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Asian-American Identity
Oscars: Best Scene?
Ivy Madness
Mostly Cloudy
Asian-American students on the east coast came to Cornell to discuss and explore their identities. | Page 3
Thanks to a win over Dartmouth and some luck, the Red will face Harvard next weekend. | Page 16
Best scene should absolutely be an Oscar category, but which movie should win? | Page 8
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Student’s Lawyer Urges Dismissal of Hate Crime Charge Psi U connection confirmed; location of dispute in question John Greenwood ’20, a Canadian The arguments constitute a 101-page omnibus citizen, could be deported, ‘exiled’ motion filed in court on Thursday that lists his
By NICHOLAS B0GEL-BURROUGHS Sun City Editor
The lawyer representing John P. A. Greenwood ’20 argued in a court filing that the judge should dismiss hate crime and other charges against his client, claiming that Greenwood was arrested unlawfully and has already been severely punished for an assault he did not commit.
“[He has already been] severely punished ... by being decried in the press as a hate crime offender.” Ronald P. Fischetti Ronald P. Fischetti, the lawyer, who also made the first public acknowledgement that Greenwood was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, said the victim barged into Greenwood’s house before the altercation, warned that his client would be deported to Canada if found guilty and contended that he cannot get a fair trial in Ithaca.
By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS
squash accolades, quotes online comments from Jezebel.com and includes a letter of support from the director of Greenwood’s kindergarten school. In asking Ithaca City Court Judge Richard M. Wallace to dismiss the case in the interest of justice, Fischetti said Greenwood has been “severely punished for crimes he did not commit” by being “decried in the press as a hate-crime offender” and being forced to take leave from Cornell. Police arrested Greenwood, who is 20, on Sept. 15 of last year, and prosecutors later charged him with attempted assault in the third degree as a hate crime, aggravated harassment in the second degree and criminal mischief, all Class A misdemeanors. Matthew Van Houten, the Tompkins County district attorney prosecuting the case, said Greenwood, who is white, singled out Solomon Shewit ’19, who is black, and punched him in the face, bloodying his nose early in the morning in Collegetown. A video of an argument shortly before the alter-
lawyer, Ronald P. Fischetti, said a conviction could lead to Greenwood being deported The Cornell University stu- from the U.S. and being forbiddent charged den from re-entering. with a hate crime “He would thus be last semester exiled from the United could be permaStates, an extraordinarily nently deported harsh consequence, prefrom the United venting him from, States if he is among other things, ever convicted, and a pursuing an education at federal immigraa college or University in tion agency has the United States,” GREENWOOD ’20 already shown Fischetti wrote in a interest in the case. motion arguing that all charges John P. A. Greenwood ’20, against Greenwood should be who is facing three charges after dismissed. being accused of a race-motivatA U.S. Immigration and ed assault, is a Canadian citizen Customs Enforcement official studying at Cornell on a student contacted the City of Ithaca visa, his lawyer confirmed in See DEPORTATION page 14 court documents last week. The
Sun City Editor
See MOTION page 14
Wansink Sinks Deeper
New scandals damage reputation By EMMA NEWBURGER
Sun Senior Writer
Another week, another scandal for Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab and its founder, Prof. Brian Wansink. In the last 10 days: A cookbook company roasted Wansink’s research on Twitter, donors to an online fundraiser created by Wansink said he never followed through on the project after raising more than $10,000 and a journal retracted another Wansink study — his sixth retracted paper. Six former members of the Food and Brand Lab told The Sun that Wansink urged undergraduate students — some of whom had little or no experience — to
use frowned-upon research methods to produce findings that would bring media exposure to the lab. Some former members told The Sun they are embarrassed to have worked in Wansink’s lab and said their research at Cornell is now stained by the public reckoning and negative media exposure of the lab. In a lecture in the fall of 2017, Wansink told students that the slew of retractions was one of the “biggest lows” in his career, recalled Candace Choe ’18, a former social media intern in his lab who sat in on the class. Wansink is currently listed as a professor for one spring class on conSee WANSINK page 13
COURTESY OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Unhealthy | Prof. Brian Wansink has already retracted six published papers, which heavily damaged the fame of his lab.
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Solar power | The 136th Editorial Board is all smiles as it takes the helm of the nation’s oldest continuously independent college daily (now more daily than ever)!
The Sun Welcomes Its 136th Editorial Board By KATIE SIMS Sun Associate Editor
After a grueling six-week process where all potential editors are sent into The Sun’s 139 W. State St. office to viciously fight to prove their aptitude for editorial positions, The Sun elected a new editorial board Sunday — and it only took them six hours! Helming the editorial side of the Sun is Jacob Rubashkin ’19, who shadily would not admit he was running for editor in chief until the last possible moment. It’s OK, Jacob — we could see it in your eyes. He knows all the words to “Be Our Guest” from Beauty and the Beast, so we can
be sure the paper is in good hands. John Miller ’20 is the freshly minted business manager. He seems to always be wearing a suit jacket, so by all indications he is a capable businessperson. With a single look, Girisha Arora ’20 can make anyone in the newsroom change their mind. She keeps everyone in check, and does it while simultaneously being the single best person in the office. Chronically dehydrated assistant managing editor Alisha Gupta ’20 refuses to drink Ithaca water because it will never live up to the splendid water of Overland Park, Kansas. Associate Editor Katie Sims
’20 is still trying to make up for disappointing her dad by joining the arts section instead of news. Are you proud yet, Dad? Heidi Myung ’19, incoming advertising manager, enjoys long treks, uphill both ways, in the snow, to The Sun’s office, which she considers her weekly workout. Evidently, she’s the strongest person on the staff. Web editor Varun Iyengar ’21 is not only doing a killer job resuscitating the Web team, but also is actually making headway in making a tiny ponytail chic. Dylan Sports editor McDevitt ’19 has learned to See SUN page 4