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Panhellenic Council Rejects Freezing IFC Mixers But proposal creating event management task force passes By MARYAM ZAFAR Sun City Editor
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Taking action | President of the Panhellenic Council Maya Cutforth ’20 speaks during the meeting regarding her Greek Life reform plans.
A Panhellenic Council proposal to freeze social mixers failed to collect unanimous support on Wednesday, despite a majority of PHC sorority delegates voting in favor of the contentious plan to stop mixing with Interfraternity Council fraternities until the IFC undertook safety reforms. The proposal collected a majority with seven votes in favor, two against and four abstentions, but failed to muster the unanimous vote that Panhel president Maya Cutforth ’20 had said was necessary. The vote for the second proposal — an event management task committee for event reform, with representation from all Panhel sororities and IFC
fraternities — passed with 12 yeses, one vote short of unanimous. Cutforth said she would not share the identities of sororities’ votes, which were balloted anonymously online by delegates representing the Panhellenic Council’s 13 sororities. “We are here today greatly in part as a reaction to the death of Antonio Tsialas,” said Francisco Gonzalez ’20, who is a member of campus Greek lLife, to a Willard Straight Hall room overflowing with students sitting and standing wall-to-wall on the floor as many of their peers stood outside, waiting to hear the announcement. Gonzalez read an impassioned call against the See MIXERS page 4
Public History Initiative Engages Students
Humanities program features two new courses, guest speakers By MADELINE ROSENBERG Sun Staff Writer
When Prof. Stephen Vider, history, asked students in his public history course earlier this fall to recall their first time visiting a museum, many remembered wandering through natural history exhibits as children. “Why would that be?” he asked the class. “Why do we think a natural history museum is more accessible to a child than an art museum or a social history museum?”
This fall, Vider is teaching History 2792 Introduction to Public History, a course that is part of the new Public History Initiative. He serves as the director of the PHI, which the College of Arts and Sciences launched this fall to grow opportunities for public engagement across the humanities and arts. The PHI — which currently includes two courses and a lecture series — grew out of the Critical Inquiry into Values, Imagination and Culture task force, comprised of professors who work to bridge
teaching and research across the university’s departments and colleges. “Public history brings to the fore questions that underlie all historical engagement,” Vider told The Sun. “How do we know what we know and why does it matter? Those questions underlie all historical work, but they’re not always brought forward.” Vider said public history is defined by the collaboration between communities and scholars See HISTORY page 5
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New System to Match Staff With Work Opportunities By ARI DUBROW
Parmley, who was at the meeting speaking as a guest. At a Nov. 6 Employee At Cornell, there are endless Assembly meeting, Parmely opportunities for staff members introduced Talent Marketplace, to build side skills and experi- an online system that addresses ence — members can serve on exactly this problem. Talent Marketplace is a administrative committees, give tours at the botanical garden, “match.com” for supervisors and help students improve their and staff members looking to get involved, English skills. armley And with “There is so much always Psaid. nearly 8,500 T h e staff mem- happening at Cornell. Talent program is bers, there is Marketplace will be a hub a platform no shortage of people for community involvement.” on which supervisors who want to looking for branch outAmy Parmely personnel side of their can upload regular job. It can be difficult for super- the description of the work they visors to match people to the need, as well as other informaactivities and for staff members tion about themselves and their to sort through the options job, such as how many hours available, according to Assistant the work would entail, and the Director of Human Resources Information Systems Amy See EMPLOYEE page 5 Sun Staff Writer
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Experts Discuss Youth Vote Participation
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in an attempt to diminish their influence elsewhere. With 2020 election closing in, profs call on students to register to vote areasGerrymandering cases have reached the courts in Florida, By CATA PEÑÉÑORY Sun Staff Writer
As the next presidential election quickly approaches, two leading experts on political science and government dovetailed to speak on the importance of exercising the right to democracy in a time where the words “politics” and “change” almost go hand-in-hand. Prof. Charles Stewart III, a political science professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Prof. Stephen Ansolabehere, a government professor at Harvard and a renowned expert in voting rights cases, spoke on voter turnout at Call Auditorium Wednesday in Kennedy Hall. According to Prof. Stewart, a large part of the public’s hesitation and mistrust behind voting turnout is the use of “foreign meddling.” Stewart stressed the need to “never attribute to malice what can be described or explained by incompetence.” Instead, Stewart credits issues such as faulty equipment, confusing ballots or absentee ballot confusion to be larger causes of voter inaccuracy. Despite the issues, Stewart expressed his belief that the
best elections in the country had happened in 2016. “I’m much more optimistic about the state of elections than most people are,” Stewart said. “But we can only be optimistic if we are paying attention.” Ansolabehere spoke on voting rights, and legal cases that showcase the changes seen in voting. In 1965, there were two major reforms that had wide-reaching effects Ansolabehere highlighted: the Reapportionment Revolution and the Voting Rights Act. “Democracy is a product, and it’s incumbent on us to step forward and fight for that,” Ansolabehere said, stressing the need for people to take advantage of these shifts when they occur. Regardless of these improvements, there were still an abundance of voting-related court cases in 2010, which Ansolabehere attributed to the Voting Rights Crisis — a series of laws passed by states that limited the accessibility to voting, such as the requirement of photo IDs. Ansolabehere delved into another voting crisis in 2015 where Alabama illegally violated the 14th amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law. AfricanAmericans were disproportionately impacted by Alabama’s
North Carolina and Pennsylvania — and these state courts will play a role defining “party fairness” in future years, Ansolabehere said. Prof. Rosemary Avery, policy analysis and management, coordinated the event. She told The Sun that the event was intended to demonstrate that voting is a right in addition to a privilege. Avery emphasized that, given next year’s upcoming election, “there couldn’t be anything more important than DANIEL RA / SUN STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Rock the vote | Prof. Charles Stewart III gives a talk on the importance of youth voters in the 2020 presidential election. He was joined by Prof. Stephen Ansolabehere.
looking into the integrity of our democratic process.” Avery also set up voter registration tables around the perimeter of the auditorium to help educate attendees on how to register themselves. This sentiment was echoed by Stewart as he spoke on how crucial registration is as a precondition for voting. See VOTE page 5
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Cornell Offers New Dental, Vision Plans for 2020 Employee Benefits By CALLIE McQUILKIN Sun Staff Writer
With the start of 2020 endowed benefits enrollment last week — allowing employees to renew their health insurance for next year — the Cornell Division of Human Resources has announced new dental and vision plans for faculty and staff. This is the third dental and second vision provider Cornell has partnered with in the past five years. Current coverage, provided by Ameritas, will end on December 31, according to Donna Bugliari, Associate Director of Benefit Services, at Benefair this Tuesday. The annual event allows Cornell employees to meet insurance providers to ask questions about healthcare options. Those seeking to renew or adjust their benefits for the 2020 calendar year must do so before the close of the open enrollment period at 4 p.m. on Nov. 29. After that date, only employees who experience a “qualifying life event,” like a marriage or birth, will be able to alter their coverage plan, according to Bugliari. New dental benefits will be offered through MetLife, one of the largest global insurance providers, which allows members to choose between a “Standard” package, covering up to $1,250 in costs per year, and a “Plus” option, which extends to an annual maximum of $5,000 in services. “In picking a plan, you have to think about three things,” MetLife representative Jeff Ball said to Benefair attendees. “You should consider cost, whether your dentist is in or out of network and what type of coverage you’d typically need.” Members anticipating higher dental
expenses in the coming year may want to consider the “Plus” option, he explained. MetLife currently has 76 in-network dentists within 25 miles of Ithaca and is trying to expand that network, according to Bugliari. The insurance company, which has over 100 million customers worldwide, views the strength of its network as the strongest benefit to members, Ball told The Sun. “We’ve had a coordinated effort with the university to develop provider connections in the Ithaca area,” Ball said. Partnerships between the insurance provider and universities are common, he said. The University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University also offer MetLife benefits, while the rest of the Ivy League provides services through Delta Dental, the largest oral health provider in the United States. Gordon Barger, Director of Benefit Services, explained in a letter to faculty and staff last month, on the whole, Cornell’s health plan expenses will rise 4.7% in 2020, more than last year’s bump of 3.9% but less than the predicted national change of 5-6%. For most employees receiving benefits from the university, this means “an increase of $3 -19 per month,” Barger said, depending on the level of coverage purchased and people on the plan. Employees attending Ball’s presentation this Tuesday seemed optimistic about the provider. “I’m taking his word [that] the benefits are pretty good,” said Sara Hatfield, the course coordinator for Science and Technology Studies. See BENEFITS page 5
The Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy — a seven-yearold program that tackles the ins and outs of infrastructure — just got a big boost with a $1.5 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation. This program focuses on “improving the delivery, maintenance, and operation of physical infrastructure,” according to its website. Based in the College of Human Ecology, the program funds research about infrastructure, hosts events to discuss important issues in the field and maintains an advisory board of experts in both public and private industries to help carry out the goals of the organization. According to Prof. Rick Geddes, policy analysis and management, the founding director of CPIP, these goals are to “further research, teaching, public engagement, and outreach in the area of infrastructure policy.” One of the goals of the program will be “to research technology and infrastructure,” specifically the adoption and implementation of these programs in cities and counties, according to Geddes. Geddes pointed out the immense technological advancements that infrastructure is currently undergoing. “The whole world of infrastructure is undergoing massive changes in terms of the technology that is available,” Geddes said. “That includes driver-
less cars, it includes new materials, smart street lights, smart cities — this whole world of infrastructure in general is undergoing massive technological change.” Geddes is planning to make the organization more proactive in seeking out researchers, given that CPIP now has the funding to jointly support more Ph.D. students with other departments. He believes that the grant will “take the effort to the next level.” Geddes spoke about several areas of research that CPIP is interested in funding with the grant, including the delivery of US infrastructure, infrastructure resilience and the intersection of data and technology with infrastructure. CPIP currently funds research about infrastructure resilience, conducted by Zhuoqun Gao, grad. “I’m doing research related to the disaster economic impact,” Gao said. “I make models to analyze how disaster impacts the macroeconomic systems.” Researching with Professor Geddes helps Gao create models to determine the effect that natural disasters and other attacks can have on different communities. The law school also received a sizable gift from the Koch Foundation in the spring, with a $300,000 donation to fund its new Migration and Human Rights Program. Meghana Srivastava can be reached at msrivastava@cornellsun.com.
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Proposal to Halt Mixers Fails to Gain Unanimous Support
Panhel passes vote for committee on event management with 12 votes in favor, 1 unclear MIXERS
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proposal, which sought to freeze social mixers between Panhellenic sororities and Interfraternity Council fraternities on campus. Gonzalez attended Ransom Everglades High School in Miami with Tsialas, and prefaced his statement with an emotional reading, recalling a close friendship with the late first-year, saying Tsialas’ mother had told him after the tragedy: “It must not happen again.”
“This is not about mixers. This is not a punishment, but a call to action.” Maya Cutforth ’20
The campus jolted to action after Tsialas was found dead on Oct. 26, Gonzalez said, before cataloging a number of critiques he had for the proposal, including its relevance, potential effectiveness and the “underlying intentions” of the proposal. “I agree that some of the proposals may be sensible,” Gonzalez said, the only person to speak at the crammed meeting aside from Cutforth. “But they are unrelated to Antonio’s death, and the demands correlate to regulated events — and not the unregulated event that he attended.”
Before he was reported missing, Tsialas was last seen at a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity party. The Phi Kappa Psi president did not respond to The Sun’s requests for comment by publication time. Cutforth’s proposal to suspend mixers was presented to representatives of the 13 active on-campus sororities on Oct. 31, coming on the heels of IFC’s Oct. 30 announcement canceling fraternity events for the weekend out of respect to Tsialas. Sororities were encouraged to weigh the merits and critiques of the proposal in their own chapter meetings prior to Wednesday’s vote. Before calling for a vote, Cutforth read aloud a statement calling the vote an opportunity for Panhel women to leverage their position for change and compel quicker action. “This is not about mixers,” the Panhel president said. “This is not a punishment, but a call to action.” The failed proposal was a missed opportunity for women’s empowerment in Greek life, said Lizzie Eloza ’20, Panhel’s Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion. Institutional rules — like the policies that bar sororities from hosting mixers or having alcohol in their houses — disempower sorority members from autonomy over their social schedules, Eloza said. Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi, who was present for the tail end of the meeting, said he admired and respected the student leadership demonstrated at the meeting and the initiative taken in the
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Impassioned words | Fransisco Gonzalez ’20 delivers a speech at the meeting, calling the proposals “sensible” but also “unrelated to Antonio’s death.”
proposal. Lombardi and Cornell University Police Chief David Honan sent a campus-wide email on Tuesday reminding students that the case was under active investigation by CUPD. The two requested anyone with information contact the department at 607-255-1111, cup-inv@ cornell.edu or through the Silent Witness Program. “I think the reforms are well intentioned and we are having a critical conversation on campus about how event management, dirty rush events, drinking culture and accountability
need to be significantly reworked,” said Cristian Gonzalez ’20, president of Cornell’s IFC, after the vote. “IFC has been working since the pause on reforms to be enacted as soon as we convene.” The Panhel president said the newly-approved committee will still be working to facilitate reform and make the campus safer — “and we’ll go from there.” Maryam Zafar can be reached at mzafar@cornellsun.com.
Dahlia Flower Favorite at Plant Trials Program in Cornell Botanic Gardens By LIN AI Sun Staff Writer
With fall settling in on Ithaca, flowers and foliage were wrapped away from the trial garden beds in front of the Nevin Welcome Center, a place that had served the background for colorful blossoms and numerous selfies for the past few months. The Cornell Botanical Gardens and Floriculture Program partnered to put on its annual “plant trials” program again this year, bringing people together to do more than just appreciate the flowers. Last Sunday marked the end to this year’s plant trial, during which over 150 kinds of plants were planted, tested and showcased, benefiting the flower breeding industry and adding delights to the local community. “Plants and nature are a universal connector among us all, and that is the beauty of it. No matter our background and experiences, we can come together and bond over plants and share with each other these experiences,” said Melissa Cox, a Cornell Botanic Gardens horticulturist and member of the Annual Trials Program. “People are getting exposed to plants they may not have seen before. They are also getting garden ideas,” said Kendra Hutchins, program manager for the annual trials, citing the educational element of the program. Hutchins and Cox themselves
are also thrilled each year by the opportunities of seeing new plants develop and new varieties of an old plant coming to life in the trial garden bed. Both of them mentioned that the learning aspect of the program as part of the motivation for doing the program. Though the annual plant trials program has been in place for about fifteen years, this year is the first time that the Cornell horticulture department held the trial
“Plants and nature are a universal connector among us all, and that is the beauty of it.” Melissa Cox garden beds at the Cornell Botanic Garden, making it easily accessible to the community. The previous location was one mile from central campus. Cultivars, plant variations created through cloning or hybridization, were shipped to the people in the program as early as December or January. Seeds were then sown into greenhouse according to an appropriate schedule. Before the frost completely melts away in June, plants are taken care of in the greenhouse. As planting days came near, the organizers, including Hutchins and Cox, started designing and planting the trial garden bed,
which has more restrictions than traditional beds because a certain number of plants need to be spaced at specified intervals. The restrictions led to creativity in the design, Cox said. After the completion of the planting process, the plants are evaluated. The results are sorted into three “top ten” lists — one each for program members, horticultural professionals and customers. The program sends these results to a handful of participating breeding plant companies, including American Takii, AmeriSeed, Ball FloraPlant, Ball Ingenuity and more. New this year, the public had the opportunity to participate in the evaluation –– in addition to horticultural professionals –– by casting ballots and voting on their favorite plants. After the votes were tallied, this year’s winner was announced: the Dahlia Venti Red+White, bred by Selecta. “It is really exciting to be able to share with the public the process behind developing a plant and the data that gets collected,” Hutchins said. Though the plants are wrapped away for the oncoming chills, there’s only a brief window before Hutchins and other members of the program will set their sights on next year’s blooms. Lin Ai can be reached at linai@cornellsun.com.
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Hatfield hopes the partnership with MetLife will last longer than with previous providers — she’s had three different dental plans through the university since joining Cornell faculty five years ago. “It’s confusing to have to compare coverage options,” she said. “It might be nice to cruise along with this plan for a while.” For eye-care benefits, the university is working with Davis Vision, which serves over 33 million members nationwide, including FedEx and the federal government, according to company representative Faye White. Over the past few months, Cornell has collaborated with the company to design what White calls a “full comprehensive benefits plan.” Among other services, the plan covers the cost of an annual eye exam and one pair of glasses per year from the insurer’s “Tower of Power,” a tiered rack of 222 “current, trending eyeglass frames” from the Davis Vision Exclusive collection, White said. In contrast with previous Ameritas coverage, which reimbursed members up to a maximum dollar amount for care from any provider, Davis Vision has a set list of in-network practitioners and benefits. “Ameritas wasn’t a true vision plan,” Bugliari said. “We’re excited Davis is.” Not all Benefair attendees viewed the shift with the same enthusiasm. “The only downside I can see is losing the flexibility of the Ameritas plan,” noted Physics Undergraduate Coordinator Sue Sullivan. Still, she said, she “loved” White’s presentation and was planning to enroll in vision services for the 2020 year. Callie McQuilkin can be reached at cmcquilkin@cornellsun.com.
skills necessary for the job. Cornell staff members, in turn, upload their own information –– their position at Cornell, their interests, their skills, and the skills they hope to work on. The Talent Marketplace algorithm then matches staff members with
“We don’t need to make up a new layer of things. We’re just trying to tap into things at Cornell that already exist.” Amy Parmley supervisors looking for help. The opportunities offered through Talent Marketplace are in addition to a staff member’s typical Cornell job. For their work at these jobs, they will be compensated according to the salary or hourly wage of their permanent position. “Employees want to be engaged,” Parmley said. “They also want to build their skills. But employees are always overwhelmed, and we don’t always have the resources to do what we
want.” Talent Marketplace is run through Workday, a financial management and human capital management system, according to their website. Because many Cornell staff use Workday on a regular basis, Talent Marketplace is starting out with a “captive audience to leverage,” Parmsley said. “We don’t need to make up a new layer of things,” Parmsley said. “we’re just trying to tap into things at Cornell that already exist.” Laura Taylor, the EA’s international representative at-large, asked how employees who are in the United States on work visas would be able to use Talent Marketplace without giving the appearance that they were working an extra job. In response, Parmsley said clarified that the program’s use at Cornell is still in its pilot stage, and so they are still working out some ambiguities. Talent Marketplace will be up and running by the beginning of next year, according to Parmsley. “There is so much always happening at Cornell,” Parmsley said. “Talent Marketplace will be a hub for community involvement.” Ari Dubow can be reached at adubow@cornellsun.com.
Public History Initiative Seeks to Grow Public Engagement, Examine Past
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to think about the past and examine its current impact. These interactions range from visiting monuments and museums to analyzing historical preservation practices and documenting oral histories, he said. While the history department already
offers classes that discuss these topics, Vider said the PHI provides a structure that pulls together and expands upon student and faculty public history work. Along with Vider’s two courses and lecture series, he has worked with The History Center in Tompkins County to create three undergraduate oral history fellowships for next semester, which will allow
students to collect historical information and preserve it at the center. Introduction to Public History has already allowed students to combine historical analysis and public engagement. Not only does the class analyze the curatorial and archival practices that have shaped the public understanding of American history, but students also interact with local museum workers and their exhibitions. The class learned about the world’s earliest museums at the Johnson Museum of Art and toured the archives at The History Center. Students in the class are also curating their own exhibits using materials from Cornell’s Rare and Manuscript collections. Enrolled student Tilda Wilson ’21 said the course has led her to view history as an even more “dynamic and important” field. “[The class] has made me realize how important it is for people to see themselves in a museum,” Wilson said. “Even though the work is complicated, it has a really big impact on the way America sees itself as a culture.” In addition to Vider’s core PHI course — which explores the major theories and practice of historical engagement that happens outside the classroom — the initiative’s ongoing lecture series brings questions of public history to a wider audience. Vider is organizing a sequence of speakers for next semster who will discuss queer
public history, building on his next-spring Making Public Queer History course. “I’m trying to start a larger conversation on campus, as well as within the local community, about how we think about history, what stories haven’t been told, and how can we tell them,” Vider said. “How does our telling of history relate to larger questions about social inclusion and social justice?” Vider added that he hopes to introduce a public history minor, involve more faculty with the PHI, and create more opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students to engage in public history practice. Cornell would become the first Ivy League university to offer a public history minor, according to the National Council on Public History. These developments are exciting for students like Caroline Kleiner ’20, who said she hopes to enter museum work and called the PHI “something Cornell needs.” “Cornell is such a big institution, but sometimes it feels isolated from what is going on in the world or in the area,” Kleiner said. “By introducing public history to Cornell, you have an interaction with the community and the world at large, getting people involved with the resources Cornell has.” Madeline Rosenberg can be reached at mrosenberg@cornellsun.com.
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Ansolabehere also stressed the importance of the student and youth vote: “You are the future. As the culture and society change, it’s up to that next generation to put out there what they want.” “There’s something to be said in terms of our turnout civic education,” Stewart told The Sun. “We do an abysmal job of turning out young people.” As part of this education, Stewart expressed the importance of recognizing that there are flaws
in the voting system, but the necessity of voting regardless. “Threats don’t go away, but it is important to identify what is a threat.” Despite these uncertainties, Stewart challenged students and voters to take the harder route. “It’s too easy to settle into a standard way of thinking of the world,” he said.
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y freshman year at Cornell was probably the best year of my life so far. I stayed up until 5 a.m. every night participating in hallway-wide gossip sessions, proudly strode into Sunday RPCC brunches in pajamas and last night’s mascara and never, ever called home — because when you’re 18 and having the time of your life, why would you? The sheer novelty of the college experience, the number of smart-mouthed, like-minded people I met at Cornell, definitely contributed to my incredible year. But upon reflection, I realize there was another factor. Although I’m sure the creators of North Campus meant to construct another damp and depressing group of dorms (West Campus reminds me forcibly of J.K. Rowling’s Knockturn Alley), they somehow stumbled upon the formula for a home, a community unto itself. For me, at least, there was nothing like passing through Balch Arch after a long night in
but on North Campus, I knew I was warm and safe and, oh, so loved. My morning routine consisted of falling down one of Dickson’s multiple staircases 10 minutes late, grabbing cornbread from the Tatkon Center (breakfast is the most important meal of the day!) and sprinting across Thurston bridge to my FWS on the Arts Quad. I never appreciated it on those hectic mornings, but now I miss the fall colors reflected on Beebe Lake and the chill of water spray as I crossed the footbridge. I even miss the walk from North to Central on torrential downpour days, ignoring my soaked sneakers and fogged glasses as I stood on tiptoe, leaning over the railings of Thurston to watch floods of water roar angrily over the lip of the gorge. Nowadays, I walk a mile into campus from my freezing apartment in Collegetown every morning. As soon as I close the front door, I’m greeted by the worst slope known to mankind, and a street so ravaged by construction my friends call it “the warzone.” When I walk home from Olin in the middle of the night, I hold my keys like a dagger between my knuckles, and there’s certainly no beautiful, spreading panorama to greet me when I turn onto College Ave. It’s a different thrill, one of total independence (no dining halls to guarantee I grab a meal every day or nosy hallmates to raise the alarm if I don’t return to the room for a night) and the first tinge of adulthood. It’s a completely new world, and not necessarily worse than the bubble two miles across campus. However, the portal of Balch Arch into a community of 3,000 antsy, smart-ass freshman still caught up in their first taste of independence, still eager to welcome new people and new experiences into a life delightfully devoid of routine, and still hopeful of creating a warm, loving community, will likely be lost to my first year forever. So, freshmen, relish your time on North. Leave your door open to babble to whichever hallmate is strolling by, shiver over to the footbridge in the middle of the night and take in the rapids roaring a few meters under your feet, pause under Balch Arch and glory in the community before you. North Campus is its own haven from the coldness of Cornell; take full advantage of the time you spend there.
That room, while half the size of my bedroom in Atlanta, was my favorite place on Earth. On North Campus, I knew I was warm and safe and, oh, so loved. Olin and watching the dormitory landscape unfold before my eyes. I loved walking through Balch’s courtyard, between the graceful stone wings, and looking up at the mosaic of twinkling and dark windows. I would climb up the constantly chalk-marked steps to be greeted by CKB to my right and Clara Dickson to my left, the placid quad stretching out before me. My favorite part of the walk home would be arriving at the center of Clara Dickson’s enveloping “C” shape and gazing at the pattern of warm, golden light streaming through the 400-some windows. If I could see my friend Vishal playing the piano through the windows of the 2-6 lounge, I’d probably stop by and inevitably get sucked into a conversation that would last until the wee hours of the morning. If Ava’s room lights were on, I figured she’d be up for a quick rant about the Oceanography reflection we both forgot to submit. Clara Dickson was the first place, other than my parents’ house, that I called home. I was lucky enough to have a cozy corner single, with two windows and a tiny twin bed, and that room, while half the size of my bedroom in Atlanta, was my favorite place on Earth. I can’t quite put my finger on it,
Pallavi Kenkare is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at pkenkare@cornellsun.com. Jabberwocky runs every other Thursday this semester.
Dorm Pride Would Enrich Residential Culture
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ot all Cornell dorms are created equal. From the moment we arrive on campus, we quickly conclude that the back alleys of the Low Rise community pale in comparison to air conditioned, plasma TV-lit, Mews Hall lounges. Before we know it, our freshman year housing perceptions extend to the greater campus, locked into a standard metric: West is best, the Gothics are much less desirable and South Campus is the housing annex. Campus culture accustoms us to evaluating a dorm based on its amenities rather than what a residential community can offer beyond a roof over our heads. A residence hall and a community have become two very different things at Cornell. On North, we are reminded of our lack of dorm identity each time a freshman complains that “nobody talks” in the halls past O-week. On West, the cult-like following of Cook chicken wings and Becker cheese dinners strikes the closest resemblance to dorm spirit. Our housing tradition remains in shambles, so four months into our first semester at Cornell, it’s no wonder that many first-years aim for the seemingly greener pastures of upperclassman housing. Whereas many juniors and seniors flee
The root of our lackluster residential culture lies within the housing lottery system — a process that replaces freshmen’s enthusiasm with dread for a later time slot. Perhaps it’s this shallow housing outlook that prompts the dissatisfied third of each class to seek a stronger sense of community through Greek life — the dorm vibe
Perhaps it’s this shallow housing outlook that prompts the dissatisfied third of each class to seek a stronger community through Greek life — the dorm vibe just doesn’t come close.
just doesn’t come close. To reform this housing outlook, we can look to fellow Ivies, many of which are known for a thriving residential life. In Harvard and Yale, residential halls are perceived as equal yet very different, primarily due to the quirks and unique identity within each. In fact, when I first toured Cornell, I thought this would be the case here as well. Little did I know that pride within newer brick buildings or the historic Gothics would be reduced to the amenities within each. Cornellians prioritize their dorm’s shower water over whether that dorm will offer a residential community. To revive our housing identity, let’s start with new traditions. From campus-wide dorm competitions (I’ve been fantasizing over campus-wide capture the flag) to communal rites of passage within each hall (yes, this starts with coming to the R.A.’s socials), we must willingly become from the residential system, freshmen roll one with our Ithaca homes. The obligathe dice, unaware of the hit-or-miss reality tion is upon ourselves to instill a deeper of on-campus housing. We underclassmen legacy as we pass the baton to each incomfind ourselves sucked into a lottery system, ing class and look beyond rankings based naively hoping for an earlier time slot that on survivability. This way, the foundations we will in all likelihood not be granted. of tradition will solidify with each coming But can we really blame freshmen for these generation. In the meantime, our culture stagnates high hopes? On North, for those in the Low Rise community, an early time slot with each incoming class whose criteria for would mean a chance at livable conditions next year’s living arrangements continue — even the Gothics of West Campus seem to factor in amenities and factor out hall a step up. For others in Clara Dickson atmosphere. Fixed perceptions of campus housing erode our college Hall, new housing offers a chance to living standards, which further discourages hall pride. Our nonexistent Let’s extend our version of residential identity fosters inter-dorm competitiveness self-segregation in each coming generation of beyond redundant boasts of a Cornellians, and much of the curnewer building’s lounges. rent batch of freshman has already been numbed to this culture sink. escape the maze of its halls. So for now, let’s extend our version But for now, all we freshman can do is hope that our living assignment will be of inter-dorm competitiveness beyond simply inhabitable — let alone become a redundant boasts of a newer building’s home we can be proud of. When certain lounges or its hotter shower water. No dorms are perceived superior to others, longer can we let these physical amenities hall identity as a central part of the college define our residential culture. For some, experience is greatly undermined. To bal- change starts by replacing any sense of loting freshmen, a West Campus House disappointment in a dorm with newfound is only as good as its dining hall’s menu. pride. For others, the time has come to At the same time, Sheldon Court and face this campus-wide problem and step Schuyler House are cast aside by virtue out from air-conditioned and plasma-TVof their location and acquire a reputa- lined bubbles. With housing season soon tion akin to Toby’s desk in The Office. In approaching, I call for a residential life lower-ranked housing, a sense of pride is culture makeover. stymied because of a residential hall infe- Roei Dery is a freshman in the College of Arts and riority complex: It’s all but impossible to Sciences. He can be reached at forge a loyal community when everyone rdery@cornellsun.com. The Dery Bar runs every other Thursday this semester. in it feels they’ve drawn the short straw.
Cornellians prioritize their dorm’s shower water over whether that dorm will offer a community. To revive housing identity, let’s start with new traditions.
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Scarlet Letters | Between the Sheets
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Spooky Season Never Ends: How to Ghost
don’t necessarily endorse ghosting people. It can be incredibly cruel and lead to far more hurt feelings than talking to someone and formally breaking something off would. It’s an unfair way to communicate. The ghoster gets away with pretty much no consequences while the ghostee is left with questions and the nagging feeling of something unresolved. But what about when ghosting someone really does feel like the only way to convey your lack of interest? Cornell is already so stressful in ways outside of romance that it’s so much easier to just disappear than to go through the emotional labor of actually ending things with someone. Sometimes you just gotta do what you just gotta do, and ghosting might just be the move. Consider this your guide to ghosting. And you can trust me on this because as anyone who has ever hooked up with me knows, I’m a master of ghosting. The first case under examination is the one-time thing with someone you don’t know. In this situation, ghosting is so easy that it’s practically your only option. You don’t want it to happen again? Then just don’t text them back! It’s that simple. At this point, you don’t owe the other person any obligations, and they’ll surely get over it in a matter of days, if even that. If you see them around, you can do the classic smile and nod, or just go to the old standby of looking at your phone. The second case is the one-time thing with someone you do know. If it’s just an acquaintance, you might want to extend them a courtesy text turning them down the next time they hit you up, but I’m here to tell you that you don’t really have to. If it’s a friend, just continue on like it never even happened, and soon enough it’ll be like it never did. If you know them, you’re far more likely to see them on a semi-regular basis, so do them the favor of
acknowledging them, but don’t let it go any further. Though this situation is a little bit more complicated than the previous because you are in each other’s circles, I fully believe that if I ignore my problems then they’ll just disappear, so feel free to put that logic to the test here. For every time you hook up with someone, the difficulty of ghosting them increases. So what do you do when you’ve hooked up with someone more than once and you want to end things? This is the point where a hard ghost starts to get too cruel for comfort. If you’ve hooked up more than once, chances are there’s something there, and things start to feel a little mean if you vanish completely. In this situation, I recommend a new tactic that I would consider to be a form of long-term ghosting: the fade-out. You start slow, making excuses for why you can’t hang out when they hit you up and finding ways to excuse yourself when you run into them in public. You don’t want to start off too strong and never be available again, but rather you should make more and more excuses as you go. As time passes, increase your response time to messages and blow them off even quicker until eventually they stop texting or saying hi at all. With the fade-out, take it slower the longer that you’ve been hooking up with the person. The final case in which you may consider ghosting someone? If you are dating them. Here’s my verdict: don’t do it. It’s cruel to the point where it’s unconscionable. If you liked a person enough to date them, you can talk to them. Unless you find yourself in an abusive or otherwise toxic relationship and you need to get out immediately, or wouldn’t be able to leave otherwise, don’t do it. If it’s not an emergency, just don’t even try. While some may see ghosting as the easy way out, it can be a necessary evil. Maybe you’ve been hooking up with a friend and you don’t want to have the awkward “sex with you is bad” conversation. Maybe you’re drowning in prelims and you just want whoever it is to stop bothering you. Whatever your reasons, sometimes it’s okay to ghost. And if you ever hooked up with me and I disappeared on you — it’s not me, it’s you. Scarlet Letters is a student at Cornell University. Between the Sheets runs monthly this semester. Sex on Thursday appears every other Thursday.
The Hoeletariat | Afterthots
A First Time for Everything
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hen I entered college, I scoured the internet for rules on hooking up. From looking up how to properly give a blowjob to how to not be so awkward, I tried to compensate for the fact that I had negligible experience (the boys in my specialized high school were unattractive, okay). Nothing could really prepare me for reality: First times are learning experiences, and sometimes you can’t know how to do first times until after you’ve done them. First Hook Up My first real hookup, not including kissing a friend in preparation for a date, was a boy I went to prom with fresh out of a recently failed relationship. We went from zero to almost 100 (unreciprocated oral sex but not in the direction you’d think) with his mom dropping by the basement room about every 20 minutes. It wasn’t a great time, neither of us knew what we were doing. Nevertheless, I told all of our friends about the hookup (in far more detail than anyone wanted or asked for), was led through erroneous blowjob instructions and hoped to lose my virginity before college. A couple of days later, I texted him asking about seeing each other again, only to be told that this was a mistake and would never happen again. I felt humiliated and sulked about for months, complaining to anyone who would listen about his transgressions. In retrospect, his faults were not that great, aside from him being a bit insensitive and harsh. He was also just a teenage boy, maybe having his first one-night stand, so when it came to rejecting someone for the first time, of course he didn’t know what
he was doing. At the same time, I was also having my first one night stand and getting rejected for the first time — we were both children. We didn’t know how to reject people nicely or how to take it well. It took experience and being ghosted and the one doing the ghosting for me to figure out that sometimes people don’t mesh, and it’s nothing personal — and likely not a negative reflection of you.
I did not lose my virginity so much as I got rid of it, eager for the badge I would earn would that indicates somehow that I have more experience. Being jackhammered for less than 10 minutes while on my period hardly made me more sexually adept. There is a point to be made about the pressure that girls feel to lose their virginity, and for teenagers to be more sexually adept when they may not be ready, which led me to grab the first vaguely interested guy to do the deed (pun intended). Virginity is a heteronormative social construct anyway, but one that we mostly can’t help but abide by. Nonetheless, this O-week hook up proved to be forgettable, even though I missed my swim test for it.
hook ups. She also joked several times about how I could feel safe sleeping over there and how my mom shouldn’t worry — she wouldn’t kill me or anything. And out of the blue, as I was trying to fall asleep, she kissed me. This was her first kiss, as she mumbled afterwards. And I could tell. For the next half hour, we awkwardly fiddled about, her wavering back and forth on whether or not she wanted to go further in any capacity, even though I really didn’t want to. The conversation circled back to how she wouldn’t murder me in the morning. Lying there awake, I thought about how this could be the exact plot of a Criminal Minds episode, with me as the hapless victim — dead by the morning — when I realized I could just ... leave (using a friend who called me pretending to be my mom). After, I wondered to a friend, did I overreact to a couple (okay, five or six) idle jokes about being killed in my sleep? Did I hurt her feelings? The friend responded that I introduced her to the disappointment of being in the dating world, and if anything it’ll be easier for her now. Was I this bad on my first few hook ups, both in the technicals of making out and being awkward myself? Are first times inherently awkward?
Someone Else’s First Kiss
Someone Else’s First Time
After our dinner at a fancy French restaurant, she invited me back to her place, without us having even kissed before (my first mistake). She said she didn’t really hook up for first dates but invited me to sleep over. Then it got weird. She grilled me on how I used Tinder, how many other times I had hooked up and what I usually do during
The answer to the last question is, at least in some cases, no. During another date over a year ago, as we were making out she casually informed me that this would be her first time going further with a girl and asked me if I’d be okay with that. Far less awkward than I have been in that same position,
First Time Having Sex
and when I had to say, “This is my first time giving a blowjob.” Or, “This is my first time having sex.” By now I’m running out of firsts to have and it feels like I’ve only just learned some of the do’s and don’ts of first times. Though some are quite obvious, like not joking about killing the person sleeping next to you, others took some practice to learn, like not treating experience as a substitute for skill, accepting your own inexperience and that even though most hookups may lack intimacy and emotions, they still deserve privacy. First times aren’t items on a checklist. And sex and love and romance? They aren’t about checking off the boxes as quickly as possible either. The Hoeletariat is a student at Cornell University. Afterthots runs monthly this semester. Sex on Thursday appears every other Thursday.
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Wings Over the Competition The story of how four Cornell alumni came to own their favorite food spot By JULIA LESCHT Sun Contributor
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any great stories start with a favorite friend group spot — often a restaurant. Take the show Friends for example. Central Perk constitutes a core part of their lives as well as the epicenter of where they convene. Right after college friends’ Dan Levya ’14, Kevin Mok ’14, Raunak Nirmal ’14 and Mike Wang graduated from Cornell and moved to New York City, their dream was to bring their favorite Cornell restaurant into their adult lives and open a Wings Over branch in The City. After several events — restaurant closings and openings and franchise takeovers — they are now business partners and in charge of the entire Wings Over corporation. “Part of the reason we had a car in college was so that we could go pick up wings at the old Wings Over Ithaca,” said Levya. In 2016, the four’s beloved Ithaca branch shut down. They were “devastated,” according to Levya. Then, what started as a half-joking text about reopening the store turned to reality. In March of 2017, they reopened the Wings Over Ithaca store in its current Collegetown location. “We have different backgrounds, so we wanted to make Wings Over better than what it was in the past,” Levya said. “No one knew Wings Over Ithaca for having great service or as a place to go with your family.” However, as franchisees they lacked the authority to implement the changes and features they desired in order to improve the business, so in October 2017, they acquired the whole company. Over the last two years, the group has done quite a bit with applying each of their Cornell educations to the chicken wing business. They shifted their attention to two questions in the mindset of their customers: What does Wings Over mean to customers, and what do customers want out of the business? Hospitality, or guest experience, became the first priority.
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“We went back to the drawing board and we decided that it was really important to connect with our guests,” Levya said. They rebranded. New logos,
would naturally put a smile on people’s faces,” Levya said, in response to questions about how they made their design decisions. Their commitment to serv-
Wings Over Knoxville, or Wings Over Athens. We want to be a part of that community and really engage,” Levya said. This detail definitely sets Wings Over apart from other fast casual food vendors, as it allows them to establish themselves as a genuine part of their surrounding community. This goal proves to be reality by the ways they partner with Cornell on things like class projects, fund-
new colors, new app, new website, new uniforms and a whole new design. In doing so, they looked to their competitors and who their customers were. The goal was to “foster a place that was compatible or welcoming” for all different guests and for all different occasions. They also found that their chicken wing competitors were catering to a masculine crowd and experience, which isn’t the most welcoming experience to families or everyone else. “We wanted to do things that
ing their customers extends even farther into their practice. “We are continuously trying to find ways to engage and interact with the community because for us the community is really important. For example, we’re not just called Wings Over. We are called Wings Over Ithaca, or
raisers or campus events, as well as through their commitment to consumer outreach and listening to what their guests want — asking wing-eaters what flavors they want, what should be changed — and then acting accordingly. Even as Levya currently oversees a chain of 40 wing franchises,
Hospitality, or guest experience, became the first priority. “We went back to the drawing board and we decided that it was really important to connect with our guests,” Levya said.
he remembers his Hotelie roots and time at Cornell. He started working at restaurants at age 14, and upon entering Cornell worked his way up from the role of bell-man to the director of guest services at the Statler Hotel. “That’s where I really learned a lot from paying attention to guests, really understanding social cues [and understanding] that we’re there to serve and it’s our pleasure to serve. We’re not just doing it because it’s our job,” Levya said. Academically speaking, Levya recounts Hotel School Prof. Stephani Robson’s introduction level class on regular development. This course teaches students about the small things that they didn’t likely consider, such as choosing the location of the trash, dining room or restrooms. Basically, the class is all about the flow of the restaurant. “That’s really what sparked my interest in wanting to build new restaurants or try to make them better,” Levya said. “Some of the courses you don’t think about are the computing classes or the communications classes that we had … all the classes in some way or another definitely helped with what we are doing today.” One final, important piece of information about Levya, as the chief wing officer of Wings Over, is his go-to wing order: The citrus chipotle or honey mustard-flavored wings — hot lemon pepper if he’s in the mood for more spicy — and a Powerade or soda. Regardless, you cannot go wrong with any of the flavors or services provided by this wings chain. Hospitality involves serving customers by creating a memorable, positive experience. For Levya and his business partners, what began as a simple quest to save their beloved Wings Over Ithaca has transformed into an entire hospitality-led journey. Their Cornell education taught them that success depends on more than just serving up good food; it demands a wholly pleasing guest experience — and that’s what they provide every day.
Even as Levya currently oversees a chain of 40 wing franchises, he remembers his hotelie roots and time at Cornell.
Julia Lescht is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at jbl254@cornell.edu.
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Chatty Cathy: Acai You By SOFIA SICILIANI Sun Contributor
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relim season getting you down? Start your morning off with something sweet yet healthy from Chatty Cathy! The charming cafe is located in Collegetown on Eddy Street and specializes in coffee, tea, freshly pressed juices and healthy food bowls. Since it’s opening in March of 2017, students have raved about this juice joint for its health-infused products. I was lucky enough to speak with the owner herself to gain insight on the true motivations behind opening the shop, and of course learn a little bit more about their delicious acai and yogurt parfait bowls. The owner, Milly, was extremely kind to take the time to speak to me about her cafe. She expressed to me that she and her husband have always been passionate about healthy eating, which she felt was lacking in Collegetown. Therefore, they took advantage of this opportunity and opened Chatty Cathy to bring healthy products to busy college students always on the go. They are driven by the quality of their products and always use the freshest ingredients and organic fruits; they never microwave, fry or freeze any of their products to ensure the highest quality for their customers. Milly and her husband are old pros when it comes to running a business, since they are also the owners of Thompson and Bleeker in the Commons and Ithaca Wine and Spirits, located right next to Chatty Cathy on Eddy Street. The first question that popped into my mind when talking to Milly was where she got the inspiration for the cafe’s catchy name. She explained to me that the store is actually named after her mother-in-law, Cathy, and stands as a running joke between her and her family since the actual Cathy is not much of a talker. Apart from this dedication, she thought that the name would work in parallel with the bright and cheery social environment of a buzzing coffee shop. In her mind, this environment will turn everyone into a ‘Chatty Cathy’ as they catch up with friends over a cup of coffee. As soon as I entered the cafe, I
coconut, almond butter, chocolate chips and granola. The menu offers variety, and each of the acai bowls (which run for $9.99) can be swapped out for a Greek yogurt or oatmeal base for $6.99 instead.. If you’re not in the mood for acai but were a fan of the mouthwatering caramel apples at Apple Fest, I would highly recommend the Candy Apple Bowl with vanilla Greek yogurt. With fall in the air, this bowl is perfect for a fellow sweet tooth like myself. Topped with freshly sliced apples, raisins, granola and a sprinkle of cinnamon and drizzled with the sweet taste of caramel for it’s final touch, who wouldn’t be satisfied? Apart from health bowls, their expansive menu offers something for everyone. Customers can get protein infused smoothies, organic matcha tea, freshly pressed juice (I recommend the“Green Goddess”) or essentially any coffee drink they create: an iced coffee on the go or a comforting caramel macchiato. Chatty Cathy also offers a taste you can trust since each of the recipes were brought to the store from trial and error at Milly’s own home. Prior to opening in 2017, Milly and her husband stocked up on the freshest fruits and vegetables to play around with for different bases and find what tastes SOFIA SICILIANI / SUN CONTRIBUTOR best. They personally bowl and the “Dior Feel Good” came up with each of the menu’s smoothie. Clearly, Chatty Cathy unique concoctions as opposed truly cares about their customers. to copying other models. Due Now, without further ado, let’s to the cafe’s success, they plan get to the food. Chatty Cathy on expanding their kitchen this is known for their acai bowls, year to incorporate more savory which are blended with organic, options. They hope to soon add fresh fruit and almond milk to avocado toast on the menu, which reach the perfect consistency. The would be a perfect addition to current customer favorite is the pair with the satisfying smoothies. All in all, if you're looking for “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” which is topped with blueberry, banana, something that not only tastes was immediately drawn to Chatty Cathy’s menu. Beside the cheerful, striped wallpaper, menu items written in eloquent handwriting caught my eye. I quickly learned that the decadent bowls are inspired by pop culture. As a result, when deciding what to order, you may be debating between the “Bad and Boujee”, “Money Moves” or the “Par-Yay.” For Milly, it’s all about customer experience. She hopes that these names will lift customer’s spirits, make them smile or laugh and most importantly, make the bowl memorable. What excited me most was that some of these names were inspired by the Cornell F a s h i o n Collective as well. Milly expressed that she cherishes her relationship with several members in CFC who are frequent customers, and has dedicated products names to them based on their suggestions. These recommendations include two products on the menu: the “Breakfast at Tiffany”
For Milly, it’s all about customer experience, and she hopes that these names will lift customer’s spirits, make them smile or laugh and most importantly, make the bowl memorable.
good, but also makes you feel good, I highly recommend trying Chatty Cathy between classes or on a relaxing Sunday afternoon. What makes Chatty Cathy unique to Collegetown is not only their products, but also its value to customer experience. The staff is very friendly, welcoming you in with a cheerful smile, and the overall environment is extremely homey. As winter solemnly approaches and the Ithaca skies turn bleak, students can walk into the cafe and automatically feel relaxed with the natural greenery, bright orange walls and fun decorations and frames. In addition, as a nurse, Milly has always been one to care for others and trans-
lates this tenderness in hospitality towards her customers. When customers walk in and are feeling under the weather, she personally attends to them by creating a unique concoction of freshly pressed juice to satisfy their health needs. This is customer service that you won’t find anywhere else. Serves: Freshly-pressed juices, smoothies, coffee, tea, health bowls Vibe: Casual, cheerful Price: $ Overall: Sofia Siciliani is a sophomore in the College of Human Ecology. She can be reached at sts72@cornell.edu.
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Wokeness? In My Period Drama?
t’s more likely than you think. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that I probably wouldn’t be the person I am today without Anne of Green Gables. In fact — having received it around the age of six or seven — it must have been the first actual novel I ever read. It came with a little Edwardian-esque, heart-shaped locket and had a picture of a red-headed, freckle-faced girl on the cover, clutching a carpetbag and looking wistfully off into the distance. Though the locket has long since disap-
depth and is both lighthearted and profound in all the right moments, bringing to vivid life the characters and complexities of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Avonlea. Recently, there’s been a new uptick of interest in Anne, most notably with Netflix’s series Anne with an E. Currently in its third season, the show is a darker, grittier interpretation of the classic, with a much greater focus on social issues that are present in the novel but not necessarily at its forefront, such as its burgeoning feminism and class tensions, as well as other, more “woke” attempts to highlight themes of race and sexuality. This is not to say that such attempts aren’t admirable — they are, and it is important to think critically about historical views on such topics and acknowledge their problematic aspects. However, a little bit of nuance would go a long way. Increasingly, the creators of Anne with an E have tended to insert and then drag on “wokeness quota”-filling storylines that weigh down the story, detract from its integrity and take away from Anne, who really is the beating heart of these books. None of these characters seem like they could’ve believably existed in 1908 at all; rather, they come across as preachy mouthpieces for the opinions of people living over a century later. Moreover, the creators of the show seem to forget that the novel was, in fact, quite radically feminist for its own era. Its investment in the rich inner life of a teenage girl who is intelligent, driven and passionate was surprisingly new and — in the face of other popular children’s
Ramya Yandava Ramya’s Rambles peared, the appeal of the imaginative, sensitive, impulsive but ultimately well-meaning girl from Prince Edward Island has stuck with me ever since. As a child, I not only devoured the book series but loved watching the 1985 film adaptation when it used to come on PBS around Thanksgiving. For me, Meagan Follows was the ultimate on-screen Anne, Richard Farnsworth and Colleen Dewhurst — as the Cuthbert siblings — her perfect guardians and Jonathan Crombie’s Gilbert, of course, my romantic ideal for the longest time. Kevin Sullivan’s take on the story, with its lush cinematography of the Canadian landscape, is heart-warming without sacrificing emotional
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books like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings — is still refreshing today. As an English major, I often find a great deal of solace, empathy and joy in reading literature stemming from times that, being a woman of color, I probably would’ve had a lot of difficulty living in myself. Increasingly, I’ve wondered whether this is in itself “problematic” — whether, in some sense, I’m “betraying” my own identity. But the attitude of “cancel culture” is no solution. Neither are revisionist adaptations that do away with subtlety and grounded, nuanced readings of the source material they draw on, ultimately with the result that they destroy more than they revise. Thinking critically about something doesn’t preclude you from enjoying it. As an adult, I still turn to my favorite passages of Anne of Green Gables to ground me and remind me about the things that really matter. It’s a book that taught me that humor, love and hope can be just as profound
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and weighty as sadness, that no problem is insurmountable with the right attitude. It introduced me to Tennyson and showed me how poetry could be a great comfort in one’s darkest moments. These are all qualities that rightly should be preserved in modern adaptations, not only because they’re true to the book but because they’re timeless. Including them still leaves plenty of room for exploring important social and political themes. Furthermore, if creators of films and TV shows really did want to be “woke,” they could dig a little deeper and adapt material from literature and historical sources actually created by people whose social identities went against the dominant culture of their times or those living outside the global West. After all, to use a favorite phrase of Anne Shirley’s, there is always “scope for the imagination.” Ramya Yandava is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at ry86@cornell.edu. Ramya’s Rambles runs alternate Thursdays this semester.
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Richard Beezley The surprise announcement and subsequent release of Earl Sweatshirt’s Feet of Clay were sudden enough to leave no time for expectations to be developed. If you aren’t a fan of Earl Sweatshirt, the periphery around this EP, like the cover art — which could have been lifted directly from an early 2000s death metal album — might turn you off from the get-go. Earl also stated that “FOC is a collection of observations and feelings recorded during the death throes of a crumbling empire” and it was released at midnight on Halloween. It might even feel like cheating, using the context of the EP’s release to such an extent in order to prime your conception of the music before you even listen to a second of it. But this is Earl Sweatshirt, not some second-rate horrorcore rapper fighting for attention on Bandcamp. Feet of Clay does not aim to frighten the listener
through voyeuristic lyrical exhibitions of horror. Much more unsettlingly, this EP envelops the listener completely in a bleak and hopeless smog for its 15-minute runtime, with any small light that manages to penetrate through only serving to make the rest of its setting more dour in comparison. Abuse of alcohol and marijuana is presented bluntly in the lyrics, and the instrumentals are equally narcotic and hazy. The looping accordion underneath “EAST” remains almost completely untouched throughout the song’s two-minute runtime. The song sounds like a pirate’s funeral dirge, presided over by an irreverent pastor getting steadily angrier over time — the sonic equivalent of belligerent drunkenness. Even though it’s only two minutes long, it feels about twice that. Coming after the sleepy opener, it’s an especially jarring listen — it sounds like it would
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be more at home on a clipping. album than it is here. On the Madlibesque middle three beats, or the I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside throwback grooves on the final stretch of the EP, the instrumentals remain lo-fi, matching Earl’s subdued flow. It’s an easy touchstone, as there isn’t much of the sort that listeners haven’t heard on past projects. But the sepia tone beats, especially on “MTOMB” and “EL TORO COMBO MEAL,” are consistently haunting yet beautiful enough that there’s no reason to want a change in style: Besides, it’s hard to imagine that there is a better type of instrumental for Earl to rap over. Earl’s flow is slower on this EP than it has been in the past, and his vocals remain relatively low key throughout. At times he is pressing his mouth almost directly to the microphone, rapping in a
blunt, aspirated monotone which belies his youth, giving him the commanding yet subdued presence of a man three times his age. He presents his lines one after another, sometimes cramming as much as he can into a bar with little regard for rhythmic consistency. His lyrical content, which has rarely been as disconnected and surreal as it is here, fits this presentation perfectly. The barrage of depressed imagery, broken up with occasional references to sports teams and other pop culture paraphernalia, has the same air of nostalgia and longing that has characterized Earl’s best work since Doris. It’s an impressive feat, and the top lyrical form Earl was in on Some Rap Songs seems to have continued onto this project.
Perhaps the reason for this consistency is that the songs here all seem to be leftovers from SRS, and this project is the Amnesiac to Earl’s Kid A. If this is the case, it is commendable that even the songs that didn’t make the cut for the final album maintain a similarly high level of quality. If these songs are new, it’s an excellent sign for the future, signaling that Earl intends to continue in his engrossing and idiosyncratic style in the face of the increasing homogenization of mainstream hip hop music. But to hear this EP as a deliberative stand taken against his contemporaries would be entirely incorrect: In the end, as Earl himself would tell you, it’s just some more rap songs. Richard Beezley is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at rwb272@cornell.edu.
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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. (Rules from wikipedia.org/wiki/ Sudoku)
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Team’s Depth Hard Work and Improvements on Display Creates Internal Competition for Playing Time
a decisive height advantage for the visitors. Boeheim, McCarty, Warren and sophomore Dean Noll all had more than five rebounds on the night. “We’re somewhat undersized, especially compared to a team like Binghamton and Cornell traded baskets early in the first half, but after Boeheim made a three-pointer to give the Red an 11-8 lead, the that, so it was really just about effort and helping each other out,” Warren said. “We’ve put a lot more of home team never looked back and maina focus on rebounding this year, and it tained its advantage the rest of the way. “We’ve put a lot more of a focus on definitely showed up tonight.” Cornell shot an impressive 56.3% Red executed its defensive game from the field in the first half, and 51.6% rebounding this year, and it definitely planThenearly flawlessly in the second half, for the game. Perhaps the most notable showed up tonight.” limiting the Bearcats to 35.7% shooting statistic for the night was that the Red and forcing seven turnovers after halfwent 13-for-15 from the free throw line, Josh Warren time. an area where the team somewhat strugThe Red will look to move to 2-0 on gled last year. the season when it travels to Bryant on “Ultimately, guys stepped up and made shots, which has to happen if you are going to win consistently Sunday for the team’s first road contest of the 2019-20 season. The at this level,” Earl said. “But that was only able to happen because squad will return home next Wednesday when it hosts NJIT. guys were able to move the ball well and find open teammates.” Additionally, Cornell outrebounded Binghamton, 38-29, despite Bennett Gross can be reached at bgross@cornellsun.com.
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injuries, you know — guys know they’re going to play and so there was [complacency].” “I think it’s human nature — when you have someone that’s pushing you and competing against you, you tend to rise to the challenge,” he continued. Added depth will add to the Red’s competitive edge, in practice as well as in games. “I think no spot is safe,” Locke said. “The old guys should be scared to lose their spot — but it’s just that added, like, okay, I gotta bear down here because there’s a couple guys on my back trying to get in the lineup … You’re there for your teammates, but at the same time, you’re trying to compete, and that makes them better and that makes you better at the same time.” Cornell will go for another fourpoint weekend at 7 p.m. against Brown on Friday and Yale on Saturday. Christina Bulkeley can be reached at cbulkeley@cornellsun.com.
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Football Searches for First Trustees’ Cup Since 2013 at Penn By LUKE PICHINI Sun Assistant Sports Editor
For the past five seasons, the Trustees’ Cup has eluded Cornell football. On Saturday, the Red will try to claim the Cup as it travels down to Philadelphia to face a Penn team that has also encountered its fair share of struggles in 2019. Coming off a narrow victory against Brown, Cornell host-
ed Princeton for a Friday night matchup last week. While the Red put forth a strong effort against the reigning Ivy League champion, it ultimately fell, 21-7. “I mean, we all feel like it’s one that got away from us,” said senior safety Jelani Taylor. “We were confident going into the game, and we knew that they were a well-coached team, but we let up a couple big plays here and there.” The team now shifts its focus
to the Quakers as it seeks to take home its first Trustees’ Cup since 2013. “The Trustees’ Cup is a bowl game with an actual trophy to win, which is surprising to a lot of people here because we haven’t won it since 2013,”head coach David Archer ’05 said. Since the Ivy League doesn’t hold a playoff for football, this game is the closest that Cornell can come to hoisting an actual trophy.
“Getting the cup — that’s our trophy, that’s our bowl game,” said junior wide receiver Phazione McClurge. “It’s a good opportunity to win a big game for the program.” The last time Cornell played Penn, it led 7-3 at halftime. But in the second half, the Red was shut down by the Quakers as it lost, 20-7, at home. Penn went on to finish the year 6-4 and fourth in the Ancient Eight. This time around, the Quakers have struggled through their first seven games. Penn has only notched three victories — two of which came in non-conference play. And the only conference win that the Quakers achieved came against bottom-feeder Brown. In that game, Penn — like Cornell — needed a last-minute field goal to secure the victory. Working in Cornell’s favor are Penn’s defensive struggles. The Quakers have given up at least 24 points to all of their opponents this season and at least 36 points in their past three games. “They’re very similar defensively to Brown, in terms of the coverages they play,” Archer said. “Brown’s more four-down, these guys are more three-down. They’re similar in the types of blitzes they use … I think that should give our offense confidence.” When the Red defeated the Bears, it put up a season-high 37 points thanks to Brown’s porous defense. While Penn’s defense has not struggled as much as the Bears’, it still ranks near the bottom of the Ivy League in giving up 425 yards per game to its opponents.
Cornell will hope for a similar showing on offense when it faces Penn on Saturday. McClurge — who has broken out as the team’s leading receiver with 417 yards — noted the unit’s growth ahead of the matchup. “You look at some of the first games, I would say we have grown tremendously,” McClurge said. “I feel like we’re definitely starting to glue together as a team.” Containing Penn’s leading rusher — senior Karekin Brooks — will be a tall task for the Red. He currently leads the Ivy League with 126.8 rushing yards per game. “Everything kind of starts and ends with him,” Archer said. With only three conference games remaining, there is an increased sense of urgency emanating from the Cornell locker room. Given Penn’s struggles, this contest presents itself as one of the Red’s best opportunities to notch another Ivy win. “Regardless of the opponent — whether it’s Penn, Dartmouth or Columbia — we only got 19 days left in the 2019 season,” Archer said. “In those 19 days, there’s three huge ones that can really turn what this team is about and what the record is. It can make a very different story.” “It’s been a long road, so this game, especially for the seniors — we want to finish the season strong for them,” McClurge said. The Red will look to knock off the Quakers at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at Franklin Field. Luke Pichini can be reached at lpichini@cornellsun.com.
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Quasi-bowl game | Since the Ivy League can’t partake in the playoffs, the Trustees’ Cup is the closest thing the Red can get to a postseason.
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Undefeated Icers Ride Momentum North for ECAC Showdowns By FAITH FISHER
MEN”S HOCKEY
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With another weekend sweep in the books, Cornell women’s hockey is armed to take on ECAC competitors Clarkson and St. Lawrence in its first road trip of the year. Fresh off a 1-0 win against Quinnipiac and a 3-1 victory over then-No. 6 Princeton, the Red has thus far dominated on the ice. In its four-game winning streak, the Red’s offense has notched 13 goals against its competitors; its defensive unit has allowed the puck to find the back of Cornell’s net only once. With 38 saves over the weekend, junior goaltender Lindsay Browning was named ECAC goaltender of the week for the second week in a row. She also became the first goaltender in program history to start the season with a three-game shutout record. Armed with wins against some of the nation’s top competitors, the Red (4-0, 2-0 ECAC) will hit the ice against St. Lawrence (4-3-2, 1-0-0 ECAC) and No. 6 Clarkson (7-1-2, 2-0-0 ECAC). Both ECAC foes will be riding the momentum of three-game winning streaks and the Red will be stripped of the comfort of Lynah Rink to take on the stiff contenders. “It is always a tough road trip going up to Clarkson and St. Lawrence,” head coach Doug Derraugh said. “They are always two very good hockey teams. We know it is tough in their buildings, so we know we have our work cut out for us.” Last year, the Red notched a 4-0 win against St. Lawrence and then came to a 1-1 standstill later in the season. Cornell’s recent history against Clarkson has been more tumultuous: Last year, in the regular season, the Red secured a 3-1 win, but later in the season suffered a 4-0 loss against the Golden Knights. Most significantly, Clarkson deprived Cornell of the ECAC championship title in a 4-1 ECAC Final game. Even with these results fresh in the minds of both teams, the Red understands that last year’s results, for the most part, have little bearing on their performance this weekend. “It is a new season with new teams,” Derraugh said. “In college hockey, you have players that come in and players that graduate, and both teams have had a lot of changes from last year to this year in that respect, so it’s a totally new season.” However, Derraugh said, the coaching staff has remained consistent — “so there won’t be any surprises in that regard.” In addition to the challenge of tackling some of the nation’s best hockey teams, the Red will be down two key players: senior defenseman Micah Zandee-Hart and junior
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Four for Four | Clarkson will be the third ranked opponent that the No. 3 Red faces this season — a win over the Golden Knights would be Cornell’s fourth victory against top-ten competition.
forward Kristin O’Neill. The two powerhouses have joined Team Canada to represent their nation in the Rivalry Series against the United States Women’s National Team. Rather than letting a leadership void put a damper on its auspicious season, the Red will rely on its younger players and the overall depth of the team to drive them to success. “We have a strong team concept with strong team players, and we feel very comfortable with the depth of our team,” Derraugh said. “We know that we have players that can step up and do the job for us, so I am excited to see some of our younger players take on these new roles.” The new members of the team have acclimated to the team’s style of play and expectations with ease. The coaching staff and older players recognize the importance of impressing upon the younger players the values that the team espouses. A common sentiment that they want to impress upon the younger players, especially as they begin their careers as collegiate hockey players, is the importance and weight
of each game — no games can be taken for granted as one early-season win or loss could mean the difference between receiving a bid to the NCAA tournament, to which only eight teams are invited. “Our older players make sure that our younger players are holding themselves accountable and that they are holding each other accountable,” Derraugh said. “They have come to realize that one missed assignment, a missed play, or a missed pass, or missed scoring opportunity can be the difference between getting into the NCAA tournament or not.” Claiming the 3rd position in the national rankings, the Red will seek nothing short of excellence in its upcoming contests. The puck will drop this Friday against St. Lawrence at 6 p.m. followed by a 3 p.m. competition on Sunday against Clarkson. Faith Fisher can be reached at ffisher@cornellsun.com.
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PARIS GHAZI
ARTS DESIGN PHOTO SCHROEDER EDITORS EDITORS EDITORS
CORNELL AT PENN
PENN
PENN
PENN
PENN
CORNELL
PENN
IT’S
PENN
CORNELL
PENN
PENN
YALE AT BROWN
YALE
YALE
YALE
YALE
YALE
YALE
NOT
YALE
CORNELL
YALE
YALE
HARVARD AT COLUMBIA
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
HARVARD
COLUMBIA
HARVARD
TOO
HARVARD
CORNELL
HARVARD
HARVARD
PRINCETON AT DARTMOUTH
DARTMOUTH DARTMOUTH
PRINCETON
DARTMOUTH
PRINCETON
PRINCETON
EARLY
DARTMOUTH
CORNELL
PRINCETON
DARTMOUTH
PENN STATE AT MINNESOTA
PENN STATE
PENN STATE
PENN STATE
PENN STATE
PENN STATE
PENN STATE
FOR
PENN STATE
CORNELL
PENN STATE
PENN STATE
LSU AT ALABAMA
ALABAMA
LSU
ALABAMA
ALABAMA
LSU
ALABAMA
CHRISTMAS
LSU
CORNELL
ALABAMA
ALABAMA
IOWA AT WISCONSIN
WISCONSIN
WISCONSIN
WISCONSIN
WISCONSIN
IOWA
WISCONSIN
MUSIC,
WISCONSIN
CORNELL
WISCONSIN
WISCONSIN
SEAHAWKS AT 49ERS
SEAHAWKS
49ERS
49ERS
49ERS
SEAHAWKS
49ERS
CORNELLIANS.
49ERS
CORNELL
SEAHAWKS
49ERS
PANTHERS AT PACKERS
PACKERS
PACKERS
PACKERS
PACKERS
PACKERS
PANTHERS
HAPPY
PACKERS
CORNELL
PACKERS
PACKERS
BILLS AT BROWNS
BILLS
BILLS
BILLS
BILLS
BROWNS
BILLS
NOVEMBER
BROWNS
CORNELL
BILLS
BILLS
LAST WEEK
6-4
7-3
9-1
8-2
4-6
9-1
0-10
8-2
0-10
8-2
7-3
TOTAL
45-25
50-20
53-17
52-18
33-37
52-18
0-70
46-24
12-58
45-25
54-16
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Season Opener Results in Victory for 1-0 Red
Boeheim scores 24 in home win over Binghamton Tuesday By BENNETT GROSS Sun Staff Writer
In its first action since the graduation of stars Matt Morgan and Steven Julian, as well as role players Jack Gordon, Joel Davis and Troy Whiteside, Cornell defeated upstate New York foe Binghamton, 84-64, at Newman Arena in each team’s season opener. Coming into the game, the Red knew that it would have to rely on the big man duo of junior forward Jimmy Boeheim and senior forward Josh Warren to provide scoring, rebounding and defense. The pair did not disappoint, as Boeheim led the team in scoring with 24 points on 57.9% shooting. Warren added 19 points, seven assists and six rebounds. “It’s always really exciting to start the year with a win, especially in front of our home fans,” Boeheim said. “Everyone contributed well, so this was very encouraging for us.”
“Guys stepped up and made shots ... But that was only able to happen because guys were able to move the ball well.” Brian Earl Junior guards Terrance McBride and Bryan Knapp were also expected to take on bigger roles on this relatively inexperienced Cornell squad. Both did their part Tuesday night to help the Red to its first victory of the season. McBride, the team’s primary ball handler, allowed Boeheim and Warren to operate around the basket
and chipped in with 15 points himself. Although Knapp ended the night with just two points, he was tasked with guarding Binghamton’s star guard Sam Sessoms. He held Sessoms, the reigning America East rookie of the year and Binghamton’s leading scorer last season, to only six points on 20% shooting. “Prior to BINGHAMTON @ CORNELL the game, we were really focused 1ST 2ND FINAL on stopping Game: Sessoms. He Binghamton 38 26 64 45 39 84 is a really tal- Cornell ented player, so it was very important for us to limit his scoring and playmaking,” head coach Brian Earl said. “They have a lot of new players as well, so I am honestly happy that we played them in the first game of the season because I expect their team to improve greatly as the year goes on.” Earl decided to experiment with a different number of lineup combinations throughout the night, as nine players saw extended action. Senior Thurston McCarty, a former junior college transfer who played sparingly last season, was thrust into the starting lineup and delivered for Earl. McCarty made three 3-pointers and had three blocks along with six rebounds. Monmouth graduate transfer Pierre Sarr led the way for the Bearcats with 16 points; however, he was relegated to the bench for most of the second half due to foul trouble.
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Right time | With a slew of young players in the Bearcats’ lineup, Cornell capitalized on the team’s inexperience on opening night.
MEN’S HOCKEY
No. 4 C.U. to Square Off in First Conference Games at Home By CHRISTINA BULKELEY Sun Assistant Sports Editor
With two wins under its belt, Cornell men’s hockey will face off in its first round of ECAC contests on Friday and Saturday. Following dominant outings at Michigan State in its opening weekend, the Red returns home looking for repeat performances against Brown and Yale. Both opponents will enter the weekend at 1-1 after playing a home-and-home last weekend, when each team won on its own ice. In the second game, the Bears trounced Yale, 5-1. “Yale will try and get some redemption,”
junior forward Brenden Locke said. “They’ll be firing.” Yale’s greatest asset last season was forward Joe Snively, who forced opposing teams to dedicate significant resources to guarding him. He finished his career at No. 7 on the Bulldogs’ all-time assists list and at No. 9 for points. But following his graduation in May, Yale is looking like a less imposing opponent than in seasons past. “I think it’s going to be nice to not have Snively out there,” Locke said. In the second game of the weekend, Yale’s weak penalty kill was exposed as it allowed the Bears four power-play goals. Brown strengthened in the latter part of
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Homecoming | After routing the Spartans at Michigan State, the Red will look to test its luck against ECAC competitors in Lynah this weekend.
last season, earning a first-round bye in the ECAC Tournament. The Bears went on to down Princeton and Quinnipiac before falling to Cornell at Lake Placid in the semifinals. Brown is looking like a more legitimate threat than history would recall, with its improvement down the stretch last year and its two contests against Yale last weekend. In Men’s Hockey Cornell’s last regular-season matchCornell up against the Bears, the teams tied, 3-3. But Cornell has already shown vs. this season that it intends to exorcise old demons by sweeping Michigan State on Brown its home ice after the Spartans did Friday, 7:00 p.m. the same to the Itahca, N.Y. Red last season. A potent Cornell offensive effort carried the team, which showed improvements even from the first game to the second. “I think we came in there a little bit hungry after last year’s results,” freshman forward Matt Stienburg said. Head coach Mike Schafer ’86 has some difficult decisions to make in the notso-distant future, with key players soon to return from injury. Juniors forward Cam Donaldson and defenseman Cody
Haiskanen, who both regularly receive significant playing time, are looking like they’ll be cleared within the next few weeks — or maybe even this weekend. “I’m hoping that we get [Donaldson] back,” Schafer said. “It gives us one of the more dynamic offensive players in the ECAC back in our lineup. You can just see him in practice today like, man, when he gets Men’s Hockey loose, he’s dangerous. He just brings Cornell another element to our hockey team.” “I think [sophomore defenseman] Joe [Leahy] and vs. Cody [Haiskanen] might be [cleared to play] a little further down the line,” Schafer Yale added. But only so Saturday, 7:00 p.m. many skaters can Ithaca, N.Y. be in the lineup, leading to the question of who will be scratched when the veterans get healthy. Nobody on the team will be guaranteed playing time — they’ll have to prove with their play that they deserve to be put on the ice. “I think that without [internal] competition, I think you can get really complacent,” Schafer said. “And I saw that a little bit with last year’s team because we had so many See MEN’S HOCKEY page 13