than the political, the Republicans have no moral high ground on which to stand regarding this issue.

The battlefield is so much wider than just the United States Senate; indeed, all of us must play our part. Each individual can find the way to maximize their effect: if you have financial resources, make sure that the American Civil Liberties Union is ready to fight, ensure that Planned Parenthood has the funds to provide necessary services, and donate to the campaigns of progressives across the country in the anticipation of the 2018 midterms.

If you have the time and ability, speak with your feet: attend demonstrations, march on The Mall and show politicians that the people will not sit quietly while Washington foists regressive policies upon them. Volunteer at advocacy groups for women, for minorities, for the disadvantaged

in society. Inundate the offices of your representatives and senators with phone calls and direct mail.

It isn’t going to be easy. Trump’s policies, and the policies of the Republican Party writ large, will have an immediate effect on the underrepresented and most vulnerable in our society, both directly and indirectly. The hate and fear legitimized by his campaign has and will continue to manifest itself in harmful behaviors of a section of the population.

People of color and other minorities have seen this change in climate for months, and it will only get worse; even I, as a white man, have become acutely aware, from the venom I read on Twitter and the swastikas that appeared on the walls of my middle school last week, that my Jewish faith makes me the enemy in the eyes of far too many in this country.

We must all do our part to call out this newly invigorated hate when we see it. The vast majority of Americans are not hateful people, but we are also not always the most vocal, either. That must change, because we cannot allow the normalization of such vitriolic, hateful negative. To counter hate, we must respond twice as loudly with love. That means confronting the man who you’ve just seen tell a lady in a hijab that she’s not welcome here anymore, or a woman who yells at a Latino that they’d better enjoy the time they have left before Trump deports them. It may be uncomfortable, but doing the right thing is rarely enjoyable.

There is much work to be done, and the harder we push against the fear intrinsic to the incoming administration, the harder still they will try to divide us. We cannot let that happen. Too much is at stake to spend our time fighting amongst ourselves. We must present a unified front to the Trump administration; otherwise the Republicans will seize on our turmoil and push through the most reactionary agenda in a generation, a series of policies that will only hurt the most vulnerable. Whatever our path forward is, we must go at it as one. Now, more than ever, the words of Benjamin Franklin ring true: “we must all hang together, or most assuredly, we will all hang separately.”

Onwards.

Jacob Rubashkin is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He may be reached at jrubashkin@cornellsun.com.

The Jacobin appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Engineering World Health

ENGINEERING WORLD HEALTH 1.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JUSTIN SELIG

Engineering, Entrepreneurship and Global Health: Not Your Everyday Project Team

By JHEEL SHAH Sun Staff Writer

Jaundice-therapy incubators, water-quality testing devices, and vaccine fridges – this team is merging “entrepreneurial scrappiness” and engineering creativity with a global health outlook. In their own words, Cornell Engineering World Health is a group of dynamic and diverse students who work “to provide creative solutions to health care problems in developing countries.” The team, led by co-presidents Kate Schole ’17 and Justin Selig ’17 , shows initiative and passion for its work and impact on society.

As I talk to the co-presidents about their current projects, their excitement is palpable. Schole, a senior majoring in biomedical engineering, explains that the team’s recently acquired project is a device to separate mycotoxin-infected corn kernels from otherwise usable corn. They plan on making an inexpensive, efficient and creative method of doing so, which would be important to communities with low food PHOTO COURTESY OF JUSTIN SELIG

availability, such as in Kenya, where they plan on implementing this device.

Schole described this project, like others, as an immensely enriching experience.

“You really learn how to learn, and you learn how to make decisions and adjust and if something goes wrong, you have to figure out what the next step is,”

“I really value the fact that we are a service minded team that is focused on making an impact on communities. Our first priority is to find the needs of developing communities and find engineering solutions towards solving problems.”

Samir Durvasula’17 she said.

For Selig, EWH provides an opportunity to combine his passion for hands-on engineering and management of ideas. One such project is a jaundice-therapy apparatus, which aims at providing phototherapy to diseased babies.

Jaundice causes yellowing of the skin and eyes due to excess of a yellowing pigment, bilirubin. The incubator would be built to shine blue light onto the baby to reduce the amount of bilirubin in the blood. While phototherapy is a common treatment for neonatal jaundice, their vision is to make the incubator portable as well as culturally acceptable in rural communities.

Hard at work | (1.) Team members pose for a group 2.

photo. (2.) Team members stand in Pallapatla, where the team plans to implement the water quality control system.

Furthermore, team members are working on building a water-quality monitoring device, to be attached on wells to test pH, conductivity, temperature and other characteristics. In order to assess the site and logistics, two of their team members traveled to the Pallapatla in rural India this October, where they are working with a non-profit, Forefront.

“We really wanted to transition into the phase where we were working with actual doctors, nurses,” Selig said. “People in these developing regions who could provide insight and give feedback on devices that we were developing so that we can hand them a prototype that was actually workable.”

Cornell EWH has also volunteered with an international community development non-profit, MEDLIFE. Members have traveled to Lima, Peru, to work with medical brigades and gain perspective on health care needs of people in developing regions.

Samir Durvasula ’17, electrical team lead, who has worked with Cornell EWH on water-quality device and jaundice-therapy projects, emphasizes the importance of the social aspects of the project team.

“I really value the fact that we are a service minded team that is focused on making an impact in communities,” Durvasula said. “Our first priority is to find the needs of developing communities and find engineering solutions towards finding problems.

The team’s dynamism is reflected in its attempt to understand real global health problems, along with trying out new projects every year. As Durvasula points out “the learning never stops”.

“I very much enjoy the fact that we have a different projects every year. Because each project has its own challenges, we are always learning new concepts and ideas,” he said.

The team’s incredible commitment to societal impact and interdisciplinary learning is reflected in its team members. Rohit Jha ’17, the business team lead, describes the team as a representation of diversity of personalities and academic backgrounds.

“This team has an HADM major, an AEM major, and a Global Health major along with engineers from different backgrounds,” Jha said. “Whenever I need help or want to have a casual conversation about life or just want to be goofy, I can always rely on someone from my project team.”

Indeed, the team’s combination of talent and curiosity and the alignment of different passions towards a common interest is representative of their interdisciplinary work and the key to their success.

Jheel Shah can be reached at jheelshah@gmail.com.

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PRESIDENT-ELECT MARTHA E. POLLACK

Administrators: Pollack Is‘Proven Leader’ POLLACK

extraordinary institution, one that University of Michigan, she was a mem- Grocery, expand graduate housing and embraces both the creation of knowledge ber of the Steering committee for the defend freedom of speech on campus in and the value of putting that knowledge Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, which addition to her historic status as the versity with a public mission.” to use in positively impacting society,” is a partnership between Cornell and the University’s first female president. Yet, In response to a question about her reads Pollack’s email.

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology she was also the source of criticism, drawpolicy goals as president, Pollack touched She also praised Rawlings as a at Cornell Tech. Speaking about Cornell’s ing criticism from alumni and students on improving the University with a focus “remarkable leader” and said they met New York and Ithaca campuses, Pollack for establishing the College of Business on innovation and quality. earlier today to discuss the said, “It’s also an incredibly exciting time and suggesting that she might stall “Appreciation for transition between their in Cornell’s history as its campuses which President Emeritus David Skorton’s 2035 “I very much value integrity, that’s my first priso complement each other are poised to carbon neutrality goal. presidencies. diversity and ority,” Pollack said. “I value Garrett’s death drew widespread grief Acknowledging that the become increasingly interconnected.” accepting quality, I think it’s really Prior to joining the University of and sadness across campus. Thousands official start of her term is essential that Cornell conseveral months away, Michigan, Pollack was a professor at the honored the president at several memoridifferences is tinue to be on of the Pollack said she will make University of Pittsburgh. She received her als and vigils on campus, both from absolutely world’s strongest commuseveral visits to Ithaca and bachelor’s from Dartmouth College in around Ithaca and across New York state. essential.” nities … I very much value “She was the quintessential CorNew York before her presi- 1979 and a M.S.E and Ph.D. from the innovation and adaptabilidency begins. “I can’t wait University of Pennsylvania in computer nellian,” wrote Chairman of the Board of Martha E. Pollack ty, the world is changing Trustees Robert Harrison ’76 in to get started!” she wrote, and information science. quickly … [I have an] Her husband, Ken Gottschlich, will announcing her death. “She will leave a at the end of her email. enormous commitment to diversity.”

Pollack was appointed provost at the join her in Ithaca with a faculty appoint- lasting legacy on our beloved institution Pollack further elaborated on the University of Michigan in 2013, where ment at Cornell. and will be terribly missed.” importance of diversity for students, the she is also a professor of computer science Rawlings praised the search commitAfter Provost Michael Kotlikoff served University and the future of the country. and engineering in the College of tee’s selection, saying he was confident as Cornell’s acting president for several “I think that appreciation for diversity Engineering. She joked that when she that Pollack will be able to continue his months, the Board of Trustees tapped and celebrating differPresident Emeritus Hunences is absolutely ter Rawlings III on essential to today’s March 24 to step in as world,” Pollack said. the University’s interim “Our students are going president for the second to graduate into a very time in his career. diverse world, and if As the 10th president they are not able to of the University, Rawlwork across different ings’ first round leading perspectives, then I fear Cornell’s lasted from for the future of this 1995 to 2003. He becountry and the world.” came interim president In an email to the for the first time in Cornell community 2005, after the resignatoday, Chairman of the tion of President EmerBoard of Trustees itus Jeffrey Lehman ’77.

Robert Harrison ’76, Leaving his job as lauded the search comthe president of the mittee for its “fabulous Association of Amerjob” in selecting the ican Universities to University’s next presiassume his current role, dent, calling Pollack a Rawlings has been “proven leader and working to connect scholar.”

Cornell different camGretchen Ritter ’83, puses in his vision of the dean of Arts and “One Cornell.” He has Sciences, offered similar highlighted the Univerpraise of Pollack in an sity’s unique circumemail to students, faculstances as an institution ty, and staff this afterwith both upstate and noon. Ritter said that downstate locations in she was encouraged that his effort to bridge Pollack, who completed divides within the state. a self-designed interdisRawlings has said ciplinary major in linthat Cornell’s next presguistics during her ident should have good undergraduate years at judgement, be able to Dartmouth, presented a work well with a variety CAMERON POLLACK / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR “global humanistic outof constituents and be a Provost to president | Cornell President-elect Martha Pollack said Monday that she will prioritize the University’s diversity good scholar and leader. look.”

Pollack’s commit- and further endeavors to connect its upstate and downstate campuses.

Without some of these ments to integrity and attributes, he said it free speech were particularly compelling joined the faculty in 2000, “There were priority of uniting Cornell’s upstate and may be difficult for the new leader to be for Ritter, who said that these values are more professors named Igor than female downstate campuses to form “One able to gain the respect of the faculty. “incontrovertible” to the College of Arts professors.”

The characteristics that Rawlings Cornell.” and Sciences.

“As president of the Association of highlighted were largely echoed at a At Michigan, she also served as the “At this time, as our nation grapples university’s chief academic officer and American Universities, I had an opportu- forum in May, in which Chair of the with an ideological divide and uncertain chief budget officer. Pollack will receive nity to work with Martha,” Presidential Search Comchange at the highest levels of our federal tenured appointments in the computer he told the University. “She “I think it’s really mittee Jan Rock Zubrow government, I find it particularly impor- science and information science depart- will be a great president, ’77 and other members of integral that tant to reaffirm such values,” Ritter wrote ments when she arrives at Cornell, and her hands-on knowlthe search committee in her email. “At lunch today, president- according to the University. edge of Cornell Tech will Cornell continue to received input from Corelect Pollack emphasized the point again, nellians in an effort to make Much of Pollack’s research has been help to solidify the growing be one of the saying ‘We will honor and support the on artifical intelligence, including “auto- collaborations and synerthe search process more right of people from all backgrounds and mated planning, natural-language pro- gies among Cornell’s world’s strongest inclusive. perspectives to be here at Cornell. I hope cessing, temporal reasoning and con- upstate and downstate At the forum, faculty communities.” you will all join me in recommitting our- straint satisfaction,” according to the campuses. I look forward and students said that the selves to these values, no matter where University. She has also received acco- to working with her over new president should value Martha E. Pollack challenges may emerge in the coming lades for her work to improve the climate the coming months on a transparency and promote weeks and months.” the humanities. for minorities and women in science and smooth transition.”

Pollack sent her own email to the engineering.

Zubrow said at the time that being The announcement of Pollack’s presiCornell community in the late afterHowever, responding to a question dency comes nearly eight months after president of Cornell is difficult job, but noon. In her email, she called Cornell a about her status as Cornell’s second the untimely death of late President that Cornell is a “unique” and “wonder“special place.” female leader, Pollack said, “I think that Elizabeth Garrett, who died on March 6 ful” institution and “will attract someone “Its egalitarian heritage, research and the job of the president is to serve every- of colon cancer. Pollack said that Garrett marvelous.” teaching excellence, celebration of differ- one — not to be the female president, “is very much in my heart today.” ence and diversity, and deep history of but to be the president.”

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Dancing With Disease

The Baltimore Waltz at the Schwartz Center

BY GWEN AVILES Sun Senior Editor

There’s a man and a woman lying frozen on the floor.

Despite looking too old to do so, the man is clutching a stuffed rabbit. I am sitting at one of the six tables lined up on the edge of each side of the stage. The tables, covered in stark white tablecloths, are home to red napkins, white plates with silver lining and empty wine glasses. Foreboding and original orchestral music by Patrick Braga ’17 is playing in the background, as we wait in near darkness for several minutes unsure of what to expect.

This unpredictability is a mainstay of Aleksej Aarsaether’s ’17 directing. Aarsaether has been an innovative and highly respected student director throughout his time at Cornell.

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Though his array of credits is diverse and includes the Fall 2013 10 Minute Play Festival (Blackbox Theatre), The Vagina Monologues (Bailey Hall), Macbeth (Risley Theatre), among others, his work champions comedy, pathos and unconventionality — and The Baltimore Waltz is no different.

Written by Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel (MFA ’76, PhD ’16), The Baltimore Waltz is at once a whimsical, carefree play steeped in tragedy. It was inspired by the 1980s AIDS crisis that took the life of Vogel’s brother Carl, along with the lives of thousands of gay men across the nation.

When Anna (Lisa McCullough ’20) is diagnosed with ATD: Acquired Toilet Disease — a fatal new malady that is sweeping the country — she and her brother Carl (Matthew Hagerty ’18) drop everything to voyage to Europe. Before leaving Baltimore, Carl calls on his college friend, Igor, in search of black market drugs that will cure Anna.

It doesn’t take long before ridiculous antics ensue. In her portrayal of Anna, McCullough is every bit convincing as a woman submerged in self-denial about her illness. Knowing her life is coming to an end, Anna seeks to deflect her disease by sleeping with multiple men in the different countries of Europe. All of these men — from the French waiter to the German virgin to the 50-year-old “Little Dutch Boy” — are played by Bryan Hagelin ’20, a bold actor with an instinct for slapstick comedy. Some of his characters tend to blend together and err on the side of repetitive, but perhaps that’s the point. “Third Man,” as he is listed in the cast list, isn’t supposed to be incredibly nuanced; he’s there for the comic relief and Hagelin more than fulfills that duty.

In one scene, Third Man and Anna are having (loud) sex under a table, while waiters offer audience members pastries, bread and drinks, encouraging them to satiate themselves as they watch the play. The fourth wall is broken yet again when audience members are asked to make props, and when pictures of Cornell are used in a slideshow of Anna and Carl’s trip. The Baltimore Waltz closes the distance between actor and viewer, making it all the more pleasurable to watch. It is an exercise in intimacy and interactive audience participation, inviting the audience to be invested in the world of the play by including them in its dramatic action.

However, the play’s farcical elements are only as successful as its simultaneous gravitas. Carl finds out that Igor has duped him, along with sundry ATD patients. The drugs he has “won’t help”; Igor has created them himself in a shoddy basement and sells them to people who are desperate for a cure.

Other glaring reminders that ATD is not a comical hoax, but a devastating disease that kills people, are interspersed throughout the show. “Do squat. Don’t get sick,” is the advice health officials provide their patients because ATD is not a medical priority. Perhaps the most surprising reminder of the terminal illness is when we find out Anna doesn’t even have ATD. Rather, she has developed a metaphorical affliction to avoid coping with Carl’s death from AIDS. The Baltimore Waltz is a sobering reminder of a crisis that Aaraesther says “has not only slipped through the cracks of American history, but also queer history.” It vacillates between the political and personal, in line with contemporary events.

In light of the Pulse shooting that occurred this summer, and the hate crimes targeted against members of the queer community on a daily basis, The Baltimore Waltz — whose proceeds have gone towards raising money for HIV testing at Cornell — culminates in a most necessary work of social justice theater.

Gwen Aviles is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at gaviles@cornellsun.com.

Oedipus at the Black Box

BY EMILY FOURNIER Sun Staff Writer

On the evenings of November 10, 11 and 12, an all-student cast took to the stage in the Schwartz Center’s Black Box Theatre to share the wellknown but often misunderstood story of Oedipus. Prof. Frederick Ahl directed the play, which he translated himself from a relatively early version of Sophocles’ tale.

Thanks to Ahl and the Department of Classics, the production found a place for all who wished to participate, and some had no prior acting experience. While this “obviously has its perils,” as Ahl explained before the show’s beginning, the play was very well acted all the same.

The very name of the title character makes most people cringe, but this production emphasized that the play is about far more than the accidental incest it is known for. In many ways, it was more focused on the efforts of Oedipus, played by Griffin Smith-Nichols ’19, to find his place as a ruler and to learn about his past.

Oedipus was left to die as an infant, but his Oedipus Rex| Smith-Nichols as Oedipus. adoptive parents Polybus and Merope took him in. When he consults the oracle at Delphi to determine who his parents were after a drunk man called him a bastard, Oedipus is told that he will kill his father and marry his mother.

Wanting to avoid this deeply disturbing fate, Oedipus con-

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tinues on his journey to avoid those whom he believes are his parents, only to do just as the oracle said. Oedipus kills Laios, his biological father, and breaks the Sphinx’s curse on Thebes by solving her riddle. For saving the city, he is made king and marries Jocasta, his biological mother.

The play opens on Oedipus’ efforts as the King of Thebes to reassure his subjects regarding a plague afflicting their city, but the plague itself soon becomes a secondary issue. Oedipus sends his scheming brother-in-law Creon (Nathan David Chazan ’19) to consult the oracle at Delphi for advice on how to end this plague, and Creon reports that the killers of Laios are still at large and must be found. Oedipus becomes obsessed with finding out who the killers are and curses them, whomever they may be. Teiresias (Yunqi Tian ’17), a blind seer, is the first to blame Oedipus for this murder and even suggests that Laios was Oedipus’ father. This encounter sets Oedipus on a path that eventually leads him to believe that his wife Jocasta (Luby Kiriakidi ’18) is also his mother.

Ahl’s translation leaves a bit of doubt as to whether the events unfolded just as Oedipus believed, as some of the details shared by the sole witness to the murder of Laios do not align with the account Oedipus gives of his confrontation. This COURTESY OF ERIAL ZHENG witness, the Herdsman Slave (Francesca LaPasta ’19), had previously stated that he saw more than one person kill Laios, and Oedipus killed a man on his own.

However, Oedipus clings to Jocasta’s statement that her child was exposed to die in the same place from which the Corinthian (Angaelica LaPasta ’19) claims he took Oedipus,

even though the Corinthian contradicts his own statements several times. While there is enough evidence to suggest that Laios may have been Oedipus’ father and Jocasta could be his mother, it is never confirmed, yet Oedipus considers no other possibility. It is ironic that Oedipus is revered throughout Thebes for his ability to solve riddles but is unable rationally to solve the riddle of his own past.

Smith-Nichols’ portrayal of Oedipus was excellent, and made Oedipus’ serious emotional turmoil feel real and almost relatable, aside from the more unsavory details of his situation. He was constantly engaged and his facial expressions effectively conveyed his emotions even when he was not speaking, bringing Oedipus’ fear, confusion and distress to life. Kiriakidi’s performance as Jocasta was equally impressive, and her frustration with Oedipus’ constantly giving into fear was very well-developed. Chazan was quite melodramatic as the devious Creon, but in a way that made the tragedy more entertaining.

This production of the well-known story made the tale of Oedipus far more devastating than revolting, but emphasized the lines most likely to make the audience cringe to provide comic relief. Furthermore, the messenger (Lizzie Lee ’19) who delivered the news of Jocasta’s suicide and Oedipus’ self-blinding was oddly cheerful and found the events somewhat funny, which was naturally bizarre to watch but made Oedipus’ utter devastation a little less heavy.

Oedipus is a very difficult play, and the Department of Classic’s production was quite impressive, especially considering that it was the first play in which several of the cast members had ever performed. All, including the chorus members and the maid (Erial Zheng ’18), were strong actors, but Smith-Nichols and Kiriakidi delivered the play’s standout performances. Professor Ahl’s interpretation of Oedipus was unique and compelling, and the characters’ struggles were made both powerful and believable by the student actors.

Emily Fournier is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at efournier@cornellsun.com.

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Expression in an Era Of Trump and Pseudo-Masculinity

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hen I was much younger, around four or five years of age, I played soccer on a YMCA little league team. Yet, as I've been subsequently told, rare was it that I actually joined in and played the game with the other kids. I possessed no interest in the ball and I instead preferred to run around carefree behind my team, acting out my own fantastical Power Rangers- or epic actionadventure. After soccer came a brief, two-year stint in little league baseball during elementary school. My brazen defiance of the rules in both of these sports indicated to my parents that organized sports were indeed not my forte (and around this time I began taking piano lessons).

Surely this story conjures a similar set of memories for many other young people. It was once a societal given, particularly in the United States, that young men be outwardly masculine and indulgent of such things as sports and general athleticism. Fortunately, this nuclear norm has been gradually disintegrating over the past couple of decades, so that any young person can choose to foster a love for things like creativity and artistic expression in addition to (or instead of ) “traditional” male pursuits. I like the above story because I think of it as one of the first instances where I chose to entertain these more cerebral pleasures. It is certainly a precursive snapshot of the man that I currently am; one who plays the piano, one who hangs a Les Miserables poster in his room, one who finds the greatest pleasure in the elegance of Fitzgerald's prose and one who writes self-indulgent columns for the Arts section of a college newspaper.

This type of expressive freedom is only possible in a culture that accepts its existence. I suppose this is largely a result of specific parenting techniques and traditions. Yet, it also has to be some testament to society at large and its given values, including the qualities and characteristics of the officials and government it elects. Such figures act as representatives of and role models for their broader constituencies, and so, needless to say, last Tuesday night has me rather alarmed, to say the least.

Before talking about Trump, I think it's important to discuss the president that he'll be succeeding.

Po l i t i c s aside, Barack Obama Swan’s h a s Song indeed proven his credibility as a champion of the arts and general self-expression. Much of this is made evident through his use of music throughout his presidency. One instance of Obama's personal musicality lies in the two playlists he curated on Spotify in August of 2015. The first one, “Day,” feels like a legendary sonic narrative of the daily strife Obama and other Americans must experience, while “Night” assumes a profound air of intimacy with some reflective love songs. There was also his incredibly poignant rendition of “Amazing Grace” following the Charleston Church Shooting, indicative of his own sense of humility as well as music's power of bringing together any individuals across any divides. Is it all just political pandering? I'd like to think not, as Obama was not seeking any sort of reelection during these two events. Furthermore, the mutual admiration in his relationship with Michelle Obama that he displays to the public portrays qualities of sensitivity and respect. This clearly validates the glimpses of expression that we have seen from him.

Alas, sigh, all good things must pass, and so usher in the age of Trump, the pseudo-masculine, “tough guy” persona that he assumes and the various disgusting tidbits of his banter that have been blown to smithereens and punchlines by so many media outlets. Such an identity is only new to the realm of American presidential politics.

Indeed, we have all seen other celebrities or know individuals personally who share similar views and act in identical ways, but never in a US president. A Trump presidency will likely validate this behavior among the group of males who voted for him, and this is one prospect of his executive tenure that scares me the most. Will there be a generation of young people raised under this lack of emotional sensitivity and expression? Will young boys feel pressured to adopt a Trump-like persona, young girls to abide by its implications? Must these gender and expressive norms once again become so black and white? I hope not, but only time will tell.

Trump's public persona and demeanor represent the exact opposite of the compassion that other elected role models, like Obama, convey. During his presidency, it will be crucial to keep an open mind to love, sensitivity, thoughtfulness, and self-expression.

Nick Swan

Nick Swan is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at nswan@cornellsun.com. Swan’s Song runs alternate Tuesdays this semester.

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Earl Looks to Restore Winning Tradition EARL

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“My brother is a head coach as well, so there’s a lot of bouncing ideas there,” Earl said. “There’s sort of these heroes you look up to, Carmody, Carrill, Van Gundy, and then your peers who you do the crying on the shoulders from time to time.”

While at Princeton, Earl asked Van Gundy if he could put together a scouting report of Tommy Amaker’s squad at Harvard before the Tigers faced them. When the Pistons coach came back with his notes, Earl noted a trend.

“It was all fundamentals, when you best defender should stay on someone,” Earl said. “It’s funny. I can come up with conversations I had with [Van Gundy], but that’s always what it comes back to, defensive and offensive fundamentals, trying to make the shots you take.”

When it comes to coaches and players with roots in Princeton, the question of whether the school’s legendary offense will be implemented emerges. Earl recognizes that the the way basketball is played today has changed dramatically compared to his time playing. While he does not watch a lot of NBA basketball, he said he admires the style of Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors. Combined with a renewed emphasis on fundamentals and trying to create the best shot opportunities possible, Earl hopes to reinvigorate an offense that finished with the lowest field goal percentage in the Ancient Eight.

“We’re trying to get them to think pass,” Earl said. “How can we get easy baskets and fundamentally, the easiest way to get a basket is to get someone to throw you a ball underneath the rim for a layup.

It’s as simple as that in a lot of respects. What that takes is someone who can pass and someone who can catch underneath the basket. It takes away the dribbling aspect. It helps to think pass first when you want to get those kinds of shots.”

Defensively, Earl has overhauled the team’s approach. Whereas Courtney places heavy emphasis on trapping players and taking risks with double teams, Earl has tried to change the old habits from Courtney’s run-and-jump defensive scheme.

“Breaking that is an issue,” Earl said. “Just letting [senior guard] Robert [Hatter] guard that guy and see if he can stay with him and you give him a little bit of help, but you’re not the running. We’re just staying in front of our guys. From a defensive perspective, we’re going to try to break that habit.”

And while implementing a new system for his players certainly poses a major challenge for the first-year head coach, Earl’s biggest task comes working with a group of players who were all recruited by his predecessor. For now, it’s figuring out who is good at what, how the pieces fit together and can turn around Cornell basketball, at least in the short term.

“I think you just want to make them feel that they can communicate anything on their mind to you,” Earl said. “Coach Courtney brought them all in. I don’t know him that well, but I know of him in circles as being a really great person. You try to live up to that and you’re not going to be the same person, but try to be someone they can say, ‘Hey, I have a big problem, can I come to you?’”

Earl describes himself as an ambivert, which places him somewhere in between being an extrovert and introvert, according to an article he read. As he attempts to conquer his first season as a head coach, there will certainly be times when he needs to speak up. But his approach thus far — watching intently from the outside — seems to be teaching his players to lead. Whatever the Red needs him to be, Earl seems ready to take on that task.

“I don’t know how you would label me. A lot of people would say introvert, and they’ll be a few who need to be an extrovert,” Earl said.

“I’m a chameleon.”

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Phelps and senior Macey Wilson, both playing in their final career games, would prove critical in the waning moments of the match as they helped overcome the deficit. As the Red trailed 10-8 late in the fifth set, the two would score five of the team’s final seven points, including two consecutive service aces from Phelps and a block from Wilson, to help Cornell win their last game of the season. Notably, in the last career play of the two seniors, Phelps set up a kill for Wilson to win the match.

“We know that Penn digs a lot of balls and will send the ball back, so we knew we had to stay disciplined,” said sophomore Carla Sganderlla. “Most importantly, we had fun. It was our last game of the season and we wanted to win for the seniors especially after the loss at Princeton.”

Phelps finished the Penn match with a double-double of 38 assists and 19 digs, and Wilson finished with team-high nine kills and an impressive .500 hitting percentage. In addition, junior Kiley McPeek recorded an impressive match-high 25 digs while freshman Jenna Phelps posted seven blocks.

“It was a great weekend for Cornell volleyball and a great one to end on,” Phelps said.

With the performances from these final games, Phelps and Wilson have certainly made their mark in Cornell record books.

Phelps concludes her Cornell career ranked second all-time in assists (3,181), 19th in Big Red history in digs (718), and 19th block assists (160). Wilson concludes her Cornell career ranked third in block assists (309), fifth in total blocks (359), fifth in hitting percentage (.286), 12th in solo blocks (50), and 15th in kills (629). “[We] finished with a win against Penn to have one of the best records for Cornell in ten years,” Phelps said. “Given the last couple of years I am so proud and excited for this team. We are a team in every sense of the word — on and off the court — and I truly believe this program is headed in the right direction. Macey and I are so proud to have been a changing force.”

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lot of chemistry,” O’Neill said.

O’Neill’s decision to play at Cornell has been a benefit for the entire hockey program, as she has fit right in and found success. Nonetheless, there were numerous factors that led Kristin to Ithaca, with education being the most important.

“First off, I chose to play at Cornell for academics,” O’Neill

Cornell was just so amazing to me,” O’Neill said.

O’Neill visited Cornell’s campus in middle school and imagined one day going to attending the University. When O’Neill committed to Cornell during the fall of her junior year of high school, she said it was a surreal moment.

“I decided that I wanted to come here and be a part of something special,” O’Neill said.

For the O’Neill family, the

“I decided that I wanted to come here and be a part of something special.”

Kristin O’Neill said. “I thought to myself if I couldn’t play hockey at Cornell, would I still want to be here?

And that answer was yes.”

Outside of the classroom, O’Neill was drawn to the coaching staff and said she saw an opportunity to advance her game under the leadership of Derraugh.

“The coach also played a big role in my decision,” O’Neill said.

O’Neill began getting recruited by Cornell during her sophomore year of high school — she was thrilled to hear that Cornell was interested in pursuing her.

“The thought of going to

trip to Cornell is a four hour drive, but seeing Kristin play is worth it.

“I’m used to having my parents at my games,” O’Neill said.

“My mom and dad have come to three games already this year and they’re really impressed with our team.”

With players like O’Neill coming through the system, Cornell women’s hockey has a bright future. O’Neill and her freshman classmates will look to add to the history of Cornell hockey and hopefully contend for a title.

Troy Bridson can be reached at tbridson@cornellsun.com.

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Observant Earl Sets New Tone for Men’s Basketball

By JOON LEE Sun Senior Editor

Brian Earl lurks, not in a menacing way, but you always know where he is in a room. The new coach of the Cornell men’s basketball team — hired after eight years as an assistant at his alma mater of Princeton — is a relatively quiet presence at practice. Sometimes Earl jumps into drills, but often he’s slightly removed from the middle of the action, observing. He watches practices intensely, walking over to players one-on-one to tell them if he sees something they can improve.

From time to time, Earl will raise his voice, but that’s often limited to when he’s announcing what drill he wants to see the team work on next. When Earl talks one on one with someone, it can be an intense experience; every single piece of advice seems incredibly planned and thought through, almost analytically.

“Someone told me that I talk like a politician giving a

“Someone told me that I talk like a politician giving a speech. I think it’s a compliment.”

Brian Earl speech. I think it’s a compliment,” Earl chuckles. “It was meant as a compliment.”

Earl’s approach to basketball differs quite dramatically from that of former head coach Bill Courtney, whose contract was not renewed after six consecutive losing seasons and a 60-113 record. Courtney, who was well liked by his players, took an opposite with his team. He made his presence known and talked a lot in practices, telling players

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A quiet presence | Men’s basketball head coach Brian Earl is starting his first season for Cornell after serving as an assistant at Princeton. He inherits a team from Bill Courtney, whose contract was not renewed after six consecutive losing seasons.

exactly what he wanted to see.

Earl takes a starkly different approach. He films every practice and drill, cites advanced statistics such as true shooting percentage and is generally more restrained in practice.

“Last year, it was more listening to the coaches and doing what they wanted rather than listening to each other,” said sophomore guard Matt Morgan. “We are the ones on the court and we might see things different than they might see.

He’s done a good job of listening to us and at the same time, we listen to him just as much.”

And while Earl doesn’t say much now, assistant coach Donovan Williams — who also came over from Princeton — said he’s seen the young head coach become even more vocal this year.

“He’s a lot more vocal now, believe it or not. I think his message is consistent,” Williams said. “He was a great coach last year and he’s a great coach now and I’m proud to be a

part of it.”

In the road up to his first head coaching gig, Earl turned to three coaches in particular for guidance. The first was Bill Carmody, the head coach of Holy Cross and his head coach during playing career at Princeton. Whenever Earl wanted to bounce an idea off another coach, the first person he turned to was man who taught him college basketball. The second was Stan Van Gundy, who Earl met when the coach of the Detroit Pistons visited a practice at Princeton.

“I bug [Van Gundy] whenever I can,” Earl said. “He’s a defensive genius and he works so hard at it.”

The last, of course, was the innovator of the signature Princeton offense, Pete Carrill. The Hall-of-Famer would often stop by the Tigers offices and would serve as someone whom Earl could throw ideas at.

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Offensive spark |

Spikers Split Final Weekend

By JOSHUA ZHU Sun Staff Writer

Cornell was able to amass its most wins in a decade this past weekend, as the team split its final two games of the season against Princeton and Penn.

“It was a great weekend for Cornell volleyball and a great one to end on,” said senior co-captain Alyssa Phelps. “We played one our best matches of the year Friday against Princeton and finished with a win against Penn to have one of the best records for Cornell in ten years. We finished with a

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‘A great one to end on’ | Senior co-captain Alyssa Phelps has finishedher Cornell career.

.500 record, but given the last couple of years I am so proud and excited for this team.”

After being swept by Princeton (19-4, 13-1 Ivy League) earlier this season, the Red (12-12, 6-8 Ivy League) hoped to record a win this weekend against the Ivy League’s top seeded team. The opening sets certainly hinted that this match would not be another reproduction of the Red’s prior three set loss — each of the first four sets were a back and forth affair, with the second and third sets decided by a total margin of four points.

After pushing Princeton to a fifth set, Cornell seemed to have a great opportunity to win as they led 9-5 in the decisive set.

However, a timeout and subsequent 10-1 run by Princeton would seal their victory as well as the Ivy League title. “[Despite the loss], it just shows how much we've improved over the season and how good this team can be,” Phelps said. “It gets me really excited to think about the future of this program because there isn't one team that we can't beat and we're finally starting to believe that.”

While the impressive five set effort against Princeton starkly contrasted Cornell’s earlier game against the Ivy League champions, its following match against Penn (10-16, 5-9 Ivy League) could not have been more different. In its previous matchup against Penn, Cornell recorded a win after a tightly contested five set match; in its rematch this past Saturday, Cornell followed an eerily similar narrative.

Once again, the Red played a close game where three of the five sets had a margin of victory of four points or less. In the decisive fifth set, players found themselves trailing three times by at least two points. However, See VOLLEYBALL page 15

Freshman forward Kristen O’Neill leads Cornell in scoring and points with four goals and an assist.

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‘Dynamic’ O’Neill Leads Icers

By TROY BRIDSON Sun Staff Writer

Freshman forward Kristin O’Neill has been a breakout star for Cornell women’s hockey so far this season, providing a muchneeded offensive spark for the Red. “Kristin O’Neill is a very dynamic player,” said head coach Doug Derraugh ’91. “She will be an impact player for us in the years to come.”

O’Neill currently leads Cornell (3-2, 1-2 ECAC) in scoring and points, with four goals and an assist on the year. O’Neill credited the upperclassmen for welcoming her to the team and the added practice

time in college hockey as some of the reasons for her success.

“The upperclassmen have really made the freshman feel welcome,” O’Neill said. “I think our freshman class has a lot of confidence.”

Likewise, the transition to the college game has allowed O’Neill more ice time at practice and a chance to work closely with the coaching staff.

“I’ve been getting a lot more practice, much more than I did in high school,” O’Neill said.

Even though O’Neill has already found tremendous success on ice, the transition to the college game has not been easy.

“I think the jump has been pretty difficult and the pace of play is a lot faster,” she said. “I’m starting to get used the speed of the game now, but it wasn’t easy.”

Cornell has a young team this year, with a large freshmen class of seven players. All of the freshmen are expected to contribute, so getting up to speed on the ice, as well as to the demands Cornell hockey, is crucial to the team’s success. Thus far, O’Neill is pleased with the way her team has progressed.

“I think our team is really working well together and we seem to have a See O’NEILL page 15