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City Says No to Historic Designation for Chacona Block CTB owner: shop may be ‘thrown out’of building

By ANU SUBRAMANIAM Sun Staff Writer

With fiery citizens overflowing Ithaca City Hall on Wednesday night, Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 broke a Common Council tie by voting to not designate the Chacona building in Collegetown a historic landmark, possibly imperiling the future of Collegetown Bagels in the building.

The vote, which split Common Council, means that Student Agencies, the studentrun organization that owns the building, will likely aim to replace the building at 411 to 415 College Ave., which has housed Collegetown Bagels since 1995, with a new building that has more apartments.

Ira Brous, one of the owners of CTB, said a redevelopment could make it possible that CTB “will be thrown out of the building” and could imperil the food production for other locations.

“We are vertically integrated,” Brous said, adding: “If this affects our kitchen,

which makes the food for our other locations, our entire business is at risk. … I’m not just talking about the Collegetown location, but all of them.”

No redevelopment plans have yet been submitted to the city by Student Agencies, so it is unclear what kind of impact the group’s potential renovations could have on the longtime bagel, sandwich and coffee shop.

Luke Bushner ’19, president of Student Agencies, said that a petition signed by more than 2,200 urging the city to designate the building as historic was misleading, “if not irresponsible.”

“It was framed in a way that made it seem like they were saving Collegetown Bagels,” Bushner said, claiming that the development “wouldn’t affect that area.”

Student Agencies offered a memorandum of commitment that if they were allowed to develop the property, they would maintain an outdoor space that is similar to See CHACONA page 5

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CTB | Ithaca’s mayor broke a tie on Wednesday night and voted to not designate a building on College Avenue as a historic landmark.

With $10K From City, Teens Cornell Offers Puerto Rican Students a Semester of Study Ask Ithacans How to Spend It

By MOLLIE CRAMER Sun Staff Writer

The City of Ithaca on Wednesday funded a pilot program in which voters will be able to decide, without the city’s approval, how to spend $10,000 of the city’s money, a radical project initiated and developed by local teenagers.

Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 allocated $10,000 for the experimental program, known as participatory budgeting, in the city’s $72.2 million budget, which Common Council approved after weeks of debate. The pilot program will take place in the Second Ward, which encompasses downtown Ithaca.

The Multicultural Resource Center’s youth fellows, who have been working on the proposal for more than a year, say the program will give citizens a more direct and active role in deciding how at least a portion of their tax dollars are spent by local government.

Five high school students are currently part of the Youth Organizing Fellowship, and the fellows have been working on the concept of participatory budgeting, which they branded as The People’s Budget, since the spring of 2016, when there were a dozen fellows.

Under the pilot program, voters could propose See TEENS page 4 JASON BEN NATHAN / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Office space | Youth fellows Ahja Haedicke, left, and Lyla Zusman have urged the city to fund a community budget pilot for over a year.

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Sun Asst. News Editor and Sun Staff Writer It has been more than 40 days since Hurricane Maria, and only Cornell is offering a free semes- 30 percent of Puerto Rican utility ter to up to 58 Universidad de customers have had their power Puerto Rico students who have restored, Reuters reported on been impacted by Monday. Damages the recent hurriare estimated at canes that tore more than $90 bilthrough the U.S. lion. territory, causing Cornell joins the local university Brown University, system to operate at which committed limited capacity. to enrolling up to Up to 50 full50 students in the time undergraduspring, as well as ate, law and graduWesleyan and ate business stuTulane in offering dents and eight Puerto Rican stugraduate research dents an option to “I want the students from the study Cornell. students from university could “We aim to study at Cornell offer them a warm Puerto Rico to during the spring welcome to one of know that there will the great universisemester.

Prospective stube an awful lot of ties in the world dents must apply by and do our deadpeople reaching Dec. 1, and, if level best to out.” accepted, will take accommodate Cornell courses, them,” said Prof.

Prof. Glenn Altschuler earn credits and Glenn Altschuler, receive an official American history, Cornell transcript upon complet- dean of the School of Continuing ing the semester, the University Education and Summer Sessions. said. Accepted students will have “I want the students from Puerto to pay for their own health insur- Rico to know that there will be an ance, travel expenses, books, laun- awful lot of people reaching out to dry, and off-campus meals, but See PUERTO RICO page 4 will have access to the libraries,

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Institute Hosts Forum to Deliberate Trump Picks Cornell Alum Nomination Process for Task Force For NASA Administrator

By ALISHA GUPTA

the meeting.

During the conversation members of the community shared their concerns about the Students, faculty and administrators task force and the obstacles to its success. expressed their hopes and fears for the Some expressed concern the task force Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate would be an empty vessel with no real in the first of six meetings that will be dis- authority, while others were worried the cussing the process of nominating individu- committee would lack diversity. als to the newly instituted body.

Attendees also suggested ideas for the The task force, charged with promoting nominations process, such as an emphasis campus inclusion and diversity, was formed on nominating experts in the field of social in response to a series of high-profile racial justice work and representation of all identiincidents on campus, including the alleged ties. assault of a black student in Collegetown. To “I attended the meeting to understand that end, the task force will be in charge of what the task force is and to get a better idea three areas: campus experience, regulation of of how I can get involved,” Andrew Young speech and harass’20 said. “The ment, and campus administration is “I attended the meeting to response. putting a lot of A l t h o u g h understand what the task force responsibility on this President Martha task force, and I is and to get a better idea of Pollack has assigned wanted to see how I how I can get involved.” three co-chairs to the can contribute.” task force, other Young deemed Andrew Young ’20 members of the comthis first meeting a mittee are yet to be success, saying “the selected. In a recent statement, she directed coordinators of the task force will be able to the Scheinman Institute on Conflict foster a collaborative and inclusive environResolution in the ILR school to recommend ment to ensure substantial change on cama nominations process. pus.”

Consequently, the institute decided to Following these meetings, the institute facilitate six open meetings to “discuss the aims to announce members of the task force process for selection and the concerns and before Thanksgiving break. They envision ideas of interested individuals,” Harry Katz, the task force to include about 30 to 35 director of the Institute, and Martin members divided into various subcommitScheinman ’75, MS ’76 said in a statement. tees.

The meetings are meant to increase transThe remaining meetings are Nov. 3 from parency surrounding the selections process, 11 a.m. to noon, Nov. 6 from noon to 1 “to ensure the best possible job is done,” p.m., Nov. 6 from 5 to 6 p.m., Nov. 8 from according to the institute’s website.

5 to 6 p.m. and Nov. 9 from 9 to 10 a.m. For On Wednesday morning, nearly 25 fac- those who cannot make it to one of the ulty, administrators and students attended meetings, an anonymous survey with recthe first meeting. ommendations is available on the institute’s “Our goal today is to focus on a conver- website. sation with the community about what the nomination process should look like,” said Cornell Woodson, diversity and inclusion Alisha Gupta can be reached at programs lead and one of the facilitators of agupta@cornellsun.com.

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ration,” The Post reported.

Bridenstine, at the hearing, said he “absolutely” believes in climate change, and said he would be supportive of NASA’s mission for space exploration as well as studies on the Earth’s climate, vowing to keep the agency an “apolitical” orga-

If confirmed by the Senate, Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) MBA ’09, who President Donald Trump nominated to lead NASA, would be the first BRIDENSTINE MBA ’09 Cornellian and first elected official to serve in that role. nization.

Bridenstine faced blistering critiHe said human activity contributes cism from Democratic senators on to greenhouse gas levels, Politico Wednesday, however, who said the reported, but that the scientific comCornell alumnus has denied that munity is “just scratching the surface” humans have a role in climate change on understanding the issue. and does not have adequate qualificaBridenstine has received high-protions for the job. The full Senate will file endorsements from Buzz Aldrin, likely vote on whether to confirm the second man to walk on the moon Bridenstine early next week, news out- and Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of lets reported.

Texas and Richard Shelby of Alabama, After graduating from Rice The Post reported.

University, Bridenstine served in the After earning his Cornell business Navy in Afghanistan and Iraq before degree, Bridenstine served as the execuenrolling at Cornell and obtaining his tive director of the Tulsa Air and Space MBA. Oklahomans elected him to rep- Museum and Planetarium. In the resent the state’s first congressional dis- House of Representatives, he currently trict in 2012 and Trump, in September, serves on Armed Services Committee picked him to run NASA, a position and the Science, Space and Technology that requires Senate confirmation.

Committee, according to his website.

At the hearing on Wednesday, senaHe was a major sponsor of the tors questioned Bridenstine on his previ- American Space Renaissance Act, ous statements denying humans’ role in which Bridenstine, in a press release, climate change and his support for legis- called “comprehensive and bold policy lation that some senators said discrimi- advances and reforms necessary to nated against the LGBTQ community. ensure American leadership in space.”

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) called the NASA has not had a permanent Cornell alumnus a partisan warrior leader since the previous administrator, whose divisive policies were an example Charles F. Bolden, Jr., stepped down on of “why Washington is broken,” The the first day of Trump’s presidency, on Washington Post reported.

Jan. 20, 2017. This 10-month period is Nelson also said Bridenstine did not the longest time that NASA has not possess the skills to be a “technically had a leader, The New York Times and scientifically competent” adminis- reported. trator of NASA — or to unite members of the scientific community on a Girisha Arora can be reached at “shared vision for future space explo- garora@cornellsun.com.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Criticizes Trump’s Policy to Combat ISIS

By AVRAHAM SPRARAGEN Sun Staff Writer

The former U.S. ambassador to Yemen said at Cornell on Wednesday evening that President Donald Trump’s military approach to combatting the Islamic State is “too limited in scope” and that the president needs to pursue more diplomatic solutions and invest in development assistance programs.

Gerald Feierstein, who served in Yemen from 2010 to 2013 and is now the director for Gulf affairs and government relations at the Middle East Institute, criticized Trump’s policy at a lecture hosted

by Cornell Political Union, “Can Trump’s Military-Only Antiterrorism Strategy Succeed?”

“Combatting the Islamic State is an issue of great urgency and Trump’s overwhelmingly militarycentric approach is too limited in scope,” Feierstein said.

Feierstein described the Trump administration’s counterterrorism strategy as a “one-legged stool.”

Gleaning from his experiences during nine overseas diplomatic postings, Feierstein lamented that by taking a strictly military approach, Trump has ignored what he said are the two other critical legs of U.S. foreign policy — peaceful negotiations and investment in programs that benefit civilians, such as those that allevi-

ate poverty.

By relying exclusively on military operations, the Trump administration is “turning back the clock to the Bush era and combatting terrorist groups, not terrorism,” Feierstein said, referring to George W. Bush.

This approach, Feierstein said, renders the United States “insufficiently resourced to eradicate violent extremist movements once and for all.”

Feierstein fiercely protested what he called Trump’s “lack of a clearly articulated strategy.” The president’s strategy has been heavily geared toward eliminating existing terrorist entities and preventing new terrorist groups from arising rather than getting to the heart of the matter, Feierstein said, which is “what makes an individual join an extremist group and become a willing participant in terrorist activity.”

ISIS ideology does not go away once their territorial strongholds are broken, the former ambassador said. He ended his speech by proposing that the U.S. shift from what he said is a reactionary, militaristic approach to one of diplomatic engagement.

During a question-and-answer session, Feierstein, responding to a question about Trump’s travel ban, said the executive order “is simply wrong” and that “there is no

quicker way to lose this war of ideas than by using such tactics.”

In a robust debate at the end of the event, most in attendance agreed with Feierstein’s central thesis that the U.S. “must take full advantage of the three legs at our disposal in order to achieve our objective of defeating terrorism for the long term.”

While some disagreed with the amount of money the U.S. spends on its military, members and friends of the Cornell Political

Union were overwhelmingly in favor of “joining the coalition of nations who share the aim of stamping out extremism and providing our children a hopeful future,” as the ambassador proposed.

This cannot be achieved through military operations that result in extreme collateral damage, Feierstein said, but rather, the U.S. “must defeat not the ideology, but the factors that make the ideology appear true and legitimate.”

Feierstein told Cornellians that everything that Trump has done so far has only served to perpetuate the status quo.

“By eviscerating diplomacy and development funding, Trump has compromised the country’s ability to confront terrorism head-on,” Feierstein said.

Avraham Spraragen can be reached at abs356@cornell.edu.

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them to be helpful.”

Cornell made a similar offer in 2005, enrolling 204 students from Tulane University, Xavier University of Louisiana and the University of New Orleans after Louisiana was hit by Hurricane Katrina, the University said in the release.

“This is a campuswide effort,” Altschuler said. “Students are going to be giving up some room in their residences; faculty are going to be teaching some extra students; deans are doing the work to make it happen; and our president and provost are leading the way in how we should be responding.”

The idea was first brought to the

University by Kent Kleinman, dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, when the Department of Architecture said it was willing to enroll students from the island.

The dean of each college has since designated an associate dean or a faculty member to work directly with accepted students to make their transition as smooth as possible, Altschuler said.

Prof. Debra Ann Castillo, Hispanic studies, fears that “one of the big challenges right now is getting the word out, since the power grid is iffy still.” She expects the UPR students will need to overcome significant logistical issues to travel from Puerto Rico to Cornell.

“We know our Puerto Rican students will most likely arrive in NYC, and we are

looking into ways of receiving them, including driving them to Ithaca, and making sure that they have winter coats right away when they arrive,” she said in an email.

Chris Arce ’19, Puerto Rican Student Association co-president, said he is glad Cornell is taking this step, but is skeptical about how welcome the students will feel on campus.

“Overall, people are great,” he said. “My concern is, as we have seen on campus, despite what we may think, there are clearly issues that need to be addressed rooted in issues of racism, of white supremacy.”

“Perhaps having an influx of about 60 Puerto Rican students receiving free tuition, I fear that might cause a backlash,” he said. “Obviously, I am not going to say

don’t do it because there may be backlash.

We are just trying to account for any sort of — what could be a racist response.”

Castillo told The Sun that students from Puerto Rico are likely to “come up against immense culture and climate challenges, and will need to integrate immediately to take best advantage of the semester.”

“Thus, student organizations like the Puerto Rican Student Association, and the Latinx greek organizations are already in conversations to brainstorm ways to welcome them, and extend a hand,” she added.

John Yoon can be reached at jyoon@cornellsun.com. Yuichiro Kakutani can be reached at ykakutani@cornellsun.com.

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adding a speed bump on a busy road, fixing a swing set, funding community organizations and more. The voting requirements are loose by design, allowing undocumented and formerly incarcerated people, as well as those who work or go to school in the Second Ward, to vote as long as they are 12 or older. They may need to sign a pledge indicating that they fall under those broad requirements, fellows said, although the details are still being hammered out.

Former youth facilitator Emma Dennis, 19, who now helps to oversee the fellows, said participatory budgeting will involve community members in their local government and empower them to improve their own neighborhoods.

Fellows will “reach out to communities and demographics that we know by experience are not reached out to by our government” during the pilot program, Dennis said.

The $10,000 allocated by the

city will go solely toward projects chosen by the community, not to the overhead costs of organizing the elections, which will be completely volunteer-run. Youth fellows will collect project ideas from community members during the “democratic consensus brainstorming process,” Dennis said, and delegates selected from the community will weed out bad or impractical ideas.

The remaining ideas will be put to the community for a vote over a one- or two-week period at local businesses, the fellows said.

Several of the fellows spoke to The Sun on a recent night during their weekly meeting at the Multicultural Resource Center on State Street, where a whiteboard with “action items” graced the wall and included one particularly pressing to-do item: “Put pressure on city.” The next night, on Oct. 26, the budget committee voted six to four to include $10,000 for the group in the city’s budget.

The young group had been speaking with city officials over the last few months, putting pressure on the mayor and making their

case at Common Council meetings. One of the fellows, Anacheliz Gonzales-Ortiz, 18, said she had spent so much time on the group’s proposal because she could have benefitted from a similar program when she was growing up in Ithaca.

“No matter where I lived, no matter how old I was, it was always a problem,” GonzalesOrtiz said of the lack of quality community spaces in certain areas.

“A lot of the times, we weren’t even allowed to play on these playgrounds that were made for us because they weren’t safe.”

Playgrounds would be taped off instead of fixed, she said, “and then that was it.”

The youth fellows began their campaign by canvassing Ithaca in sweltering heat, educating the community on the budget concept and gaining feedback. In the summer of 2016, the fellows canvassed for four days a week, five hours each day for a month, dripping in sweat as they greeted people at their doors or in public parks.

“We’re knocking door to door, and it’s our friends, family members and teachers,” Viola Jones,

17, a fellow, said. “I think that finally finding a way to feel like I’m lifting a people up is incredible, and it’s gratifying work and its good work and its hard. I don’t always do it the right way, but the fact that I’m doing it means so much to me.”

“I have trust that the people of Ithaca are going to do something really beautiful with this $10,000,” she said.

While the loose voting requirements may concern some, youth fellow Lyla Zusman, 17, said making the voting process accessible to a wide swath of Ithacans is vital to the program’s success.

“It’s important that we have a not-so-narrowly-tailored requirement for who can vote, especially when it’s a direct decision being made about something being implemented in the community,” Zusman said. “The people in the community don’t meet a narrowly tailored requirement themselves.

Young people are part of the community. Undocumented people are part of the community.”

Myrick agrees. In 2015, about 29 percent of registered voters in the Second Ward voted in the Common Council election, and about half of the ward’s residents are registered to vote, according to 2015 figures. The mayor, in a brief interview in City Hall, said he hopes that the participatory budgeting program will allow more Ithacans to see themselves as having a say in local government.

“Engaging more young people in our civic government has been a passion and an interest of mine for a long time,” Myrick said, adding that the fellows’ program would do so on two levels.

“First, the level of the organizers themselves — the people who tried to put this together are going to get, really, a masters-level course on local, civic government, the good and the bad,” he said, “And then the second level will be that young people will be able to vote in this process.”

Seph Murtagh, Second Ward alderperson, said some people have difficulty finding time to engage with their government.

“It’s hard for a lot of people in a city to find their way to city hall,” Murtagh said after a budget committee meeting last week.

Many people have opinions on what could improve, but do not have time “to come to a meeting like this because they’ve got families and jobs,” he said.

“One thing I like about this

idea is that this is going directly to those people and asking them, ‘What do you want to see the city spending money on?’” he said.

Ahja Haedicke, a youth fellow, said many people the group approached when they were canvassing were not “super energetic” about the proposal, which she said was a result of years of these people being disenfranchised from the voting process.

Their lack of enthusiasm, she said, “is in part because of how there has been, for a very long time, no way for people to have their voices heard.”

“And people are tired of the system,” Haedicke continued. “So, I think part of it for me is just feeling that tiredness of our community and wanting to reinvigorate it.”

The youth fellows attended a workshop hosted by The Participatory Budgeting Project, an organization with offices in Brooklyn, Chicago and Oakland that has facilitated the implementation of participatory budgeting programs in more than 17 cities in the U.S. and Canada.

“Members of a community are expert users of that community,” David Beasley, communication director for the organization, told The Sun. “Representative democracy is really effective at a lot of things, but when it comes to community needs and community-based projects, the best thing you can do is give real power over real money to the people who really live there,” Beasley said.

The youth fellows initially requested $30,000 in funding for the projects, but Myrick said he was only able to make room for $10,000. Common Council nearly voted to cut that in half, to $5,000, but reinstated the $10,000 figure after realizing it would not affect the tax rate in any way.

“If we’re trying to teach these young people that nothing can get accomplished in government and it gets delayed forever, I think we should vote this money down,” Alderperson George McGonigal, who represents the First Ward, said last week.

“But, I hope we don’t,” he added, shortly before the committee voted to include the funding in the final budget, which Common Council approved on Wednesday.

Mollie Cramer can be reached at mcramer@cornellsun.com.

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the current outdoor patio and develop the building in a way that retains its current architectural style. CTB’s owners remain concerned that the patio may be removed in any redevelopment, which could imperil the business.

“I am worried about CTB,” Myrick told The Sun in a brief interview after the vote. “I love CTB more than the next guy, and I hope they remain on that corner for as long as I am alive.”

“But, I also care about the overall health of the vicinity, and freezing [development on] that corner isn’t the best we can do,” he added.

“The students who live in that building could tell you why.”

The vote split the two alderpeople who represent the Fourth Ward, which encompasses Collegetown.

Stephen J. Smith, an associate director of development at Cornell, voted against historic designation and Graham Kerslick, executive director of the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, voted in favor.

Kerslick said the building is “charming” and has a “local presence” and it would be a “significant loss” if the building was not preserved. Smith, in a previous interview, told The Sun that historical designation would “lock the visual appearance of this building while doing little to protect the functions and features we love.”

Many speakers affiliated with Student Agencies voiced their opposition to the landmark desig-

nation, including the agency’s former president, CEO and many alumni and current members.

Lincoln Morse, owner of the development company that surveyed the building, said the building is “crumbling.”

“This is a product that doesn’t meet any standards of modern masonry construction and has reached its lifetime expectancy,” Morse said of the building’s current materials. “It doesn’t make sense to spend $2 million on a facade that currently costs $400,000.”

Those who spoke in favor of the landmark designation emphasized that the building is central to the history of Collegetown, and said that with proper maintenance, it could survive for many years.

The building, these people said, is also a symbol of the Greek immigration that played a significant role in the development of Ithaca.

Prof. Katelin Olson, architecture, art and planning, is an expert in historic preservation and started the popular petition on Facebook that urged Common Council to designate the building as historic.

“It can take up to 80 years for a new building to make up for unnecessary demolition of a historical building,” Olson said. “When a building is demolished, it will result in an overwhelming amount of the materials ending up in a landfill.”

The Chacona block building meets all five of the criteria for historical landmark designation, according to the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Julee Johnson, president of

Historic Ithaca’s board of directors, told The Sun after the vote that “the organization is disappointed, but what was interesting was how hard the decision was.”

“There was a lot of thought given and a lot of discussion,” she said.

Smith said the building is not important enough to restrict the possibility of redeveloping the building.

Chacona “is not a guy people looked into the history of and then they found the building,” Smith said. “It was the other way around.”

“This building would make him historical, it would not canonize the history he made or contributed,” Smith said.

Cynthia Brock mentioned that while this block holds memories for many Ithacans and Cornellians, a landmark designation is “not the way” to keep those “memories alive.”

Myrick, in explaining his vote against the designation, also said Collegetown “is better than it was five years ago” and that residents of the area now have “an interest in non-drinking activities, which is something we hoped for.”

Cynthia Brock (First Ward), Donna Fleming (Third), Rob Gearhart (Third), Deborah Mohlenhoff (Fifth Ward), Smith and Myrick voted against the designation while George McGonigal (First), Seph Murtagh (Second), Ducson Nguyen (Second), Michael Decatur (Fifth) and Kerslick voted in favor.

Anu Subramniam can be reached at asubramaniam@cornellsun.com.

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Letter to the Editor

Setting the record straight on the attempt to silence me at Vassar To the Editor: On Oct. 31, 2017, The Cornell Daily Sun ran an article about the controversy concerning my lecture at Vassar College on Oct. 25, on the issue of “hate speech” and free speech on campuses. The Sun’s reporting completely missed the reality of what happened at Vassar.

The Sun focused heavily on a sideshow regarding the name change of the lecture, as if the name change was the problem that incited the attempt to prevent me from speaking. To the contrary, it was not the name of the lecture, but an organized campaign by student activists to inflame the campus with false factual accusations as to the event.

As I wrote at my website, in a link I provided to the Sun reporter for an explanation of what happened, Actual Malice at Vassar College: “The campus was misled into thinking that I, and supposed ‘neo-Nazis and white supremacists’ who were likely to attend with me, were going to target nonwhite, LGBT and Jewish students. It was a fabrication.

Two campus forums attended by hundreds of people were held by a student group called Healing 2 Action to prepare how to protect the campus from the supposed threat I posed. Among other statements reportedly made at the meeting was the false claim that the ‘speaker himself is trying to incite violence….’ That was a lie without any factual basis. …

False claims by Healing 2 Action that event information was shared by me ‘on multiple white nationalist websites,’ and that there was ‘active encouragement for other white nationalists to come to the event’ were spread to thousands of people by the Vassar Student Association, the student government, in an all-student email.

The claim was made in that all-student email that there was a need to ‘protect the people that this speaker has targeted in the past.’”

This fabricated incitement against me and the lecture is what caused the campus turmoil, not the change in the name of the lecture.

These baseless inflammatory safety accusations were used as one of the reasons to try to shut down speech the activists did not want to hear. As I mentioned in my email exchange with the Sun reporter: “I think some people at Vassar who opposed me speaking on the topic have seized on the name change as a distraction from the fact that they opposed me coming to campus for any reason.”

There also was an attempt, which unfortunately the Sun partially quoted, to misrepresent my prior writings to turn mainstream right-of-center political positions into some type of “ism.”

The objection to me speaking was that student social justice activists didn’t want a conservative speaker on campus discussing emotional issues as to constitutional protections even for hateful speech. They then created a false safety narrative which ignited the campus, and engaged in a campaign to demonize me.

It wasn’t pleasant being the object of this incitement, which included an event poster defaced to put horns on my head, as if I were the devil.

In the end, I was able to speak under heavy security. Almost 300 students packed the lecture hall and surrounding hallways to listen to me.

My lecture was 45 minutes and we had a 1 hour and 20-minute question and answer session. I hope you will find them informative, and also that you will understand how outrageous the incitement campaign was in light of this reality.

I’m hopeful, but not optimistic, that the type of incitement and demonization I was subjected to at Vassar will not be repeated against members of the Cornell community who speak up in defense of free speech as the campus works its way through its own difficult issues of “hate speech” and free speech.

Prof. William A. Jacobson, law

I Don’t Want To Be A Suburban Mom T

here are only a few things I hate. I hate bananas gone brown. I hate overpriced plaid shirts that could have been thrifted for $10. I hate chasing after the bus in rainy weather. And I hate the idea that one day I might be a suburban mom.

I don’t want a white picket fence and a house in paved-road paradise. I don’t want to perpetually shop for side tables at Pottery Barn. I don’t want visors and golf clubs and school board meetings.

And I sure don’t want a damn tiny white dog.

What I do want is a farm where I can roll down a hill until my legs get itchy. I want a giant dog I can hug with plenty of slobber and enormous ears. I want flip flops and fly fishing and midnight hikes.

nalist, roam around the city and spend all my money at art fairs. I’ll be convinced I could live like this forever. Then — Bam! — kids, and all of a sudden I’m on Long Island looking at a four bedroom condo with a waterfront view.

Next thing you know, I’m packing mini lunches before I head off to my job as an accountant, and I’ll stop by IKEA on the way to work.

I hear this fear from my fast-paced friends all the time — we’re afraid we won’t be accepted for where our dreams take us, away from that red-roofed home and into a single-person studio in New York City. Or maybe a rural farm in Colorado. Or a different hotel room every week. Why are we strange if we don’t want to have kids? Why are we weird if we don’t care about tending a

I don’t want a white picket fence and a house in paved-road paradise. I don’t want to perpetually shop for side tables at Pottery Barn.

I always was the girl who didn’t like dolls, didn’t dream about raising kids. I wore my mom’s heels and told her I’d work my entire life, that I didn’t need a husband or a stainless steel kitchen. But I’ve always had the uneasy fear that one day I’ll have to settle down and “suburbanize myself,” because that seems to be the default for women. A woman raises her kids and cooks for her husband, my mother would tell me. But the idea of sending my kids to soccer practice and cutting a fake green lawn all day scares the crap out of me.

This is not a rant against suburban mothers (or fathers) in any form. My own suburban Silicon Valley upbringing was the whole package, hybrid minivan and violin lessons and all. There’s nothing wrong with the suburban lifestyle; in fact, it’s popular for good reason. It caters to what most people value — stability, family, love, comfort.

No, this is for the people who never found themselves drawn to stability, who never wanted to settle down.

My friend told me last week that he wants to be happy, but never content. I thought about that phrase all night. I never want to wake up and realize I’ve been living the same life every day. I never want to stop moving, to bask in my happiness until I forget what I wanted in the long-run. I can see my potential path already: I’ll get a job as a jour-

garden, or we just want to travel? Why is that not more accepted than our position in the kitchen?

To the wanderers, the nomads, the girls who never played with dolls, there’s nothing wrong with you. To all the fastpaced women out there who could never imagine setting down their briefcases, there’s nothing wrong with you. Some might call you “overly work-oriented,” some might tell you to slow down and “prioritize family,” but nevermind them.

There’s nothing wrong with you if you don’t see yourself shopping at Banana Republic for the rest of your life, or if you don’t love tiny dogs that fit in handbags. It doesn’t mean you’re less feminine or too uptight.

Screw the picket fence and the light wash jeans and sweater vest combo. I want to buy a wooden cottage on a farm when I retire, with a huge lake and a library filled with Hemingway novels.

Maybe I’ll live my life as a journalist.

Maybe I’ll travel the world, or maybe I will end up in a kitchen after all. It doesn’t matter, how much my life will fit the mold — all that matters is that I lived it without pausing, lived it without forgetting how I wanted it to end up.

Kelly Song is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at ksong@cornellsun.com. The Songbird Sings appears alternate Thursdays this semester.

CORRECTION A Tuesday article, "Pollack Details Task Force, Speech Code, Sexual Misconduct Policy to Grads," incorrectly quoted President Martha E. Pollack as saying she had a financial responsibility to the University that prevents her from binding herself to the recommendations of the presidential task force. In fact, Pollack said she has a fiduciary responsibility to the University. The article also incorrectly said that the task force will aim to make aspirational changes right away.

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Hillary Cliton | Adventures in Promiscuity and Insecurity

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ften times, at night I lie awake and consider the only questions that really matter in this world. Will I be happy? Will I find success in my life? Do I have true friends? Do I give toothy head?

I’ve always been the type of person who has all the answers, but I get stuck on the last one.

Over my four years of sexual activity, I have had my fair share of partners. That’s been great. Like really fun. I mean you go out and you go to a party and you come home and you touch each other. It’s great. Getting frisky with saucy coeds is the best part of college. What consumes me, what leaves me unable to sleep at night (besides ALL the sex), is that even with all my experience, even with the knowledge that the only place I might ever be in the top tenth percentile in my life is sex-having, I might still not be very good at it.

Picture this: I’m going down on someone. Ostensibly, they like it.

They’re having a good time and they’re really getting into it. But what if my front teeth, which are admittedly enormous, drag a little on the way up or d ow n ?

Certainly, I can’t help it. I’m sure plenty of porn stars have gotten veneers in order to avoid this problem, but I’m a natural sort of girl who prefers to work within my own bodily constraints.

Another picture: I’m on top. I’m doing my thing, going some direction or another, or just sort of bouncing around aimlessly, looking up at whatever these people decided to decorate their rooms with (why

Tucker Must Die. In the movie, one character asks, “am I a good kisser?” to which the other replies, “do guys tell you you’re a good kisser?”

Is the immediate affirmation the only way to know?

I thought about opening an anonymous comment box or handing out a feedback form. But guys who hit it and quit it aren’t going to be willing to put in the effort to put in the time and effort that such

I guess the issue is that I have no idea what my sexual Yelp page would look like. does every fraternity male have the same Chance poster?). How could I possibly know if they’re enjoying it?

I mean, I know they are, but this is Cornell. I don’t need to be the best they ever had, but I want to come in at a respectable #11 on the annual rankings.

I guess the issue is that I have no idea what my sexual Yelp page would look like. And this absolutely terrifies me. To be a little more serious, this kind of chatter echoes through absolutely every “locker room” type space here. What was she like? Was she hot? And everyone knows, if you do something weird, that will be your epithet. You’ll be Weird Tongue Girl, or Thumb Sucker Girl, or the worst of all, Toothy Head Girl.

In my formative years, I watched a movie called John

it would require. While I would love to see the results of my INTERcourse evaluations, I might never get to.

And that leaves me right where I started, wondering about the quality of my head-giving.

So to those out there who worry about their toothy head like I do, or maybe about the lengths of their members or whether they pull ponytails a little hard or whether they are able to please their partners at all, I feel you. I am you. And I don’t have any sort of answer for you besides maybe, just once, during sex, think about yourself and your own satisfaction and go from there. That might be the only thing that makes sex worth having anyway.

Hillary Cliton is a student at Cornell University. Adventures in Promiscuity and Insecurity appears periodically this semester.

Veuve Cliq-Hoe | Fire & Ice and Cherries in the Snow

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et’s face it, while winter break is our light at the end of the tunnel, around the eighth day most of us are five pounds heavier and absolutely bored with our nondescript home lives. Sometime during that second week of blissful boredom, you open the little, red-flamed app that you had promised not to rejoin. A few swipes later, you’re sitting in your couch wearing warm flannel pajamas for the second day in a row, stuffing your face with holiday cookies, feeling that redhot holiday jingle in your pants.

And all of a sudden, you realize the holidays are actually stressful. At Cornell, you have the luxury of your own mattress and no parental supervision, so you never really have to sneak around (unless you’re into that, in which case, hell yeah), but at home privacy is a rare luxury.

That being said, don’t let it stop you from unwrapping some packages and doing some adult sleigh-riding. Here are some jolly tips to be unabashedly naughty this holiday season.

1. Finding Santa’s Little Helper

Whether it’s your current S.O., an ex, a friend or a sexy stranger, you may want the help of someone for those not-sosilent nights. Once you secure a little helper, remember: Don’t assume what your partner wants or doesn’t want Be honest about your boundaries Holiday lingerie… because ‘tis the season!

Holiday dirty talk is just as fun as it sounds Why limit it to one little helper? Spread the holiday cheer!

2. Light Those Menorahs

Just because you’re bored doesn’t mean you have to be boring! Similar to a Christmas tree, holiday sex is special because instead of a plain pine tree, you get to decorate it with ostentatious ornaments of all shapes and sizes. To list some festive favorites: Gingerbread and candy cane flavored lube Nutty Vanilla scented candle

— fun fact, vanilla is an aphrodisiac scent!

Variety Christmas fun flavored condoms Adult toys — gift a vibrating gift that keeps on giving (big O’s) Watch holiday-themed porn together Try holiday-inspired sex positions (Urban Dictionary is a must!)

3. Baby, It’s Cold Outside

You and your S.O. (or hot rando) are ready to go at it, but your houses aren’t safe for sex, or you want to spice up your venue, where to go? Keeping in mind that public sex can land you in jail and on the sex offenders’ list, here are some options other than your teenage bedroom to get it on: Sleigh Ride: Park somewhere secluded and have a quick escape route planned. I suggest turning the music up, as the vibrations of the speakers, heat inside of the car, and thrill of getting caught guarantee a steamy good time.

The North Pole: If you want

to modify and add an extra level of kinkiness, get naughty on the snow. Similar to the hot icecube scene on Fifty Shades of Grey, temperature play has some serious stimulating effects, so warm it up with some foreplay indoors and then get raunchy outside.

Light it Up: Assuming you’re lucky enough to have a fireplace and an empty house, toss some blankets on the ground, and go at it by the fireplace. Although probably not scientifically correct, there’s something primal and fiery about doing it in a dark room by the red flames of a burning fire.

Obviously, this list isn’t comprehensive, so jingle some bells, lick some candy canes, spin some drei-

dels, squeeze many sugarplums and make Santa blush this holiday season!

Veuve Cliq-Hoe is a student at Cornell University. Fire & Ice and Cherries in the Snow appears monthly this semester.

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PTNS 2017: Advanced Potions for Adults

By EMILY JONES

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n Saturday, October 28, Coltivare welcomed wizards and muggles alike to its second annual Advanced Potions for Adults at its restaurant on 235 South Cayuga Street. A continuation of Wizarding Weekend festivities, the event offered mixology demonstrations, as well as opportunities to sample and purchase drinks from a variety of Finger Lake winery, brewery, and distillery vendors.

The event was conducted in the large multipurpose room across the breezeway from Coltivare’s main restaurant. Wizard hats and cloaked heads bobbed between tables around the perimeter of the room, sampling an assortment of wine, beer, cider, and spirits from vendors including Sheldrake Point Winery, Four Fights Distilling, and Finger Lakes Cider House. Meanwhile, a curious fellow with a pointy goatee and top hat (who was fortunately much less intimidating and much more entertaining than Professor Snape) demonstrated how to concoct different wizard-themed “potions” on a stage at the front of the room.

Amongst the potions demonstrated were the “Guzzling Goblin Goblet” (consisting of pumpkin purée, brandy and spice syrup); the “Sea Hag” (Quackenbush amber rum, Midori, Agwa coca leaf liqueur, house-Made sours and chia seeds); the “Health Potion” (Balls vodka, Campari, watermelon purée, raspberry syrup, cranberry bitters and lime bitters) and the “Mana Potion” (Black Button Citrus Forward Gin, Blue Curaçao and St. Germain).

Shaking a tumbler next to his head, the eccentric potions master offered a wealth of

knowledge about the history of cocktails (they were first invented in New York) and different kinds of alcohol (gin is derived from Guinevere, which was invented by the Dutch), information about cocktail-making (amongst bartenders, St. Germain is known as “cocktail ketchup” because it makes everything taste better), as well as tips and tricks for concocting our own potions (a good cocktail has strong, sour and sweet components).

Even if I didn’t love the taste of each potion, I appreciated their variety and creativity, as well as the insightful, amusing commentary that accompanied their brewing (“It’s always important to have your mayonnaise jar tightly sealed,” the mixologist exclaimed as his makeshift tumbler nearly burst open, “And don’t wear white!”).

Of the drinks I sampled from the vendors, my favorites were Four Fights Distilling’s Emperial Apple Pie: a sweet, robust whiskey

that could emblaze an otherwise innocent scoop of vanilla ice cream; and Kite & String Honeoye Sparkling Cider, another sweet, yet lighter drink produced by Finger Lakes Cider House (I have sweet taste).

Though libations were plentiful, the event lacked edible refreshments. The event’s Facebook description advertised “light food fare” — yet the only fare to be found consisted of a small bowl of Halloween candy on one of the vendor’s tables. Having eaten only a light dinner to save room for both food and beverage, I found myself holding back on enjoying the potions so as not to over-enjoy them. Of course, it was only a short walk across the breezeway to the restaurant, but I didn’t want to miss out on the event while waiting for a table to open up in the crowded restaurant. For future Potions classes, Coltivare should consider offering Harry-Potter themed food (Pumpkin Pasties or Treacle

Tarts , anyone?) to bolster the theme and ensure that guests enjoy drinks on a full stomach — or else, it shouldn’t advertise food at all.

If the event could have benefitted from Harry-Potter-themed food, it could also have benefitted from Harry-Potter-themed drinks. The mixologist’s potions vaguely referenced magical themes and creatures, but aside from Finger Lakes Cider House’s display of red, green, yellow and blue bottles representing each of the four Hogwarts houses, and guests’ own Harry-Potterthemed costumes, there were few explicit connections to the series itself. I would have enjoyed renditions of Butterbeer, Felix Felicis, Pollyjuice Potion, Unicorn Blood or even Goblets of Fire. I suppose serving drinks too strongly tied to the books might have stifled the mixologist’s originality and imagination – but guests expecting a stronger Harry Potter theme may have found themselves disappointed.

Nevertheless, the event offered a fun excursion into the Ithaca community and a welcome break from the overcrowded bars and stale fraternity basements of Collegetown. A recently turned 21-year-old, I enjoyed the opportunity to witness a different version of Ithaca, from the wineries that the Finger Lakes are so well known for to the company of an older, more mature crowd. At the anticipated third annual Advanced Potions for Adults next year, alcohol aficionados and aspiring mixologists alike will find a magical night awaiting them.

Emily Jones is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. She can be reached at ej68@cornell.edu.

Potter’s Popusas and Magical Mac and Cheese

By ANNIKA PINCH Sun Staff Writer

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izarding weekend is full of wands and broomsticks, talking pictures, lines of people waiting to receive their Hogwarts acceptance letter and be sorted into their Hogwarts house, the deathly hallows symbol on every piece of jewelry, people dressed as wizards yelling spells at each other and perhaps most importantly, food. If you are not a

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Harry Potter fan, you probably have no idea what half of these things are. But food is one thing that that everyone knows and has opinions about.

I got to the Commons, where Wizarding Weekend was taking place, at around 9:30 a.m.

Saturday to volunteer for the event with my roommate. Despite a strong breeze, it was a perfect day for this event; it was sunny and bright, and the leaves whirling around in the breeze made it an ideal fall day. Instead of food stands lining the Commons like at other Ithaca festivals, there were jewelry stands, stores selling Harry Potter merchandise, wand stores, picture booths, wizarding chess and basically anything Harry Potter-themed you could ever want, with a few vendors selling food scattered in between.

Near Center Ithaca, I passed a place serving grilled cheese, tomato soup and chocolate warts, which I learned were chocolate covered apples. As appealing as the chocolate warts sounded, they were not what I was craving. I passed a place serving vegan shepherd's pie with organic salad, Little Tree Orchards selling their famous cider and other apple products, and a Latin food station set up outside Pizza Aroma on Cayuga Street.

I then reached Pressbay Alley and realized that most of the food was set up around this area. There were food trucks everywhere, such

as Silo famous all-natural fried chicken, Silo Mac express, a sandwich place, an omelette place and Indian Creek Farm. There were people everywhere lining up for food, talking in the sun and watching the Quidditch match nearby.

All of the options were overwhelming, but my roommate and I eventually decided on sharing the Silo Veggie Mac. It consisted of Silo mac and cheese with organic, local, wilted greens and housemade pickled onions. It was originally $9, but we got a dollar off for liking Silo food truck on Facebook. It came out pretty quickly and we took it over to a grassy area to sit and eat.

When I got the food, the lettuce looked so wilted and the onions were such a strange pinkish color that I thought I had made a mistake. Yet I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the combination of flavors. The warmth and creaminess of the mac and cheese complemented the cold and crunchy onions nicely.

The onions were refreshing, and even the wilted-looking lettuce was actually very tasty. Magical mac and cheese indeed! We ate our food quickly, and I could have happily had more. But instead of going to get the same thing again, we walked back to the Latin food stall stationed outside Pizza Aroma. The Latin food place was selling bean or pork pupusas ($4)

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and chicken or bean tamales ($5).

I had never had a pupusa before, so we decided to share a bean pupusa. A pupusa is a thick corn tortilla with some sort of filling — in this case, a bean filling. On top, there were cabbage and onions with an orange sauce.

It took a little while to get into the heart of the pupusa, where all the beans were, and without the bean filling it tasted plain. Once I reached the filling and had a bite with the onions and cabbage as well, I very much enjoyed the meal. I was too full from the mac

and cheese to eat much of the pupusa, but I’m glad I got it as it was a mixture of flavors I had never experienced before.

All in all, if you don’t want to go to Wizarding weekend for the people dressed up as wizards living out their Harry Potter fantasies, then at least go for the the variety of food and the atmosphere of excitement during the day. Even muggles are welcome!

Annika Pinch is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences. She can be reached at ap946@cornell.edu.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Defending Our Cinema

BY LORENZO BENITEZ Sun Staff Writer

A few semesters ago, when I was a more active staff writer in this section, I reviewed the 1971 film Walkabout before it screened at the Cornell Cinema. When the opportunity arose to review one of the greatest Australian films ever made, I obviously seized it without hesitation, thankful there exists an institution right here at Cornell that is devoted to showcasing profound examples of world cinema, like Ran and Koyaanisqatsi, alongside more contemporary works like Moonlight and Baby Driver. I didn’t expect much to come of that review — after all, who actually reads this section, if not this paper, right? — but at the bottom of the online article, I found a comment by an alumnus named David Moriah ’72, whose response is tangible evidence of the enduring relevance of institutions like the Cornell Cinema. It has been nearly half a century since David graduated, yet he has “returned to [Walkabout] several times over the years and continue to drink in the deep well of its wisdom and beauty.”

Recently, we were all rudely awakened to discover the Cornell Cinema has been threatened by not just a reduction to existing funding, but a complete withdrawal of financial support. Just a few weeks ago, local audiences were finally given the chance to witness the belated Ithaca premiere of Jean-Luc Godard’s Adieu au Langage, more than three years after its initial release at Cannes. The packed theater, composed of people from both Cornell and surrounding communities, verified our cinema as among

the most important cultural venues at this school, if not central New York. Had Cornell Cinema not been around to screen a pioneering 3D film by one of the most celebrated filmmakers of all time, I wonder if it would have ever found its way to this part of the world.

ments they demand of the cinema’s financial structure. That a portion of student funding not be used for the wages of a faculty advisor appears like a reasonable request, but this was already approved by the Appropriations Committee of Fall 2015, which decided the allocations

agree that its importance as an independent institution transcends the profit motive. I would similarly posit that the Cornell Cinema is of such importance as a cultural institution that should its existence be dictated by profitability. If anything, the Cornell Cinema is regisCOURTESY OF WARNER BROS. STUDIOS

In a time when the United States is gripped by issues of social division and shrinking empathy, the power of the moving image as a means by which we might expand our empathy — the foremost purpose of cinema identified by the late critic Roger Ebert — appears more relevant than ever. While some of the grievances that prompted the Student Assembly Appropriations Committee’s intended funding appear well-reasoned, threatening the very existence of Cornell Cinema is immensely disproportionate to the marginal improve-

of 2016 to 2018 cycle. While the Appropriations Committee of Fall 2016 expressed their concern toward this practice, the money with which the cinema paid this staff wage had already been granted and to re-divert it mid-cycle would have violated other restrictions imposed by the Student Assembly.

The committee’s other grievance, that the cinema’s business model is unsustainable, grossly mistakes the inherent value of certain institutions. The Cornell Daily Sun is not a profitable business, but almost all of us would ultimately

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BY PETER BUONANNO Sun Staff Writer

Over the recent years, Atlanta has become a cultural hearth for hip hop. The movement really began in the mid 90’s with the rise of Outkast, whose smooth rhythms and melodic hooks captured the attention of the masses and put Atlanta on the map. From this point on, there was no stopping the area from booming into what is, in my opinion, music's most exciting city.

From the late 2000's to present day a new genre of hip hop has emerged from the underground of Atlanta and grown into a world phenomenon, trap. Some of the world's biggest artists (Gucci Mane, Future, Migos, 21 Savage, Travis Scott and many others) fall into this genre.

21 Savage was raised in Atlanta by his mother. At a young age, he was expelled from his local school district due to gun

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possession and was forced to attend school in the Atlanta metro area. Further, in the years leading up to the start of his music career, 21 lived a life entangled with gangs, drugs and loss — in order to escape this violence, he turned to music and immediately found himself to be the metaphorical Jason Voorhees of the industry.

Similarly, Offset, one of Migos, grew up in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of Atlanta and, like 21, cites music as a means of making it out of the city.

Offset commanded the Migos mega-hit "Bad and Boujee" and was a driving force behind their sophomore album Culture which topped the charts. Indeed, Offset has had his share of legal struggles throughout his career, but he has been able to remain a popular music force despite this.

In the past two years, both Offset and 21 Savage have done tremendous collaborations with mega-star producer Metro Boomin, who recently just founded his own record label Boominati World Wide.

Offset x Metro Boomin x Drake's "No Complaints" peaked in the top 60 of Billboard's Hot 100 and 21 Savage x Metro

tered as a non-profit organization — and yet it managed to consistently return a slight fiscal surplus!

My friend Yuji Yang ’19, president of the cinema’s Student Advisory Board, says they expect a $200 surplus this fiscal year. My argument therefore doesn’t concern what the Cornell Cinema ought to be, but what it is already is.

I personally owe much to the Cornell Cinema, not only because of the cultural experiences it has provided to me as an audience member. If I end up making filmmaking my ultimate career, I will

Boomin's "X" was certified double platinum. It seems as if the only logical next step was to combine the two feature kings to create a project that would become an instant sensation, and that's exactly what Metro did.

The first track, "Ghostface Killers", is an immediate standout and recruits the help of Travis Scott, whose presence on any song seems to make it an instant success. One immediately notices how well 21 and Offset's flows merge together, considering they are almost polar opposites.

Offset's quick spitting perfectly opposes the dark and sinister tone that 21 portrays.

This track is perfect preview for the rest of the project as it introduces the album's theme of prestige and warning of their presence.

The album sees Offset prove that he can support a project on his own through his solo outings, Nightmare and Ric Flaire Drip. On Nightmare, Offset goes off, letting everyone know what he has achieved and challenging other rappers to get on his and the rest of the Migos' level: "You got a Rolex it outdated (who) / I got your hoe outside, be patient (yeah)/ Back in the Maybach, this ain't a 'Rarri, this is the latest Mercedes / Spent two-hundred thousand on my whole rider / Five-hundred k just to play / Open your eyes, your whole face (open that) / I got the Mac today (mac) / Pull up, get whacked today (wack)

forever have it to thank as the premiere venue of my first featurelength film. If the Student Assembly has no qualms devoting $75,000 each year to their Infrastructure Fund Commission, which supports student-led infrastructure projects with which budding engineers might practice their craft, why not extend the same generosity to budding creatives, for whom the Cornell Cinema acts as a unique, cultural institution instrumental to our development. The committee’s ostensible incredulity toward the value of Cornell Cinema is perhaps part of a growing STEM-obsessed skepticism toward the relevance of the arts, which is why, in resistance to the increasing functional commodification of higher education, we must vigorously defend our cinema.

The thought that decades of history and cultural enrichment that the Cornell Cinema has provided could suddenly end with the decision of an undergraduate committee should deeply trouble us. The consequences will be far greater than members of the Appropriations Committee likely anticipate, leaving a permanent cultural crater at the literal center of our school. In the lead-up to their final vote next week, I implore the transitory representatives of the Student Assembly to consider the lasting cultural opportunities they would deny future Cornellians — some of which are still fondly remembered nearly half a century later — if they allow our cinema to die on their watch.

Lorenzo Benitez is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at lbenitez@cornellsun.com.

/ Pull up and catch some waves (scurr scurr)."

21 Savage soars as well and continues to prove that he is in the game through tracks like "Run up the Racks" and "My Choppa Hate ******." He too flaunts his success and continues to demonstrate his ability to spit disturbing lyrics over dark trap beats that create the perfect soundtrack for a late-night party.

While the album proves to be an individual triumph for the likes of all three artists, what is most impressive is the sonic success that the three create when they are together on the same track. "Still Serving" is the epitome of this. Metro Boomin blesses the pair with a beat that perfectly resembles what would happen if Savage Mode and Culture were bred; Offset and 21 capitalize on the opportunity. 21 takes the first verse and, like always, raps slowly and monotone, like a villain from a horror movie. Offset then emerges from the foggy backdrop and comes in to make the song a true hit.

This album awakens the world that this trio is exactly what hip-hop needs, and I hope that we get to see a reunion on the upcoming Culture II from Migos or with a sophomore album.

Peter Buonanno is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at pfb48@cornell.edu.

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Geostorm Serves up CGI Carnage, Little Else

BY DAVID GOULDTHORPE Sun Staff Writer

Disaster movies are a genre all their own. They’re made for the little imp in all of us, the imp that hurls a meteor at a SimCity metropolis or shoot up those Call of Duty cars until they explode. They’re not here to teach a lesson, even though they may attempt to hammer something in there. No, they are here for only one reason: to showcase the spectacle of the apocalypse in a safe environment. Geostorm continues the tradition of disaster movies.

Dean Devlin directs, and he surely gives us a standard disaster flick… in both the best and the worst ways.

“[Disaster movies] are here for only one reason to showcase the spectacle of the apocalypse” David Gouldthorpe ’18 Geostorm opens a couple years in the future, where climate change has spiraled out of control. The governments of the world finally come together once and for all to deal with it, using the most advanced technology available. The result is Dutch Boy, a network of satellites that can alter the weather. Jake Lawson, played by Gerard

Butler, engineers Dutch Boy. But after activating it without US Senate approval, he is replaced by his younger brother Max (Jim Sturgess).

Fast forward three years, and the system begins to malfunction, freezing over an Afghan village. Lawson must now travel back to the space station to fix it, while his brother on Earth does his own digging. Together they find that the “malfunctions” may not be accidental after all…

Okay, so first of all… characters aren’t that well built here. Even the two main characters I named for you above, I had to head to Wikipedia because I already forgot their names. When watching the movie I just labeled them “Gerard Butler”, “Gerard Butler’s brother”, “Gerard Butler’s daughter” and so on.

Outside of Butler’s family, I still had to resort to “the president” or “Secret Service love interest” or “space station commander/love interest”.

The only person whose name I kind of remember is Secretary of State Decker?

(Just checked Wikipedia again, it’s Dekkom.) One of the best examples of the character problems is Cheng Long, a Hong Kong scientist played by Daniel Wu. Cheng calls up Gerard Butler’s brother to say that a geostorm is impending. Gerard Butler’s brother asks “What’s a geostorm?” and Cheng provides the exposition. Cheng then agrees to meet up with

Gerard Butler’s brother, but is murdered. He ends up as extra trimming on the plot that didn’t need to be there, and so many characters feel like this.

And even the main characters don’t do much. There’s a halfbaked “brothers coming together again” arc. It’s not as developed as it should be for a 109 minute movie, though.

Otherwise, the characters don’t change or learn anything.

The story feels driven more by “This has to happen now to fill in Disaster Movie Outline” instead of a natural progression of events. So many times, the characters seem to make a connection. we the audience follow along.

All of a sudden the characters make the connection all over again like it’s new and surprising. Conversely, sometimes they make such long leaps of logic. The dialogue also feels unnatural. One flirty line to the Secret Service agent goes “It’d be an honor to be the first person you kill.” I don’t know if I’m the only one who finds it UNromantic, but I’m willing to bet I’m not.

So, more about the plot… there’s a lot of inconsistencies here that I don’t wanna really dig into. So let’s just skate over the most egregious things. Why is Gerard Butler removed from the project for being argumentative? He’s popular with the public AND has probably been argumentative this whole time, this isn't a surprise. Why are people

locked out of the system, even Gerard Butler when he tries to use the super secret back entrance? Hint for that last one, it’s plot convenience.

The movie also sets up a red herring, where “Oh, this person’s the bad guy, they're totally the bad guy… JUST KIDDING! What a twist!”

Except that the “surprise” bad guy is painfully obvious. The very first time we see him speak in the movie, I thought to myself “He’s gonna be the mastermind, isn’t he?” And wouldn’t you know it, I was right.

“Is it a good movie? Lord no, it’s all over the palce and doesn’t make a lick of sense.”

David Gouldthorpe ’18 The problem only worsens when the movie tries to cover its tracks. For example, at one point in the movie, the villain sets the International Space Station to self-destruct. A crew member yells at Gerard Butler, demanding why he set a selfdestruct mechanism in the station. Butler explains it’s in case the station fell out of orbit, to minimize damage on the ground. Which then raises the question, if he had this foresight… why didn’t he also foresee the more likely chance that this thing would be used for evil?! The off-chance that it might go out of control and

hit a city block flits into his mind. But, he doesn't consider the chance that a president or anyone else might try to use the power to affect the global weather for ill purposes? I’m sorry, that's just ridiculous.

But let’s be honest here, nobody went into 2012 or The Day After Tomorrow for the story or characters. No, we go into movies like Geostorm to see things get destroyed.

And I’ll give the movie this, it delivers on that front. You wanna see Orlando hit by a deadly lightning storm that blows up a stadium? Moscow hit by a solar death ray? Rio de Janeiro hit by a deadly frost wave? Geostorm has you covered, at least for the most part.

Even there though, the effects often take a real stretch of the imagination. At eight years old, I knew enough about the weather to tell you that storms and tidal waves are not created or dissipated as easily as portrayed here. It’s fake and cheesy… but it’s still fun.

So, Geostorm, final verdict.

Is it a good movie? Lord no, it’s all over the place and doesn’t make a lick of sense. But, I can’t say it’s a bad movie either. If you wanna see CGI cities get pummelled by various natural (and unnatural) forces, then this is a decent fix. It’s a time-killer movie plain and simple.

David Gouldthorpe is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

He can be reached at djg284@cornell.edu.

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SPORTS

WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Cornell Earns Tough Weekend Split up North

By SMITA NALLURI Sun Staff Writer

Cornell women’s hockey got off to a solid start this past weekend as it began the regular season with two ECAC games on the road against No. 7 St. Lawrence (2-3-2, 0-10 ECAC) and No. 3 Clarkson (8-1-1, 2-10). No. 8 Cornell (1-1-0, 1-1-0) bested the Saints, 3-1, on Friday, but fell to reigning national champion, Clarkson, 6-0, on Saturday.

The weekend — with its ups and downs — provided Cornell with a valuable learning opportunity and sets the stage for a successful campaign ahead.

“We were well prepared and battled as a team,” said junior goalie Marlene Boissonnault. “As the season progresses, we will continue to learn and grow as a team and get stronger and stronger.”

“There were a lot of positives in our first weekend,” echoed head coach Doug

Derraugh ’91. “But we need to learn to be more consistent in our play.”

The Red is coming off of an outstanding 2016-17 season that saw the team advance to the NCAA tournament. However, after graduating a strong senior class, the group had to readjust this year in order to maintain its prowess.

“This season we lost not only a talented senior class, but a group of strong leaders and teammates off the ice too,” said senior defenseman Sarah Knee. “We knew going into this season that everyone right down to the incoming freshmen would need to contribute on the ice and in the locker room to bring us back to that level.”

Underclassmen stepped up to the plate in both games this weekend as freshman defenseman, Devon Facchinato blocked two shots for the Red against Clarkson, and sophomores Jamie Bourbonnais, Kristin O’Neill, and Paige Lewis led the offensive charge during each of the two contests.

Freshman goaltender Lindsay Browning came on in relief and made her career debut for Cornell against Clarkson, and classmate forward Madlynne Mills scored her first career-goal against St. Lawrence to regain the lead in the third period.

Other highlights from the weekend include Bourbonnais’ and Lewis’ goals against St. Lawrence and Boissonnault’s 25save performance against the Saints.

A driven and talented team, albeit young, the Red moved up one spot and is currently ranked eighth in the NCAA, but the group pays little attention to rankings as the season unfolds.

“Rankings don’t affect our goals from year to year,” Knee said. “We are always striving to be the best we possibly can.

While rankings help down the road, they are more of a byproduct. We are focused on our daily actions rather than the end result.”

And despite the pressure of being a

nationally ranked team, the Red prefers to take things one game at a time and focus on the task at hand, using even the toughest of losses to better itself as a cohesive unit.

“There is always a big learning curve with a young team,” Derraugh said. “We need to be patient.”

“I’m very excited for this year, and I’m even more optimistic knowing the season has only just begun,” Knee said. “There’s still plenty of work to do and nothing worthwhile comes easy, but we’re ready to work hard and learn from our mistakes. Of course we want to win games, but we know even losing can make us better.”

The Red is back in action this weekend at Lynah Rink, making its home debut against Quinnipiac (5-4, 1-1 ECAC) and Princeton (1-1-2, 1-1) in two more conference matchups.

Smita Nalluri be reached at snalluri@cornellsun.com.

1st Place Red to Take on Green FOOTBALL

“They play such base defense, but they do it really well,” Archer said. “They run to the ball, they shed blocks and they’re just really fundamentally sound.”

“They’re a really well-coached team,” said senior tight end Hayes Nolte. “They don’t do a lot of

something they have embraced in recent weeks.

“I feel like we’ve totally figured Quarterback Jack Heneghan out our identity as a team, and leads a capable offense and has everyone’s bought in,” he said. thrown for 13 touchdowns and “We’ve always prided ourselves on just four interceptions this season. being the blue-collar Ivy. We want The team averages 165 yards per our opponents knowing that game on the ground, when you play Cornell, with Ryder Stone getting it’s going to be a physical “We’ve always prided ourselves on the bulk of the carries. game.” “[Heneghan] is a realAlong the same lines, being the blue-collar Ivy. We want our ly great thrower, but the Red has become a when you watch him on opponents knowing that when you play run-first team — a label film he’s got a great sense Archer is proud of. In its Cornell, it’s going to be ... physical.” of the pocket and he will previous four games, Senior Hayes Nolte take off for first downs Cornell has run the ball and extended drives,” far more than it has Archer said. “We’ve got thrown, and the team’s to keep him in the pocket and get crazy stuff, but their defensive line talented group of tailbacks has him sacked.” is really big and really physical. gotten the job done.

The Green defense has given We’re definitely going to have to Losing junior Chris Walker up an average of just 332 yards per be physical and match their inten- against Princeton is a big blow, game and ranks in the top half of sity on the line of scrimmage.” but senior captain Jack Gellatly, the league defending both the run For Nolte and the rest of the classmate Josh Sweet and sophoand the pass.

Cornell offense, physicality is more Harold Coles have already shown they can be effective when called upon.

“You have to take [Walker’s] production and spread it out over everybody else,” Archer said.

“And that means more for Jack and Harold and more for some others.”

If the Red can beat Dartmouth, a pivotal week nine matchup with Columbia would loom. But the team is certainly not overlooking this one. Either way, the Red is playing meaningful football in November, and that is nothing to scoff at.

“It’s a great feeling,” said sophomore punter/kicker Nickolas Null, whose 43-yard field goal was the difference versus Princeton. “Every one of them is hungry to win games, and they all have this chip on their shoulder that a lot of people predicted we weren’t going to be very good, and they’re coming out here and showing that they can play ball.

It’s an us against the world mentality.”

“We believed in it the whole time,” Nolte added, “but it’s great to see it translating into wins and it being week eight with us tied for first.”

Kickoff is set for 1:30 Saturday at Dartmouth’s Memorial Field.

Continued from page 16

Charles Cotton can be reached at ccotton@cornellsun.com.

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Null Embodies ‘Chip on Our Shoulder’ Mentality

Boots game-winnning field goal in first start at new position as full-time kicker, after injury to Mays

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Kid clutch | Nickolas Null, who started the season as just the punter, knocked through a 43-yard game-winning field goald in his team’s upset win against Princeton on the road.

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Staff Writer

Under the lights on national television and with a chance to achieve a monumental upset victory, kickerturned-punter-turned-kicker/punter Nickolas Null trotted out to attempt a game-winning 43-yard field goal. He booted it straight through the uprights with a confidence unexpected from someone who wasn’t even his team’s primary kicker just a few weeks ago.

Null, much like his team, plays each game with a chip on his shoulder. That made it extra sweet as his game-winner sailed through the uprights Oct. 28 at Princeton, giving the Red a 29-28 victory on the road against a team heavily expected to run away with the win.

Flashback just a few weeks ago, and Null was only the punter on an 0-3 team picked to finish last in the Ivy League — not exactly headline material. But Null’s unbounded confidence, paired with his team’s hunger as it continues its “Revenge Tour,” makes him one of Cornell football’s most compelling storylines.

“He just has that humble, earn it type of attitude,” head coach David Archer ’05 said of his Swiss Army knife of a player. “There’s no sense of entitlement.

There’s no, ‘Where are my reps?’ It’s, ‘Let me show you

and prove to you that I’ve earned these reps.’”

Null, who took over the starting role after junior Zach Mays’ injury against Brown on Homecoming, has since found success taking on both punting and kicking responsibilities, earning the Ivy League’s Special Teams Player of the Week honor twice in a row.

The Bradenton, Florida native is a perfect 3-3 on field goals and 5-5 on extra points, while sending all 10 of his kickoffs for touchbacks and averaging a solid 41.4 yards on punts.

Passed on by other football programs, perhaps most notably Brown, Null has Archer to thank for taking a chance on him. Right after nailing the game-winner against Princeton, the kicker went right up to his coach and said, “Hey, thanks for recruiting me.”

“A lot of places counted me out. I was getting recruited by some big time schools and they ended up offering other guys,” Null said. “It’s just a very rewarding feeling knowing that there was a coach [here] that believed in me and I was able to come up big for him.”

The team-first attitude is evident in Null’s reaction to being the hero in one of the Red’s biggest wins in recent program history — and in his response when he falls short, like in a botched fake punt attempt in the Red’s loss at Yale in its first Ivy game.

“He is a guy that takes hard coaching, that wants to get better, that cares about his team,” Archer said. “He was so down with that fake punt at Yale — ‘Oh, do you guys still have confidence in me?’

“I said, ‘Heck yeah we have confidence in you. Your attitude breeds that confidence.’ And [we] saw it on display.”

Punting in the shadows of punter Chris Fraser ’17, one of the most decorated individuals to pass through the program, is extra motivation for Null. Null said Fraser mentored him not only on mechanics and technique, but also about his mental game.

“A lot of people probably think that you got to come in here and you got to live up to those standards but I think if you set the bar high and shoot for that you’re going to produce good numbers and play well,” Null said of working to follow-up the first ever four-time first-team All-Ivy Cornell football player. “Coming in with the bar already set high is what pushed me a lot in the offseason to get better.”

Despite his dominance as a kicker, Null’s primary responsibility is — or at least was, up until recently — punting. But the skilled special teams player has done it all and even has the “football player mentality,” Archer said, to play another position like linebacker or receiver.

Whether off a tee, from a snap or through an upright, Null’s consistency and mentality have helped power a season everyone outside the Cornell locker room thought to be beyond unlikely.

“It just feels like I’m playing more. It feels like I’m just in it, and when you’re in it and you’re moving around doing all those things it just feels like you’re playing football,” Null said. “You’re not too worried about all those things, you just go out there and you just do it.”

“He just has that humble, earn it type of attitude. There’s no sense of entitlement.

There’s no, ‘Where are my reps?’”

Head Coach David Archer ’05 Null’s prove-it mindset plays right into his team’s “us against the world” mantra.

“Every one of them is hungry to win games. They all have this chip on their shoulder,” Null said. “A lot of people predicted we weren’t going to be very good at the beginning of the year, and [we’re] coming out here and showing we can play ball too.”

Raphy Gendler can be reached at rgendler@cornellsun.com.

FOOTBALL

All-Ivy Running Back Walker To Miss Remainder of Season

By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Sports Editor

Cornell football’s primary running back junior Chris Walker will miss the remainder of the 2017 season and “probably the first part of next year” after an injury sustained in the team’s 29-28 win over Princeton Saturday night, head coach David Archer ’05 said Tuesday afternoon.

With just over seven minutes played in the third quarter against the Tigers, Walker rushed the ball up the left side only to fall to the field with a non-contact injury and a buckling in his right knee.

The junior immediately grabbed his right leg in pain and had to be helped off the field, making his touchdown earlier in the third quarter seem inconsequential.

With Walker out, Cornell loses its leader in all-purpose yards through seven games this season. An All-Ivy first-team selection in 2016, Walker has regressed in the 2017 campaign in terms of offensive production, averaging 30 fewer yards per game on the ground and two yards less per carry.

But what Walker lost on the ground he made up for in the air. Compared to the

nine games he appeared in last season, he to rely on its depth to have a successful was averaging nine more yards in the air end of the season on the ground. per game and hauled in four more recep- Sophomore Harold Coles has shown signs tions this season prior to the injury that he is capable of taking on a larger Saturday. He is the second-leading receiv- role, evident in his team-leading 293 er on the team, averaging 9.3 yards per yards on 46 fewer attempts than Walker.

Senior captain Jack Gellatly is having a catch.

Walker was injured once before this season, exiting the 28-16 loss to Bucknell in the first quarter after taking a hard hit immediately following a 19-yard catch.

“It was devastating to lose Chris,” said senior tight end Hayes Nolte. “[But] we made the comeback [against Princeton] without Chris. We are a team with a lot of confidence. … Next man up.”

Cornell, a run-first offense which has CAMERON POLLACK / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR attempted the most Rough running | Walker suffered a non-contact injury to his rushes in the Ivy League, will now need right knee in the third quarter of last Saturday’s victory over

career year with 329 all-purpose yards.

Both, however, have been injury-prone this season; Coles missed the entire Bucknell game with an ankle injury, while Gellatly only appeared briefly in the second half.

Archer also pointed to senior Josh Sweet as someone who may get more touches, as well as freshman S.K. Howard, who filled into the halfback role nicely against Bucknell when only he and Sweet were healthy enough to play.

The quarterback position, too, has become a pseudo-running back role for Cornell at times, especially when senior Jake Jatis is under center. Jatis is fourth on the team in rushing with 151 yards and tied with Walker for the lead in rushing touchdowns with three, including two against Harvard and one against Princeton.

“We’re going to have to lean on them a little bit more,” Archer said of replacing Walker’s playmaking. “We have to take Chris’ production and spread it out over everybody else.”

Zachary Silver can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.

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FOOTBALL

Cornell Seeks First Win at Dartmouth Since ’05

By CHARLES COTTON Sun Assistant Sports Editor

For the first time in decades, Cornell football enters its yearly matchup with Dartmouth first in the Ivy League standings. After knocking off two preseason No. 1 teams Harvard and Princeton, the Red is proving it is no joke and has a legitimate shot at the league title.

But with the final three games taking place against a fellow No. 1 team in Columbia, No. 2 in Dartmouth and a perennially tough Penn program, there are no easy games from here on out, and the team’s next big challenge takes place this Saturday in Hanover.

“We’re not playing to keep anything or protect anything,” said head coach David Archer ’05. “We’re still going after it. These are three more huge games, and there’s still a lot more to play.”

Last season, Cornell lost to Dartmouth, 17-13, after surrendering a double-digit fourth quarter lead to drop its fifth consecutive contest and its eighth straight against the Green.

But the team has used last year’s defeat as added motivation, a constant theme throughout this season’s “Revenge Tour,” in which Cornell has attempted — and so far succeeded— to avenge losses suffered in 2016. The Red can check Harvard, Brown and Princeton off that list and is using the same fuel heading to Dartmouth.

“We’re not playing to keep anything or protect anything. We’re still going after it. These are three more huge games.”

Head Coach David Archer ’05 “Last year was definitely tough losing that game,” said sophomore cornerback and kick returner David Jones.

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No joke | Cornell is tied for first in the Ivy league after defeating Princeton on national television, 29-28, with a late-game field goal to win last Saturday.

“That wasn’t a game we should’ve lost, and we kind of gave it away. We’re really harping on [the revenge tour] this week, and we really want to get that revenge because we gave [the game] to them last year.”

Dartmouth (5-2, 2-2 Ivy) began the season with five straight wins but has lost its last two to fall out of the league’s top spot. The Green has remained competitive, though, and has talent up and down its roster.

“They should’ve beaten Harvard, they should've beaten Columbia,” Archer said. “These guys could easily be undefeated and tops in the league.”

Dartmouth’s numbers are solid across the board, but the group does not excel in any one particular phase of the game.

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MEN’S HOCKEY

Red Faces off Against Quinnipiac, Princeton to Begin ECAC Play

By ZACHARY SILVER Sun Sports Editor

There is no team Cornell men’s hockey has faced off against more than Quinnipiac since the 2010-11 season.

In the 23 contests between the two ECAC powers in that timeframe, nine have come in the postseason, 13 have been decided by a one-goal margin and six have had to be decided in overtime. Each contest is more bitterly fought than the one preceding it, and each holds an added sense of urgency and novelty than most any other game on the respective schedules.

“From game one when I played

Quinnipiac last year, I noticed a difference,” said sophomore defenseman Yanni Kaldis, who has two games under his belt against the Bobcats. “It’s a really fun game to play in. We can expect their best and they should expect our best also.”

With a sweep of Alabama-Huntsville this past weekend in the back pocket, Cornell is set to begin ECAC play this coming Friday and Saturday, and there is no other team the Red would rather begin against.

The No. 18 Cornell squad heads to No. 11/12 Quinnipiac this Friday, with Princeton slotted in the next day. As opposed to UAH this past weekend, Cornell has two teams to focus on in the upcoming

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Smooth start | Cornell kicked off its season with a two-game sweep against AlabamaHuntsville at Lynah Rink.

road trip, and while the team will tell you that every game is of equal importance, it is clear who they look forward to more.

“It’s always fun playing Quinnipiac,” said senior alternate captain and forward Trevor Yates, the reigning ECAC Player of the Week. “We don’t like them very much, so it adds a little more excitement to the game.”

In the 23 contests since the 2010-11 season, Quinnipiac holds the slim margin in wins with 12 to Cornell’s 10, and one bout ending in a 2-2 tie. But the Bobcats have dominated in the goals department, holding a 17-goal margin over the Red in the past seven seasons, albeit with a 10-0 win thrown into the mix.

“It’s one of those teams you go in and you know it’s going to be one of the hardest, if not the hardest, games of the year,” Yates said.

A team always chock-full of offensive and defensive weapons, Quinnipiac is coming off a relatively down year, at least by its standards. The Bobcats lost in the ECAC semifinals to eventual-Frozen Four team Harvard and fell short of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2012.

“It’s ebbs and flows,” said Cornell head coach Mike Schafer ’86 of Quinnipiac. “[They’ve] been having great years, and we’ve been trying to steal stuff that they do.”

As much as Cornell would love to try and dismantle Quinnipiac every day of the year, the team also has an up-and-coming Princeton team to prepare for the very next night.

The Tigers finished seventh in the ECAC last season with a 8-11-3 conference record and were tabbed to finish fourth and fifth in the media and coaches’ polls, respectively.

Junior Max Véronneau was also picked by both sects of voting members to be an allconference selection at forward.

Cornell, at least on the scoreboard, easily handled Princeton in both matchups last season, but was outshot in the 5-1 win in New Jersey. Schafer is wary of what could potentially be a Tiger squad on the rise.

“Our guys respect them,” Schafer said.

“We had two tough games against them last year. … If you give them time and space, like anybody else, they will make plays.”

Like Cornell, Princeton touts a newcomer in net after the graduation of Colton Phinney, the program’s all-time leader in saves. Ryan Ferland has just one game of collegiate experience, but he led his team to a season-opening 4-2 win over Holy Cross, where he had to make 38 saves.

Schafer also stressed the power of the impending opponents’ special teams. But one bright spot of taking and drawing so many penalties for Cornell this past weekend against UAH was getting reps on the powerplay and penalty kill early on in the season.

“It was really important for both the power play and the penalty kill [to get ice time],” Kaldis said. “We got better in the second game against [UAH] than the first game. … We have to move forward from here.”

The weekend slate of games kicks off at 7 p.m. from Quinnipiac’s High Point Solutions Arena, then again at the same time Saturday from Princeton’s Hobey Baker Memorial Rink.

Zachary Silver can be reached at sports-editor@cornellsun.com.