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Cornell Seeks to Improve Food Scientist Retracts Fourth Paper Criticism mounting over past year for questionable data analysis Food Sustainability Measures

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in separate publications.

The fourth retracted paper, published in 2016 in the journal Frontiers of Psychology, examines Brian Wansink, the director of the Cornell the shopping habits of World War II veterans and Food and Brand Lab who has come under fire over claims that people exposed to heavy trauma are the past year for using questionable methods of more price conscious and less loyal to brands. data analysis, co-authoring papers that include Following complaints regarding the validity of more than 150 data inconsistencies and re-using the article’s findings, Frontiers editors posted a text in multiple publications, has just retracted a retraction note on Friday concluding that there fourth study. was “no empirical support for the conThe retracted publication is the food clusions of the article.” researcher’s fourth full retraction this Editors did not cite specific errors in year, along with at least eight correcthe study’s raw data, however, Frontiers tions published or forthcoming and a ethics and integrity manager Gearóid slew of misconduct allegations facing at Ó Faoleán indicated that Wansink will least 50 of Wansink’s studies. release the data himself, Buzzfeed The food psychology professor has reported. faced heavy scrutiny since adding a “However, Prof Wansink has stated now-deleted blog post to his personal that he will be releasing this data folPROF. WANSINK website in November 2016 in which, lowing the conclusion of outstanding according to critics, he endorsed shoddy research discussions with other journals / publishers,” practices and encouraged graduate students to Faoleán said by email. cherry-pick from insignificant data sets in order to In June, Wansink allegedly wrote to his collabadvance their careers. orators that several data entries in a patch of papers In March, Wansink dismissed additional about World War II veterans — including Friday’s accusations of self-plagiarism made by a Ph.D. retracted paper — were duplicates or “misstudent in the Netherlands who showed instances in which Wansink reused his own text See RETRACTION page 4 Sun Assistant News Editor

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Tuition woes | Dean of the Graduate School Barbara Knuth addresses concerns of students.

tion, part of the tax reform bill recently passed by the House of Representatives, would repeal section 117(d) of the Internal Revenue Code that classifies a qualified tuition reduction as a non-taxable benefit. This would effectively tax qualified tuition reductions for many graduate students nationwide.

Dean of the Graduate School Barbara Knuth and Vice President for University Relations Joel Malina addressed the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly on Monday evening, reassuring graduate students about a provision of the proposed Congressional tax plan but To read the rest of the story, warning of its “very, very please visit cornellsun.com. adverse” impacts for higher education.

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in Cornell’s Sustainability office but rather an innovative area for the Food Focus Team who tackles Cornell is truly the Gold stan- this challenge everyday. dard in sustainability practices — Cornell opened an award-winaccording to AASHE sustainabili- ning compost facility in 1992. In ty metrics — with impressive 2012, dining halls went tray-less to green research support, communi- discourage students and faculty ty outreach and sustainable energy from taking unnecessary plates systems. But food and dining prac- and portions. tices remain the weakest points in Since 2014, Cornell Dining’s the University’s sustainable Student Sustainability progress.

Coordinators Of colhave conleges that “We’re doing a tremendous ducted perreport every sonal food amount already to reduce year, Cornell waste studies waste, provide sustainable is the longest in dining standing halls on both food options.”

Gold memNorth and Sarah Brylinsky ber in the W e s t nation and Campus. the highest And in 2016, grading Ivy League school for Cornell adopted the “Menus of overall sustainability scores, Hilary Change” initiative to increase enviPaul ’19, Cornell’s student repre- ronmentally responsible food sentative for sustainability statistics choices. told The Sun. Cornell’s sustainable These initiatives may have food and dining metrics, however, reduced Cornell Dining’s water fall short of the Association for the and chemical needs — though Advancement of Sustainability in there is no clear measurement in Higher Education standards. place for individual dining hall Across the board, colleges and usage — but Cornell’s food susuniversities who report to tainability rating has remained AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, the same over the last three Assessment & Rating System™ years. earn the lowest grades in sustainThe problem, said Michelle able food.

Shin ’19, an SSC and Sun dining This continuously low STARS score, however, is not a blind spot See FOOD page 4

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IPD: Man Barricades Himself in Bedroom Before Surrendering to Police Monday afternoon, the Ithaca Police Department responded to a domestic incident on Hudson Street that had been reported as a physical dispute, according to a press release.

While at the scene, IPD identified one of the people involved as being wanted on a bench warrant for criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree. The man, identified as Daniel Blackman, initially barricaded himself in a second floor bedroom and refused to surrender to the police.

In a Facebook post around 2 p.m., Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 announced that Hudson Street would be closed from Hillview to Grandview, and he advised people to steer clear of the area. The same post also announced that South Hill Elementary School would be dismissed from their rear entrance.

The Ithaca department SWAT team was activated and arrived on the scene. Upon the SWAT team’s arrival, Blackman surrendered and was taken into custody without any further incident, according to the press release.

The entire incident lasted approximately 90 minutes. Blackman has now been turned over to the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Department for arraignment.

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Play Screening: Paula Vogel’s Indecent 7 p.m., Film Forum, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Messenger Public Lecture: Quantum Computing and the Limits of the Efficiently Computable 7:30 - 9 p.m., Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall

Tomorrow Liability Insurance: Equilibrium Contracts under Monopoly and Competition 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., 333 Sage Hall Part-time Employment and Firm-level Labor Demand over the Business Cycle 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m., 115 Ives Hall Senior Capstone in Development Sociology Presentation of Student Projects 1:30 - 3 p.m., B73 Warren Hall

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Inaugural Cornell Immigration Innovation Challenge 2 - 4 p.m., L28 Hughes Hall

Mostafa Minawi: Juridical Colonialism, International Law and the Ottoman Response 4:45 p.m., Toboggan Lodge, 38 Forest Home Drive

ORIE Colloquium: Juan Pablo Vielma: Nonlinear Mixed Integer Programming Formulations 4:15 p.m., 253 Frank H. T. Rhodes Hall

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Cornellians Win Award for Work in Ghana Students win creativity award for architectural design of eco-friendly school to be built in Ghana

By LUCY XU

outside classrooms where students can receive hands added that fewer than 8 percent of girls get to go to on learning experience. school “just because there are not enough physical In preparation, Tannin, Moura-Cook and Nielson schools.”

For this reason, the work that SEG put into designThree Cornell students won the creativity award for not only performed field work in Ghana but also contheir architectural design of an eco-friendly school to ducted design testing with children in Ithaca middle ing the school is especially meaningful, the team said, schools, in collaboration with VAM. as it allows students to not only gain an education but be built in Ghana at a COURTESY OF “It’s important to let them know that peo- also to do so comfortably. major NGO’s gala EDEN BRACHOT ‘15 ple are willing to invest in them,” said The school is set to open on Jan. 27, 2018 but conaimed to raise funds.

Kachina Randall, executive director of VAM. struction of the six rooms that SEG designed will conWith the recent “The act of people mobilizing and coming tinue throughout the year as VAM raises more funds, finalization of their together to build schools and platforms lets the team said. design, Voices of these girls, children, mothers and women all In the future, VAM has long term plans to expand Mothers’ African know that they have a God-given right to and open more schools, a task that is possible given the vision of building the live a prosperous life.” scalability of the classroom’s modular design. school came closer to In discussing the impact of the construcreality, and brought the tion of this school, Eden Brachot ’15, direcNGO closer to achievtor of marketing and outreach at VAM, Lucy Xu can be reached at lxu@cornellsun.com. ing its larger mission of developing African nations through the empowerment and education of women and children.

In Ghana, where only 7.9 percent of girls receive an education, Arielle Tannin ’18, Ana Moura-Cook ’19 and Claudia Nielson ’18, as members of the design team Sustainable Education Ghana under Cornell University Sustainable Design, helped design and plan the construction of the school meant for girls in a town called Sogakope.

Already, VAM Girls Academy has a waiting list of 158 students waiting to enroll and SEG’s design of a six-classroom school will contribute to housing a substantial portion of those students, the team said.

Sustainable Education Ghana applied research on the intricate weather and climate conditions and the culture of the surrounding area to the design, which includes six classrooms and their desks and chairs.

The design also optimizes the building’s internal temperature by making it face the prevailing winds on the site to allow for passive cooling.

To account for the region’s wet seasons, SEG team members even designed a woven fabric that would cover an indoor path between classrooms when students need to travel between classes in the rain.

In line with the school’s desire to provide its stuCOURTESY OF EDEN BRACHOT ’15 dents with an educational curriculum, which involves agriculture, the school will include learning gardens Ghana | Three Cornellians won a creativity award for designing an eco-friendly school to be built in Ghana.

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Board Debates Ithaca Parking Rates C.U. Faculty Members

By STACEY BLANKSY Sun Staff Writer

On Monday evening, members of Ithaca’s Board of Public Works decided to install a stop sign at the intersection of Cayuga and Cascadilla Street and approved the placement of a mid-block pedestrian crosswalk nearby West State Street.

However, most of the meeting centered on a debate concerning proposed parking rates.

Josh Lower, who was born in Ithaca and is now involved with property management and development within the city, expressed his opinion concerning parking rates to the board.

“I think a lot of our problems can be solved with correct pricing of goods and services,” Lower said.

“Based on what I see in the marketplace and the availability of parking spaces, they need to be adjusted upwards and I, as a resident of the City of Ithaca, support the increase in rates.”

David West, also an Ithacan resident, discussed the city’s policy revolving around the number of required paid hours until rates are dropped.

Currently, select locations in the city charge vehicles one dollar per hour for the first seven hours and,

after those seven hours, parking is free.

According to the plan to rework parking rates proposed by Frank Nagy, director of parking, beginning on Jan. 1, residents could park their cars for 12 hours at the Seneca, Green Street and Cayuga Street garages instead of just seven under the current rules.

“Why would we want to encourage people to stay more than seven hours?” West asked. “I think it makes a lot of sense to keep charging them a dollar an hour.”

He also raised the question of local versus student rates. He said he does not believe that students should be charged half of what locals are paying for parking.

“We are not exactly short on demand for parking downtown,” West said. “If we could charge them [students] the same as we charge everybody else, that would make the most sense. There is no reason to give them the sweetheart deal.”

Michael J. Thorne, superintendent of the Board of Public Works, said that there are still many concerned parties and strong opinions about the adjustment of parking rates in Ithaca.

“We are looking at doing more comprehensive studies and coming up with a detailed analysis of why we

can justify some of these higher rates,” Thorne said. “We have to do it in steps because it’s hard for businesses that are used to paying a certain rate as a part of their business model. We can’t just disrupt that.”

Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 explained that one potential solution for the parking problem is to continue investing in transportation services such as the TCAT bus system.

His idea was that if the TCAT system worked more frequently and efficiently, the need for parking could be largely reduced in the coming years.

He spoke about the TCAT system’s impact on Cornell’s campus and said that these services could possibly be extended to more locations within Ithaca.

“Cornell is extraordinarily successful in reducing the number of cars that come to its campus,” Myrick said.

Myrick also said that the TCAT’s constant circulation throughout campus not only reduces the need for students to park on campus, but also in Collegetown and the Commons.

The Board chose to postpone the decision until further notice.

Stacey Blansky can be reached at sblanksy@cornellsun.com

Named AAAS Fellows

By JILL CROSBY

Sun Staff Writer

Five Cornell faculty members were among the 39 researchers announced as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science last month.

The AAAS — a major publisher of advanced research and discoveries through its scientific journals — serves as the world’s largest integrative scientific society. 91 countries are currently represented through individual memberships in the AAAS. Building on the association’s belief that science, technology, engineering and mathematics can solve the challenges faced by society, fellows are chosen based on their efforts to advance science or its applications in service to society.

The AAAS recognized

Cornell faculty members for their distinguished research in fields, which range from conservation science to neurobiology and behaviour.

Prof. Daniel Barbash, molecular biology and genetics, studies the genetics and molecular evolution of interspecific hybrid incompatibilities, molecular evolution of germ-line genes, and transposable element dynamics.

His research has “identified some of the genetic mechanisms that isolate species from one another, which is an important part of the process of speciation,” he said In the future, Barbash said he intends on discovering whether the DNA in animal genomes that do not code for proteins has any biological role.

“We are currently identifying variation in this See SCIENCE page 5

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matched.”

Wansink advised that the group contact the journal about the data problems, write a correction and “avoid the Veteran version of PizzaGate,” BuzzFeed News reported.

Wansink did not respond to requests for comment from The Sun. In January, three scholars published a paper — titled “Statistical Heartburn: An Attempt to Digest Four Pizza Publications from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab” — investigating four papers Wansink co-authored on pizza-eating habits and listed 151 claims of data inconsistencies involving incorrectly calculated statistics, sample sizes and standard deviations.

Wansink responded directly to the “Statistical Heartburn” paper, issuing a 16-page response to each of the authors’ 151 claims.

More recently, JAMA Pediatrics retracted a similar study co-authored by Wansink, which reported that children are more likely to choose an apple over a

cookie if the apple included an Elmo sticker, but contained numerous statistical errors.

The same day the JAMA publication was retracted, Wansink and his co-authors published a replacement version, which still contained flaws, as both the original and the replacement claimed that the study included 208 students ranging from eight to eleven years old at seven schools in upstate New York. But in fact, the data collected observed kids from three to five years old, Wansink told Buzzfeed News.

In April, Cornell conducted an internal investigation of Wansink’s publications and determined that while Wansink handled data inappropriately, his errors “did not constitute scientific misconduct,” said a University statement.

The latest forthcoming correction, BuzzFeed News reported earlier this week, was about the habits of household cooks. A ninth publication, about vegetable-naming, also stands to be corrected or retracted.

Emma Newburger can be reached at enewburger@cornellsun.com.

Sustainability Stagnates FOOD

parency and collaboration in the goal-adopting process.

So far, food sustainability goals writer, is that “reducing food waste include improvements to informais up to the daily or hourly actions tion access and education — in order to better inform Cornell of every individual.”

In order to combat the world’s eaters on how to make healthy and third-largest emitter of greenhouse sustainable food choices.

“We’re doing a tremendous gases — food waste — communities must mobilize a holistic effort. amount already to reduce waste, According to Sarah Brylinksy, provide sustainable food options, Cornell’s Sustainability provide a lot of healthy choices.

Communications & Integration We’re doing really well in the area manager, the upcoming Campus of food,”Brylinsky said. “Across Sustainability Plan hopes to do the board, though, I’m finding that what people really want is just that.

Every five years The President’s education.”

The future of consumer food Sustainable Campus Committee revises Cornell’s CSP with updated education may look like clear goals and renewed values. The cur- Carbon labeling to understand the rent plan comes up for revision in greenhouse gas impact of various 2018 and the brainstorming, out- food choices.

In addition to education, lining and drafting processes have Cornell continues progressing with already begun.

“The previous plan was less of a waste technology. By the end of the plan and more of a project-list,” year, Cornell Dining will impleBrylinksy told the Sun, “so this is ment the PHOOD program — an really the first time that we’re set- advanced software system for ting innovative, high-level, cam- tracking and learning from food waste data — in North Star Dining pus-wide sustainability goals.”

Room, Willard Brylinsky Straight Hall, emphasized the “Across the board, Robert Purcell importance of though, I’m finding that Marketplace setting “clear, Eatery and smart goals.” A what people really want Jansen’s Dining “smart goal,” to is education.”

Room.

Brylinksy, is “I’m very something as Sarah Brylinsky excited to have metric bound this state-ofand visionary as the guiding force behind all of the-art waste tracking,” said Cornell’s sustainability efforts: Cornell’s senior executive chef “Zero percent emissions by Steven Miller. “This tool will enable us to show exactly where our 2035.”

On Nov. 9, the PSCC held its opportunities are and we can then first public, goal-setting workshop adjust to maximize our efforts.”

For now, the tool will focus on for the upcoming sustainability plan. Over 70 people, including limiting pre-consumer waste but, students, faculty and staff — all according to director of campus groups soon to be affected by the life marketing and communicarevised goals — attended the first tions Karen Brown, Cornell plans workshop.

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type of DNA among individuals, for both fruit flies and humans,” Barbash said. “We are then further testing experimentally for possible effects of this variation, including for possible effects on chromosome segregation.”

Amanda Rodewald, the Garvin professor of ornithology and director of conservation science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Department of Natural Resources, said she is excited to continue her research with staff and students in the Conservation Science program at the Lab of Ornithology.

“I was very honored to be recognized both for my scientific contributions and for science communication and advising,” she said.

“My research integrates basic and applied sciences to understand how human activities and global change influence ecological communities, animal populations, and ecosystem services,” said Rodewald in an email to The Sun. “We work hard to ensure that our efforts make a real difference for people and for the environment because we recognize that the two are closely intertwined.”

Prof. Thomas Seeley, the Horace White professor in biology in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, who joined the Cornell faculty in 1986, has devoted a majority of his studies to understanding the phenomenon of swarm intelligence and how a group is optimally structured to possess the capa-

bility.

Currently, his main research interest is conservation biology.

Seeley said he hopes to help beekeepers develop sustainable, pesticide-free approaches to beekeeping through his investigations.

Prof. Christine Smart, plant pathology, and director of the School of Integrative Plant Science, has worked to increase the understanding of pathogen biology and diversity under field conditions. She said the goal of

“We work hard to ensure that our efforts make a real difference for people and for the environment.”

Prof. Amanda Rodewald her research is to improve growers’ vegetable disease management strategies “to help reduce diseases and increase crop yields.”

The AAAS specifically recognized Jessica Tyler, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, for her contributions to the field of epigenetics. Her examinations of genome activity and aging have high implications.

Her research proposes that the lifespan of human cells can be expanded and could prevent agerelated diseases.

On Feb. 17, the 396 fellows who were recognized by the Association will be honored with a rosette pin at the AAAS annual meeting in Austin, Texas.

Jill Crosby can be reached at jnc59@cornell.edu.

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to work directly with PHOOD to develop post-consumer tracking.

“The dining staff is such champions,”Brylinsky said.

“They have so many great ideas and they’re really doing everything they can to move the needle forward.”

Successful sustainable progress requires a collective effort, and the collaborative initiative for the CSP’s 2018 revision showcases this vital understanding of a group responsibility.

Cornell cares to do more — to buy even more local food

products, to invest in new waste management products, to hear community members’ concerns and values — because change starts here, according to the Campus Sustainability Office.

“How are we supposed to send students and research out into the world if we’re not doing it here at home. We have to set the bar and say ‘yes, this is going to be hard but it is possible.’”

Brylinsky said. “It’s possible to change our current unsustainable system into something that is a more just and equitable system for future generations.”

Julia Curley can be reached at jcurley@cornellsun.com.

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Intermission

ardon me for conveniently overlooking finals week, but we’re just so close to Winter Break. Risking my immediate success but securing my longer-term sanity, I would rather dream about a post-finals utopia than dwell on what is required to usher that utopia into being. So, the holidays! They are less than a month away now, and in college time, that’s hardly longer than a heartbeat. I’m usually not one for prior planning (in cases where it actually matters), but when something as liberating as Winter Break is around the corner, I’m a fan of shirking the present and doting on the future.

All of us to some extent anticipate the holidays, but not always for the same reasons. Some of us return to mounds of snow and themed family game nights, and others retire to quieter, less festive homes. Most years, I myself enter a sweet –– and, I like to think, well-earned –– period of dormancy, drowning in television and reaching new heights of food consumption and unproductivity. There are several ways to spend Winter Break though, and I’m fond of all of them –– you can even mix and match! Ultimately, they all lead to a wholesome outcome.

Are you staying at home over break?

Ah, classic. You might find that you’ve turned 16 again the minute you cross the threshold of the front door, and this has its perks –– more pampering, zero real responsibilities. In typical holiday fashion, you will undoubtedly interact with the array of family members whom, to your joy or dismay, you resemble in many dimensions. Holiday meals aren’t the only things you have to digest at home –– there’s also the pointed commentary, but hey, laugh it off –– it’s only temporary. It can also be difficult to bear witness to streams of exciting social media posts, but even if relaxation doesn’t picture well, remember there are few feelings as luxurious. Traditionally, I start feeling a lull around early January, but even in extreme cases of boredominduced delusion, do not for a moment let yourself wish for the next semester to

hurry up and start already. You will regret it, and you might never forgive yourself.

Are you traveling over break? Brilliant –– you’ve really captured the essence of an escape from routine life. Better yet, you’ve made it glamorous. You’ve also got yourself a handy excuse for being a painfully slow texter –– there’s something about the holiday season that strips communication technology of its power and me of my will to stay in contact with the outside world. So go on, be free!

Whether you’re traveling near or far, embrace the new setting and the change of pace, just for a while, and don’t forget to bring back some conversation starters and souvenirs to distract from the reality that will inevitably engulf you again.

Are you working over break? If so, then you aren’t leaving the Cornell lifestyle too far behind, but you’ll probably come back pretty far ahead. Cornell’s breaks are especially long in comparison to those of other schools, and for you, my professional friend, this translates to a hefty salary and impressive experience.

Are you pursuing some long-tabled goals or doing some soul-searching?

Then I stand with you in solidarity. I’m often of the mindset that shorter time spans see stronger results (the alternative would be confronting the fact that my time could have amounted to so much more). So, all those projects you didn’t quite get around to accomplishing –– revive them over break. Time is just a human construct anyway, so start now!

Are you looking back at 2017 with rose-colored glasses, or looking ahead to 2018 with starry eyes? Maybe a little bit of both? A lot can transpire over the course of 365 days — a lot changes and a lot remains the same and a lot is yet to come. Whatever the holiday season holds for you, whether nostalgia or optimism or indifference or relief, welcome it, and above all, stay cozy!

There are several ways to spend Winter Break though, and I’m fond of all of them –– you can even mix and match!

Ultimately, they all lead to a wholesome outcome.

Priya Kankanhalli is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at pkankanhalli@cornellsun.com. Matters of Fact appears alternate Tuesdays this semester.

How First-Gens at Cornell Do Thanksgiving Break

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few days ago while scrolling down my Facebook timeline, I came across this New York Times op-ed shared by the Women’s Resource Center’s page. The title intrigued me: “How First Generation College Students Do Thanksgiving Break.”

I clicked the link and was pulled in by the first sentence: “In 1999, I had been a freshman in college in upstate New York for maybe two weeks…” Knowing full well that I’ve used the “Upstate New York” line many times myself, I knew the author was a Cornellian.

Reading through the article, I was struck by the similarities between Jennine Capó Crucet’s experience at Cornell and my own: Dr. Capó Crucet is a Latina, daughter of immigrants, and First-Gen college student who struggled to adjust to Cornell — just like me. And truth is, I am still adjusting.

For the third year, I spent Thanksgiving break on campus. When asked why I didn’t

campus over break. And yes, Dr. Capó Crucet is right, we all can find commonalities between our reasons for staying. Some of us are First Generation; some of us are low-income; some of us are international; some of us are immigrants or the children of immigrants. We belong here just as much as anyone else, but when I arrived on this campus, many of Cornell’s policies said otherwise.

However, as I reflect on changes I have seen on campus, I am confident that a freshman now will have a drastically better experience than I had three years ago, surviving on ramen and pizza rolls. This year, student groups organized the third annual university-wide Thanksgiving Dinner. This year, Anabel’s Grocery had a meal kit build event for the third year, and the first year inside the store. This year, dining halls were open and accepting meal swipes for the first time.

In the spring, Cornell will hire a full-time

For the third year, I spent Thanksgiving break on campus. When asked why I didn’t go home, I often reply with “I just want to catch up on work so I’m not swamped when finals come.” But what I really mean is: “I’m too broke to go anywhere else, so here I am!” go home, I often reply with “I just want to catch up on work so I’m not swamped when finals come.” But what I really mean is: “I’m too broke to go anywhere else, so here I am!”

More often than not, I have been validated by friends who tell me, “the semester’s almost over anyways.” Meanwhile, I wish I could go home and see my family whom I haven’t seen since August.

In her op-ed, Dr. Capó Crucet captures what first-gens who attend colleges and universities far from home know too well: “The breaks at Cornell made me see how my college hadn’t wholly anticipated someone like me there.”

This is a sentiment I have felt every single break.

My freshman year, I took the TCAT to the Ithaca mall with the only friend I knew who stayed over break. I bought pizza rolls and ramen to survive off for the four days the dining halls weren’t open. Netflix kept us company on an abnormally empty campus.

The visible emptiness amplified my inner feelings of loneliness and sense of unbelonging I felt here.

But I wasn’t alone. Many people stay on

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staff member dedicated to First-Gen, LowIncome student initiatives under the Office of the Dean of Students.

These institutional improvements have happened slowly, but they happened because students built coalitions over their shared experiences and advocated for themselves and future students. They happened because students, former and current, have dedicated countless hours to negotiations with administrators. They happened because students have carved spaces for themselves, because as students, it is our duty to make Cornell wholly anticipate those who come after us.

This year, THIS is how First Generation College Students Do Thanksgiving Break at Cornell. And it is my hope that we continue working to make Cornell truly an institution for any person, over Thanksgiving break and throughout the year.

Mayra Valadez is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She is the vice president of diversity and inclusion for the Student Assembly, and is the president of the First Generation Student Union. She can be reached at mv357@cornell.edu. Guest Room appears periodically this semester.

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OPINION

DongYeon (Margaret) Lee |

Johnathan T. Gilmore | Guest Room

Toxic Masculinity in Fraternities: The Average A Combat Veteran’s Perspective Cornellian I I Here, There, and Everywhere

recently came upon my high school’s new Facebook page and browsed through to see how much has changed in the year and a half since I left. The administration had finally given into students and parents’ wishes for improved facilities because really, the ceilings should not have leaked every time it rained. Along with the irritation I felt wishing such changes were implemented back when I was there, I spent a lot of time thinking about how much my own life has changed since I graduated.

Like many other students here, I was the student with great extracurricular activities and good academic standing. I had big dreams before embarking on my Cornell journey. I imagined that when I started university in the U.S., everything would be set. I would continue to be the student that succeeds academically and is involved with a variety of clubs and activities. Once I landed a spot at Cornell, I would be on the pathway toward becoming a lawyer that utilizes her position to help the less fortunate in the future.

Now, more than a third through my Cornell career, I find myself at a standstill.

The academic rigor and intellectual curiosity I had hoped for has collapsed into mere wishes for a generous prelim curve. The volunteer work that I opted to do came to an end three weeks into freshman year. The diverse friend group that I looked forward to has morphed into endless sessions of soulless networking.

The dazzling career plans I envisioned have become blobs of clueless internship searching.

I’ve gotten so accustomed to becoming average at everything ever since coming to Cornell. The girl who used to raise her hand at every question now sits in the middle of the classroom watching the clock tick by, longing for class to end. Whatever I do seems so subpar to what everyone else has accomplished that I no longer have the nerve to speak up or be proud of my own milestones.

Knowing that I should stop putting myself down, I continue to fall into the trap of comparing myself to others.

I thought such problems somehow arose out of the blue from walking on this endless treadmill called Cornell University. That coming to this Ivy League school has made me realize that I’m really not as great a student as I had perceived myself to be. That I wasn’t really fit to be the Cornellian that the admissions officers had expected me to become. There’s a Korean saying that if you stay where you are, you won’t lose anything.

That’s pretty much how I’ve been so far. I remained within my comfort zone because I had become accustomed to being the average student.

However, this was a matter of my own choice. I was the one that chose not to raise my hand, out of a fear that I would blurt out something stupid. I was the one that succumbed to the feeling of being the ordinary, mediocre kid. But I need to keep telling myself it’s OK. It’s OK to feel insecure about what I can’t accomplish. It’s OK to not get the grades I want, to not get the internship offers I had hoped for. Because being a Cornellian doesn’t mean being stellar at everything, and there is no golden standard for me to prove against. I am here for a reason. I deserve to be here. All I really need to do is to give my best so that in two and a half years, I have no regrets walking down the aisle to receive my diploma.

DongYeon (Margaret) Lee is a sophomore in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She can be reached at margaretlee@cornellsun.com. Here, There and Everywhere appears alternate Tuesdays.

’ll preface this column by stating my intentions. I’m here to attempt to calm down these masculine macho men we see too often in many of the fraternities here at Cornell, and to approach this subject through my experience with it in the Marine Corps. That’s right, I’m a jarhead.

During boot camp, we were legally and illegally hazed. The specificities of my treatment are best left unsaid because quite frankly, they were disgusting and atrocious, and absolutely insane, but there was some purpose to this hazing.

We were about to go to war. This hazing’s purpose was to prepare us for the stress of battle, you know bullets flying over your head, explosions and death… the typical war stuff. I’ve read that they horribly haze us to see if we’ll crack, to see how much we can handle. If we can handle extreme amounts maybe they’ll put us in Special Forces; if we crack, they’ll send us on our way. Interestingly enough, most recruits make it through training. The Marines having a failure rate of about 14 percent, so 86 percent of recruits make it through the hazing. Looking at that rate, it’s safe to say that many fraternity members would be able to pass the training.

I’m not devaluing the intensity and toughness Marine Recruit training entails; I’m just saying that it might not be that special of a thing to brag about.

Okay, I’ll be clearer. Imagine you there’s a hot stove. You know that it’s hot but you also know that you’ll survive putting your hand on the stove. It may burn, but you’ll live. What if people started burning their hands for bragging rights? What if they started comparing scars like fraternity members compare hazing stories?

Well, that’s how dumb it is.

was unpleasantly surprised when I walked into a mansion reeking of booze, sweat and mold that most likely came from the booze and sweat being absorbed by 1920’s hardwood flooring. Quite a disaster, and such a shame to see these beautiful homes in such terrible conditions.

My friends guided me through the crowded hallways, up the stairs and onto a section of the roof. This was much nicer

The specificities of my treatment are best left unsaid because quite frankly, they were disgusting and atrocious, and absolutely insane, but there was some purpose to this hazing. We were about to go to war. than the inside. We could finally breathe and hear each other. I had just finished my drink, and I noticed there was a case of beer just off the roof. Rather than climb off the roof, I asked a fraternity brother to “please hand me a beer.”

He turned to me and said, “Who the fuck are you?”

I replied politely, explaining that I was so and so’s friend and that the beer was literally inches from him.

This macho man looked me in the face and said, “I don’t fucking like you, you better watch yourself.”

Now, being a Marine, there was a time in my past when this would have been settled with fists. But there were reasons I left the military, and one of them was to leave this toxic masculinity behind!

I did, however, get frustrated and said,

There was a time in my past when this would have been settled with fists. But there were reasons I left the military, and one of them was to leave this toxic masculinity behind!

I’ve been there. I remember bragging about the amount of hazing I’d gone through, and comparing my stories with other recruits.

There’s this idea that going through something tough or rigorous brings you closer to your brothers or sisters, or perhaps creates the bond to begin with, and it’s true. When we have a common enemy, the hazer, we grow as brothers and sisters. Similarly we as Cornell students all share common enemies: fear of failure, prelims, insane schedules… and debatably, this may be a form of hazing, but we’ve all come to accept it, and you do have the option of dropping out.

The point is that there are other ways to create bonds. When I look back on my experience, I see that the times I truly grew with my brothers were when we had just completed an exhausting hike. As we silently took our packs off, our breaths finally slowing, we’d talk about our lives.

We’d share intimate details about our views on marriage, war and politics. It didn’t take a psycho screaming at us to bond; it only took exercise.

The second part to this machismo is the hypermasculine “bro!” mentality. It’s best described by my experience at a fraternity party I attended last year.

I had been invited to and reluctantly made an appearance at this party, and I

female to male ratio. Meaning that I didn’t have any women with me, and that’s just not acceptable.

We pulled up to stop sign at the end of Campus Road, and on the corner we saw a girl puking as a boy pulled her hair back, which was sort of sweet and disgusting at the same time. Then the passenger in the car said, “don’t bring me around her, she’d be in big trouble.”

“Listen up, kid. Your party isn’t that cool, and if you want people to continue attending, stop being a dick.”

At that, my friends begin apologizing to the man-child — apparently he had a “big role” in the fraternity. I found the apology pathetic. This guy is clearly rude, and now you’ve justified his unnecessary response. He’ll likely continue to treat people this way because no one stops him.

Here’s the solution to this, and it’s much simpler than other alternatives to hazing: stop thinking being a man means being macho! It’s so easy, gentlemen. The best kinds of men are humble, kind and compassionate, and the only time the “macho” should come out is in defense of someone who is defenseless. Save your testosterone for those moments; you’ll make more friends, and you won’t be seen as a bully. And remember, if you treat anybody like the way I was treated, you’re a bully, and bullies are losers.

The third part to this toxic masculinity is the treatment of women, and again, this is best described by a recent experience.

It’s 12 a.m. and the West Campus streets are crowded with drunk students.

I’m in a fraternity sober car about to attend another frat party, which I was barely allowed into on account of a bad

I asked, “what do you mean by that?”

“I mean a drunk girl… I’m a dude, what do you think would happen.”

I thought to myself, this guy can’t possibly be insinuating that he’d rape her? I though there’s no way so I pried further.

“Do you mean that you’d rape her?” to which he replied, “I mean I’d do what any straight dude would do.”

I couldn’t believe it, and when I explained my concern to him I was told to calm down and made to feel like an overactive child. It was almost as if this was the way you had to act to fit in.

Disgusted, I asked the driver to pull over the car so I could walk home, but I felt a bit helpless. You can’t report someone for claiming they’d rape someone, but that dude’s out there, and he said he would… and even worse, I was the only one who was surprised and ashamed for him.

But this is the rape culture people are talking about. This is the grimy, disgusting side of fraternity culture people don’t want to discuss, and while there are many great things about Greek life, this is not one of them.

The solution is even simpler than machismo mentality, stop fucking raping women. Stop thinking it’s okay to joke about raping women. Say something when your toxic and atrocious friends make sinister comments towards drunk puking women on the side of the road.

Maybe use your toxic masculine identity for the good of mankind and butt heads with the dude making rape jokes in the passenger seat of the car. Stop silencing other men who oppose these actions!

To conclude, I’ll add that I’m also a gay Marine, so maybe it’s a bit easier for me to not rape women. Maybe it’s a bit easier for me to see the horrible side of masculinity, but I assure you that my straight friends in the Marines would never talk about women like some of the fraternity members at Cornell. I chose my friends wisely, and one of their qualities just happened to be the one that stopped them from raping, making rape jokes or belittling women in any way.

None of this is about being a man.

This is about being a decent human, creating a campus for any person, and better yet, creating a campus that’s safe for women.

Just remember that this is coming from a jarhead who’s literally had bullets flying over his head. You want to seem tough, you want to be a “man”? Start by showing compassion and kindness to everyone.

Johnathan T. Gilmore is a student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Guest Room appears periodically throughout the semester,

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NET NEUTRALITY

Ending Net Neutrality Detrimental to Openness on the Internet, Says Prof Highlights effects on small companies, content availability on the web ERIC THAYER / THE NEW YOK TIMES

Ringing in the changes l Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, proposed the changes to end net neutrality.

By ARNAV GHOSH Sun Science Editor

The internet is a large, complicated place. From online shopping to streaming the latest movies, most of us depend on the internet on a daily basis. But starting Dec. 14, the internet as we know it may change.

On Nov. 21, the Federal Communications Commission released a proposal to end net neutrality regulations, the rules that keep the internet free and open. Among other changes, the proposal would remove the rules put in place by the Obama administration that prohibit highspeed internet service providers from slowing down or stopping the delivery of websites. These rules also ensure that companies are not charging customers extra fees for high-quality streaming or other similar services.

“Net neutrality concerns the lifeblood of modern communications — bandwidth on the Internet. In the United States today most broadband customers have one or at most two choices for their broadband service providers. When there is no competition, the service provider can behave as it pleases without fear of losing market share. You experience this every time you try to call your cable provider with a problem,” said Prof. Stephen Wicker, electrical and computer engineering.

Proponents of net neutrality argue that the rules ensure that everyone

using the internet is provided with a allow them to receive preferential uniform platform to share their con- treatment by ISPs. “The repeal of net neutrality rules tent. Without these rules, those unwilling to pay higher fees to have would lead, in the long term, to a their websites delivered at competitive reduction in what we can see on the speeds, would find it increasingly dif- web and how we see it,” Wicker said.

“It will also lead to increased consolificult to thrive on the internet. dation of media “Given corporations, as this situation, service providers when a single can now favor large service their own content provider is provider. When able to favor that service some compaprovider is part of nies and a larger company charge disthat also generp ro p o r t i o n ates content, the ate fees to problem is made others, that worse. We may large service have hundreds of provider has channels, but the ability to they will all be determine serving up the which comsame content panies surfrom the same vive on the media giant.”

Internet and FCC officials which do indicate that the not,” Wicker existing rules are said. anti-competitive.

In fact, Prof. Stephen Wicker Furthermore, the with control FCC claims that now invested in the hands of telecom companies, the rules prevent telecom companies small companies that depend on the from providing different types of serinternet for business are expected to be vices, thus limiting consumer choice.

“The FCC has always been a highly significantly affected because of their inability to pay the fees that would political organization.

At the

“The repeal of net

neutrality rules would lead, in the long term, to a reduction in what we can see on the web and how we see it.”

moment, its politics are very, very friendly to business. The FCC wants to free service providers to pursue new markets in differential pricing, thus increasing profits,” Wicker said.

For the time being, Comcast, a major telecom, says that it does not intend to slow websites that contain legally permissible material. However, Wicker explains that any effects of these changes will be primarily observable after some period of time.

“I would expect the damage to be medium to long-term, as any drastic changes might be noticed by the public,” Wicker said.

Though the proposal is expected to pass, activists say that the road to an actual appeal may be long. A U.S. appeals court upheld the net-neutrality regulations against a challenge brought up by ISPs in 2016 and online companies like Facebook and Google have also spoken out against the proposals.

“Normally I would say that ordinary folks like us can go to the comment section of the FCC website, but the comment process has apparently been corrupted,” Wicker said. “The best thing one can do is to protest loudly to political leaders and convince them that we actually care. It is good for politicians to realize that we are all paying attention.”

Arnav Ghosh can be reached at aghosh@cornellsun.com.

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Garden glory | After taking a 3-0 in the sixth installment of Red Hot Hockey at Madison Sqaure Garden on Saturday, the Cornell men’s hockey team weathered a ferocious third period comeback effort by the Terriers of Boston University. Ultimately, the Red prevailed, 4-3, to take home the Kelly-Harkness trophy and its ninth win of the season.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Sun’s Top Albums of 2017

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DAMN., Kendrick Lamar On his fourth studio album, Kendrick Lamar brings us back to the golden age of hip-hop with smooth flows and incredible musicianship. Over the course of 55 minutes, Lamar explores his struggles with sin and society and his place in a nation that often seems to be against him. DAMN. dazzles and will soon prove to be a generation defining masterpiece.

— Pete Bounanno

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Miami Garden Club Kitty

For years, vaporwave lived in late night binge-friendly back corridors of the internet — YouTube compilations, Soundcloud channels, 8tracks playlists and so on. Daytona Beachbased Kitty finally busted it out into the music nerd mainstream with Miami Garden Club, a 13 track exploration of silliness, sadness and nostalgia. Kitty returned to her hometown from California to record the album, which is strewn with samples of the local fauna.

Tracks like “Running Away” and “Sugarwater” sweep the listener away into a hypnagogic haze that feels at once sweltering and freeing.

— Shay Collins

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Melodrama Lorde

Flower Boy Tyler, the Creator

I could ignore that Flower Boy was the first project by Tyler, The Creator I took seriously until Tyler prophetically contemplates on “November” whether all his “day ones turn to three, fours ‘cause of track seven.” I’ve since embraced my scarlet letter as a Tyler bandwagoner, but it’s no wonder he gained so many new fans on Flower Boy. While this record is far more sensitive and colorful than anything Tyler has previously put out, Tyler’s aggressive bars are still very much at the forefront, and somehow masterfully weave together a vibrant, soulful soundscape that is as reminiscent of Hiatus Kaiyote as it is Odd Future.

— Jesse Martens

Khalid's debut album American Teen is vibrant and portrays the beauty of youth and hope. On the album, Khalid speaks from the heart about his life. He discusses love and relationships, experimenting with drugs, parents, parties and establishing himself in an uncertain society (all common daily thoughts and experiences of the American teen). Khalid impresses with his vocals and the production shines above that of similar albums.

— Pete Buonanno

American Teen Khalid

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ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ Joey Bada$$

All-Amerikkkan Bada$$, Joey Badass' sophomore project, demonstrates Joey's prowess and maturity. The album explores racism, discrimination, and bias in Donald Trump's America. Sonically, and thematically, the album resembles the golden era of hip-hop. All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ potently addresses the issues of today and is clearly one of the year's best albums.

— Pete Buonanno

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Ctrl SZA

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Lorde had not released an album since Pure Heroine in 2013, when she was 17 years old.

While Pure Heroine saw success, Melodrama is getting far more attention due to its more mature, controversial and conflicting content.

In Melodrama, Lorde exposes not only her experiences and emotions, but sculpts a critique of societal standards and trends found within the group of people her age. In “Liability,” she sings about a girl — whom she reveals to be herself — that she loves and goes home to after someone else tosses her aside, which is an extremely personal but albeit important experience that is hardly ever discussed. “Sober,” on the other hand, deals with modern relationships. The lyrics “It’s time we danced with the truth” make way for the echoing line in the song: “But what will we do when we’re sober?” Lying, drugs and alcohol have turned relationships and social interactions into a hazy, unreliable space that needs clearing up, which is what Lorde is trying to do not only in this track, but throughout the album.

—Viri Garcia

SZA’s debut full-length album was well worth the wait. I was shaken to the core by her raw, inflective vocals and noticed an important evolution of her own self-confidence, reflected in the way she does not mask her voice with synthesizer and reverb like she did in her previous records. In this album there is range from her like never before, mirroring the intense emotion that every track is able to stir in the listener. Overall, Ctrl is a beautifully intimate masterpiece, perfectly encapsulating what it means to be trapped in the dangerous cycle of modern dating, but also what it means to to find empowerment in your vulnerability.

— Paula Gorniaczyk

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Powerplant Girlpool

Powerplant was a risk and new territory for Girlpool. The duo introduced a drummer for the first time ever, which gave their music more substance and a fuller feeling, the opposite of their usual exposed, skeletal and extremely raw sound. This, however, did not keep Girlpool from creating a meaningful album filled with their signature magical and nostalgic feelings. The strong bond that Harmony Tividad and Cleo Tucker share gleams through their music. The two have combined their ideas, feelings and experiences to create their music, which is given a life of its own in each of their albums, especially Powerplant. Each track visits a different place that holds certain memories for each listener and for Girlpool, yet all of these places are connected in a way that varies for everyone, something seemingly impossible that the album has accomplished.

— Viri Garcia

I only listened to this album twice — once when it came out and once while writing this blurb. That's all I could handle. Culled from Kristin Hayter's conceptual art piece BURN EVERYTHING TRUST NO ONE KILL YOURSELF, its five songs sound like drifting asleep in a cathedral as it slowly smolders, beams and timbers crashing down with waves of heat and anguish. A stunning, crushing, punishing index of the pain which patriarchal societies — and the men within them — sow.

—Troy Sherman

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Let the Evil of His Own Lips Cover Him Lingua Ignota

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(Sandy) Alex G brought the lo-fi goods once again with his newest LP Rocket, a psychedelic and folky exploration through the mind of Bandcamp’s sweetheart. While some of the more aggressive cuts on this record, such as “Horse” and “Brick,” prove that (Sandy) Alex G can diversify his sound (and production value), on Rocket, (Sandy) Alex G mostly stays true to the jangly DIY aesthetic that makes him feel like your endearing college roommate even as he earns “Best New Music” from Pitchfork.

— Jesse Martens

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Beautiful Thugger Girls Young Thug

Young Thug's music always teeters right at the edge of absurdity, and with prominent themes like face sitting, dental hygiene and being Bill Gates' stepson, Beautiful Thugger Girls is no different. But the point of teetering is never quite giving in and falling flat, which this record — with its unsuppressable hooks(“You Said”), genuine emotion (“Oh Yeah”) and good verse from Snoop Dogg (“Get High”) — manages, against all odds and in spite of a slurping sound effect after a line that goes, “Ben and Jerry, 'boutta eat her ice cream,” to do.

— Troy Sherman

Aromanticism Moses Sumney

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At times so thin and delicately orchestrated you feel that, like his already-mythic falsetto, it might just snap, Moses Sumney's debut bleeds a plaintive, tenuous, singular beauty.

While every section floats, flutters, the album's abdomen — “Quarrel,” “Stoicism,” “Lonely World” — is a 12-minute deliverance of steadfast, melting solitude second-to-none (at least in terms of affect and tenderness) in 2017.

— Troy Sherman

Harry Styles has abandoned the middle school pop sounds of One Direction and creates his identity in his solo album Harry Styles.

He has left pop behind and proves that he can be a better rock star than pop star. Harry Styles has matured, and it is evident from the way he injected both lyrical and musical substance into his selftitled album. However, while he appears to expose who he is through both the album’s title and the personal experiences he shares through his songs, he doesn’t share much and leaves it all to listener’s imagination, revealing only that the new Harry Styles is still a mystery, willing to tease fans with a whole album of telling ambiguity.

— Viri Garcia

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Linaje Originarios:

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Indigenous Hip-Hop and Cultural Promotion in Colombia

n the wake of the recent war between the FARC, the Colombia, where they spend most of the year working military, and para-military forces, the current in the fields. When they are not working, the pair administration is attempting to distance Colombia spends their time writing and performing their music from its recent war-torn history. At the same time, nar- on the streets of their resguardo or in the city of ratives of indigenous culture are perpetuated by the Medellín.

The group’s music is a mix of samples entirely downcontinuation of resguardos, Colombian indigenous reservations, while the myriad changes in governing loaded from the internet. Simple drum beats underlie systems create a narrative of evolving political systems. flute melodies while the two teenagers rap in Emberá, a As a result, indigenous people and their cultural tradi- particularly percussive sounding language. Their song tions are characterized as “past” or “dead.” Moreover, “El Candor Pasa,” a traditional Latin American folk tune, starts with a rendition of the through the divorce tune with traditional instruments. The from the recent war group samples the introductory flute with the FARC — a melody to Simon and Garfunkel’s rengroup which has its dition of the song. With this flute roots in the same melody, the electronic drum beat regions where many enters along with the duo rapping of the indigenous about the Emberá and their beliefs. In resguardos are locatGuest Room an interview with El Tiempo, a popued — the adminislar newspaper in Colombia, the group tration frames says that they want to write music not indigenous culture about drugs or violence, but rather the as part of the violent past, while simultaneously engaging indigenous people Emberá and their culture. in a system which is systemically oppressive to indigeThe Emberá are a people native to modern nous ontology.

Colombia and Panama, with sub-groups whose idenThe hip-hop duo Linaje Originarios is creating a tities are deeply rooted in their ontological relationspace for productive political inclusion and cultural ship to the surrounding terrain. This environmental promotion that resists hegemony through their online relationship is reflected in the names chosen by the hip-hop music videos in and about their native Emberá. different populations; for example there are the The two cousins Dario and Brayan Tascón, who form Eyebida, a name that translates to people of the Linaje Originarios, come from a resguardo called mountain. Linaje Originarios say they write songs Valparaíso in the western mountain ranges of about the environment, their ancestors and peace to

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preserve and promote the Emberá and indigenous peoples in general.

Their message is furthered through the music videos and aspects of live performance. They often dress in traditional Emberá clothing and head pieces, both live in their videos. Their videos are filmed in resguardo, and depict the scenes of everyday life for the Emberá. The music video for “El Candor Pasa” features lush jungle scenes, with the duo at points rapping in front of waterfalls and rock walls.

The group’s music fully embodies the aspects about their culture that they find most important, while using the medium of hip-hop to reach a wider and younger audience. The group started making their music after freestyling on the streets of Medellín, where a crowd of kids came to listen and inquired about their music. The group felt that by making hip hop music and videos, they could reach generations of people who have disengaged with Emberá. Further, the group aims to engage those unfamiliar with Emberá culture. The group has made a name for themselves, gathering more than 40,000 views on multiple videos, and being featured on the Snapchat platform Mitú. Linaje Orignarios is using the accessibility of the internet as well as the popularity of hip-hop to further their culture in a living way, and promote the inclusion of indigenous beliefs in mainstream dialogue, without operating as a function of the Colombian state.

Benjamin Salinas is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at bds288@cornell.edu. Guest Room runs periodically this semester.

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COMICS AND PUZZLES

Sundoku Fill in the empty cells, one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1-9 exactly once.

Each number in the solution therefore occurs only once in each of the three “directions,” hence the “single numbers” implied by the puzzle’s name.

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Puzzle #369

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Final Standings

SPORTS

ZACHARY CHARLES JACK SILVER COTTON KANTOR

JOSHUA ZHU

SOPHIA DENG

JACOB JOSH BRIAN PHOTO SCHROEDER GIRSKY RUBASHKIN LAPLACA EDITORS

FINAL RECORD

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64-36

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58-42

56-44

61-39

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63-37

61-39

PLACE

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FOOTBALL

Seven Named to All-Ivy

By RAPHY GENDLER Sun Staff Writer

Nick Gesualdi has about as impressive a résumé as they come in Cornell football history.

The senior captain and safety finished his career with 14 interceptions, placing him second in program history; 60 tackles in 2017, helping make him the 13th player in Cornell history to notch 250 or more tackles in a career; and at least one FCS AllAmerican selection, depending on if he is among the honorees again this year.

Now, Gesualdi can add two consecutive unanimous first-team All-Ivy selections to his already impressive résumé, as the Ivy League announced him and six other Cornellians to its yearly all-league selections Tuesday afternoon. Gesualdi is one of nine unanimous first-team selections this year.

Joining Gesualdi on the 2017 Ancient Eight honor roll are second-team picks in sophomore kicker Nickolas Null, senior linebacker and captain Kurt Frimel and junior offensive lineman J. Edward Keating.

Defensive backs junior DJ Woullard and

sophomore David Jones earned honorable mention nods, along with Null at the punter spot.

Null, who took over the kicking duties midway through the season after an injury to junior Zach Mays, kicked 17 touchbacks and missed only one field goal in five attempts, including his game-winner in the final minute over Princeton. In addition to being named a second-team placekicker, Null earned honorable mention as a punter, making him the first Cornellian to earn two all-Ivy spots in a single year since Rashad Campbell ’12 did so in 2011 as a return specialist and defensive back.

Frimel, Gesualdi’s co-captain on defense, recorded 55 tackles and led the league with 9.5 tackles for loss. He finishes his career with 148 tackles — 16.5 for a loss and 4.5 as sacks — to go along with four forced fumbles — two recoveries — and four pass breakups.

Keating, Cornell’s lone offensive player named to an all-league squad, started all 10 games at center, anchoring a vastly improved offensive line that propelled the Red to 14 rushing touchdowns on the season — the

CAMERON POLLACK / SUN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Super safety | Senior captain Nick Gesualdi was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy for a secondstraight season.

most for the program in a single season since 2007. After a rocky start to the season, Keating and his linemates allowed just 10 sacks in the final seven games while helping produce 163.7 rushing yards per game over the course of the year.

Along with Gesualdi, Woullard and Jones were anchors of a Cornell secondary that improved from No. 7 in 2016 to No. 1 in 2017. Opponents averaged 189 yards per game in the air against Cornell — 13 less than Columbia at the No. 2 spot. Jones’ four interceptions in 2017 tied him for first in

the Ancient Eight and 23rd nationally, and Woullard also grabbed a pick while starting all 10 games and matching up against opponents’ top receivers.

Five of the seven Cornellians earning AllIvy spots will return to head coach David Archer’s ’05 squad next year, as the Red looks to improve upon its 3-4 fifth place league mark.

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

SPORTS

Alumnus Receives NFL Grant

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Bayer ’57 hopes to reduce concussions with new helmet

By JONATHAN HARRIS Sun Staff Writer

In the past half decade, the National Football League and football leagues across the country have come under scrutiny to improve player safety after revelations revolving around head trauma and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Parents, players and researchers alike worry about head injuries, with the Ivy League going so far as to outlaw tackling in practice.

In response, the NFL and Football Research Inc., a nonprofit corporation looking to make the game of football safer, recently announced the winners of the HeadHealthTECH Challenge II, a competition which invited companies to draw up proposals for improvements in football protective equipment, including helmets and related technologies.

Baytech Products, one of the three companies that won grant money, is headed by President Robert T. Bayer ’58, a Cornell mechanical engineering graduate. Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Baytech received $178,000 to try and better the current football helmets, receiving the most grant money, compared to 2NDSkull and Windpact, the other two grant winners.

“I’ve always been interested in sports and I’ve always been tinkering with things,” said Bayer, who played football and basketball in high school and a year of lacrosse at Cornell.

“When I found out about the NFL and football in general causing concussions and I thought, ‘I bet I could come up with something to help reduce the risk.’”

Bayer, a former athlete himself and the great uncle of Sun Sports Editor Zachary Silver ’19, was determined to develop a product that mitigates the dangers of playing the sports he has loved. But after various prototypes and designs, he said he still did not have a functioning helmet.

He and his team kept at it.

“You don’t give up on something like this,” Bayer said. “My Cornell engineering background helped me to keep thinking through the problem even though we met roadblocks. We finally came up with this most recent design.”

The helmets that are currently issued to NFL players focus on reducing lacerations to the head and skull fractures.

However, inside the helmet the brain gets knocked against the sides of the skull, Bayer said.

Thus, the main point of emphasis for Bayer and his team in the process of developing this new helmet was attempting to reduce the sudden acceleration and deceleration of the brain so that it is not banging back and forth against the walls of the skull.

“The way [our helmet] is constructed, the head is really anchored in the bottom section,” Bayer explained. “So if there is any impact, the top section will absorb the energy

before it is all transmitted to the for certification of football helhead. [And] there is an air void mets.”

Also included in this grant between the head and the shell itself, so there is room for [the process will be the opportunity helmet] to compress inward or for Bayer’s company to test its move in any direction.” technology out on the football Although initially intending field. Bayer has high hopes for these tests and to corner the looks youth market “My Cornell engineering to the forward potenwith this new t e c h n o l o g y, background helped me to tial manufacBayer and his keep thinking through the turing process.

“When we company problem.” finish up with came across this grant, the opportuniRobert Bayer ’57 which will be ty to apply for one year from the NFL grant after self-funding their research now, it is our hope that we will for the past four years. With his have a helmet that is superior to company eventually winning, all others in terms of impact Bayer will have the next year to absorption and hopefully reduce spend the grant money and the risk of concussions,” Bayer begin testing its prototype said. “And we would hope that HitGard® multi-component that could be a standard for football helmets going forward.” helmet system technology.

But, it has not been tested on field yet, Bayer said. “It has only been tested in laboratories by Jonathan Harris can be reached at tests that have been developed jharris@cornellsun.com.

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Healthier heads | With the help of a $178,000 grant from the NFL, Baytech has worked to improve football helmets for players with the hope of reducing the number of concussions in the sport.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2017

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

No. 7 Icers Complete Sweep at No. 17 Providence Young Cornell squad improves stellar road record to 5-1, rises one spot in national polls

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Vicious visitors | Cornell has only lost once on the road this season, when the team dropped its first game of 2017-18 to reigning national champion Clarkson.

By SMITA NALLURI Sun Staff Writer

Traveling on the road, No. 8 Cornell women’s hockey was able to complete a successful weekend sweep against No. 17 Providence, handing the Friars a 2-1 loss on Saturday and a 4-2 defeat on Sunday.

So far this season, the Red (7-3-1, 5-1 ECAC) has had an impressive away record of 5-1, and this weekend’s contests were no exception to Cornell’s prowess away from Lynah.

The victory on Saturday was monumental as it was the first time the Red had defeated Providence (9-5-3, 6-1-1) on their home ice in 20 years.

The Red outshot the Friars 40-23, with goals provided by freshman forward Maddie Mills and sophomore forward Kristin O’Neill. Junior goalkeeper Marlene Boissonnault

helped secure the victory for Cornell with 22 saves.

“We did a great job executing our systems and playing with speed,” said junior forward Diana Buckley. “We generated a lot of opportunities and scoring chances in the offensive zone by putting pressure on Providence’s defensemen.”

Cornell was relentless again on Sunday as Buckley was able to light the lamp a little over 2 minutes into the game off of an assist from junior forward Pippy Gerace.

Providence retaliated soon after to tie up the game 1-1; however, a goal from O’Neill halfway into the first period left the Friars trailing the Red going into the second period.

Undeterred, Providence found the back of the net in the second period to even out the score once again. But, two more goals for Cornell by Mills and O’Neill proved too much for the Friars to overcome. Boissonnault came up huge for her team in crease once again, recording 23 saves on

the day.

“What really worked for us this weekend was coming at them aggressively and with speed,” Mills said. “We were playing our best when we were winning the small battles and working the puck in the offensive zone.”

A young squad, Cornell has managed to establish itself as one of the top powerhouses in the nation. Two of the Red’s three losses came at the hands of the current No. 1 ranked team Wisconsin and the third from the reigning national champion Clarkson.

At the forefront of the action has been Mills. The freshman has managed to record at least one point for the Red in all but two games this season — scoring eight of the team’s 28 goals thus far in 2017-18.

“Maddie is a very dynamic player, and she has stepped up and filled a large role as a freshman,” Gerace said. “She has scored some big goals for us this season. She’s an incredibly hard working player who is always wanting to better herself for the benefit of the team.”

The team is currently sitting atop the conference rankings alongside Colgate, but head coach Doug Derraugh ’91 is always looking for his squad to improve.

“We played well overall as a team this weekend,” he said.

“We played smart and competed hard. [But] our special teams will need to be better as we did not score on the power play and gave up a shorthanded goal. Overall, we are pleased with the progress of our young team, but we know we have a long way to go.”

“I think there was a lull in both games where we started to take our foot off the gas, and Providence strung together a few shifts taking advantage of our lack of energy,” Gerace added. “It’ll be important to play a full 60 minutes against Colgate.”

Cornell will be back in action this weekend at Lynah, as it welcomes conference co-leader Colgate (14-2-0, 5-1-0) to kick off the home and home series.

“Colgate is a big strong team that is playing great right now,” Derraugh said. “It will be a real challenge for us. We will need to be at our best at both ends of the ice.”

Puck drop will be at 6 p.m. on Friday at home and 3 p.m. on Saturday at Colgate.

Smita Nalluri can be reached at snalluri@cornellsun.com.

MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

Swimmer Wins Richie Moran Award

By JACK KANTOR Sun Assistant Sports Editor

The 29th annual Richie Moran Award, one of the most prestigious senior awards at Cornell, was given to Ilya Evdokimov, of men’s swimming & diving at the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame dinner on Nov. 11.

“It was pretty surprising, but it sure is amazing for me to be recognized for something like that,” Evdokimov, a recipient of three individual All-American accolades, told The Sun of winning the award.

“Although there have been a lot of separate achievements and awards, [this award] encompasses everything together,” he added. “It’s not very typical to be honored across … different sports; that’s what’s very unique about it.”

But when considering his history, Evdokimov certainly fits the bill for the high honor.

Before he was halfway done with his collegiate swimming career, Evdokimov had already entrenched himself in Cornell Athletics history. At the 2016 Ivy League Championship, the then-sophomore set Cornell and

Ivy League records in the 100 and 200 yard breaststroke with times of 52.13 and 1:53.56, respectively.

On the national scene, the Floridanative placed 13th and 14th in the nation in the 200 and 100 breaststroke, respectively, at the 2017 NCAA Championships. And in 2016, he

“[The award is] something that has been an inspiration to me ever since I was able to get it.”

Senior Ilya Evdokimov placed 15th in the 200. These performances earned Evdokimov honorable mention All-American honors in the 200 breastroke his junior and sophomore years and in the 100 his junior year as well.

Outside the pool, Evdokimov is currently studying neurobiology and behavior in the school of Arts and Sciences and plans on applying to medical school this summer. He is also involved with Beneath the Surface, a campaign that aims to “destigmatize,

for people and especially athletes, talking about and seeking help for mental health problems,” he said.

“I am glad to be a part of [the campaign] because everyone, no matter if they’re an athlete or student, they have their own struggles that they are going through,” he added Introduced in 1989, the Richie Moran award is presented to a senior student-athlete member of the Red Key Society who has stood out in, “academics, athletics and ambassadorship,” according to Cornell Big Red. As a recipient of this award, Evdokimov stands in good company.

Last year’s award was shared by twotime NCAA wrestling champion Gabe Dean ’17 of and Alyssa Phelps ’17 of the Cornell volleyball team, who has the fourth-most assists in program history. “[The award is] something that has been an inspiration to me ever since I was able to get it,” Evdokimov said. “I … look at it sometimes and makes me want to keep pushing … in sports, and academics as well.”

Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun.com.

COURTESY OF CORNELL ATHLETICS

Top times | As a sophomore, Evdokimov broke Cornell and Ivy League records in the 100 and 200 yard breaststroke at the 2016 Ivy League Championship.